World primary Scottie Scheffler leads the Masters by a shot after three rounds, however the drama is throughout him after a wind-affected day at Augusta Nationwide.
Masters (after 54 holes)
1: Scottie Scheffler (USA) – 7-under2: Collin Morikawa (USA) – 6-under3: Max Homa (USA) – 5-under4: Ludvig Åberg (SWE) – 4-under5: Bryson DeChambeau (USA) – 3-underT6: Cam Davis (AUS) – 2-under
There’s a fierce end in prospect within the closing 18 holes tomorrow morning (Australian time), with Cam Davis 5 pictures off the lead in a share of sixth, and Cameron Smith one shot again in equal ninth.
The third spherical is historically often known as ‘transferring day’, when gamers on the prime take cost, or these down the leaderboard make a cost.
On Saturday, quite a few the main contenders got here to grief at varied holes on the again 9, as nobody made a decisive break.
The drama continued proper to the tip of the spherical.
Massive-hitting Californian Bryson DeChambeau’s quick sport abandoned him for a lot of the day.
He began spherical three in a share of the lead at 6-under, however after missed putts and issues with water hazards, he was on 2-under going up the final.
In hassle off the tee, DeChambeau was out within the fairway enjoying his third to the par-four, needing a stable up and down from greater than 100 metres to keep away from going additional behind.
He hit a excessive wedge that landed close to the again of the inexperienced, took one bounce after which spun backwards into the opening for a chip-in birdie, setting off an enormous response within the greenside gallery.
DeChambeau’s large end noticed him 4 pictures again from sole chief Scheffler. The world primary was as excessive as 8-under and as little as 4-under in an up-and-down spherical, earlier than he completed birdie-bogey to be 7-under going into the ultimate day.
Collin Morikawa made his transfer early earlier than stringing collectively 11 straight pars from the eighth for a 3-under spherical of 69 to be one shot again from Scheffler.
Max Homa is on 5-under in third, whereas Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg — a former world newbie primary who’s making his Masters and main championship debut — will begin the ultimate spherical three pictures again in fourth spot. DeChambeau rounds out the highest 5.
Davis will rue a crushing 45-minute stretch that despatched the Sydneysider spiralling from 5-under to 1-under after storming to inside two pictures of the lead.
Australia’s large midway hope leaked the 4 pictures within the first 4 holes of a horror begin to the again 9.
After surging up the leaderboard with three front-nine birdies, Davis staggered round probably the most treacherous pocket in world golf after one unhealthy swing on the tenth.
He needed to chip out from the bushes after a wayward drive, then fired his strategy over the again of the inexperienced earlier than taking three extra pictures for a dreaded double-bogey six.
He compounded the error with a bogey on the eleventh, then shaved the lip with a brief birdie putt on 12 and dropped one other shot after dunking his ball into Rae’s Creek on the thirteenth.
Out of the blue, Davis had tumbled again to 1-under, six pictures adrift of the lead.
He steadied with a bounce-back birdie on the par-4 14th earlier than ending with 4 straight pars, together with a superb up and down from the drop zone after once more discovering the water on 15.
Davis is sharing sixth spot with American Xander Schauffele and Denmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard.
Of the opposite Australians, Adam Scott took benefit of his survival to the weekend because of the 6-over minimize. Scott posted a 70, taking pictures the final three holes in 2-under to complete at 4-over the cardboard.
It was a more durable spherical for Min Woo Lee and Jason Day. The pair began the day at 4-over, however Lee’s spherical of 75 left him on 7-over, whereas Day posted a 4-over 76 to be 8-over going into the ultimate spherical.
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