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:
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The wind at Augusta has really picked up and McIlroy gives the flag at the 4th a long stare after it suddenly changes direction as he stood over the ball.
He knew he’d missed his target as soon as he made his connection as it drops short of the green. Both Koepka and Fitzpatrick made sure they went long and have ended up on the back side of the green.
The Masters 2022: Birdie for McIlroy
McIlroy, even despite that tee shot, takes advantage of the par-5 2nd thanks to a fine chip that left with with a four-foot putt for birdie. In it goes and he moves back to level par.
Zalatoris continues to impress as he makes an early birdie at the 3rd to get back to -2, which is where he stood heading up the 18th last night before his closing bogey.
The Masters 2022: Birdie for DJ
Dustin Johnson collects his reward for that fine tee shot at the 4th as he knocks down his birdie putt to move one shot off the lead at -4.
Corey Conners rejoins the pack at -3 with a birdie at the 8th.
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Ooh - purring stuff from Dustin Johnson at the par-3 4th as he clips his tee shot to within eighth feet. The pin is located at the back right corner of the green but Johnson found a good position and will fancy his chance at birdie.
At the par-5 2nd, McIlroy sent his drive into trees on the left but has scrambled to safety by laying up on the right side of the green. He looks to have found a good position to potentially get near the hole with his chip.
We’re then offered a rare look at Im on the course as he leaves a lengthy birdie putt short at the 6th. But he moves on with his par to remain at -5.
The Masters 2022: Back-to-back birdies for Rahm
Jon Rahm needed this. He started his day +2 but has birdied his opening two holes to get back to even par.
Quite the recovery there for Rahm at the 2nd as his drive put him close to the straw pines on the left side of the fairway. But he managed to find the back of the green and was only a couple of inches away from his eagle before tapping in for a birdie.
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McIlroy bends his knees as his ball falls to break back inside on his birdie putt at the 1st, which ran just past the hole. He moves on with an opening par, unlike Fitzpatrick who saw his birdie putt run almost 15 feet away from the hole after catching the slope. Tough start for him.
The Masters 2022: Eagle for Hatton
Tyrell Hatton repsonds to his opening bogey at the 1st with an excellent eagle at the following par-5. He found the back edge of the green with his second shot from inside the left fairway and his putt from the fringes dropped. That moves him to -1.
McIlroy has pitched a lovely shot to within seven or eight feet at the 1st. Birdie chance coming up.
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McIlroy opens up with a booming drive down the right side of the fairway leaving him with a short wedge to the green. You do wonder how he doesn’t card more birdies when he puts himself in those positions.
Up ahead, Morikawa was in a good position at the par-5 2nd after landing his shot from the bunker to 10 feet. The birdie putt looked on line but tailed off to the right. Johnson also sees his birdie putt drag past the hole. Opportunity gone.
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The featured groups on the TV coverage will be showing a lot of Morikawa and Johnson, as well as this next group.
Rory McIlroy had a frustrating evening yesterday, you’ve got to say, dropping some unnecessary shots on the back nine.
He will look to respond following his opening 73, which by no means put him out of contention. Alongside him Brooks Koepka had a bizarre back nine, going from -2 to +3 over nine holes.
Of the group, Matthew Fitzpatrick had the best round and is in a good position at -1. Many have high hopes for him this week.
Will Zalatoris is also underway after he had his five consecutive round under par at the Masters yesterday with an opening 71.
The Masters 2022: Im back to -5
Im, as he did yesterday, makes birdie at the par-4 3rd to get back to where he started his day at -5.
It came after a lovely downhill putt of about 24 feet which trickled and dropped into the hole.
Morikawa gets off to a good start at the first with an opening birdie. His putt was from about 15 feet.
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