Masters 2022: Friday results.. Saturday live scoring here. andTEE TIMES
WEATHER for Saturday : More of the same, calm early, with from W 16-25kph as the day goes on but cooler at 55*f. If they can survive that, on Sunday the wind is supposed to die down 8-16kph under sunny skies.
On Friday Augusta dried out, the greens got faster, anything landing in the wrong spot could end up 40 feet away..the wind was whipping at 26kph, she had started to become a beast..
Only 15 players are in the red, Corey Conners is one of them at -1. His Olympic Games partner isn't, but with a Sandy Lyle like birdie 3 at the 18th, Mac Hughes will join him this weekend at +4
However with top 50 and ties making the cut at +4, many big names will not be playing.
Jordan Spieth, Brooks Koepka, Xander Schauffele, Justin Rose, Bryson DeChambeau,and Francesco Molinari are all out, so is Mike Weir .
However at the other end of the story, the hottest player in the game and current world #1 Scottie Scheffler with a run of birdies at 7, 8, 12, 13, 15 and 16 turned the leaderboard on it's ear with a -5 67 -8 total.
He is 5 shots clear of Charl Schwartzel 72 69 -3 winner in 2011, Sungjae Im 67 74 -3, Shane Lowry 73 68 -3 former Open champion and defending champion Hideki Matsuyama 72,69 -3.
Corey Conners was also in the group at -3 until a loose tee shot at the par 3 16th led to a bogey 4, followed by a 3 putt bogey at 17, and a 73 -1 total T10th. He played well all day, making 5 clutch putts to save par and a series of fairways and greens for 2 putt pars.
"This is certainly the wildest I've played Augusta. I feel good about the round. I battled hard, a few nice up and downs. Not the way I wanted to finish, dropping a couple of shots late, but overall it was a really solid day, struck the ball solidly, yeah it was a fun challenge"
Mac Hughes played steadily all day, but a bogey at 11 and a drive into Rae's creek at the 13th compounded by 3 putting the green for a double bogey 7 looked like he was on his way out at +5.
However with a deft chip at the par 5 15th, he converted the birdie to get back to +4, saved par at the 16th with a clutch 8 footer, but the drama wasn't over.
His drive at 17 was heading well right of the fairway, but it hit a tree and bounced back. His approach ended up in the first cut 17 yards from the hole, but he missed the resulting 6 footer for par and was back to +5 playing 18.
In 1988, Scotland's Sandy Lyle drove his tee shot into the fairway bunker at the 18th, then hit his most famous 7 iron close and made the birdie putt to win the Masters.
Mac Hughes did exactly the same thing, hoisting his approach from the bunker, away up in the air, landing 8 feet away from the hole, and he calmly converted for 75 and that +4 total.
" The weather is going to be cold and blustery again, so anything like 3 or 4 under will feel like 65 to be honest with you. That round is in me, I just have to be a hair tidier and I have 2 more days to find out."
Saturday Tee Times
Group 1: 10.20am Mac Hughes, Adam Scott
Group 22: 2.10pm Corey Conners, Cameron Smith
Group 16: 1pm Tiger Woods 71 74 also made cut +1, with Kevin Kisner
Rory McIlroy 73 73 +2, Jon Rahm 74 72 +2, Sergio Garcia 74 72 +2, Bubba Watson 73 73 +2, Justin Thomas 76 67 +1, Collin Morikawa 73 70 -1, Cameron Smith 68 74 -2, Dustin Johnson 69 73 -2, will all join those at -3 on moving day,
The big question is, can they catch Scheffler who at -8 136 has tied the tournament record for the largest 36 hole lead. Riding a 2 month long hot streak, he came to Augusta having won 3 of his last 5 starts including the World Match Play.
The wind combined with a firm and fast Augusta guarantee a lot of drama, will it work in or against Scheffler's favour.
In my opinion apart from his brilliant play I think the fact he and his family are devout Christians is a key which was clear his post round interview.
"I've done all the preparation I can do to win tournaments and if I win this tournament then great, but if I don't that's ok too, because I've done everything I could and I'm prepared.. the rest isn't up to me"
Bryan Angus
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