Masters 2022 LIVE: Leaderboard and scores as Scottie Scheffler takes five-shot lead and Tiger Woods makes cut
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World number one Scottie Scheffler emphatically underlined his newly acquired status as Tiger Woods fought back from a nightmare start to make the halfway cut in the 86th Masters.
Arriving at Augusta National on top of the rankings after three wins in his last five starts, Scheffler simply carried on where he left off with a superb second round of 67 despite a blustery wind making scoring difficult.
That gave the 25-year-old American a halfway total of eight under par and a record-equalling five-shot lead over defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, 2011 winner Charl Schwartzel, Ireland’s Shane Lowry and first-round leader Sungjae Im.
Four of the five previous players to hold such a halfway lead in tournament history went on to claim the green jacket, with Jordan Spieth the most recent to do so in 2015.
Relive the second day’s play of the Masters below:
The Masters 2022: Garcia into the red
Sergio Garcia, the 2017 champion, is the latest player to take advantage at the 2nd. A birdie sees the 42-year-old move into the red. He’s due a good round here, having failed to make the cut ever since finally claiming that long-awaited maiden major five years ago.
The Masters 2022: Simpson moves to -2
Im leaves himself out of position with his drive at the par-5 2nd and his approach runs into the bunker at the front of the green. He can’t get up and down from there and that’s a par for the co-leader.
Webb Simpson also found that seemingly magnetic front bunker but his splash out the sand is far superior. He rolls in a short putt for birdie to move to -2.
The Masters 2022: Conners drops back to -2
Conners comes unstuck at the par-3 4th, which is playing an almighty 240 yards. He dragged his tee shot to the left of the green and a long pitch comes up some 36ft short. It takes two to get down from there and he’s back to -2.
Elsewhere, Cameron Hoge is off to a fine start. The Masters debutant opens his second round with a pair of birdies to move to -1.
There’s good news for former champion Bubba Watson too, on the tenth anniversary of his first victory at Augusta. An enormous 334-yard drive is followed by an equally fine approach into the par-5 2nd and a two-putt birdie takes him to level par for the tournament.
The Masters 2022: Im drops back to -4
Im produces a much better pitch with his second attempt and taps in from one foot for bogey. He’s now level with Cameron Smith at -4. That was just an early snapshot of what is sure to be a topsy-turvy day for those on the first page of the leaderboard.
The Masters 2022: No smooth start for Im
Im’s approach isn’t quite so convincing, though. He only had 142 yards to the pin, which is tucked away on the left side of the green, and it’s nothing more than a soft pitching wedge. He pulls it ever so slightly though and the ball lands on the downslope and runs a good 15 yards off the green. It’s a tricky chip from there with barely any green to work with and Im’s pitch comes up short, catches the fringe, and rolls all the way back down the slope and virtually to his feet. It’ll be a bogey at best for the South Korean whose lead has vanished in an instant.
The Masters 2022: No nerves for Im
Sungjae Im would’ve been forgiven for feeling a few nerves on the first tee, where a reasonable crowd as gathered. If so, the leader hardly shows it. He launches a 287-yard drive straight down the middle of the fairway.
The Masters 2022: Conners moves to -3
And here comes Conners! The Canadian’s second at the par-5 comes up just short but an exquisite chip leaves the easiest of tap-ins for birdie.
The Masters 2022: Im finishes warm-up
Sungjae Im is set to begin his second round in just over five minutes. The South Korean has the outright lead at -5 after a brilliant round of 67 yesterday.
The Masters 2022: Schwartzel into the red
Schwartzel is into the red after a birdie at the par-5 2nd. Behind him, Corey Conners gets underway with a par. He’s at -2 for the tournament and has finished inside the top-10 on his last two appearances.
The Masters 2022: MacIntyre stumbles at second
A costly error at the par-5 2nd sees MacIntyre drop a shot. He pulled his drive into the pine straw down the right and could only chip out with his second. He’s left with 212 yards into the green and his approach finds the bunker at the front of the green. The Scot can’t get up and down and a hole he’d like to have taken advantage of has instead sunk its teeth. Even the supposedly easier holes around Augusta will punish the slightest mistake. That leaves MacIntyre at +2.
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