Masters 2022 live updates: Tiger Woods gets back-to-back birdies; Scottie Scheffler keeps sizeable lead
Tiger Woods made the cut 14 months after a horrific car accident.
After an up-and-down second round in which he bogeyed on four of the first five holes and six overall, the five-time Masters champion also hit four birdies to finish 1-over par through 36 holes.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is running away with the tournament, shooting 8-under par to lead 2021 champion Hideki Matsuyama, 2011 champion Charl Schwartzel, Shane Lowry and Sungjae Im by five shots.
Five players have led by five strokes after 36 holes at the Masters and all but one, Harry Cooper in 1936, went on to win.
Woods and Kevin Kisner will tee off at 1 p.m. ET, while Scheffler and Schwartzel will tee off at 2:50.
dumped two balls into Rae’s Creek on the 12th hole. His final-hole double bogey sent him packing with a 76.
Brooks Koepka: The four-time major champion, who had 12 top 10s in his last 16 starts in a major, made just one birdie in each of his two rounds and went home after two scores of 75.
Bryson DeChambeau: The 2020 U.S. Open winner has now played just 13 rounds this year as he’s battled hand, wrist and hip injuries. After opening with a 76, he made just one birdie in the second round and signed for his first-ever 80 on the PGA Tour.
Xander Schauffele: The Olympic gold medalist made just one birdie in 36 holes.
– Steve DiMeglio, Golfweek
Tiger’s presence leads to big ratings
ESPN reported a 21% increase over 2021’s opening-day viewership and the largest television audience of the first round since 2018.
ESPN said its nearly five-hour Thursday telecast peaked at 3.6 million viewers between 4:15 and 4:29 p.m. ET as Woods played the final hole of his first competitive round since a car crash in 2021 left him with severe leg injuries.
Last year’s average viewership of the first round was 2.3 million.
– Jason Lusk, Golfweek