April 8, 2011
AUGUSTA, Georgia - After turning in an even par 72 on Thursday, Stanford junior David Chung carded a 76 (+4) in the second round of the Masters, missing the cut by three strokes.
Chung made bogeys on holes No. 3, 5 and 7 and made the turn at 39. Two more bogeys followed on holes No. 10 and 11 before he collected his first birdie on the par-5, 13th hole. He then parred his last five holes coming into the clubhouse.
Chung finished at 148 (+4) for his two rounds, missing the cut by just three strokes. Hideki Matsuyama of Japan (72-73-145; +1) was the only amateur inside the cutline.
I fought my butt off today," said Chung. "I was hitting it really crappy, but getting up-and-down from a lot of crazy places. And I finally had a birdie putt on the 18th, six feet and I said, well after I made all those par putts, this should be, you know, this should be easy. But I just misjudged the speed. I had the line, I misjudged the speed. And it would have been awesome, but I still am happy with the way that I fought today."
Chung will take plenty of memories back to the Farm from his first Masters event.
"I'll just remember the moments that I had with my caddie, Adam, my coach as well, and just being out there just trying to take it all in," he said. "The crowds, were unbelievable and it's fun to have such a large like group of people reacting to your shots. I think that's just awesome.
"And then just the mystique of Augusta National. It's a place like no other. They have that as one of their slogans, but it's really true. I just am really thankful to be a part of the amateur tradition here."