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: Tiger Woods underway
He was the story of the day yesterday, and now Tiger Woods’ quest to build on his opening 71 begins.
This will likely be an even harder physcial challenge than yesterday’s round, given the 46-year-old’s lack of golf over the past 18 months. We’ll soon find out as he sends his drive to the left of the fairway.
The Masters 2022: Schwartzel takes clubhouse lead
Charl Schwartzel is safely home as he saves par on the 18th with a tricky downhill putt to complete an impressive round of 69. I doubt there will be too many better scores out there today.
Speaking of, Cameron Smith is underway. He tees off with a share of the lead alongside Im and Willett. Can he extend it? Or is it a case of holding on in these blustery and increasingly chilly conditions?
The Masters 2022: Birdie for Willett
What a start for Danny Willett. After his impressive opening 68 yesterday, the 2016 Masters champion birdies the par-5 second to move to -4 and take a share of the lead.
A fist-pump from Morikawa as he drains a 15-foot putt for bogey from the edge of the green, avoiding the double. Johnson moves on with a par.
The Masters 2022: Birdie for Im
Sensible play from Im at the par-5 13th. He was able to carry the creek with his approach into the green to set up a lengthy eagle putt, which he has just nestled to within a foot of the hole for a tap-in birdie.
He did take a risk carrying the creek though, and was only a couple of feet away from finding water himself.
The Masters 2022: Morikawa in the water
Is that really Collin Morikawa? From the middle of the fairway at the 11th he has just plunked his ball into the water to the left of the green. You do not go left there. The Open champion was putting together a really good round after reaching the turn in -2 but that’s a big error.
The Masters 2022: Schwartzel to -3
Charl Schwartzel has quitely put together the round of the day so far, with this stunning approach at 16 setting up his fifth birdie of his round to move him to -3 overall.
The Masters 2022: Bogey for Im
Cameron Smith now stands alone at the top of the leaderboard after Sungjae Im’s bogey at the 12th.
He found the bunker with his tee shot at the iconic par-3 but did a good job of setting up a seven-foot putt for par.
However, he got the line all wrong and sent it steaming past. That’s a bad miss and he drops to -3.
Back at 10, Johnson produced an excellent shot to get out of trouble from the pine straw. Backed up against a tree, he pitched to within four feet and gets away with his par.
The Masters 2022
This strange mid-round crisis from Johnson looks set to be contiueing at the 10th. He’s just hit his approach shot over the back of the green and into the pine straw down the bank.
McIlroy has landed on the 8th green in three and has given himself 25 feet for his birdie.
The Masters 2022
Now where is McIlroy off to? He made a birdie at his first par 5 of the day but has made it hard to repeat the trick at the 8th after sending his drive wide right. He’s had to chip back onto the fairway after being caught being the trees.
The Masters 2022: Bogey for Johnson
He escaped dropping a shot at the 8th, he doesn’t get away with it this time. It’s a bogey for Johnson after dodging from the trees to the bunker and to the bank by the side of the green.
Morikawa is heating up though. His short irons are firing nicely depsite the tough breeze and he follows a nice approach at the 9th with a birdie putt from 10 feet. That’s back-to-back birdies for the Open champion and he moves into the red.
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