Masters 2022 -- Chasing Scottie Scheffler, tracking Tiger Woods and other big storylines for the weekend at Augusta National

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods might be the biggest story in the 86th Masters.

But everyone is chasing the hottest player on the planet, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who has a 5-shot lead heading into Saturday's third round at Augusta National Golf Club.

Scheffler's advantage matches the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history. Five other players led by as many strokes after two rounds, including Harry Cooper in 1936, Herman Keiser in 1946, Jack Nicklaus in 1975, Raymond Floyd in 1976 and Jordan Spieth in 2015. All but Cooper ended up winning a green jacket.

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Here is what to keep an eye on Saturday at Augusta National:

Scheffler, 25, has been on a meteoric rise the past two months. After failing to win in his first two seasons on tour, Scheffler has won three times in his past five starts — at the WM Phoenix Open in February and the Arnold Palmer Invitational and WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in March.

Since the Official World Golf Ranking began in 1986, no player has won his first PGA Tour or DP World Tour event, ascended to No. 1 in the world and earned his first major championship victory in the same year. There have been 25 different players to reach No. 1 in the world, and Scheffler has a chance to become the first player to accomplish all three of those feats in the same year, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

But Scheffler has never held a lead at a major championship. His previous best was a tie for second after 54 holes at the 2020 PGA Championship; he finished in a tie for fourth. He is the third world No. 1 to hold or share the 36-hole lead at the Masters. Of the previous two, one of them won (Dustin Johnson in 2020) and one of them famously lost (Greg Norman in 1996).

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