AUGUSTA – FedExCup leader and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler holds a three-stroke lead over PLAYERS Championship winner Cameron Smith entering the final round of the Masters Tournament today. Both players in the final pairing (Scheffler and Smith) are in the Top 10 in the Official World Golf Ranking and Top five in the FedEx Cup standings. Both have won multiple times on the Tour this season.
There have been 15 PGA Tour events played in the calendar year 2022. Scheffler and Smith have combined to win five or one-third of the Tour events.
Scheffler has three wins in his last five starts on Tour. Five players have won the Masters after entering the week No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking and five players have won on Tour in their first start as World No. 1.
Those five players to win in their first start as World No. 1, including one at the Masters are:
- Dustin Johnson, 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship
- Adam Scott, 2014 Charles Schwab Challenge
- Vijay Singh, 2004 RBC Canadian Open
- David Duval, 1999 BellSouth Classic
- Ian Woosnam, 1991 Masters Tournament
Fan favorite, 82-time PGA Tour winner and five-time Masters Tournament champion Tiger Woods recorded a third-round (78), his highest score in 93 career rounds at Augusta National.
The Masters announced this year’s purse with a record $15,000,000 up for grabs and $2,700,000 going to the winner.
Leaderboard | Going into Final Round
Scottie Scheffler 69-67-71—207 (-9)
Cameron Smith 68-74-68—210 (-6)
Sungjae Im 67-74-71—212 (-4)
Shane Lowry 73-68-73—214 (-2)
Charl Schwartzel 72-69-73—214 (-2)
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