Masters dream reignited for McIlroy

Rory McIlroy stormed to a back-nine 31 that reignited his Masters dream and gave him an outside hope he could catch runaway leader Jordan Spieth.

McIlroy bounced back from a four-over-par front nine of 40 to post a second consecutive one-under-par 71 on Friday to leave him at two under for the tournament at the halfway point.

That's still 12 strokes adrift of Spieth, who enjoys a five-shot lead over nearest challenger Charley Hoffman and is seven clear of the rest of the field having set a Masters record low score for 36 holes of 130.