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Pairings / Tee times http://www.masters.com/en_US/players/pairings/
1015 Rory McIlroy plays with a marker (usually a club low handicapper, selected to keep Rory company, control the pace of play, stay out of his way!)
1035 Olazabal / Clarke two stalwarts of the European Tour will enjoy their day together
1156 Poulter / Fowler by far the best dressed pairing
1230 Vijay / Langer So many wins between them, good for the old guys..
1245 Weir / Choi great pairing for both guys, good pals from International Team
215 Couples / Walker bombs away !!
225 Scott / Speith both oozing confidence, Speith can't even by a beer yet ..#soyoung
235 Bjorn/ Blixt 2nd last pairing being ignored.. #norespect
245 Watson / Senden Can Bubba avoid the big crash that will let everyone in ??
Round 3
20-year-old Jordan Spieth put himself atop the leaderboard and 18 holes away from replacing Tiger Woods as the youngest player with a green jacket with a 2-under 70 that gave him a share of the lead with Bubba Watson going into a final round.
Watson started the third round with a three-shot lead but on a day where his putter and approach shots let him down,five players had at least a share of the lead at some point so this Masters is as wide open as when it started.
Spieth at 20 already has shown he can deliver big moments. He talked to himself constantly on the golf course, and with a win can surpass Tiger who was 21 when he won his first Masters in 1997.
He didn’t even have a PGA Tour card at this time last year. Since then, he won the John Deere Classic, became the youngest American to play in the Presidents Cup when Fred Couples made him a captain’s pick, and had a chance in the final hour to win the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize.
Nine players are separated by three shots, and that includes Watson who left shots short and long, and his putting became weak and tentative. Despite some struggles on the front nine, he was still in position to build a cushion until blowing birdie chances on the rest of the par 5s and he was lucky to convert two pars at the end for a 74 and a share of the lead at 5-under 211.
Matt Kuchar hit a pitch from well behind the 15th green that had to be perfect and was, setting up the best of his six birdies in a round of 68. Kuchar, a favorite from his days at Georgia Tech, was one shot behind along with Masters rookie Jonas Blixt, who fell out of the lead with a bogey on the 17th and shot 71.
Miguel Angel Jimenez, who finished his round about the time the leaders teed off, had a tournament-best 66 and was two shots behind with Rickie Fowler, who had a 67. Lee Westwood (70), Jim Furyk (72) and Thomas Bjorn (73) were at 2-under 214.
U.S. Open champion Justin Rose said after his 69, leaving him only four shots behind at -1. “There’s a lot of players with a chance tomorrow. Anybody under par going into tomorrow has a good shot.”
Adam Scott, threw away his hopes with a 40 on the front nine that led to a 76. He was six shots behind.
Mike Weir stumbled Saturday. The 2003 Masters champion shot a 6-over 42 on the front. His back-nine was much better - a 1-over 37 – which saw him finish with a 7-over-par 79 and is at 8-over 224 – 13 shots off the lead
Live scoring click http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/leaderboard.html
Bryan Angus
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