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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Justin Thomas, who was +4 yesterday, has just landed his ball to within a foot of the 16th hole from the tee. A tap-in birdie will take him into the red for the first time.
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Woods goes tantilisingly close to another birdie, again at 16, but his putt edges a touch left of the hole.
Scheffler also finds in a tough spot at 14 with a devlish pitch across the sloped green, and will have six feet for his par. And he makes it!
Lowry then goes inches away from a closing birdie at the 18th. He settles for a four-under-67, the lowest score of the day. What a sensational round from the former Open champion.
The Masters 2022: Scheffler moves to -6
What a birdie from Scheffler, and he moves three clear at -6. After his wayward second shot, Scheffler produced a beautiful pitch to nestle his ball to within four feet of the flag. The birdie duly followed, and in truth never seemed in doubt, as he rolled the putt into the middle of the hole.
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This will be a test for Scheffler. He pushes his approach at 13 to about 40 yards right of the hole, amongst the photographers in an awkard position in front of the creek.
Smith has put himself into a good position at the 15th after pitching his approach to within a foot or two.
By the way, Matsuyama was able to save par at 13 despite finding the water.
The Masters 2022: Another birdie for Woods!
Truly remarkable. Woods has looked out at +3 twice now during this second round. But, again, he fights and battles on. He follows his birdie at the 13th with another at 14 and suddently he is close to level par with the 15th to come.
The Masters 2022: Lowry saves par
A huge par putt from Lowry at 16 after his tee shot left him a good 40 feet away on the green. He sinks the par putt from eight or so feet to continue his momentum.
The Masters 2022: Matsuyama finds the water
Splash. Matsuyama goes for the green in two at 13 but his ball hangs in the breeze and drops into the narrow creek.
The Masters 2022: Birdie for Woods
Another remarkably played hole from Woods as he birdies 13. He just knew where to go to make the most of that par-5.
Neimann is unable to continue his run, however, and a bogey-six drops him back to -2.
The Masters 2022: Scheffler extends lead
That tee shot at 12 is rewarded with a further birdie for Scheffler as he sinks the putt from 12 feet. He is looking very comfortable out there and is now two shots clear.
He’s got the par-5s to come, too.
The Masters 2022: Birdie for Lowry
Shane Lowry is having a fun time out there, amongst the suffering on the course. He’s just played the 13th and 15th to perfection, his wedge at the latter landing to within inches of an eagle three.
He strides up to tap-in the birdie and he moves to -3 overall, -4 for the day.
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