2022 Masters : Sunday leaderboard here. Sunday TEE TIMES here.
Sunday will be the best weather day of the week, warmer and less windy, but the stage has already been set. There are only 7 players under par, and winners of their last 2 events are paired together in the last group,
Scottie Scheffler could have made this a non issue through 11 holes he had a 7 shot lead, but made things interesting with 4 bogey's coming in, still a closing 71 and a 3 shot lead at -9. Chasing him the brilliant Aussie Cam Smith who stayed out of trouble off the tee, let his wedges work for a -4 68, -6 total.
Opinion: While the result is in Scheffler's hands, with the Augusta greens now at their vaunted best, a bogey here and a birdie there means the race is back on come the back nine, and I will not be surprised if the little Aussie joins his compatriot Adam Scott as a Masters Champion.
They will begin play today at 2.40pm
Corey Conners quite rightly continues to be pleased with his game, he is 3rd on tour in greens in regulation, so constantly gives himself good chances.
" Overall another solid day, I battled hard, certainly very challenging out there, a couple of dropped shots at the end there 15 and 18, I learned some lessons for the future for sure there, but played solid. I tried to pick my spots, played aggressive, tried to get under par, and I did that, hung in there most of the day."
Let's be clear, he is T6 at -1 way ahead of 94% of this field, he was in the final 4 of the Dell Match Play in Texas 3 weeks ago and could easily have won it. This modest young Canuck is currently 32nd in the world rankings, heading for the top 20 and a place in the Presidents Cup team in a hurry.
Today he is off at 2.10 with Danny Willett, they are 4th last off.
Mac Hughes started very well but things just slipped away as the day wore on, I watched it all, he was even par after a brilliant birdie at the 10th, but a bogey at 11 then he seemed to get rattled at the 12th where he was long off the tee, glared at his caddy " bite, bite, it's down wind " and another bogey there, A drive wide right on 13 led to a scrambling par, but others at 14, 17 then a double after a wild drive at 18 led to 77 and a T48 +9 as play begins this morning.
Today he is 3rd pairing off at 10.30 with Patrick Cantley
Tiger Woods had his worst round at August, 78, T41 +7 plays with Jon Rahm today
Summary: With Scheffler at -9 and Smith at -6, Sungjae Im is at -4 and has a chance, but the closest after that is Schwartzel and Lowry -2, then Thomas and Connors at -1 and they are all too far back given the difficult test that faces them on Augusta National today,
I have a feeling Cameron Smith will be the 2022 Masters Champion... but don't bet the rent money on it..
Bryan Angus
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