Leaderboard: Young, Burns, Scheffler
The moving day reshaped the leaderboard: Cam Young and Rory McIlroy were tied at 11‑under, Sam Burns sat one shot back at 10‑under, and Scottie Scheffler surged to 7‑under after shooting a 65 on Saturday. That grouping and those numbers were highlighted in Saturday’s round recaps and podcast coverage of the Masters (nytimes.com) (youtube.com).
Rory McIlroy’s six-shot lead is gone, and Cameron Young will start Sunday tied with him atop the Masters at 11-under par. (pgatour.com) Young shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday, making eight birdies against one bogey at Augusta National. McIlroy followed his Friday 65 with a 1-over 73 and still held a share of the lead after 54 holes. (pgatour.com) (espn.com) Sam Burns is one shot back at 10-under after a 4-under round, and Scottie Scheffler climbed to 7-under with his own 65. ESPN’s Saturday recap also had Young and McIlroy tied for first, Burns alone in third, and Scheffler back in the chase pack. (espn.com 1) (espn.com 2) The swing on Saturday was sharp because McIlroy had taken a tournament-record six-shot advantage into the weekend after 36 holes. By the 10th hole on Saturday, the PGA Tour said that margin had disappeared into a crowded leaderboard. (pgatour.com) That reset changes the shape of the final round at the 90th Masters Tournament, played April 9 through April 12, 2026, at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. Instead of a runaway, Sunday opens with at least four realistic contenders within four shots of the lead. (espn.com 1) (espn.com 2) Young’s position is notable on its own. The PGA Tour said he opened the week with a 73, rebounded with a 67 on Friday, and arrived at Saturday’s finish after recent strong Masters results that included a tie for seventh in 2023 and a tie for ninth in 2024. (pgatour.com) Scheffler’s move came fast. The PGA Tour said he went out in 31, made eagle at No. 2, birdied Nos. 7 through 9, and added more birdies on the back nine to post the joint-low round of the day. (pgatour.com) McIlroy is still in front of everyone except Young, and he is trying to defend the green jacket he won in 2025. Sunday now looks less like a procession and more like a final-group duel with Burns and Scheffler close enough to force mistakes to matter. (espn.com) (pgatour.com)
