Tyrrell Hatton made a career-high seven birdies and reached every green in regulation to fire a six-under-par 66 and leap into contention after the second round of the Masters.
The 34-year-old Englishman closed with a three-putt bogey, his lone bogey, to stand on four-under 140 after 36 holes.
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