Cameron Young entered the Masters with high hopes of being in contention for a first major title.

In the end he left it as a viral sensation for all the wrong reasons after a remarkable four putt from 12 feet tumbled him well beyond the cut and into an early exit.

2025 Masters Leaderboard

After two rounds

-8 Justin Rose

-7 Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrell Hatton

-6 Rory McIlroy, Corey Conners, Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton

-5 Matt McCarty, Shane Lowry, Jason Day

The world no.59 has bags of pedigree having finished second at the 2022 Open and even more noteworthy recorded a pair of top 10 finishes at the Masters in each of the last two years.

A lively outsider given his course form, Young had fired a level par opening round of 72 and would have had high hopes of moving up rather than down the Masters leaderboard on Friday at Augusta.

Teeing it up at the par three 16th he was three-over for his round and right on the projected cut line after just one birdie to go with two bogeys and a double bogey five on the 12th.

Having pulled his tee-shot wide right, his second found the edge of the green, tight to the fringe to leave a tricky 12-footer to save his par.

Young pushed his attempt about a foot beyond the hole.

Not to worry, tidy things up, take your medicine and get back on track. Surely?

Alas that was not to be.

Young rushed into his effort from 12 inches and managed to send it back from whence it came – and at double the distance.

Now faced with two feet for double bogey, Young rushed into his putt again and left the CBS commentary team horrified when he proceeded to do exactly the same for the second time.

“That is a sign of…….Oh my goodness,” exclaimed Dottie Pepper, halting her initial assessment to be stunned by what was unfolding before her.

“Whoops,” exclaimed one of the team alongside her in the booth, while another simply said “Wow” as the scenario appeared to leave everyone squirming.

Young finally took a moment, marked his ball and finally sunk the putt.

However he went on to add further bogies at the 17th and 18th holes for a round of 79 and well beyond the cut mark, leaving him facing an early exit.

While sympathy was in short supply for Young from the booth, fans were quick to empathise.

“One of us,” one fan offered, perhaps echoing the thoughts of many when out on the greens of their local clubs.

“Or. Really good about my putting,” another quipped, in response to journalist Dylan Dethier post the clip and inviting followers on X to watch ‘if you want to feel really, really bad.

Young was not the only contender to miss the cut, former champions Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia and Brooks Koepka – all players on the LIV Golf circuit – will not be around for the weekend.

US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson and former Open champion Cam Smith were also among those packing their bags early.

At the other end of the leaderboard, Justin Rose set the halfway lead at eight-under-par and has Bryson DeChambeau breathing down his next just one shot adrift.

Rory McIlroy surged into contention, putting two double bogies in his final four holes on Thursday behind him to card a bogey-free 66 to sit just two shots of the lead.

The Northern Irishman is chasing a first Masters title, and one that would give him a career Grand Slam – joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Gene Sarazan in achieving the feat.