AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A brief look at Friday's second round at the Masters (all times EDT):
LEADING: Rory McIlroy birdied six of his last seven holes for a 7-under 65 to lead by six.
CHASING: Patrick Reed (69) and Sam Burns (71) were six behind.
THE RECORD: McIlroy set a Masters record for largest 36-hole margin. The previous record was five shots held by six players, most recently Scottie Scheffler in 2022.
SHOT OF THE DAY: McIlroy punched out from the trees on the 17th and had 30 yards up a steep slope to a pin he couldn't see. He chipped in for birdie.
BEST AMATEUR MOMENT: U.S. Amateur champion Mason Howell hit his tee shot on the par-3 12th to a foot for birdie.
WORST MAJOR CHAMPION MOMENT: Bryson DeChambeau needed bogey on the 18th hole to make the cut. He made triple bogey.
TEE-TO-GREEN: Tyrrell Hatton hit all 18 greens in regulation for a 66. He was the first player to hit all 18 greens at the Masters in April since Jim Furyk in 2009.
THE CUT: The 36-hole cut was at 4-over 148. None of the amateurs made the cut for the second straight year. All six Masters champions 50 and older missed the cut.
THE ODDS: BetMGM Sportsbook has McIlroy at -250. Patrick Reed is next at +1600.
KEY STATISTIC: McIlroy also led the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional by six shots through 36 holes. He went on to win by eight.
NOTEWORTHY: This was the seventh time McIlroy shot the lowest score in a major. Only Tiger Woods (12) has done that more often.
QUOTEWORTHY: “I know what can happen around here, good and bad. You don’t have to remind me to not get ahead of myself.” — McIlroy.
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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waves after his putt on the 13th hole during the second round of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Lynette Hooker bounced around the deck of the docked Soul Mate, smiled into the camera and proclaimed: “We’re finally leaving Kemah,” referring to a Texas port town.
“It’s only been four months,” she said as her husband, Brian, tugged on some rigging as they got ready to set sail.
The “Gulf Crossing” video more than three years ago marked the start of a sailing adventure — chronicled on Facebook — for a couple who are now at the center of criminal investigations after Lynette went missing in the Bahamas.
A few days after Lynette disappeared, police in the Atlantic Ocean island nation arrested Brian. He denies causing his wife's death and has been cooperating with law enforcement, his attorney, Terrel Butler, said.
On Friday, Brian's attorney reiterated his innocence and said his wife has not been found. She said police had just finished an intensive 4-hour interview with him in which she described him as continuously asking about his wife.
“He was a bit puzzled because he was uncertain as to why they were questioning him about causing harm or possible murder when they had not given him any information in terms of where she is, if they had recovered her,” she said.
Brian Hooker had told police that his wife of more than 20 years fell overboard Saturday night from a small motorboat that was carrying the couple from Hope Town to Elbow Cay, small islands on the eastern end of the Bahamas. He said Lynette, 55, had the keys and the boat's engine shut off.
“Strong currents subsequently carried her away, and he lost sight of her,” police said in a statement Saturday.
He paddled to shore and alerted others early Sunday, said authorities, who arrested and questioned him Wednesday.
The U.S. Coast Guard has opened an investigation separate from the one by Bahamas authorities.
Karli Aylesworth, Lynette's daughter, has said it's unlikely her mother would “just fall” from a boat.
And while the couple is seen smiling, laughing and joking in social media videos of their voyage, they have a history of contention.
Brian and Lynette Hooker accused each other of assault in 2015, according to a Kentwood, Michigan, police report obtained by NBC News.
Brian Hooker, who was intoxicated and bleeding from the nose, told police his wife had struck him multiple times in the face, the report said. He told officers Lynette also was drunk. She was arrested for assault and spent the night in jail. A warrant was denied because it wasn't clear “who started the assault.”
Aylesworth also told NBC that the couple’s relationship was volatile and that they have a “history of not getting along, especially when they drink.”
The couple’s home is in Onsted, about 72 miles (117 kilometers) southwest of Detroit. The closest big body of water is Lake Erie, about 60 miles (72 kilometers) southeast of Onsted.
Lynette Hooker's mother, Darlene Hamlett, said Wednesday that the family “grew up on water” and that her daughter's life has been “near lakes, on boats, sailing and swimming.”
The couple posted videos of their years sailing around the Caribbean on their “Sailing Hookers” Facebook page.
Lynette, in the March 2023 video, describes the start of the couple's voyage aboard the Soul Mate as the sailboat slips through the Kemah, Texas, fog and into the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
“Pretty cool,” Lynette said as Brian blared the Soul Mate's foghorn. Later, while changing an engine alternator belt, he looks up at his wife and says, “Hi sexy.”
In an earlier video, the couple explains how they bought the Soul Mate in the coastal town of Rockport, Texas, and fixed it up.
“After several years of driving around the country, looking for our perfect sailboat, we finally found her in Texas,” Lynette said in that eight-minute video, posted in January 2023. “She was a little rough on the edges. The decks needed to be redone, but we knew we were up for the task.”
That video shows them working together, scraping, priming and painting. “The decks are done! we're still married! party time!” is printed in a message on the video.
A video posted two years ago shows them using their smaller motorboat to buy food on land. The video doesn't give the couple's location.
“We got the grub,” Brian says into the camera, which shifts to a case of beer at his feet and bags of groceries in the bow. “Delivery ... the way of life, man.”
Associated Press writers R.J. Rico and Dánica Coto contributed to this report. Freelance videographer Keith Gomez also contributed to this report.
A Michigan woman is missing after going overboard from a small boat in the Bahamas. (AP Digital Embed)
