World No.1 Scottie Scheffler staged a outstanding comeback from a mid-round locate Sunday (AEST) to say a solo, 54-hole lead on the Masters, whereas Australia’s Cam Davis stays in contact.
The third spherical at Augusta was a topsy-turvy affair that noticed a number of gamers alternate the lead, just for Scheffler to bounce again with a vengeance late within the day.
Scheffler led by one shot on the flip, however a double bogey at No.10 — after a missed three-foot putt — adopted by a bogey at No.11, noticed him fall again into the sector.
However the raging pre-tournament favorite made up for the lapse with a surprising eagle on the par-five thirteenth, adopted by birdies at No.15 and No.18.
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The struggle for the inexperienced jacket had blown open to as many as 10 names, whereas a number of totally different gamers held not less than a share of the lead in the course of the third spherical.
The battle narrowed dramatically, nonetheless, throughout the ultimate few holes attributable to Scheffler’s dominance, and fade-outs from different contenders.
One man who stays an opportunity, nonetheless, is Bryson DeChambeau after a surprising 70-metre hole-out on the ultimate gap that offered him with a outstanding bookend to his late capitulation.
DeChambeau led all through a lot of the event however went into freefall after a shock double-bogey on the par-five fifteenth, adopted a bogey at No.16.
He was all-but sure to card one other bogey on No.18 after being compelled to hit out sideways from the timber.
That’s when he turned his troubles on the closing gap into a surprising birdie, discovering the underside of the cup with a wedge from 70 metres.
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DeChambeau will begin the ultimate spherical 4 photographs behind Scheffler at three-under. Scheffler’s essential competitors lies with former Open champion Collin Morikawa at six-under, and Max Homa at five-under.
Not out of the equation are Ludvig Aberg (four-under), and the three-way contingent at two-under of Australia’s Davis, Nicolai Hojgaard and Xander Schauffele.
Danish bolter Hojgaard claimed a shock lead from Scheffler with birdie at No.10, however went into meltdown with five-consecutive bogeys throughout the following 5 holes.
Davis, the lead Australian, can even be left questioning what would possibly’ve been after he paid the value for a quick lapse in focus mid-round.
The Sydneysider moved to five-under on the flip after three birdies on the front-nine, however he made an unsightly double-bogey at No.10, adopted by a bogey at No.11.
Davis arrested the slide by enjoying the remainder of his spherical at even-par, leaving him 5 photographs off the lead on the finish of the day.
Cameron Smith is one shot additional again at one-under after his putter turned chilly, leaving him with simply the one birdie and one bogey for the day.
Elsewhere, Adam Scott had his greatest spherical of the event, posting two-under to maneuver to four-over for the event.
Jason Day and Min Woo Lee struggled with three-over and four-over rounds respectively, transferring them to 10 or extra photographs off Scheffler.
TOP 10 LEADERBOARD
1. Scottie Scheffler — -7
2. Collin Morikawa — -6
3. Max Homa — -5
4. Ludvig Aberg — -4
5. Bryson DeChambeau — -3
T6. Cam Davis, Nicolai Hojgaard, Xander Schauffele — -2
T9. CAmeron Younger, Tommy Fleetwood, Byeong Hun An, Cameron Smith — -1
TIGER’S MASTERS DREAM TURNS TO NIGHTMARE AFTER WORST-NINE 42
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Tiger Woods noticed his dream of a record-tying sixth Masters victory collapse in Saturday’s third spherical of the Masters after firing a 10-over par 82 — his worst-ever rating in 99 rounds at Augusta Nationwide.
A day after setting a report by making the reduce in his twenty fourth consecutive Masters, the 48-year-old legend made bogeys on 4 of his final 5 holes to soar previous his prior worst Masters complete — 78s within the third and fourth rounds in 2022.
“I used to be not hitting it excellent or placing effectively,” Woods mentioned. “I didn’t have an excellent warm-up session and I stored it going all day immediately. Simply hit the ball in all of the locations that I do know I shouldn’t hit it.
“And I missed plenty of putts. Straightforward, makeable putts. I missed plenty of them.”
Woods delivered the 78s in his comeback bid from extreme leg accidents suffered in a 2021 automotive crash, accidents that led to proper ankle surgical procedure final April and leg points that appeared to hamper him at occasions on Saturday.