AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Tiger Woods was on the brink of making more history at Augusta National as he held steady in tricky conditions to put himself in position to earn a record 24th consecutive made cut at the Masters on Friday.

The five-times Masters champion fired an even-par 72 on a windy but picture-perfect day of unbroken sunshine to sit one over par on the week and comfortably inside the projected cut line of five over par.

Barring a dramatic change, Woods is likely to sit alone atop the Masters record with one more consecutively made cut than fellow Masters champions Gary Player and Fred Couples.