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

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 record 13-under 131 from 1976 was toast as soon as Spieth hit Amen Corner. The 21-year-old is the best player on the planet right now, and his entire game is overwhelming Augusta.

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 a 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 and 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 it was 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, and he capped it off with a horrendous double-bogey at the ninth that put him outside the cut. He completely mismanaged the hole and hit three 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 that fed back down toward the hole and set up a birdie putt.

The inward 31 with a bogey on the card is incredible, but he’s still 12 shots off the pace. Mickelson wasn’t too bad himself, posting an inward 32 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 a while, 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: