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Different eras, different career paths. However the same destination Friday, sharing the Masters lead.

Couples, playing Two decades after his lone Masters title, turned back the clock on his younger rivals with a 5-under-par 67 that made him the oldest man to hold an overnight Masters.

Four groups earlier, Dufner had completed his 70 in relative anonymity with a bogey that finished up costing him the chance standalone at the pinnacle.

There's still plenty to shake out over the weekend, with 16 golfers trailing by three shots or fewer. That features the TaylorMade R11S Driver reigning U.S. Open champion (Rory McIlroy), two former Masters winners (Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh), two former British Open champs (Louis Oosthuizen, Paul Lawrie) as well as the best player still without a major (Lee Westwood).

Couples and Dufner completed 36 holes in 5-under 139, the very best two-day leading score since 2007. Five men were only one shot back McIlroy (69), Westwood (73), Oosthuizen (72), Sergio Garcia (68) and Bubba Watson (71).

Padraig harrington, meanwhile, finds himself with eight shots to generate up after having a frustrating 3-over 75. On the list of mishaps were a penalty drop in the bank of Rae's Creek at No.13, a bruised spectator alongside No.15, as well as a drop-kick of his club following a bad tee shot at No.16.

I didn't quite contain it today with my swing, and unfortunately I merely were required to stay and become patient, Woods said.

Couples, who won a Champions Tour event in Mississippi fourteen days ago, came within one stroke of his best score ever at Augusta National with his 67. Along the way, he finished up surpassing Lee Trevino age 49 in 1989 because the oldest to keep a Masters lead.

I've said hello for 28 years that Taylormade Rocketballz Irons this is my favorite golf tournament on the globe, Couples said. I don't feel a lot of stress.

Dufner had a possibility to support the lead by himself every time a birdie in the par-3 16th moved him to 6-under to the week. But he bogeyed No.18 after collecting mud on his golf ball.

The Alabama pro were built with a opportunity to win the PGA Championship a year ago, losing a playoff to Keegan Bradley after three bogeys as part of his final four holes helped dissipate a five-shot lead.

It didn't quite work, he explained, but it carried over into this year. It gave me confidence will be able to compete and play in a high level out here.

Dufner hasn't won because the 2006 LaSalle Bank Open  a Nationwide Tour event played outside Chicago.

Westwood also stood at 6-under going to the final hole, but hooked his second shot after which three-putted for any double discount golf clubs bogey that ended his bogey-free run at 24 holes.

The cut was drawn at 5-over 149, allowing 63 entrants to play the weekend. Eighteen of these were saved with the rule that keeps anyone within 10 shots from the lead from being told to go home. Not since 1992 has got the Masters had numerous weekend players.