AUGUSTA, Ga. — The two best golfers in the world this year will square off with a green jacket on the line Sunday at the 2022 Masters. Scottie Scheffler, the 36- and 54-hole leader, has seen his advantage narrow but will nevertheless enter the final round at Augusta National three strokes ahead of Cameron Smith. One of the two will almost assuredly end the day being crowned on the 18th green with a $2.7 million check finding its way into their back account.
Scheffler, who took a five-stroke lead entering Round 3, saw that advantage cut in half as Smith posted the round of the day, a 4-under 68. Though Scheffler has been far more consistent this week, the No. 1 player in the world will have to battle down the stretch. Given 26 of the last 31 green jacket winners have come from the final pairing in Round 4, there’s a far better than not chance one of these two will be named Masters champion on Sunday afternoon.
As far as Tiger Woods, a gutty and impressive effort over the first two days led to the five-time Masters winner making the cut for the 22nd consecutive tournament at Augusta National. However, Tiger followed that up with the worst round of his career here, a 6-over 78 that saw him plummet out of contention. His goal on Sunday? Get back to even for the Masters.
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Leader Scottie Scheffler gives one back with his first bogey of the day at the par-4 10th hole. But a break: Cameron Smith misses a gimme five-footer to also bogey the 10th. So Scheffler’s lead will remain at four strokes.
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Masters leader Scottie Scheffler goes out in 34 in the final round, while Cameron Smith goes out in 45. Smith still four back. Rory five back.
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Holy hell. Rory McIlroy with an eagle at 13 to move to 6 under on the week and 7 under on the round (!!!!)
He’s now solo third on the leaderboard and five off the lead.
Feels a little too late, but ….
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Cameron Smith big par save on No. 8 to hang at 7 under, but Scottie Scheffler holding steady as ever at 11 under right now. Datagolf gives Scheffler almost a 90% chance to win.
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Rory McIlroy has the round of the day (and maybe the week) going as he heads to 11. Currently 5 under through 10 after going out in 32 (!!!), six off the lead and T3 on the leaderboard right now.
Best round of the week thus far (by multiple golfers) is a 5 under 67.
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Lot of momentum swings here on the first nine between the final grouping of Cameron Smith and Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler hanging tough, though, with a four-stroke lead through six. Smith EVEN on the round thus far after birdie-birdie start.
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Very interesting post-round comments from Tiger Woods, who opened up a bit about his upcoming schedule but very much remained non-committal about everything except one event.
“I won’t be playing a full schedule ever again,” said Woods. “It’ll be just the big events. I don’t know if I’ll play [the PGA Championship] at Southern Hills or not. But I am looking forward to St. Andrews. That’s something that’s very near and dear to my heart. I’ve won two Opens there, it’s the home of golf, it’s my favorite golf course in the world. So I will be there for that one. Anything in between that, I don’t know, I will try — there’s no doubt — I will try to get ready for Southern Hills, and we’ll see what this body is able to do.”
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