Masters 2022 live updates: Sungjae Im maintains lead, Morikawa climb

Masters 2022 live updates: Sungjae Im maintains lead, Morikawa climbing leader board

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Moving Day at Augusta National will be a particularly important one this year.

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Forecasted, sustained winds Friday afternoon of 16 miles per hour—gusting up to 30 mph—could make conditions very, very difficult.

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The course should firm up as the day goes on and present quite the ball-striking examination—creating quite the imposition to make the cut for the afternoon wave.

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That would include Tiger Woods, who did not disappoint on Thursday.

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As he often does at Augusta National, he captivated the patrons at Augusta National with a gritty 1-under 71 to put him just four back of Sungjae Im’s lead.

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Among the top players in the world Tiger edged on Thursday: Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Brooks Koepka, Rory McIlroy, Viktor

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That was just one round, of course … and we heard the Masters doesn’t start until the back nine on Sunday anyways.

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