Masters tied at 11‑under

Rory McIlroy’s six-shot cushion is gone, and he will start Sunday’s Masters final round tied with Cameron Young at 11-under par. (pgatour.com) McIlroy shot a 1-over 73 on Saturday, while Young came from eight shots back with a 7-under 65 at Augusta National. Sam Burns is one shot behind at 10-under, and Shane Lowry is fourth at 9-under. (pgatour.com) Young’s round turned the tournament. He made eight birdies, briefly took the outright lead with a 20-foot birdie putt on the 16th, and became the first player to hold at least a share of the 54-hole Masters lead after starting the day eight back. (espn.com) McIlroy’s trouble came in Augusta National’s Amen Corner, the three-hole stretch from the 11th through the 13th that often decides this tournament. He made bogey at the 11th after hitting into Rae’s Creek, bogeyed the 12th, and failed to birdie the par-5 13th before recovering with a birdie at the 14th. (golfchannel.com) The stakes are larger than one bad Saturday. McIlroy is the defending champion, and a Sunday win would give him back-to-back Masters titles after he set the tournament’s largest 36-hole lead on Friday. (espn.com) Young is chasing his first major championship, and Sunday gives him the biggest start of his Masters career. He also arrives as this year’s Players Championship winner, with 18 holes left against the defending green-jacket holder. (nbcsports.com) The field tightened behind them because scoring was unusually low across the course. The third-round scoring average was 70.63, the lowest for any Saturday in Masters history, and Scottie Scheffler’s 65 moved the world No. 1 into a tie for seventh at 7-under, four shots off the lead. (pgatour.com) Sunday’s final pairing is set for 2:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, with Young and McIlroy together and Burns and Lowry going out 11 minutes earlier. After three days of swings in both directions, Augusta gets its two co-leaders side by side for the last round. (nbcsports.com)