Masters final pairing

Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young will play together in Sunday’s final group at Augusta National after finishing 54 holes tied at 11-under par. (nbcsports.com) They are scheduled to tee off at 2:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 12, with Sam Burns one shot back at 10-under and Jason Day two back at 9-under. (nbcsports.com) McIlroy entered Saturday with a six-shot lead after 36 holes, a Masters record at the halfway point, but shot 1-over 73 in the third round after a double bogey on No. 11 and a bogey on No. 12. (golfchannel.com (golfdigest.com) Young got there with a 7-under 65 on Saturday, the low round among the contenders, erasing McIlroy’s cushion and pulling even for the lead by nightfall. (pgatour.com) McIlroy is trying to become the fourth player to win the Masters in consecutive years, joining Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods. He won the 2025 Masters to complete the career Grand Slam and arrived this week as the defending champion. (golfchannel.com (golfchannel.com) Young is chasing his first major championship after breaking through for his first PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship in August 2025 and adding The Players Championship in March 2026. (pgatour.com (pgatour.com) That pairing puts the defending champion beside one of the hottest players on tour, with both men starting Sunday level and the chasers close enough that one swing at Augusta can reorder the board. (pgatour.com (nbcsports.com) CBS begins television coverage at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, and streaming coverage starts earlier through Masters.com, Paramount+ and ESPN+. (nbcsports.com) By late Sunday afternoon in Augusta, either McIlroy will add a second straight green jacket or Young will turn a fast-moving spring into the biggest win of his career. (golfchannel.com (pgatour.com)