The third spherical of the 89th Masters Match ended with a ton of motion on the prime of the leaderboard.
Seven LIV golfers — Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton, Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Joaquin Niemann, Jon Rahm, and Charl Schwartzel — stay in competition after the lower was set at 2-over after the primary two rounds. The seven remaining LIV golfers share a mixed 5 Masters titles amongst them, with Rahm’s 2023 win being the latest.
DeChambeau continued to shine, ending the day in second place, whereas Reed ended Spherical 3 tied for fourth.
Rory McIlroy captured the solo lead after taking pictures 6-under on this wild Saturday. Corey Conners, who went from a five-shot deficit to at least one shot behind McIlroy in a span of three holes, closed with eight straight pars for a 70. He resulted in third place, 4 photographs behind. Nobody else was nearer than six photographs of McIlroy. Justin Rose, who had a one-shot lead at first of the day, shot 75 and was seven photographs again, falling to tied for sixth.
Listed here are the highlights from Spherical 3 at Augusta Nationwide:
Day 3 leaderboard
1. Rory McIlroy (-12)2. Bryson DeChambeau (-10)3. Corey Conners (-8)T4. Patrick Reed (-6)T4. Ludvig Åberg (-6)T6. Jason Day (-5)T6. Scottie Scheffler (-5)T6. Shane Lowry (-5)T6. Justin Rose (-5)
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Rory McIlroy has masterful begin at Augusta and closes in on profession Grand Slam
McIlroy raced out to one of the best begin the Masters has seen in its 91-year historical past, with six straight 3s on his scorecard that shot him into the lead Saturday and left him 18 holes away from that coveted inexperienced jacket and the profession Grand Slam.
McIlroy chipped in for eagle as a part of his wonderful begin, after which he delivered one other eagle late within the spherical as contenders had been lining up behind him, an imposing 6-iron to six ft on the par-5 fifteenth gap that carried him to a second straight 6-under 66.
“It was an superior day and places me in an incredible place going into tomorrow,” McIlroy stated. “I simply have to remain agency and simply keep in my very own little world.”
At stake Sunday is an opportunity to change into solely the sixth participant to seize all 4 skilled majors, a feat final completed almost 25 years in the past by Tiger Woods on the British Open.
Bryson DeChambeau continues to impress in third spherical
McIlroy led by two photographs over a well-recognized foe — DeChambeau, who delivered some magic of his personal with a 45-foot birdie putt to begin his spherical and a putt from almost 50 ft for birdie on the 18th gap that gave him a 69.
Patrick Reed and Ludvig Åberg make Saturday strikes on the Masters
Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, shot a 3-under 69 to at the least give himself an outdoor likelihood of chasing down McIlroy over the past 18 holes. Reed closed with three birdies over his closing six holes. Åberg additionally made a late transfer, with three straight birdies from Nos. 14-16 in his spherical of 69. Each had been at 6-under 210, six photographs behind McIlroy.
“You simply by no means know, however you’d need to anticipate to exit and play one of the best spherical you’ve acquired,” Reed stated. “I’m considering for me to have the ability to win this golf match. I’ve acquired to shoot my lowest spherical I’ve ever shot on Sunday out right here.”
Regardless of having left the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf, Reed has maintained his ordinary busy schedule, taking part in particular person occasions on the European and Asian excursions. That hasn’t stopped him from falling exterior the highest 100 on this planet rating, however the 34-year-old Reed stated his ball-striking could also be higher than ever.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler fails to make a transfer, trails by 7 photographs
The defending Masters champion did not take benefit time and time once more, leaving him seven photographs behind McIlroy with one spherical left.
Scheffler wasn’t significantly sharp Saturday and failed to present himself many birdie alternatives. In reality, he spent the overwhelming majority of the day scrambling to save lots of par and the truth is his even-par 72 may have been a lot worse.
“I simply couldn’t actually get something going,” Scheffler stated. “I needed to scramble rather a lot as we speak, really. I acquired off to an excellent begin (with a birdie on No. 2), however after that I didn’t actually really feel like I gave myself sufficient alternatives, and the alternatives that I did have, I didn’t actually fairly benefit from.”
A Scheffler comeback is not not possible. Something can occur on Sunday on the Masters.
In 1956, Jack Burke Jr., a 33-year-old professional who hadn’t gained a match since 1953, trailed chief Ken Venturi by eight strokes getting into the ultimate spherical and rallied to win after taking pictures 71. Venturi, then a rookie, collapsed with an 80.
Scheffler, who’s tied for seventh, would wish an enormous day — in all probability even higher than his personal-best spherical of 66 at Augusta Nationwide — and several other others to break down, together with McIlroy, who appears intently targeted on snapping his decade-long majors drought and becoming a member of an elite group of gamers who’ve gained golf’s profession grand slam.
Min Woo Lee penalized for inflicting his ball to maneuver on thirteenth gap
Lee was penalized one stroke after his third spherical within the Masters on Saturday after match officers decided he triggered his ball to maneuver on the thirteenth fairway, turning his par on the opening right into a bogey and his rating right into a 5-over 77.
Augusta Nationwide stated in an announcement that Lee requested for an official after he seen his ball had moved, and it was later decided that “his actions close to the ball did trigger it to maneuver.”
Lee, a 26-year-old Australian with a giant following on social media, gained his first PGA Tour title two weeks in the past on the Houston Open. He is taking part in in his fourth Masters, along with his finest end a tie for 14th three years in the past.
Former Masters champ Zach Johnson shoots 66, his finest at Augusta Nationwide
Zach Johnson was feeling nostalgic after his third spherical on the Masters on Saturday.
The 49-year-old made six birdies throughout an eight-hole stretch making the flip and managed to shoot 6-under 66 regardless of a late bogey. It was one of the best rating by the 2007 champion in 65 profession rounds at Augusta Nationwide, and one which appeared to have come out of nowhere — going 28 consecutive rounds on the Masters since his final within the 60s.
Johnson made the lower on the quantity at 2-over par on Friday. On the time he completed his third spherical on Saturday, he was 4 underneath for the match and in a tie for eleventh, a leap of 29 spots on the leaderboard.
His sudden cost started hours earlier than the remainder of the leaders teed off with a 41-footer for eagle on the par-5 second. However it actually acquired going on the ninth, when Johnson made the primary of back-to-back birdies.
On the well-known par-3 twelfth, referred to as the “Golden Bell,” he caught his strategy from 155 yards inside 15 ft for an additional birdie. On the subsequent, Johnson laid up in need of Rae’s Creek, hit a wedge to 2 ft and made birdie once more. And that affected person, conservative strategy continued to repay with one other birdie on the par-5 fifteenth, when Johnson dropped one other tidy wedge inside 3 ft.
His best shot might have come on the par-3 sixteenth, taking part in 170 yards over the water. Johnson caught it inside a foot.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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