US Masters final round: Scottie Scheffler targets second Green Jacket as rivals lurk close behind
Scottie Scheffler previously won the Masters in 2022.
It is Masters Sunday at Augusta National and Scottie Scheffler is the man to beat.
The American leads Collin Morikawa by one shot on -7 and the lead group tees off at 7.35pm.
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Rory McIlroy ends disappointing week with a 73 Rory must wait another twelve months if he's to join the illustrious list of golfers to have won a career grand slam. He ends his tournament on +4, after another so-so day at Augusta.
Shane Lowry posts final round 74 For Lowry, the damage was done on the front nine where at one stage, he carded four bogeys in a row. Back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15 brought some respectability back to his score-card, before he closed out for a 74.
LEADERBOARD:
Scottie Scheffler -8 (11)
Max Homa -7 (10)
Ludvig Aberg -5 (11)
Collin Morikawa -3 (11)
Bryson DeChambeau -3 (12)
Tommy Fleetwood -4 (14)
SELECTED OTHERS
Shane Lowry +8 (74)
Rory McIlroy +4 (73)
Tiger Woods +16 (77)
Scottie Scheffler -8 (11)
Max Homa -7 (10)
Ludvig Aberg -5 (11)
Collin Morikawa -3 (11)
Bryson DeChambeau -3 (12)
Tommy Fleetwood -4 (14)
SELECTED OTHERS
Shane Lowry +8 (74)
Rory McIlroy +4 (73)
Tiger Woods +16 (77)
Morikawa drops out of the race for the green jacket with another double-bogey
A double-bogey at nine meant he couldn't afford any more mistakes but like Aberg before him, he found the water at 11.
He goes onto record his second double in the space of half an hour.
Meanwhile, Max Homa is in the deep doo doo on 12, having sent his tee shot into a bush, with no sight or sign of the ball as of yet.
Scottie Scheffler, meanwhile, dropped a shot on eleven but with the competition faltering around him, it's not as damaging as it might have been as he now stands on the 12th tee-box with a three shot lead.
A double-bogey at nine meant he couldn't afford any more mistakes but like Aberg before him, he found the water at 11.
He goes onto record his second double in the space of half an hour.
Meanwhile, Max Homa is in the deep doo doo on 12, having sent his tee shot into a bush, with no sight or sign of the ball as of yet.
Scottie Scheffler, meanwhile, dropped a shot on eleven but with the competition faltering around him, it's not as damaging as it might have been as he now stands on the 12th tee-box with a three shot lead.
Amen Corner bears its teeth as Ludvig Aberg double-bogeys 11
He pulled his second shot into the water and was fighting a losing battle from there. The Swede is still enjoying himself out there, and smiles at the crowd on his way to the 12th tee-box.
He pulled his second shot into the water and was fighting a losing battle from there. The Swede is still enjoying himself out there, and smiles at the crowd on his way to the 12th tee-box.
They're dropping like flies
Ludvig Aberg follows the lead of Collin Morikawa as he throws in a wild one on the eleventh, hooking his second shot into the water.
It's a damage limitation exercise now for Aberg.
Ludvig Aberg follows the lead of Collin Morikawa as he throws in a wild one on the eleventh, hooking his second shot into the water.
It's a damage limitation exercise now for Aberg.
Scheffler goes two clear once again
A mid-round surge puts clear daylight between Scheffler and the rest. He's birdied three holes in a row now, with his irons and his putter on the money.
A mid-round surge puts clear daylight between Scheffler and the rest. He's birdied three holes in a row now, with his irons and his putter on the money.
Rory McIlroy ends disappointing week with a 73
Rory must wait another twelve months if he's to join the illustrious list of golfers to have won a career grand slam.
He ends his tournament on +4, after another so-so day at Augusta.
Rory must wait another twelve months if he's to join the illustrious list of golfers to have won a career grand slam.
He ends his tournament on +4, after another so-so day at Augusta.
Morikawa double-bogeys the ninth
It's a three shot turn-around for the final group on the ninth, with Scheffler's birdie compounding the woes of his playing partner, who after a bad tee-shot and some fun in the sand, takes a double-bogey.
It's a three shot turn-around for the final group on the ninth, with Scheffler's birdie compounding the woes of his playing partner, who after a bad tee-shot and some fun in the sand, takes a double-bogey.
Morikawa in trouble on nine
He's left his third shot in the bunker. He'll do well to escape with just a bogey at this stage.
Up he steps now for take two.
He's left his third shot in the bunker. He'll do well to escape with just a bogey at this stage.
Up he steps now for take two.
Scheffler flexes his muscles with an incredible approach to nine
It's a second birdie in a row for Scheffler. He takes the outright lead once again with a kick-in-birdie.
It's a second birdie in a row for Scheffler. He takes the outright lead once again with a kick-in-birdie.
Morikawa snookered behind a tree on nine as Ludvig Aberg joins the leaders on -7
Playing in his first ever major championship, the 24-year-old Swede is now at the top of the leaderboard.
He's just holed a raker on nine to ensure Scheffler and Morikawa don't get lonely at the top.
Playing in his first ever major championship, the 24-year-old Swede is now at the top of the leaderboard.
He's just holed a raker on nine to ensure Scheffler and Morikawa don't get lonely at the top.
Then there were two...
Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa stand side-by-side at the top of the leaderboard once more, with both men having birdied the par five eight.
Scheffler did so with a nerveless birdie putt from 12 foot, while Morikawa's delightful wedge shot set him up with a chance from five foot, which he duly took.
This is shaping up for a good old fashioned ding-dong down the back nine.
Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa stand side-by-side at the top of the leaderboard once more, with both men having birdied the par five eight.
Scheffler did so with a nerveless birdie putt from 12 foot, while Morikawa's delightful wedge shot set him up with a chance from five foot, which he duly took.
This is shaping up for a good old fashioned ding-dong down the back nine.
It's a four-way tie for the lead
Max Homa joins the party with a birdie on the eight hole.
It's fair to say that none of the leaders have burned it up so far on the front nine, as the chasing pack continue to jostle for position.
Max Homa joins the party with a birdie on the eight hole.
It's fair to say that none of the leaders have burned it up so far on the front nine, as the chasing pack continue to jostle for position.
"Missing a green with a wedge is like missing your mouth with a fork."
Sky Sports' Andrew Coltart aptly summarises Rory McIlroy's week at Augusta.
But Rory has pulled a shot back the par five fifteenth, leaving him on level par for the day.
Sky Sports' Andrew Coltart aptly summarises Rory McIlroy's week at Augusta.
But Rory has pulled a shot back the par five fifteenth, leaving him on level par for the day.
Scheffler comes back to the pack on -6
A hooked tee-shot left him in trouble and he couldn't get up and down from a green-side bunker, leading to his second bogey of the day.
Morikawa, meanwhile, narrowly missed a birdie chance from 15 feet.
A hooked tee-shot left him in trouble and he couldn't get up and down from a green-side bunker, leading to his second bogey of the day.
Morikawa, meanwhile, narrowly missed a birdie chance from 15 feet.
Scheffler finds a green-side bunker as Ludvig Aberg joins Morikawa in second place.
Max Homa, meanwhile, has dropped back to -5.
Max Homa, meanwhile, has dropped back to -5.
Scheffler hooks tee-shot into the trees on seven
It sounded like it hit something solid too. The leader is in the lap of the golfing gods here.
It sounded like it hit something solid too. The leader is in the lap of the golfing gods here.
McIlroy four-putts the par five thirteenth
It's just not happening for McIlroy.
He was disappointed with his second shot, which left him a long way away and he'll be even more disappointed with the four putts it took him to reach the hole.
It's just not happening for McIlroy.
He was disappointed with his second shot, which left him a long way away and he'll be even more disappointed with the four putts it took him to reach the hole.
Brian Keogh of the Irish Independent watched Tiger Woods' 100th round at the US Masters, and was among the reporters who spoke to him afterwards.
Morikawa nails a dart at the par three sixth with Scheffler set for 20 foot birdie putt
Two of the best iron-players in the business, they're going shot-for-shot here.
Morikawa will have a 12 footer for birdie as he aims to join his playing partner at the top of the leaderboard.
Two of the best iron-players in the business, they're going shot-for-shot here.
Morikawa will have a 12 footer for birdie as he aims to join his playing partner at the top of the leaderboard.
Scheffler misses birdie opportunity on five as lead remains at one stroke
Collin Morikawa threatened the hole more from a longer distance. But Scheffler remains the leader. Onto hole six we go.
Collin Morikawa threatened the hole more from a longer distance. But Scheffler remains the leader. Onto hole six we go.