John Senden carded a four-under-par 68 in his second round at Augusta to finish three shots behind leader Bubba Watson at the 2014 Masters.

The Australian started Friday level par for the tournament, and fell as far back as two-over-par following bogeys at the first and the fourth holes.

However, he reached the turn in the red for the day after picking up shots at the fifth, seventh and par-five eighth, where he chose to lay up and then got down in two from the front of the green.

He made three at the 11th hole, which is playing as the most difficult on the course this week, thanks to a smart 15ft putt, and further birdies followed as he recovered from a poor start.

Senden holed from distance again on the 14th and 15th to putt his way to four-under-par after 36 holes.