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: McIlroy saves par
McIlroy looked fairly disgusted with himself a moment ago as he sent a birdie putt 12 feet past, but he’s managed to avoid the bogey after making another nice save.
Johnson landed in the bunker at the 9th after his drive went way left, leaving a tricky line into the green. He tried to cut it out to the side and use the slope to bring it back down, but it didn’t run. Tough par putt coming up.
The Masters 2022: Bogey for Im
The clubhouse leader drops back down to -4 after a bogey at the 10th. Im’s approach shot into the green missed to the left and he was unable to get up and down for his par.
The Masters 2022: Johnson saves par
DJ avoids the bogey at the par-5 7th as he holes his par putt from eight feet, as Morikawa gets back on track with his birdie.
Corey Conners has rejoined the pack at -3 thanks to this chip-in at 12.
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McIlroy found a safe spot in the middle of the green at the par-3 6th but was unable to threaten the hole with his lengthy birdie putt. Fitzpatrick, meanwhile, rolls in a lovely birdie putt to get back to -1 overall.
Morikawa found the fairway bunker at the par-5 7th which took out the option of being able to hit the green in two, but his third shot places him within six feet of birdie.
Johnson, though, is in all sorts of trouble after catching the edge of the pine straw on the edge of the fairway. He’s unable to get the ball out with his first attempt after it catches something and he’s left with a eight-footer for par after eventually chipping onto the green.
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Oosthuizen is in the same group as Tiger Woods and shot +4 yesterday.
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Im makes it to the turn at -5 after producing a nice up and down from the beneath the 9th green.
The South Korean will be in a very good position if he can continue to remain on level par for his day.
There aren’t going to be many scores to threaten -5 this afternoon, based on what we have seen so far.
The Masters 2022: Bogey for McIlroy
McIlroy, like Johnson, faced an uphill task at the 5th after his drive went left. He was able to find the very front of the green but it left a tricky putt over an underlating front section. The lengthy birdie putt uphill still left 15 feet for his par and a shot slips away from his first bogey of the day.
The Masters 2022: Bogey for Johnson
Johnson finds himself in a tricky spot amongst the trees at the par-4 7th and can only punch it out through a gap and into the greenside bunker. He’s not able to do much from there, though, and his shot out leaves him a good 40 feet away for his par.
It’s a brilliant effort but it slips just an inch wide. He moves back down to -3.
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Morikawa drops a shot at the par-3 6th after missing the green and ending up down the back of the bank.
There’s a bogey, too, for Rahm at the 5th. Both players drop back to +1.
McIlroy is through the par-3 4th after making his two-putt from the middle of the green. He’s just found the trees with his drive at the 5th, sending it wide left.
The Masters 2022: McIlroy saves par
Clutch putt from McIlroy! Just after making birdie at the 2nd, it would have been another blow to drop a shot at the following hole but he’s managed to avoid that despite putting himself in trouble by falling short of the green.
His pitch back up the slope landed on the fringe and the par save came from 12 feet. Koepka, who landed on the green in two, three-putted down the slope to drop a shot.
Johnson and Morikawa move on with pars at the 5th after having lengthy birdie putts.
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