Aberg looking to 'put some pressure' on the leaders on day three at the Masters

[p]That moved the 26-year-old up the leaderboard from tied-40th to tied-24th, and while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/aberg-ludvig/67ZVNhdN/"]Aberg[/a] is only six shots behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/burns-sam/Ya8WURp6/"]Sam Burns[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/reed-patrick/OtRhqCKL/"]Patrick Reed[/a] in joint-second, he is 12 shy of runaway leader and reigning champion, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mcilroy-rory/djwanksN/"]Rory McIlroy[/a].[/p][p]The Swede was more consistent on Friday after an opening round which saw him start brightly before collapsing.[b] In round two, he bogeyed holes six and seven but responded with birdies on the eighth and ninth, on the way to a total of five birdies and three bogeys on a 70-shot round.[/b][/p][p]While many of the leaders are within range, Aberg would require a collapse from McIlroy and plenty to go his way between now and Sunday evening if he were to claim the green jacket, but he was at least a lot happier with his performance on day two.[/p][p][b]"I definitely liked what I saw today. Hopefully we can come out tomorrow and put some pressure, close the gap a little on the leaders,"[/b] he said, optimistic that he could do even better.[/p][p][b]"There's definitely a low score out there. And if I had been really, really efficient, I probably would have gotten a few more shots out of it, I think."[/b][/p][embed guid="c1842ddc-1683-41ec-a8c4-98d5d4117a9d" url="https://x.com/TheMasters/status/2042753884695695803" social-type="twitter" /][p]Like all elite performers, the emphasis was on analysing where things could have gone better, as he talked the media through his bogeys.[/p][p][b]"On the sixth I played the front edge a bit too much with a good shot and ended up in the bunker. On the seventh I should have taken some spin off the wedge; the ball spun off the green. 17 was a stupid three-putt,"[/b] he explained, but believed he, [b]"had more control over things than I did yesterday."[/b][/p][h2]Noren sneaks through[/h2][p][b]Sweden's other representative at Augusta looked to have too much to do after an opening round of five-over par, but Alexander Noren has made the cut by a single stroke.[/b][/p][p]A round of 71, which featured three birdies and two bogeys, took Noren to four-over for the tournament and put him among eight golfers who sneaked through to day three by one shot in tied-47th place.[/p][p]The world number 19 will begin his third round at 15:31 CEST, while Aberg will be back out on the course at 18:16 CEST.[/p]