Masters heads to Sunday

Rory McIlroy’s six-shot Masters cushion is gone, and he will start Sunday tied with Cameron Young at 11-under after a 73 to Young’s 65 on Saturday at Augusta National. (golfchannel.com, espn.com) McIlroy and Young are scheduled to tee off together at 2:25 p.m. Eastern on Sunday in the final pairing of the 90th Masters. Sam Burns is one shot back at 10-under, Shane Lowry is two back at 9-under, and Jason Day, Justin Rose, Scottie Scheffler and Haotong Li are all still within four shots. (golfchannel.com, espn.com) Two days earlier, McIlroy had built the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history at six shots after a second-round 65 pushed him to 12-under. Saturday changed the shape of the tournament from a runaway into a crowded final round. (pgatour.com, golfchannel.com) McIlroy is chasing a second straight green jacket after winning the 2025 Masters in a playoff over Justin Rose, a victory that completed the career Grand Slam. A win on Sunday would make him the fourth player to win back-to-back Masters titles, according to Golf Channel. (usatoday.com, golfchannel.com) Young is trying to turn a recent rise into his first major title after winning the 2026 Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in March. The 28-year-old had also won the Wyndham Championship in August 2025, giving him two PGA Tour victories entering Sunday at Augusta. (espn.com, golfchannel.com) Young’s charge on Saturday was built on more than one escape. The PGA Tour said his tee shot on the ninth bounced off a patron and stayed on the green for par, and his drive on the par-5 13th kicked off a pine and back into the fairway before he kept the round moving. (pgatour.com) The final-round broadcast window on CBS runs from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern, with Golf Channel’s “Live From the Masters” coverage starting at 8 a.m. and returning after play. ESPN’s leaderboard also lists streaming coverage on ESPN+ beginning in the morning. (golfchannel.com, espn.com) So Sunday begins with McIlroy trying to protect a title that looked nearly secured on Friday, and Young trying to finish the chase he started with the low round of Saturday. (golfchannel.com, pgatour.com)