Spain's Sergio Garcia, winless in 73 major starts, joined Rickie Fowler, Charley Hoffman and Thomas Pieters in the biggest 36-hole Masters leader logjam since 1973 at blustery Augusta National on Friday.
Both Americans finished tied for 11th on one under par, eight shots behind Garcia, who beat Rose in a playoff. The wind gusts alone have wrecked havoc with the scores of some of the best ever to play the game.
Garcia could end his major drought Sunday on what would have been the 60th birthday of his idol, the late Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros.
The next-to-last pairing includes Rickie Fowler and 2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth. He has been unrecognizable for most of this week when it comes to his peace and serenity at a course he has seemingly long detested.
"It wasn't quite as adventurous as previous Masters have been for me", McIlroy said. I love what I do. "Hopefully he helps a little bit tomorrow from up there and tomorrow we'll have something good to celebrate". "I didn't feel like I was doing much wrong, and I just look up and it just wasn't landing where I thought it would".
Firstly, and most straightforwardly, he's arguably playing the best golf of anyone in the field.
"It's not easy, because it's always. having a chance to win a tournament is always exciting", Garcia said of controlling his nerves as he chases that elusive major title. "It was encouraging to see the crowd get behind him", said Rose, his friend. I'm looking forward to it.
"It's going to be fun".
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"This tournament was just not for me", he grinned. "I've won a lot of events around the world, but this one just eluded me and that's fine". "It doesn't feel out of place".
For the first time at Augusta, he will not play in the final group on Sunday, but most likely will be contender.
Saturday was a great day at Augusta National, and it's not all because of Jordan Spieth.
Justin Rose, of England, tips his hat on the 18th hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament Saturday, April 8, 2017, in Augusta, Ga. Spieth posted a 68 and gave us the shot of the day with his attractive approach with a wedge on 15. In fact, professional golfers are seen more as rivals than a brotherhood.
KEY TEE TIMES Rose and Garcia, 1:45 p.m.; Fowler and Spieth, 1:35 p.m. His caddie, Michael Greller, once explained the two made a great team because he learned to handle middle-school math classes before he lugged a golf bag around for a living. He missed that for a three-putt bogey. If the leaders buckle on Sunday, he should be there to capitalize. It was a roar of a day to finish with a 67 and get to the top of the leaderboard. He had only two under-par rounds on 13 Saturdays and was a cumulative 38-over.
Just a year ago, Willett surely found greater comfort with his friend Lee Westwood than had he been standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Spieth on the first tee. After opening with a 72 and 75, he played 83 and 78 on the weekend.
Kuchar is now at 5 under, three strokes behind Justin Rose. That was mostly because the course is getting hard and the putts are rolling forever with tucked pins.
He counterpunches by hitting greens in regulation and rolling in plenty of putts. Fowler said he needed time to think about it. "Did a good job of that". Mickelson blew his drive way left. Two holes later, he almost holed a wedge from the 15th fairway. He made par. Mickelson forever.
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