Søren Kjeldsen is hoping to "write a new chapter" over the next two days as he heads into the weekend at the Masters Tournament just three shots off the lead.
The 40 year old Dane has four European Tour wins to his name but has played just twice before at Augusta National, when he was cut in 2009 and finished 30th the following season.
In 2010 he headed into Saturday in a share of ninth, five shots off the lead, and is hoping he can create another career highlight over the weekend.
"Last time I played here I was top ten after two days, and I played with (Fred) Couples on the Saturday, and it was a great thrill," he said.
"It's still a day that I look back on, to be out with Couples on a Saturday at the Masters late in the day, it doesn't get much better than that.
I've got a chance of writing a new chapter and I can't wait - Søren Kjeldsen
At one under, Kjeldsen is a shot ahead of an impressive bunch of European Tour Members, with Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Sergio Garcia, Shane Lowry and Danny Willett all just four off the lead.
Aphibarnrat is making his first appearance at Augusta National and, after shooting a second consecutive 72, he admitted the Georgia layout was a huge learning curve.
"I made the cut here and it's been a tough golf course," he said. "If you've never been here you can't imagine how tough it is. The greens with the slope and the wind picking up. Even par first round is good.
"Thongchai (Jaidee) gave me a couple of tricks that did help a lot on the golf course. There's many top players that have been telling me, like Bill Haas. I practised with him on Monday and you can't imagine how nice he is. He tried to give me all the information about the golf course."
Lowry is playing in his second Masters and followed his excellent opening 68 with a 76 in the windier conditions.
Amen Corner is one of the great landmarks at Augusta National and, after going bogey-double-bogey-birdie round the 11th, 12th and 13th, the Irishman admitted the tough start to the back nine has earned its fearsome reputation.
"It's brutal," he said. "The 11th is brutal. And for a short hole, 12 is just such a tough tee shot. I tried to hit my nine iron too hard, and tried to keep it down too much, but that's just the way it is.
"I didn't beat myself up too much. I got a birdie on the next."
Danny Willett is also playing his second Masters and believes the conditions could benefit the European Tour Members over the weekend.
"You look at the conditions, it's not really American conditions," he said. "You need the ball flight control. And the greens, a lot of them are raised up, which is very tricky to putt.
"Holing out on four, five, six holes, they've already got a ball rolling off a break on greens that are probably at 12 or 13 (on the stimpmeter).
"You tuck a bit of wind in there, and it's just one of those where you hope you're hitting it at the right time and you don't get a gust that can knock it off line. That's how windy it can get on a few of them."
