Things to do in masters 2022: Scottie Scheffler wants to prove something to behold, Justin Thomas lurks into Motion Day

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Things to do in masters 2022: Scottie Scheffler wants to prove something to behold, Justin Thomas lurks into Motion Day

AUGUSTA, Ga. – It’s perhaps no surprise that the world No. 1 golfer, who has also won three of his last five tournaments, shot a 67 on Friday at the 2022 Masters and held a shot. hit 5 strokes at the first major of the year. However, most of the world No 1 players do not become world No 1 just two months after being eliminated because they have never won the PGA Tour – like Scottie Scheffler.

The 25-year-old Scheffler’s speed trip this week mimics his journey over the past two months. His first PGA Tour win came on February 13 at the Phoenix Open. His second was March 6 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. His third match was lost just three weeks after March 28 at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the same day he became the #1 golfer on the planet.

And now, two weeks later, he held the record by holding the lead for the largest 36 holes (five strokes more than four opponents) in Masters history.

Scheffler has quietly become a monster at the pro tournament over the past few years. His last six starts have all resulted in the top 20, and he’s been a solid statistic throughout his career despite not winning until two months ago. Again this week, he leads the field in terms of strokes from tee to green, and his record is certainly solid.

After 36 holes and two days of a Master thus dominated by the return of Tiger Woods’ superb play, the event finally got a bit of the narrative outside of Big Cat. Four out of five golfers have a five-stroke lead after 36 holes at masters went on to win a green jacket. The only person who failed to achieve that feat happened before the Second World War began.

It doesn’t seem strange that the world No. 1 will win the Masters in just his third match at Augusta National. However, because his ascent to the top of the world happened so quickly, doubts remained.

One of the stories that will play out for the week is whether Scheffler is the real #1. The question is not whether he is a good golfer but whether he is simply on a hearth.

A Masters win will clear all doubts about Scheffler’s current and his future. Now, the question that dominated the first part of this week – What will Tiger Woods do at the Masters 2022? – deleted and replaced by a man wearing Big Cat’s Nikes. The question now for Scheffler is one that Tiger has answered many times throughout his career: Will anyone catch the world No. 1 over the last 36 holes of this grand slam?

Here are nine more thoughts on the second round of the 2022 Masters.

2. The cat that survived: Again, the 71-74 may not be stellar in the history books, but Tiger is putting on a performance at the ages he was considering prosthetics at this point a year ago. After leaving at the age of 39, he rose to 35 on Monday nine and easily got the weekend. Will he compete on Sunday? I don’t think that’s likley considering how poor he’s been in his teens so far and how his body is broken now. Saturday will be told, though, and we might just get one last magic trick from the Cat where he’s the most dominant.

“I don’t feel as good as I would like,” Woods said. “It’s okay. Like I said, I have a chance to go over the weekend. Hopefully, I’ll have one of those lightbulb moments and turn it on over the weekend and get it done. You’ve seen everything. If you’re within five or six of behind nine, anything can happen. I need to get there myself. That’s the key. lock. I need to get there myself. Tomorrow is going to be a big day.”

3. Dustin Johnson is lurking: The DJ event kicked off on Friday after two errors caused by horrifying steering hits on 7 and 9 on the first nine. He hit nine pars in a row on the second nine to get into the house with a 73 that doesn’t look good on paper but is almost two better than the yard average in Round 2. The DJ knows the weekend is long. and he was simply trying to play. his way on Sunday afternoon. His patience and discipline (seriousness, patience and discipline towards DJs) is admirable, and winning a Master at the bottom 6 would be even more impressive than winning it at a record level. 20 years old as he did a year and a half ago.

4. Justin Thomas dances, Collin Morikawa moves: Morikawa’s slide into the top 10 on the charts is quieter than JT, but it’s the two of you “if he hangs out early on the 31st, things will turn bitter” you guys watch on Saturday. Thomas put on a show. He matched Scheffler’s 67 at the end of the day, paired 14-16 and completely covered his 76 from Thursday. He entered the mix legally, and after he hit 5.6 on approach shots in Round 2, having a contentious road on Sunday for him seemed unthinkable. can imagine.

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5. 2011 and 2016 too: After Thursday, I confirmed it with a leaderboard that included Dustin Johnson, Sungjae Im and Cameron Smith – the top three finishers at the November Masters – that we would get the 2020 red, obviously, we also have a lot of repeats of 2011 and 2016. Charl Schwartzel (2011 champion) shot 3 under 69 on Friday and finished 3 under after 36 holes. He’s missed the final six cuts worldwide and hasn’t been in the top 10 anywhere since last July. Danny Willett (2016 champion) shoots 74 but remains in the top 10. To add to the story of 2016, Willett took the lead by one point on Friday, and Jordan Spieth – who missed the cut – rose twice. in the country on number 12.

6. The hardest test: The average score on Friday rose to 74.6 largely due to the strong nighttime gusts acting as inconsistent. The best indication of how hard Augusta National was on Friday? Six golfers shot round in the ’60s, seven shot around in the ’80s.

7. Hideki’s back? I was perhaps most impressed with Hideki Mastsuyama’s 3 under performance so far this week. He hasn’t been a factor for most of the past month and pulled out of the Texas Open last week because of a neck injury. Now? He actually has a chance to become the first golfer since the 2001-02 Tigers to win two straight blue jackets.

8. How great is golf? 63-year-old Larry Mize, who averaged 230 yards this week, beat 28-year-old Bryson DeChambeau, who averaged 310 yards from tee at a course he once said was par equals 67 for him. I know DeChambeau isn’t obviously not perfectly healthy, but imagine this happening in any other sport!

9. Bubba is Bubba: Let’s all take a moment to appreciate this ridiculous 18th-place shot that led to the birdie for Bubba Watson and got him in Augusta for the weekend.

10. Who can win? If we believe the trend below will continue, the winner of the Masters 2022 will be one of the following.