Two Englishmen set the pace in The Masters Tournament at Augusta National as Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, the man who took "a few dollars" off him in practice on Tuesday, shared the halfway lead.
And Tiger Woods, bidding for a 15th Major in his first tournament since November, is also in the thick of things after round two.
On a day made much more difficult by some of the pin placings - 50 year old overnight leader Fred Couples could add only a 75 to his opening 66 and 60 year old Tom Watson fell back to three under as well with a 74 - Poulter shot his second successive 68 to set the target at eight under.
Westwood, third in the last two Majors, is alongside him following a 69 highlighted by an eagle on the second.
But both bogeyed the last - Westwood after being distracted by some noise on the tee - and as a result the chasing pack are breathing down their necks.
Woods, round in 70, shares third spot on six under with great rival Phil Mickelson, last week's Houston Open winner Anthony Kim and Korean K J Choi.
Woods holed from just outside 20 feet at the 13th and 15th, the two par fives on the back nine, and remains the bookies' favourite for the title.
"I've put myself right there," said the World Number One. On this course you can make up shots and you can lose shots. It makes for an exciting weekend."
Poulter, whose outfits over the years have attracted more attention than his golf, was asked what goes with a Green Jacket.
"Absolutely anything," he replied before revealing that he will be wearing a "hot pink pair of tartans with a white shirt" on Sunday.
It took him 12 attempts just to break par at Augusta, but now he has had three 68s in his last four rounds.
"My game is certainly a lot better and I've learnt the course over the last six years. I feel very comfortable and you can't let this course intimidate you. You can't back off from any shot."
Westwood said: "It was a tricky, a grinding day, and all in all I'm delighted with the way things have gone."
For his eagle he hit a massive drive and six iron to 18 inches.
Poulter picked up birdie fours at the second and eighth, made ten footers to pick up further strokes at the 12th and 13th and collected his fifth birdie at the short 16th.
Missing the green cost him on the last, while Westwood's drive found the right-hand trees and he could not salvage par from there.
In addition to his eagle, he had five birdies, but he double bogeyed the 14th when two ahead before two-putting the long 15th from 80 feet to get his nose back in front.
Meanwhile, 16 year old Italian Matteo Manassero, the youngest competitor in Masters Tournament history, became the first British Amateur champion to make the cut since Sergio Garcia in 1999.
Manassero, a brilliant 13th in The Open Championship last July, just made it through on three over after a 76 playing alongside Westwood.
He is the only one of the six amateurs to survive to the weekend, so will be involved in a prizegiving ceremony.
How Westwood and Poulter would love to be there too - and what an achievement that would be.
