Masters 2015 leaderboard and results: Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson their move

Jordan Spieth is comfortably out in front at the Masters and it will be his green jacket to lose on the weekend. But a couple big names made moves later on Friday to at least give themselves a chance.

For the second straight day, Jordan Spieth posted the best score of the field at the 2015 Masters. Spieth's 6-under 66 backed up his 8-under 64 to set a new 36-hole scoring record at the Masters. Raymond Floyd's record13-under 131 from 1976 was toast as soon as Spieth hit Amen Corner.

Spieth is obviously in command at 14-under. The new targets will be that overall scoring record set by Tiger Woods in 1997, 18-under 270. And perhaps Phil Mickelson's birdie record of 25 -- Spieth already has 15. While Spieth is lighting it up in way no one can approach, there's a world-class group still posting mid-60s rounds that could make it interesting over the final 36 holes.

Charley Hoffman is the closest chaser at 9-under. It has to be frustrating for Hoffman to know that he's played the golf of his life through the first two days at Augusta, and then look up at the board see he's five shots back. He's certainly one of the streakier players on Tour and could put another hot round together with plenty of birdies on the card. But the more likely challengers come from behind him.

Spieth's number was posted just after lunchtime, so the entire afternoon wave knew what they were up against. The second half of the tee sheet was headlined by the marquee group of Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, and Ryan Moore. Mickelson is definitely in the hunt, posting a 4-under round of 68.

Rory flirted with the cut line for a good part of his round but then caught fire coming into the house and put on a display that was much more indicative of the No. 1 player in the world. The front nine was a sloppy mess for Rory, and he capped it off with a horrendous double bogey at the 9th that put him outside the cutline. He complete mismanaged the hole and hit three really poor putts to go out in 40.

But that would be it for bad Rory. Sitting on the 2-over cut line, the run started at the par-5 13th when McIlroy stuffed his second shot to just a few inches. The near-albatross was an easy tap-in eagle that got him back to level-par. He got another one to drop at the par-5 15th, and added one more at the 17th. He put a bow on the fire with another perfect approach shot at the 18th which fed back down towards the hole and set up a birdie putt.

The inward 31 WITH a bogey on the card is something else, but he's still 12 shots off the pace. Mickelson wasn't too bad himself, posting an inward 32 and a 4-under round of 68 to get to 6-under for the tournament. His back nine was some classic Phil stuff, full of wayward drives, aggressive approach shots, and some ridiculous recoveries. This is the best Phil has played in awhile, and he's back inside the top 10 after missing the cut last year for the first time since 1997.

Despite all those low numbers, it's obviously Spieth's green jacket to lose. That can happen quickly at Augusta, especially with some of the talent on the first page of the leaderboard. Dustin Johnson also lit it up in the afternoon, making history with the first ever round to feature three eagles. The game's best bomber can certainly have a few more of those before the weekend is over and close the gap on Spieth.

Here's where we stand heading into the final 36 holes:

Place	Player	Score	Round 1	Round 2
1	Jordan Spieth	-14	64	66
2	Charley Hoffman	-9	67	68
T3	Justin Rose	-7	67	70
T3	Dustin Johnson	-7	70	67
T3	Paul Casey	-7	69	68
6	Phil Mickelson	-6	70	68
7	Ernie Els	-5	67	72
T8	Kevin Na	-4	74	66
T8	Kevin Streelman	-4	70	70
T8	Bill Haas	-4	69	71
T8	Ryan Moore	-4	74	66
T12	Louis Oosthuizen	-3	72	69
T12	Angel Cabrera	-3	72	69
T12	Mark O'Meara	-3	73	68
T12	Jason Day	-3	67	74
T12	Adam Scott	-3	72	69
T12	Hideki Matsuyama	-3	71	70
T12	Charl Schwartzel	-3	71	70
T19	Tiger Woods	-2	73	69
T19	Sergio Garcia	-2	68	74
T19	Danny Willett	-2	71	71
T19	Russell Henley	-2	68	74
T19	Jonas Blixt	-2	72	70
T19	Patrick Reed	-2	70	72
T19	Bubba Watson	-2	71	71
T19	Rory McIlroy	-2	71	71
T27	Ryan Palmer	-1	69	74
T27	Keegan Bradley	-1	71	72
T29	Seung-yul Noh	E	70	74
T29	Geoff Ogilvy	E	74	70
T29	Zach Johnson	E	72	72
T29	Webb Simpson	E	69	75
T33	Erik Compton	1	73	72
T33	Bernd Wiesberger	1	75	70
T33	Chris Kirk	1	72	73
T33	Hunter Mahan	1	75	70
T33	Graeme McDowell	1	71	74
T33	Brooks Koepka	1	74	71
T33	Thongchai Jaidee	1	75	70
T33	John Senden	1	71	74
T33	Jamie Donaldson	1	74	71
T33	Jimmy Walker	1	73	72
T33	Rickie Fowler	1	73	72
T33	Vijay Singh	1	75	70
T33	Darren Clarke	1	74	71
T33	Ian Poulter	1	73	72
T33	Morgan Hoffmann	1	73	72
T33	Jason Dufner	1	74	71
T33	Sang-Moon Bae	1	74	71
T50	Cameron Tringale	2	71	75
T50	Matt Kuchar	2	72	74
T50	Henrik Stenson	2	73	73
T50	Lee Westwood	2	73	73
T50	Anirban Lahiri	2	71	75
T50	Steve Stricker	2	73	73
Projected Cut: +2
T56	Bernhard Langer	3	73	74
T56	Jim Furyk	3	74	73
T56	Shane Lowry	3	75	72
T56	James Hahn	3	73	74
T56	Mikko Ilonen	3	74	73
T56	Luke Donald	3	75	72
T56	Gary Woodland	3	71	76
T56	Stephen Gallacher	3	71	76
T56	Matt Every	3	73	74
T56	J.B. Holmes	3	76	68
T56	Brandt Snedeker	3	74	73
T67	Ben Martin	4	74	74
T67	Billy Horschel	4	70	78
T67	Branden Grace	4	75	73
T67	Brian Harman	4	76	72
T67	Camilo Villegas	4	72	76
T67	Joost Luiten	4	76	72
T73	Ian Woosnam	5	75	74
T73	Padraig Harrington	5	72	77
T73	Victor Dubuisson	5	74	75
T73	Corey Conners	5	80	69
T77	Sandy Lyle	6	74	76
T77	Byron Meth	6	74	76
T77	Jose Maria Olazabal	6	79	71
T80	Kevin Stadler	7	77	74
T80	Thomas Bjorn	7	72	79
T80	Larry Mize	7	78	73
T80	Brendon Todd	7	80	71
T80	Miguel Jimenez	7	78	73
T80	Antonio Murdaca	7	78	73
T80	Martin Kaymer	7	76	75
T87	Matias Dominguez	8	76	76
T87	Tom Watson	8	71	81
T89	Trevor Immelman	9	76	77
T89	Fred Couples	9	79	74
91	Robert Streb	12	80	76
T92	Scott Harvey	13	76	81
T92	Bradley Neil	13	78	79
T92	Ben Crane	13	79	78
95	Gunn Yang	15	85	74
96	Mike Weir	19	82	81
97	Ben Crenshaw	32	91	85

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