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Trevor Immelman is the clubhouse leader at the Masters. (Flickr photo by rottinam)

Trevor Immelman went birdie-birdie to close out his second round at the Masters. Consecutive Thursday-Friday scores of 68 put him in the clubhouse with the lead at eight-under, three shots ahead of Steve Flesch and Brandt Snedeker.

Immelman, a 28-year-old from South Africa, only has one PGA Tour victory on his resume, the 2006 Cialis Western Open. He is, however, a two-time winner on the European Tour.

In December, he underwent surgery to remove a growth the size of a golf ball on his diaphragm. Fortunately, tests revealed that it was benign.

"We were real thrilled when we found it was some rare type of benign tumor," Immelman told reporters after his round today.