After 54 holes at the Masters, the leaderboard is top-heavy with superstars and just as many fantastic storylines. Sunday’s final round is setting up to be an historic 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club.
World-class European players, Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia, are tied for the lead at 6-under par. Rose, the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist, closed with five birdies over his final seven holes on Saturday to post the best round of the day: 5-under 67.
Garcia, who historically struggles at Augusta on day three, posted a neat 2-under-par, aided by birdies on the final two par 5s (13 and 15).
Rose and Garcia will play together in Sunday’s final pairing.
Rickie Fowler, the 36-hole co-leader, is only one shot back of Rose and Garcia, at 5-under-par. The 28-year-old Fowler was up and down through the first 10 holes (3 bogeys, 2 birdies), but was clean over his final eight, while dropping two birdies on 13 and 15 to get in the red for the day (-1).
Fowler is all alone in 3rd place, and will be paired with good friend, and 2015 Masters champion, Jordan Spieth in the second-to-last pairing on Sunday.
Spieth shot a 68 on Sunday, which included five birdies and just one bogey (his first blemish since his quadruple bogey in round one). The terrific play moved Spieth into a tie for fourth place, along with Ryan Moore and Charley Hofffman at 4-under-par.
It’s been an incredible comeback of sorts for the 23-year-old Spieth.
After an opening-round 3-over 75, which included quadruple bogey-9, Spieth found himself 10 shots back of first round leader Hoffman (-7). Then following a second-round 3-under 69, Spieth moved to even-par for the tournament, and just four shots off the lead. And now the two-time major winner is just two shots back with 18 holes to play.
The Leaderboard
After 54 holes, The Masters, 04/09/2017
POS | NAME | TOTAL | TODAY |
---|---|---|---|
T1 | Sergio Garcia | -6 | -2 |
T1 | Justin Rose | -6 | -5 |
3 | Rickie Fowler | -5 | -1 |
T4 | Jordan Spieth | -4 | -4 |
T4 | Charley Hoffman | -4 | E |
T4 | Ryan Moore | -4 | -3 |
7 | Adam Scott | -3 | -3 |
8 | Charl Schwartzel | -2 | -4 |
T9 | Thomas Pieters | -1 | 3 |
T9 | Lee Westwood | -1 | -4 |
T11 | Paul Casey | E | -3 |
T11 | Soren Kjeldsen | E | -1 |
T11 | Matt Kuchar | E | -1 |
T11 | William McGirt | E | 2 |
T11 | Rory McIlroy | E | -1 |
T11 | Jon Rahm | E | 1 |
T17 | Kevin Chappell | 1 | -2 |
T17 | Fred Couples | 1 | 2 |
T17 | Jason Dufner | 1 | -2 |
T17 | Jimmy Walker | 1 | -2 |
T21 | Bill Haas | 2 | -1 |
T21 | Russell Henley | 2 | -1 |
T21 | Brooks Koepka | 2 | -1 |
T21 | Phil Mickelson | 2 | 2 |
T21 | Pat Perez | 2 | -2 |
T21 | Brandt Snedeker | 2 | -3 |
27 | Jason Day | 3 | -3 |
T28 | Martin Kaymer | 4 | 2 |
T28 | Hideki Matsuyama | 4 | 2 |
T28 | Steve Stricker | 4 | E |
T28 | Justin Thomas | 4 | -1 |
T32 | Branden Grace | 5 | -1 |
T32 | Stewart Hagestad | 5 | 2 |
T32 | Francesco Molinari | 5 | -1 |
T32 | Brian Stuard | 5 | 2 |
T36 | Daniel Berger | 6 | E |
T36 | Matthew Fitzpatrick | 6 | 1 |
T36 | Emiliano Grillo | 6 | 1 |
T36 | Brendan Steele | 6 | 3 |
T40 | Byeong-Hun An | 7 | 2 |
T40 | J.B. Holmes | 7 | 1 |
T40 | Kevin Kisner | 7 | 2 |
T43 | Ross Fisher | 8 | 2 |
T43 | Adam Hadwin | 8 | 3 |
T43 | Louis Oosthuizen | 8 | 4 |
T43 | Daniel Summerhays | 8 | 3 |
T47 | James Hahn | 9 | 3 |
T47 | Marc Leishman | 9 | 6 |
T47 | Curtis Luck | 9 | 3 |
T47 | Andy Sullivan | 9 | 4 |
T47 | Bernd Wiesberger | 9 | 4 |
52 | Larry Mize | 13 | 7 |
53 | Ernie Els | 14 | 11 |
CUT | Jim Furyk | 7 | |
CUT | Billy Hurley III | 7 | |
CUT | Yuta Ikeda | 7 | |
CUT | Zach Johnson | 7 | |
CUT | Shane Lowry | 7 | |
CUT | Kevin Na | 7 | |
CUT | Danny Willett | 7 | |
CUT | Chris Wood | 7 | |
CUT | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 8 | |
CUT | Tommy Fleetwood | 8 | |
CUT | Russell Knox | 8 | |
CUT | Alexander Noren | 8 | |
CUT | Rod Pampling | 8 | |
CUT | Scott Piercy | 8 | |
CUT | Webb Simpson | 8 | |
CUT | Henrik Stenson | 8 | |
CUT | Bubba Watson | 8 | |
CUT | Brad Dalke | 9 | |
CUT | Bernhard Langer | 9 | |
CUT | Sean O'Hair | 9 | |
CUT | Jose-Maria Olazabal | 9 | |
CUT | Patrick Reed | 9 | |
CUT | Vijay Singh | 9 | |
CUT | Hudson Swafford | 9 | |
CUT | Angel Cabrera | 10 | |
CUT | Jhonattan Vegas | 10 | |
CUT | Ian Woosnam | 10 | |
CUT | Trevor Immelman | 11 | |
CUT | Mike Weir | 11 | |
CUT | Gary Woodland | 11 | |
CUT | Si Woo Kim | 12 | |
CUT | Mark O'Meara | 12 | |
CUT | Hideto Tanihara | 12 | |
CUT | Jeunghun Wang | 12 | |
CUT | Roberto Castro | 13 | |
CUT | Scott Gregory | 13 | |
CUT | Tyrrell Hatton | 14 | |
CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | 15 | |
CUT | Sandy Lyle | 16 | |
CUT | Toto Gana | 17 |