Masters 2022 LIVE leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler leads as Tiger Woods has 'awful' round

© GETTY Scottie Scheffler held the overnight lead from Friday

Scottie Scheffler's lead at The Masters has been cut to three shots going into the final day of the four-day tournament after a nightmare on the 18th on Saturday at Augusta National. The new world No 1 came into the tournament this week as a strong favourite having shown the best form of anybody in 2022 and has backed that up with an excellent weekend thus far. But he found a bush off the tee on the final hole of his third round and had to take a penalty drop, though he was able to prevent too much damage by shooting a bogey.

The American is aiming for a maiden Green Jacket but carded his worst round of the weekend on day three with a one-under-par 71. Despite a sluggish finish to his third round, history is on Scheffler's side to win his first major with no player having ever blown a five-shot lead, which he took into Saturday, at the Masters since 1945.

Scheffler said: "I feel great. Definitely played some nice golf today. I made some errors I haven't made the past few days but to still make it round under par is a pretty nice round. It'd mean a lot [to win]. I'm looking forward to the challenge and just keep my head down and keep doing my thing and executing shots."

His third-round 71 followed a three-under-par 69 on Thursday and a stunning 67 on Friday. The in-form Cameron Smith is the leading challenger to Scheffler. The Australian's 68, six shots better than his second round, means he is three shots off.

Clubhouse leader Smith said: "It was really tough conditions. The greens are starting to firm up and it got really spicy out there. I just have to stay aggressive, I am hitting my irons really good so I just need to pick the right shot."

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