Masters 2022 LIVE: Leaderboard and scores as Scottie Scheffler takes five-shot lead and Tiger Woods makes cut
Follow live updates and scores from the second day of the Masters
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: Birdie for Scheffler
We have a new leader. Scheffler plays the par-5 8th to perfection to set up a simple birdie. It moves him into the outright lead.
The Masters 2022: Magic from Woods
Hello? Tiger Woods has just played a stunning approach at the 10th - perhaps the shot of the day so far. A birdie there would take him to +1. An incredible response to his tough start.
The same must be said for Justin Thomas. He hit a disappointing +4 yesterday but has played the front nine in -3, the best of the day so far.
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Willett is in a tough run here as we head into the depths of Amen Corner. His tee shot at the 12th clears the green and lands in the back bunker. That sets up a tough shot back down the slope, with the water lurking behind.
The Masters 2022: Bogey for Willett
The 11th has been such a hard hole today and Willett becomes the latest player to fall to into its perils. After laying up to the right to avoid the water on the left, his putt downhill and across the green ran through it before holding up on the fringe. His putt back uphill for par was short and he instead taps in for back-to-back bogeys.
Woods makes an important par save at the 9th. He is still fighting.
The Masters 2022: McIlroy cards 73
McIlroy does indeed escape with his par at the 18th, to card a round of 73 for the second day in a row. Another strange day for McIlroy, who looked promising over the first few holes but made some costly errors as the conditions changed - particularly at the 11th. He’s still only five shots back.
Smith has dropped a further shot at the 9th. He’s +3 for the day midway through his round.
The Masters 2022: Scheffler joins the lead
Scheffler has been patient so far today but a birdie at the 7th moves him into a share of the lead at -3. It was all thanks to an excellent approach to leave an eigtht-foot birdie putt.
Shane Lowey, meanwhile, has pulled off this chip-in to move to -1. It’s such a tight leaderboard at the moment.
The Masters 2022: Woods makes birdie
A wonderfully constructed birdie for Woods at the par-5 8th, just what he was doing so successfully yesterday, and it moves him back to +2. His chip into the green left him with a birdie from a couple of feet.
McIlroy has hacked himself out of the trees at the 18th. Would be quite something to escape with par here. Players at +2 would still only be five shots off the lead...
The Masters 2022: Bogey for Willett
Willett gave his par putt at the 10th a chance but it rolls past the hole, so that will be a bogey for him. It was written on the wall after his approach, which landed in a tough spot on the side of the green.
McIlroy is onto the last hole but has sent his drive at the 18th so far right...
The Masters 2022: Bogey for Matsuyama
Matsuyama landed in trouble at the 7th as he approach to the green landed in the bunker. It left him with a daunting downhill putt and it missed the hole - so that’s his first bogey of the round.
Smith was unable to capitalise on his fine approach into the 8th as the birdie putt stayed high.
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Willett lifts his right foot as he takes aim at the 10th - and will be left with a very challenging chip from the upper bank at the side of the green.
Smith has yet to find the spark for his round but plays a lovely approach into the 8th to set up a birdie chance.
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