Rory McIlroy’s Masters lead gone as Cameron Younger ties for prime spot Sunday

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In case you thought the Masters was over after Rory McIlroy's electrifying second spherical, here is your reminder that nothing will get began in Augusta till the again 9 on Sunday.

And people closing 9 holes are positive to be thrilling after Saturday's third-round motion that noticed McIlroy's six-shot lead , the biggest ever via 36 holes, fully evaporate.

New York native Cameron Younger and the reigning champion McIlroy shall be paired collectively as the ultimate grouping of the ninetieth enjoying of the Masters, with each golfers at 11 below.

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Rory McIlroy and Cameron Younger are tied for the Masters lead going into Sunday. (Katie Goodale/Imagn Pictures, Jared C. Tilton/Getty Pictures)

McIlroy began his day at 12 below, however a bogey on the primary mixed with three birdies by Patrick Reed noticed his lead shrink quickly. When McIlroy birdied the third, and Reed bogeyed No. 4, McIlroy’s lead was again to a snug 4. Reed finally fell down the leaderboard, however Younger shot up it.

Younger, who was 4 over after his first spherical, started the day eight pictures again of McIlroy, birdied the sixteenth to tie McIlroy, simply seconds earlier than McIlroy bogeyed 12 to fall to second place. He shot a 7-under 65 to leap to the highest of the leaderboard, whereas McIlroy went 1 over with a 73. Younger birdied eight holes to go together with a bogey on the par-5 fifteenth after going water.

However McIlroy struggled on the again 9, going within the water on 11 for a double bogey, whereas additionally bogeying 12 and 18.

Rory McIlroy reacts after a putt on the 18th inexperienced throughout the third spherical of the Masters Match at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership in Augusta, Georgia, on April 11, 2026. (Michael Madrid/Imagn Pictures)

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This event, although, now stretches far past the leaders, as there are 20 gamers inside seven strokes, and 14 inside six. McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood have been the one golfers inside the highest 20 coming into Saturday to attain over par within the third spherical, making Saturday's shifting day fairly the preview for an electrical Sunday.

Sam Burns is alone at 10 below in solo third, whereas Shane Lowry, who benefited from a hole-in-one , is 2 again. Jason Day and Justin Rose are at 8 below, with Scottie Scheffler and Haotong Li at 7 below (Scheffler, too, shot a 65 after beginning Saturday even for the event).

Different notables within the combine embrace Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley, and Reed at 6 below, Collin Morikawa at 5 below, and Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka at 4 below.

Masters champion Rory McIlroy of Northern Eire greets Cameron Younger of america on the No. 18 inexperienced throughout the first spherical of the Masters at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership on April 9, 2026. (Logan Whitton/Augusta Nationwide/Getty Pictures)

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After being paired collectively within the first two rounds, McIlroy and Younger will tee off collectively once more at 2:25 p.m. ET, as McIlroy appears to make up for misplaced time and grow to be the primary golfer since Tiger Woods to win back-to-back inexperienced jackets.