His main challenger was Cameron Smith, who narrowed the lead to one stroke after the second hole of the final round.

Smith made a triple bogey on the 12th hole after his ball went into the water, leaving Scheffler relatively unchallenged for the rest of the round.

Much attention was given to Tiger Woods, who made his first PGA Tour start since the 2020 Masters after suffering severe injuries to his right leg and ankle in a February 2021 car accident.

[19] Thursday, April 7, 2022 Im Sung-jae became the first Korean player to hold the lead after a round at the Masters following a five-under-par 67.

At the par-5 13th, Im hit his approach shot to 12 feet and made the putt for eagle before also birdieing the par-5 15th to take sole possession of the lead.

[23] Harold Varner III, in his Masters debut, went four-under-par in a 4-hole stretch from the 13th to the 16th hole, including a near albatross from the pine straw at the 13th.

[24] Tiger Woods was playing in his first tournament since the 2020 Masters and opened with a one-under-par 71, tied for 10th place after 18 holes.

[26] Overnight rain meant that the start was delayed by 30 minutes, with the first players teeing off at 8:30 a.m. local time.

Four players, including first-round leader Im Sung-jae and defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, were in second place.

[28] Tiger Woods shot a 74, and had an aggregate score of 145, one-over-par, tying him for 19th place nine strokes behind the leader.

[30] Source:[6] Saturday, April 9, 2022 Scottie Scheffler, beginning the round with a five-shot lead, made four birdies on the front-nine to get to 11-under and open a six-shot advantage at the turn.

[31] With his lead now cut to just three shots, Scheffler played his approach on the 17th to five feet and made the birdie to get back to 10-under.

At the 18th, he was forced to take a drop from underneath a tree after a drive well to the left, but was able to hit his third shot from the pine straw over the green and salvage a bogey to finish at nine-under following a round of 71.

2011 champion Charl Schwartzel, playing in the final group with Scheffler, holed out from the fairway on the 10th for an eagle to get within three of the lead but made four bogeys over his final eight holes to drop back to two-under, tied for fourth with Shane Lowry.

[34] Five-time champion Tiger Woods had four three-putts and a four-putt, his first in this tournament since 2005, in a six-over round of 78, the worst score of his career at the Masters.

[36] Scheffler began the final round with a three-shot lead but saw his advantage cut to one after Cameron Smith birdied his first two holes.

[38] On the 10th, Smith hooked his drive well left and was forced to pitch back out into the fairway, then missed a close putt for par.

Scheffler, meanwhile, was in the middle of the fairway off the tee but hit his approach off the green to the left and failed to get up-and down.

Taking a drop and now playing his third shot, he hit over the green and ended up with a triple-bogey to fall out of contention.

He then chipped in for birdie from over the green on the 10th, eagled the par-5 13th, and holed a shot from a greenside bunker on the 18th to shoot 64 (−8), tying a Masters record for the lowest final-round score.

Smith recovered from another bogey on the 14th with two straight birdies on the 15th and 16th to finish at five-under and in a tie for third with Shane Lowry.

[43][44] Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par As is traditional, Scheffler was interviewed in Butler Cabin, where he discussed his victory:[45]