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McIlroy and Young take different approaches to their third shots from the swale at the back of 13.<\/strong> McIlroy putts. A mammoth right-to-left break. It rolls ten feet past, but that\u2019s not a bad result from there. Young opts to chip, and looks to have judged it perfectly. A right to left breaker as well, but not as pronounced. But the greens are baked, and the ball doesn\u2019t stop. His heart in his mouth as it rolls towards the creek! But it stops a few feet short. And he\u2019ll have an uphill look at birdie from 12 feet.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Justin Rose sends an awful second miles left of 14.<\/strong> But he redeems himself with a lovely bump up to tap-in distance. He blows his cheeks out with relief. He remains at -10. Meanwhile up on 15, Scottie Scheffler flays his drive into the woods down the right, then clips a branch while attempting to chip out. His ball remains in the straw \u2026 but does it really matter?! Because he spots a window and fashions a fizzer though it, whipping the ball into the centre of 15, from where he\u2019ll have a look at birdie from 20 feet.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Young\u2019s drive at 13 finds the second cut down the right.<\/strong> He sends his second over Rae\u2019s Creek and into the swale back-left of the green. Then Rory McIlroy<\/a>, having sent a 350-yard tee shot down the right side of the fairway, shapes to hit a 7-iron \u2026 then steps away as someone in the gallery coughs \u2026 then pulls his second into the same swale. He\u2019s a bit further from the flag and on the downslope, so there\u2019s a small advantage there for Young. McIlroy can be forgiven if he was thinking about what happened here last year, when he plopped his third into the water. Some fun matchplay shenanigans coming up!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Scottie isn\u2019t giving up just yet.<\/strong> And having been forced to chop out from the trees down the left of 14, he uses the bowl shape of the green to bring his wedge from 57 yards to three feet. Par salvaged. Bogey would have surely put paid to his chances. But at -9, he\u2019s still got an outside chance of making one last run. Meanwhile Xander Schauffele ends his week at -8 after a final round of 68. A return to form for the two-time major winner, just in time for major season.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Coming behind Scheffler, Justin Rose.<\/strong> He fires a stunning iron into the par-five 13th, over the creek from 208 yards to 30 feet. An outside chance for eagle \u2026 which he races eight feet past. He fails to get the one coming back, and that\u2019s a careless three-putt par. He remains two off the lead at -10.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Scottie Scheffler hasn\u2019t taken full advantage of the par-fives this week.<\/strong> He\u2019s eagled the 2nd twice, and birdied the 8th twice. But he\u2019s yet to birdie either 13 or 15 this week, bogeying both on Friday, and the 13th costs him again today. He lays up in front of Rae\u2019s Creek, then wedges to 11 feet, but can\u2019t make the birdie putt. Slightly deflated, he then sends his drive at 14 into the trees down the left, and is forced to hack out. Right now, it doesn\u2019t look like the world number one has enough juice in the tank to make the final push. He remains -9 for now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Young\u2019s birdie effort is always kinking off to the right.<\/strong> A chance for McIlroy to put a bit of distance between himself and the field \u2026 and he rolls in the gentle left-to-right slider for birdie! After starting so shakily, he\u2019s regained control of this Masters. But if history teaches us anything \u2026 and it does \u2026 there is still an awfully long way to go, and there\u2019s many a slip, etc.<\/p>\n -12: McIlroy (12) McIlroy retrieves his ball after a birdie on the 12th. Photograph: David Cannon\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.31 EDT<\/p>\n Forgive me, the distances aren\u2019t of a piece.<\/strong> Not quite. Rory is six feet 11 inches away, the closest to the hole at 12 today; Young is 14 feet and three inches away, which is still the sixth best result of this final round.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Rory McIlroy with a glorious wedge into the par-three 12th!<\/strong> His ball lands 25 feet to the left of the pin, and guides right to seven feet! The pressure\u2019s cranked up on Cameron Young \u2026 who having conquered the island 17th green at Sawgrass to win the Players, knows a thing or two about shots like these. And he follows Rory to similar distance! Another two big putts coming up in this final group \u2026 but they\u2019re for birdie this time.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Rory pours his par putt in!<\/strong> That\u2019s a big par saver. Young makes his shorter par putt too. They remain at -11 and -10 respectively. Meanwhile over on 16, Collin Morikawa makes it five birdies in a row after whipping his tee shot to four feet. He\u2019s -9! Out of nowhere!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n McIlroy faces a 60-foot putt up to the pin.<\/strong> The drink behind. He\u2019s understandably not going to race his putt at the flag \u2026 but he shouldn\u2019t be so timid that he leaves it 13 feet short. Young is a little bit tentative as well, his effort from 40 feet stopping four short. Two big par putts coming up.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Turns out Cameron Young\u2019s drive ended up a little bit too far to the right down 11 for comfort.<\/strong> He\u2019s got overhanging branches to deal with. No problem, though! He works out a low cut that turns into the front of the green and stops 40 feet from the flag. Rory McIlroy<\/a>, from a better position, but very much mindful of his getting wet here yesterday afternoon, aims for the fat portion of the green, front right. A long way from the pin, but dry.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Russell Henley doesn\u2019t hit his birdie putt on 14.<\/strong> It dies apologetically to the right. Just a par. And it\u2019s just a bogey for Justin Rose at 12; a staunch five-footer limits the damage. Meanwhile it\u2019s four birdies in a row for Collin Morikawa, between 12 and 15. A wee bit too late for the two-time major winner, surely, but this will whistle him up the standings. He\u2019s -8.<\/p>\n -11: McIlroy (10) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.06 EDT<\/p>\n Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young take turns to make two-putt pars from the back of 10.<\/strong> They move on. Both send no-nonsense drives down 11. Meanwhile up on 14, Russell Henley arrows his second straight at the flag, leaving a 15-foot uphill birdie chance. And then back on 12, Justin Rose sends his tee shot long and left of the green, then duffs his chip into the bank. He putts up, and rolls a clumsy effort five feet past. This could end up being very costly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Hatton shoots 66 to set -10 mark<\/p>\n Tyrrell Hatton sends his tee shot at 18 down the middle.<\/strong> Position A. But he pushes his approach towards the bunker on the right-hand side of the green. The ball stops short, and Hatton makes some theatrical gestures that clearly signal the wind was at fault. He gathers himself to chip up to four feet. He\u2019ll have an uphill putt for par and a 66. And in it goes! That\u2019s his second 66 of the week \u2026 a wonderful round that was kick-started by a hole-out from 150 yards on 7 \u2026 and you never know. You never know. He\u2019s the new clubhouse leader at -10!<\/p>\n Tyrrell Hatton, of England, walks off the on the 18th hole after the final round. Photograph: David J Phillip\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.32 EDT<\/p>\n The final group arrives at the 10th tee \u2026 so welcome to the start of the 90th Masters Tournament, everyone!<\/strong> Rory McIlroy<\/a>, who so famously came a cropper here in 2011, takes 3-wood that leaves him with a long shot in. He sends his ball onto the fringe at the back of the green. Cameron Smith follows him there, a wee bit inside, so he\u2019ll get a read on his putt. Meanwhile up on 13, Russell Henley makes bounce-back birdie, while on 11, Justin Rose\u2019s par putt slithers wide left. Amen Corner takes a little chunk out of the leader.<\/p>\n -11: Rose (11), McIlroy (9) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Justin Rose finds the centre of the 11th fairway with his drive \u2026<\/strong> but, surely mindful of the watery grave guarding the front left of the green, sends his approach way right. He\u2019s got a huge bunker to negotiate from the bottom of the swale, and that water\u2019s still on the other side. So he does pretty well to land his ball softly in the middle of the green. But he\u2019ll still need to make a downhill 15-footer if he\u2019s to save his par and remain in sole ownership of the lead.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Young\u2019s long par effort on 9 has a huge right-to-left swing.<\/strong> He does exceptionally well to tickle it down to close range, but that\u2019ll be a third bogey in four holes. Rory can\u2019t make his birdie putt, and wanders off wearing a stoic grin that quickly segues into a grimace. But he\u2019s up on the deal with his playing partner. Meanwhile up on 17, Tyrrell Hatton chips to six feet from the back of 17, a fine effort across the big green, then dribbles in the par saver. He\u2019s so close now to posting something that will ask serious questions of the folk who\u2019ll still be out on the course.<\/p>\n -12: Rose (10) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Young has enjoyed his fair share of luck this week.<\/strong> Three big pings back into play from the woods. But he doesn\u2019t get one this time, down the right of 9. He\u2019s forced to punch out from the pine straw, and his ball ends up in a divot. That\u2019s dreadful luck, and he\u2019s not able to get any sort of action on his wedge in. He finds the green, but back right with the pin front left. A very testing two putts for bogey coming up. Meanwhile his partner Rory McIlroy<\/a>, definitely re-energised, screws his wedge from the centre of the fairway, 135 yards out, to six feet. Potentially another big swing coming up.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Russell Henley makes his first mistake of the day.<\/strong> His tee shot at Golden Bell, the iconic par-three 12th, nearly disappears into the picturesque but dangerous azalea bed at the back. He chips up to seven feet, but gets up and out of the par putt too early. Bogey, and he slips back to -9.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBe lucky!\u201d<\/strong> Tyrrell Hatton shouts after his ball as he sends it towards the tall pines down the left of 17. And he gets a break. There\u2019s a window to shoot through for the green \u2026 but he doesn\u2019t take full advantage, his ball toppling off the back-left, with the flag away on the other side. Still, a chance to get up and down to save his par, which he\u2019d have probably taken when he was making that aforementioned plea.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>A 67 for Max Homa<\/p>\n Max Homa birdies 18 for a blemish-free round of 67. His finish of -8 will surely earn him an automatic invite back next year. He could sell his back nine of 32 strokes to the leaders for cash money.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The patrons ooh with concern as Cameron Young sends his chip from the bottom of the swale to the right of 8 onto the bank on the other side.<\/strong> But he meant to do it. He uses the tilt to bring his ball back onto the green, stopping five feet short. That\u2019s a work of genius, and it\u2019s worthy of the birdie that follows. Then Rory\u2019s eagle putt. It\u2019s always coming up short. But it\u2019s close enough for birdie. Both players nudge a shot closer to the leader.<\/p>\n -12: Rose (9) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Rory McIlroy suddenly looks re-energised.<\/strong> He sends his drive at the par-five 8th down the left-hand side of the fairway \u2026 then slings a fairway wood around the trees and into the heart of the green, the ball rolling up to 25 feet. He\u2019ll have a great look at eagle! Cameron Young is off the green to the right. Meanwhile it\u2019s four birdies in a row for Tyrrell Hatton, who fires his tee shot at 16 over the flag, before rolling the eight-footer into the cup! He\u2019s -10, and if he can get home safely, he\u2019ll be posting a number!<\/p>\n McIlroy watches his tee shot on the 8th. Photograph: Brian Snyder\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a017.32 EDT<\/p>\n Rose turns in 32, leading by two<\/p>\n Another birdie for Tyrrell Hatton!<\/strong> He sends his second at 15 over the back, but only just. His putt up onto the green takes a little bobble and skips to the right, but he tidies up from four feet to move to -9. But he\u2019s no closer to the lead, because back on 9, Justin Rose arrows his second into the green to 14 feet, then rattles a confident putt into the centre of the cup for his fourth birdie in five holes! He hits the turn in 32 strokes, with a two-hole lead!<\/p>\n -12: Rose (9) Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u2026 then Rory McIlroy<\/a>, having wedged over the flag to eight feet, tickles in the downhill putt for birdie!<\/strong> A big momentum shifter, a two-shot swing between the members of the final group, and how quickly the picture can change on Sunday afternoon!<\/p>\n -11: Rose (8) Share<\/a><\/p>\n A big mistake by Cameron Young from the centre of the 7th fairway.<\/strong> He dunks his approach into a bunker guarding the front of the green. He can\u2019t get up and down, and that\u2019s two shots gone in as many holes. Before that, he\u2019d dropped just one in 31. The pressure of Masters Sunday, patrons. Justin Rose is the sole leader of the Masters!<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Justin Rose shares lead<\/p>\n Along with Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley looks like one of the few players to be actually enjoying themselves out there.<\/strong> He creams his second at 10 from 222 yards pin high, to 12 feet. The birthday boy shares a huge smile with his caddie. Justin Rose seems pretty chuffed as well, because he wedges up from the swale front right of the par-five 8th to four feet. In goes the putt, and the gallery hollers with great feeling. They\u2019d be more than happy to see the three-time runner-up finally get over the line. He\u2019s got a chance! He\u2019s tied for the lead with Cameron Young \u2026 but not Henley, who misses his birdie effort on 10 on the low side.<\/p>\n -11: Rose (8), Young (6) England’s Justin Rose acknowledges the crowd after holing a birdie putt on the 8th. Photograph: Mike Segar\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.16 EDT<\/p>\n Back-to-back birdies for Tyrrell Hatton at 13 and 14.<\/strong> He\u2019s -8, and if he can make his way home strongly, could post something that would at least ask a question of the players currently above him.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Rory McIlroy, having sent his tee shot at the par-three 6th over the back, elects to putt up from the swale.<\/strong> He only just gets the ball up on the putting surface. That\u2019s poor, and he\u2019s left with a 15-footer he can\u2019t make. It\u2019s been a miserable weekend for the defending champion so far, and by the defeated look on his face, that doesn\u2019t look like changing any time soon. A man who knows he\u2019s misplaced his mojo and the jig is up? Well, perhaps, but Cameron Young, having lagged up to six feet from 70, lets his par putt slip by on the low side. A slight pull. McIlroy is doing his best to play himself out of this Tournament, and yet he\u2019s not cut adrift just yet.<\/p>\n -11: Young (6) Share<\/a><\/p>\n Scottie Scheffler takes putter from the fringe at the back of 8.<\/strong> He rolls up with confidence, and it looks like dropping \u2026 but this one slingshots out to the right. Scheffler high-kicks in frustration. But that\u2019s a par, one he\u2019d have snatched your hand off for when watching his drive disappear into the pines.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Should Cameron Young close this out today, he\u2019ll tie the Masters record for the biggest comeback after 36 holes.<\/strong> That currently stands at eight, set by Jack Burke in 1956. Should either Scottie Scheffler or Russell Henley make it, they\u2019d obliterate the record by four additional strokes. But there\u2019s an awfully long way to go before we consider any of this seriously, and Young lands on the wrong portion of the 6th green, leaving himself 70 feet away; Henley also leaves himself a long two-putt for par, on 9; and Scheffler, though he\u2019s able to advance his ball from the trees on 8, sends his third over the back of the green. Yep, an awfully long way to go.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Cameron Young sends his ball over the back of 5.<\/strong> His chip back up isn\u2019t all that, but he walks in the 15-footer to save his par. Young and Scottie Scheffler are taking turns to make the big saves that win you tournaments like this.<\/p>\n -12: Young (5) Share<\/a><\/p>\n One of the shots of the week from Justin Rose!<\/strong> He\u2019s in the pines down the right of 7. It doesn\u2019t look as though there\u2019s much on, but he manufactures a low cut under the branches and into the heart of the green, a combination of side-spin and the bowl shape of the putting surface taking his ball to the right and back down to tap-in range. He punches the air knowing that\u2019s just a couple of inches away. He\u2019ll be tapping in for a birdie that will take him to -10.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.40 EDT<\/p>\n Scottie puts everything into his drive at the par-five 8th, and loses it way left for the second hole in a row.<\/strong> He drops his driver on the follow-through as his ball disappears into the pines. Danger over there. But up on the green, Russell Henley chips up close from the back and tidies up for birdie. It\u2019s his 37th birthday today, and this could end up being quite the gift. He\u2019s two off the lead at -10!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Scottie Scheffler makes his second outrageous par save in a row!<\/strong> Having sent his drive into the trees down the left of 7, he can only knock his second to the left of the green. His chip trundles 11 feet past, but he strokes the putt coming back into the centre of the cup, and sometimes par saves feel even bigger than birdies. Just ask Rory McIlroy<\/a>. He remains at -9.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Big bother for Shane Lowry on 5.<\/strong> He sends his drive into the big fairway bunker down the left. Then he catches the top lip of the trap with his second, the ball pinging back and to the left. He does very well to manufacture a low hook from the trees into the front of the green, but he\u2019s left with a putt of over 100 feet, and three more strokes later, it\u2019s a double. At -6, that\u2019s probably his race run.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Rory three-putts from ten feet on 4<\/p>\n \u201cCome <\/strong>on<\/strong> Rory.\u201d<\/strong> One of the patrons, crying in exasperation rather than by way of encouragement, as McIlroy pulls his tee shot at the par-three 4th wide of the left-hand bunker. The defending champ gracefully flips his chip over the sand, nearly holing out. However he can\u2019t save his par from ten feet \u2026 then lips out with the one coming back from a couple of feet. A par scramble though for Cameron Young from the front, having come up a club too short. A big swing, and it\u2019s seriously Advantage Young now.<\/p>\n -12: Young (4)
-10: Hatton (F), Henley (15), Rose (12), Young (12)
-9: Morikawa (16), Scheffler (13)<\/p>\n
-10: Hatton (F), Henley (14), Rose (12), Young (10)
-9: Scheffler (12)<\/p>\n
-10: Hatton (17), Henley (13), Young (9)
-9: Scheffler (12)
-8: Homa (F), Schauffele (16)<\/p>\n
-11: McIlroy (9)
-10: Hatton (17), Young (9)
-9: Henley (12), Scheffler (12)
-8: Homa (F), Schauffele (16)<\/p>\n
-11: Young (8), McIlroy (8)
-10: Hatton (16), Henley (11)<\/p>\n
-10: Henley (10), Young (7), McIlroy (7)
-9: Hatton (15), Scheffler (10)<\/p>\n
-10: Henley (10), Young (7), McIlroy (7)
-9: Scheffler (9)<\/p>\n
-10: Henley (10)
-9: Scheffler (9), McIlroy (6)
-8: Hatton (14), Burns (7)<\/p>\n
-10: Henley (9), Rose (7)
-9: Scheffler (8), McIlroy (6)
-8: Burns (7)
-7: Homa (16), Hatton (13)<\/p>\n
-10: Henley (8), Rose (7), McIlroy (5)
-9: Scheffler (7)
-8: Burns (6)
-7: Day (6)
-6: Homa (15), Hatton (12), Cantlay (8), Lowry (6)<\/p>\n
-10: McIlroy (4)
-9: Henley (7), Scheffler (6), Rose (5)<\/p>\n