The Masters: Scottie Scheffler three ahead of Cameron Smith goes to the final round at Augusta National | Golf News
Scheffler over nine under three before Smith went on the final day; Rory McIlroy draws 9 as Tiger Woods slides down the rankings with game 78 – watch live coverage from the final round of The Masters exclusively on Sky Sports Golf
By Ali Stafford at Augusta National
Last Updated: 10/04/22 1:36 am
World No 1 Scottie Scheffler remained in pole position to secure his first big win despite seeing his lead cut to three strokes to advance to the final round at The Masters.
Scheffler, chasing a fourth win in six starts, entered the weekend with a five-shot lead and went as far as six points on a cold and cool Saturday at Augusta National, only to stumble at the end and apply for a spot under 71.
The 25-year-old entered his final day over nine and with a commanding advantage over Cameron Smith, who shot a 68th inning of the day and could overtake Scheffler to become world No. 1 with a win, with Sungjae Im more than twice returned to third place.
Only seven players remained in the red numbers after a difficult day of scoring in Georgia, with Ireland’s Shane Lowry sharing fourth place with Charl Schwartzel and Justin Thomas joining Canada’s Corey Conners on one bottom.
Scheffler got up and down from the wide opening green to save par and then followed up with a close-range birdie in the second by rolling in from eight feet in the third, quickly bringing him in. six clear steps, only to slip from five feet and ruin the fourth par-three.
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Lowry – playing in the front group – reduced the distance to four as he jumped from 15 feet to the sixth birdie, as Scheffler converted from a similar distance on the same hole and took advantage of the eighth par-year to recover. restore hit six. cushion.
Smith was back on the sixth weekend but closed the deficit with three birdies in a five-hole stretch from game six, while Lowry lost points with a bogey in ninth and Schwartzel jumped into second solo with an eagle conceded a hole in the match- four days 10.
Scheffler was unable to convert a tit-for-tat opportunity on the 11m and was unable to go up from the next green to save par, as Smith used both par-fives on 9 to temporarily close in the third round. when taking the lead.
The Player champ missed a six-footer to save par at 16 and slipped to bottom six, with Scheffler picking a hit at 13, but then bogeying next to slide to bottom 10.
Scheffler responded to a three-putt bogey at par-5 15 by making a close birdie on his penultimate hole, only to find the trees on the last tee and have to make a shot. penalty on the way to a final bogey.
2016 champion Danny Willett came in at an equal eighth, while a one under 71 scoreline was enough to put Rory McIlroy up to ninth alongside the likes of Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood and 2020 winner Dustin Johnson.
Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama slipped out of contention with a five out of 77, while Tiger Woods beat the worst round of his Masters career by hitting a four and four three in the third round 78 .
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