By ED CARRUTHERS and OLIVER HOLT AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL and RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL and MIKE KEEGAN AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL
Published: 14:00 BST, 12 April 2025 | Updated: 14:35 BST, 12 April 2025
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Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for the latest updates and leaderboard from Day Three of the Masters 2025 at Augusta National Golf Course.
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So we have some mouthwatering groups coming up today, with Justin Rose and Bryson DeChambeau headlining as the final pairing and will be heading out at 2:40pm EDT/ 7:40pm BST.
Elsewhere, Rory McIlroy is due to head out just before them alongside Canadian star Corey Conners at 2:30pm EDT/ 7:30pm BST.
One group I am particularly keen to watch is Tyrrell Hatton’s match-up with Scottie Scheffler. The Englishman has been brilliant this week and starts his round at -5, level with the defending champion.
Tommy Fleetwood and Xander Schauffele will head out at 1:10pm EDT/ 6:10pm BST in another exciting group, with The Open Champion and Fleetwood, who is still searching for his first victory on the PGA Tour, both sitting at two-under par coming into Saturday.
First up, though, we’ll have Tom Kim leading us into Saturday, with the South Korean star set to compete on his own, having just made the cut finishing at two-over par on Friday night.
Here’s some of the featured tee times for today…
Tom Kim – 9:50 AM EDT / 2:50 PM BSTJoaquin Niemann / Jordan Spieth – 10:00 AM EDT / 3:00 PM BSTDanny Willett / JT Poston – 10:20 AM EDT / 3:20 PM BSTJohn Rahm / Zach Johnson – 10:30 AM EDT / 3:30 PM BSTPatrick Cantlay / Akshay Bhatia – 10:40 AM EDT / 3:40 PM BSTAaron Rai / Justin Thomas – 11:30 AM EDT / 4:30 PM BSTMatt Fitzpatrick / Wyndham Clark – 11:50 AM EDT / 4:50 PM BSTXander Schauffele / Tommy Fleetwood – 1:10 PM EDT / 6:10 PM BSTPatrick Reed / Collin Morikawa – 1:20 PM EDT / 6:20 PM BSTLudvig Aberg / Hideki Matsuyama – 1:30 PM EDT / 6:30 PM BSTRasmus Hojgaard / Victor Hovland – 2:00 PM EDT / 7:00 PM BSTScottie Scheffler / Tyrrell Hatton – 2:10 PM EDT / 7:10 PM BSTMatt McCarty / Shane Lowry – 2:20 PM EDT / 7:20 PM BSTRory McIlroy / Corey Conners – 2:30 PM EDT / 7:30 PM BSTJustin Rose / Bryson DeChambeau – 2:40 PM EDT / 7:40 PM BST
Some big names missed the cut…
While Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy made the headlines yesterday for their brilliant performances, Friday wasn’t a great day for everyone at The Masters.
In fact, several big names missed the cut on Friday.
Open Champion Cameron Smith has endured a difficult run of form on the LIV Tour of late, notably battling his swing at LIV Golf Miami last week to finish one-over par.
The Australian finished at +5 after again struggling with his swing. He was one of multiple LIV players to miss out on a ticket to the weekend, with past champion Sergio Garcia also missing the cut, along with Brooks Koepka, and past champions, Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.
Ryder Cup hero, Robert Macintyre also struggled on the first two days, falling to six-over par after carding bogeys on the 16th, 17th and 18th holes on Friday afternoon.
Billy Horschel, interestingly, was another who missed the cut, despite claiming that he felt he had produced one of the best performances at The Masters for some time.
The most bizarre series of events?
I’m still trying to unpack this moment from Thursday.
Max Homa punched a shot out from under the trees but bizarrely a man, carrying a flag was stood in the middle of the fairway.
The man, unaware Homa was playing, was struck in the back by the ball…
What do you make of this?
Cloudy skies expected on Saturday
Pristine fairways, white sand and pink azaleas.
There really is no place quite like Augusta National.
It’s been a windy week so far in Georgia but thankfully we’ve had no rain. Let’s hope it stays that way!
Conditions on Saturday will perhaps be better for the early starters, with winds expected to pick up to between 5-10mph around 1pm with a mix of sun and clouds expected later on.
It’s moving day!
It’s moving day at The Masters, one of the greatest days in the golfing calendar and plenty of players are primed to launch an attack on the top of the leaderboard.
It’s been Justin Rose’s week so far, with the Englishman playing absolutely out of his skin at Augusta National to lead heading into the weekend.
Rose managed to get to -9 on Friday but would gain a shot on the 17th hole bringing him back down to eight-under par, and one shot clear of Bryson DeChambeau who has climbed to -7 with a brilliant second-round 68.
After struggling on Thursday with his approach play, Rory McIlroy delivered the performance of the day, beautifully playing out of the pine straw on the 13th and 14th holes to set himself up for a low score of 66 and trail DeChambeau by a shot at the close of play.
We’re expecting a breezy day at Augusta National and with the greens firming up, players will need to be dialled in with their approach play.
Here’s the hole locations for round three!
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The Masters 2025 Day Three LIVE: Leaderboard and updates as Justin Rose leads at Augusta ahead of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau
