Scheffler is 8-under and leads by 5 strokes, but he's never played at the Masters with Tiger and with crowds.
It’s not exactly making the cut at the Masters at age 46 barely a year after a horrific car accident required pins, rods, screws and who knows what other metal objects to surgically repair your crumpled right leg, as Tiger Woods did Friday in 30 mph wind gusts at Augusta National.
“My buddies will still make fun of me to this day because of it,” said the 6-foot-3 Scheffler, who also played basketball at Highland Park High. “I stepped on an acorn. they were freaking out. They’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, we heard a pop, we heard a pop.’ And I was like, ‘My ankle isn’t broken,’ but it definitely was stinging for a while. I just played all week with my foot turned out to the side and just kind of grinded it out, I guess.
, then shooting 1-under 71. He “won” again Friday by continuing his streak of made cuts at Augusta, despite swirling winds and bad breaks that led to bogeys on four of his first five holes. That left him at 3-over with 13 holes to play and the wind howling even more; the cut line was 4-over. “It was a good fight, I got back in the ball game,” Woods said. “I’m four shots back of second . … I could have easily kicked myself out of the tournament today, but I kept myself in it.”
“I was hoping I didn’t have any setbacks along the way where I couldn’t go, but I didn’t have any setbacks,” Woods said. “Everything has been good, has been tough. My team has done a hell of a job getting me ready, getting the body — after I go ahead and break it out there, they go ahead and repair it at night. You should know this from all the NASCAR. Break it, fix it.Scheffler, meanwhile, is humming along and threatening to lap the field. The world’s newly minted No.
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