Canada's Conners tied for 6th as Scheffler maintains lead entering final round of Masters

Scottie Scheffler spent all day fending off the cold wind at the Masters, slipping on a vest over his layers of clothing after every shot on every hole. One more round and his next wardrobe change might be a green jacket.

Smith had the low round at 68, the only player to break 70, and gave himself another shot at winning the Masters in his first start since his victory in The Players Championship. He was a runner-up to Dustin Johnson two years ago.

Sungjae Im (71), also a runner-up in 2020, was the only other player within five shots.

Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., shot a 72 Sunday and is at 1-under for the championship in a tie for sixth place heading into Sunday.

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Tiger Woods wanted to find a way to get into red numbers and wound up with his worst score ever at the Masters, a 78 that will be remembered for his first four-putt at Augusta National. He also had four three-putts and was 16 shots behind.

"You'd think I'd have figured it out somewhere along the line, but it just didn't happen," he said.

On such a cold day — the wind chill was in the upper 40s most of the day — perhaps this was a warm-up for what Scheffler can expect on Sunday at Augusta National, typically the greatest theater of the majors, especially for those seeking their first major.

The last player who failed to hold a lead of three shots or more going into the final round was 21-year-old Rory McIlroy in 2011.

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Scheffler looked as thought he might turn this into a runaway when he made his fourth birdie of the round on the par-5 eighth and expanded his lead to six shots.

But then a shot from the front bunker on the par-3 12th