Jordan Spieth threatened to turn the year's first major into a runaway as he fired a six-under-par 66 for a five-shot lead and a Masters record for lowest 36-hole total at Augusta National on Friday.
The world champions now have 19 points while Poland, 8-1 winners over Gibraltar, are on 17.
Three deaths have been reported and there are fears of more fatalities.
Anirban Lahiri battled tough weather conditions and somewhat inconsistent breaks in the second round as he made the cut for the weekend at the prestigious Augusta Masters.
A round-up of the World Cup qualifying matches played on Friday.
IMAGES from the 2020 Euro Qualifiers played on Monday
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Designers like Rocky S and Sidharth Sinha put India on the fashion map with their collections at the fashion week.
Russian qualifier Daniil Medvedev stunned home favourite Kei Nishikori in Tokyo on Sunday, winning the final of the Japan Open 6-2, 6-4 in just over one hour.
Images from the 2018 World Cup qualifiers played in Europe on Monday
IMAGES from Day 7 of the US Open on Sunday
Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
Spain's Alvaro Morata scored a goal in each half as they beat a highly defensive Malta side 2-0 away on Tuesday to move top of their Euro 2020 qualifying group with two wins out of two games.
Ireland stunned world champions Germany 1-0 thanks to Shane Long's 70th-minute strike on Thursday to throw Euro 2016 qualifying Group D game.
A summary of the Euro 2020 qualification matches played on Friday.
Images from the Euro 2020 Qualifiers played on Monday
Thursday's match was just Venus Williams's seventh of the year and first since January's Australian Open, where she fell to Simona Halep in the round of 32.
Bikash Mohapatra salutes boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
Spain started their World Cup qualifying campaign with a crushing 8-0 win over Liechtenstein, laying down a marker in Group G with a ruthless second-half display on Monday.
Indian Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and S P Sethuraman placed themselves for a medal contention as they defeated Jorge Cori of Peru and Vladislav Kovalev of Belarus respectively in the 12th and penultimate round of World Juniors Chess Championship.
