Masters Leaderboard

McIlroy is right back where he was on Thursday afternoon: atop the 2011 Masters leaderboard.

He entered the clubhouse as the leader after the first round, but saw K.J. Choi leap past him by posting a 3-under second round to move to 8-under for the tournament. It didn't take McIlroy long to regain his lead, however. He birdied the second to move to a tie at 8 under, then birdied the fifth to move into sole possession of the lead at 9-under.

Elsewhere around the second round of the Masters, there is a three-way tie for third place at 5-under between Y.E. Yang, Ricky Barnes and Fred Couples. Couples tied Luke Donald for the best round of the day so far with a 4 under.

Last year's winner, Phil Mickelson, is nearing the end of his second round. He's even for the day and still at 2 under. Tiger woods' round is just underway with pars on his first two holes. He's 1-under for the tournament.

Masters Leaderboard

The 2011 Masters leaderboard isn’t worth getting too excited over just a few hours into the tournament, but Ross Fisher is the early name atop it as the first groups have reached the round one turn.

Through nine holes, Fisher posted a 3-under par, two strokes better than anyone else in the Masters field thus far. It was a colorful front nine scorecard for Fisher, with two bogeys, five birdies and just two pars. The other two golfers in Fisher’s pairing, Jonathon Byrd and Sean O’Hair, are even and 1-over par, respectively.

Elsewhere, Retief Goosen is off to a fast start, birding his first two holes of the round. And American Brandt Snedeker is 1-under through seven holes. About one-third of the field is on the course. Tiger Woods is set to tee off at 10:41 with Phil Mickelson starting later in the afternoon at 1:48.