Posted April 8, 2016, 8:45 pm
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Kevin Kisner's back-nine play sends him to weekend

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Kevin Kisner on the ninth hole during second round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National.

An up-and-down first few holes for Kevin Kisner gave way to one of the better rounds of the day, providing the necessary boost for the Aiken native to make the cut.

Kisner settled in to play the final 13 holes at 2-under and shot even-par 72 in the second round of the Masters Tournament on Friday. He made the cut at 5-over in his first Masters appearance.

“To be able to hang in there and shoot 1-under on the back nine and make the cut is pretty clutch for me,” Kisner said.

Similar to the first round, Kisner took an adventurous route over the first few holes, this time recording two birdies, two bogeys and a double bogey through the fifth hole. The birdies came on Nos. 2 and 3, while the double bogey came on No. 5 because of a three-putt.

He settled in with two birdies the rest of the way, coming on the ninth and 13th holes. A short drive on No. 9 resulted in an approach shot 20 yards shy of the green, but he pitched it up the hill and holed out.

“It’s a shot I had practiced, and I was lucky that Brooks (Koepka) chipped it right before me, right beside me, so I saw how it would react,” Kisner said. “When it crested the hill, it looked good the whole way.”

Kisner said a first-round triple bogey and second-round double bogey were “silly mistakes” that have kept him out of striking distance, and the game plan is clear as he enters the third round nine strokes back of the lead.

“I’ve got to get out early and make some quick birdies and start getting the momentum going the correct way,” he said.

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SLIDESHOW: Second Round Action

Hole By Hole Scores
Round 2
Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
Rnd	5	4	3	4	6	3	4	5	3	37	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	35	72
Tot	6	5	4	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	+5


Round 1
Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
Rnd	5	3	5	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	7	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	41	77
Tot	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	+5

Kevin Kisner's back-nine play sends him to weekend

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