Burns and Scheffler scores
Saturday’s recaps put Sam Burns one stroke back at 10‑under and Scottie Scheffler at 7‑under as the final round field tightened. ( )
Sam Burns takes a one-shot deficit into Sunday at Augusta National, while Scottie Scheffler starts four back after a 7-under 65 pulled him back into the Masters mix. (espn.com) Burns is solo third at 10-under after rounds of 67, 71 and a bogey-free 68 on Saturday. Scheffler is tied for seventh at 7-under after rounds of 70, 74 and 65. (espn.com) The leaders are Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young at 11-under, with Shane Lowry alone in fourth at 9-under. Burns is one stroke off the lead, and Scheffler is four behind with 18 holes left. (espn.com) The shift came fast on Saturday after McIlroy began the third round with a six-shot lead and finished tied with Young. PGA Tour coverage of Round 3 said Young charged up the board while McIlroy stalled, turning the final round into a crowded chase. (pgatour.com) Burns’ position puts him in the last two pairings on Sunday, close enough to pressure both co-leaders without having to protect a lead of his own. NBC Sports listed Burns and Lowry together at 2:14 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, one group ahead of McIlroy and Young at 2:25 p.m. (nbcsports.com) Scheffler’s path is harder but not closed. He goes off at 1:52 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time with Haotong Li, needing to make up four shots on a course where Augusta National can still produce swings late in the round. (nbcsports.com) Saturday also produced one of the round’s stranger side stories: Lowry made a hole-in-one on the par-3 sixth and became the first player with two aces in Masters history, according to The Associated Press coverage surfaced in live reports. (newsbreak.com) By Sunday morning, the leaderboard had compressed into seven players within four shots of the lead: McIlroy, Young, Burns, Lowry, Jason Day, Justin Rose and Scheffler, with Haotong Li tied with Scheffler at 7-under. Burns has the shortest climb. Scheffler has the lowest Saturday score among the top seven. (espn.com) The final round begins with Burns close enough to force mistakes and Scheffler close enough to punish them. At Augusta on Sunday, one hot nine holes can erase four shots faster than a leaderboard suggests. (espn.com)
