Masters 2022 LIVE: Leaderboard and latest scores as Scottie Scheffler leads Cameron Smith

Follow live updates from the final round of The Masters as Scottie Scheffler aims to win a first major title and cement his status as World No. 1 at Augusta National. Scheffler takes a three-shot lead into the last day after reaching -9 thanks to a round of 1, but a late stumble at the 18th hole has opened the door to Cameron Smith who shot a suberb 68 to emerge as the leading challenger.

Both players arrived at Augusta in excellent form, with Scheffler winning three of his last five starts and Smith recently claiming the Players Championship, and the American was set to take a commanding lead into the final day before finding the trees and making a bogey at the final hole. Sungjae Jim is five shots behind Scheffler in third place while Shane Lowry and Charl Schwarzel came into the final day a further shot off the pace.

Danny Willett, Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa and Dustin Johnson will be looking to stay in the top ten, but are surely too far behind to mount a challenge. Elsewhere, Tiger Woods will close his remarkable return to The Masters after making the cut for the weekend. He shot a 78 on Saturday to fall away from contention but the five-time Masters winner remains one of the stories of the week following his comeback from a near-fatal car crash.

Follow live coverage and latest scores from the final round of The Masters below:

Masters 2022 leaderboard

• -9: Scheffler (1)

• -7: Smith (1)

• -4: Im (1)

• -2: Lowry (1), Schwartzel (2), Thomas (2)

• Selected others: McIlroy (E), Woods (+13)

Masters 2022: Birdie for Smith

19:57 , Jamie Braidwood

A brilliant start for Cameron Smith as he increases the pressure of Scheffler but cutting his lead to two thanks to a birdie on the opening hole.

His approach into the green left him with an eight foot putt and Smith confidently walks away with his birdie. That putter will be crucial in his attempts to claim the green jacket.

Scheffler moves on with his par, which is an excellent save in its own right.

Masters 2022: Woods at 18

19:56 , Jamie Braidwood

Now this is brilliant. Tiger Woods, in Sunday red, makes his way up to the 18th green to a standing ovation from Augusta.

What an effort he’s put in this week. He may be finishing at +13, but his opening round of 71 will live long in the memory, as will his fight since.

There’s no doubt that he’s been suffering more physically as the week has gone on. But he’s left everything out there.

Woods closes his sensational return with par as is greeted as if he’s won The Masters as he makes his way back to the clubhouse.

Masters 2022

19:53 , Jamie Braidwood

Scheffler immediately finds himself in a tough spot at the first. After his drive was sent to the left, his approach out of the pine straw carried the green and ended down the bank. His chip back uphill is lovely, though, and rolls to a couple of feet of the pin.

Masters 2022: Lee continues stunning run

19:50 , Jamie Braidwood

Min Woo Lee is now at -6 for his round after his latest birdie at the 9th. After starting the day 13 shots behind the leader, he’s up and into a tie of fourth place.

Masters 2022: Birdie for McIlroy

19:49 , Jamie Braidwood

Rory McIlroy is off to a fine start. After a birdie at the first, McIlroy gets himself back down into the red for the first time since Thursday after an excellent approach into the par-4 3rd.

Masters 2022: Scheffler underway

19:46 , Jamie Braidwood

And we’re off. Scheffler gets his final round underway with a three-shot lead over Cameron Smith, but sends his drive wide left on the par-4 1st, which has played as a tricky hole this week. Both Scheffler and Smith have bogeyed this hole in their previous three rounds.

Masters 2022

19:37 , Jamie Braidwood

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s full live coverage of the final day of The Masters, with the leaders just about to get underway.

So far today Min Woo Lee has made an extraordinary start and has reached the turn in -5. That moves him inside the top 10.

Tiger Woods is coming to the end of his round and is +4 through 16.

Masters 2022

19:33 , Jamie Braidwood

Masters 2022: The rise of Scottie Scheffler

19:15 , Jamie Braidwood

13 Feb 2022: Wins first professional event at WM Phoenix Open in playoff against Patrick Cantlay

6 March 2022: Wins Arnold Palmer Invitationa by one stroke, his second win in three starts

27 March 2022: Wins World Matchplay Championships, beating Kevin Kisner in the final

28 March 2022: Becomes new World No. 1 and sets new record for fastest ascent after first Tour win, his 42 days beating the previous held by Tiger Woods (252 days)

9 April 2022: Takes three-shot lead into the final round of The Masters

Masters 2022: Smith previews battle with Scheffler

19:00 , Jamie Braidwood

Cameron Smith has already proved he has the game for the big occasion after winning the Players Championship earlier this season and the Australian has put himself into contention following yesterday’s sublime 68.

Smith also has the experience of finishing runner-up to Dustin Johnson in The Masters in 2020 and will be looking to go one step further today at August.

“I think you have to stay really patient through the front. There are a couple of birdie opportunities, but I think the back nine is obviously where the tournament will be decided," he said. "You can give yourself plenty of looks if you’re hitting it good.

“Hopefully everything just falls into place. I can’t control what anyone else is going to do tomorrow. So just go out there and really focus on myself.”

Masters 2022: Lowry frustrated to be seven shots behind

18:45 , Jamie Braidwood

Shane Lowry was just three shots behind Scottie Scheffler early in his round yesterday, before a string of bogeys on his back nine saw him to fall seven shots off the pace.

Still, the former Open champion, will be looking to secure a top-5 finish today.

"I’m still lying top five at the Masters so it’s pretty good showing so far," he told RTÉ Sport yesterday.

"The long and short of it is that I feel like I played the golf today to be going out in the final group tomorrow.

"I was a bit average on the back nine. It is what it is, nothing I can do about it now. I’ll have a late tee time tomorrow again and I’ll shoot the best score that I can.

"I’m excited about where my game is but people don’t realise how much I want this so it’s just hard to take right now."

Masters 2022: Scheffler is relishing ‘fight’ with Smith

18:30 , Jamie Braidwood

“It should be a great fight,” Scheffler said after his 71. “Obviously Cam is a tremendous player, he’s got a fantastic short game and he’s coming off a huge win at The Players.

“Both of us are in good form so I’m definitely looking forward to the challenge of playing with him. For me, being in this position, it’s nice to be in control of the golf tournament.

“And all I’m trying to do out there is be committed to my shots and execute, and after that it’s not really up to me.”

Masters 2022: Scheffler is relishing ‘fight’ with Smith

18:15 , Jamie Braidwood

World No 1 Scottie Scheffler said he was relishing a “fight” with nearest rival Cameron Smith as he closed in on a first major title in the The Masters.

Scheffler was six shots clear of the field after eight holes of the third round at Augusta National, but eventually had to settle for a three-stroke advantage as the Australian produced the lowest round of the day – a 68 – in testing conditions.

Scottie Scheffler is relishing ‘fight’ with Cameron Smith at The Masters

Masters 2022: ‘I had zero feel for greens’ – Tiger Woods putting woes lead to worst Masters score

18:00 , Jamie Braidwood

Tiger Woods admitted he had “zero feel” for the greens at Augusta National as he slumped to his worst ever score at The Masters.

Woods four-putted the fifth hole and three-putted six times in a miserable third round of 78, eclipsing his previous highest score of 77 on his debut as an amateur in 1995.

The 46-year-old at least maintained his sense of humour when asked what he struggled with, replying with a smile: “I was hitting too many putts.

“It was like practice putting. I hit 1,000 putts out there today. I just had zero feel for the greens and it showed. I did what I needed to do ball striking-wise, but I did absolutely the exact opposite on the greens.

“I just could not get a feel for getting comfortable with the ball. Posture, feel, my right hand, my release, I just couldn’t find it. With as many putts as I had you’d think I’d have figured it out somewhere along the line, but it just didn’t happen.”

Masters 2022: How to watch online and on TV in the UK today

17:45 , Jamie Braidwood

Scottie Scheffler will take a three-shot lead into the final round of The Masters as he bids to cement his position as world No 1 with a first major title.

Scheffler was the sixth player in tournament history to hold a five-shot lead at the halfway stage, with four of the previous five going on to claim the green jacket at Augusta National.

The 25-year-old American looked odds on to make it five out of six as he extended his lead to six shots after eight holes on Saturday and was still five ahead with five holes to play, but a late stumble at least partially opened the door for the chasing pack.

Australia’s Cameron Smith is his nearest challenger, three strokes behind following a superb 68 - the only competitor to break 70 - with South Korea’s Sungjae Im two shots further back following a 71.

Here’s how to watch on TV tonight

How to watch The Masters 2022 online and on TV in the UK today

Masters 2022: Sunday hole locations

17:35 , Jamie Braidwood

Masters 2022 tee times: Full schedule for Day 4

17:30 , Jamie Braidwood

3.10pm BST: Cameron Davis, Adam Scott

3.20pm BST: Tyrrell Hatton, Billy Horschel

3.30pm BST: Patrick Cantlay, Mackenzie Hughes

3.40pm BST: Max Homa, Bubba Watson

3.50pm BST: Jon Rahm, Tiger Woods

4pm BST: Russell Henley, Daniel Berger

4.10pm BST: Robert MacIntyre, Harold Varner III

4.20pm BST: Tom Hoge, Sepp Straka

4.30pm BST: Kevin Na, Seamus Power

4.50pm BST: Joaquin Niemann, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

5pm BST: Kevin Kisner, Matthew Fitzpatrick

5.10pm BST: Tony Finau, Sergio Garcia

5.20pm BST: Lucas Glover, Patrick Reed

5.30pm BST: JJ Spaun, Min Woo Lee

5.40pm BST: Harry Higgs, Lee Westwood

5.50pm BST: Si Woo Kim, Hudson Swafford

6pm BST: Marc Leishman, Talor Gooch

6.10pm BST: Hideki Matsuyama, Viktor Hovland

6.30pm BST: Webb Simpson, Will Zalatoris

6.40pm BST: Dustin Johnson, Cameron Champ

6.50pm BST: Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa

7pm BST: Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Kokrak

7.10pm BST: Corey Conners, Danny Willett

7.20pm BST: Charl Schwartzel, Justin Thomas

7.40pm BST: Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith

Good afternoon

12:46 , Jamie Braidwood

Good afternoon and welcome to The Independen’t live coverage of the final round of The Masters as Scottie Scheffler aims to win a first major title and cement his status as World No. 1 at Augusta National. Scheffler takes a three-shot lead into the last day after reaching -9 thanks to a round of 1, but late a stumble at the 18th hole has opened the door to Cameron Smith who shot a suberb 68 to emerge as the leading challenger.

Both players arrived at Augusta in excellent form, with Scheffler winning three of his last five starts and Smith recently claiming the Players Championship, and the American was set to take a commanding lead into the final day before finding the trees and making a bogey at the final hole. Sungjae Jim is five shots behind Scheffler in third place while Shane Lowry and Charl Schwarzel came into the final day a further shot off the pace.