The former US Open victor, and Olympic gold medallist recorded birdies on his final two holes, in a back-nine of -5, to book his spot in Sunday's final group. I have an opportunity. Spieth went without a bogey for 29 straight holes on Friday and Saturday, hitting nine birdies in the process.
Summerhays' eagle on the par-5, 510-yard 13th hole paced a 1-over-par 73 final round, and the Farmington native finished with a four-day total of 9-over 297 for 46th place in the tournament.
He was five shots behind until a tee shot to the left pin on No 12 landed 5 feet from the cup, starting his run of birdies.
So far in this 81st Masters, the breaks have been nearly exclusively good for Garcia, who fired a third-round, 2-under 70 - nearly five shots better than his third-round average in 13 previous Saturdays at Augusta - to maintain his share of the lead. "Great shots were rewarded, but mid-irons out of the rough were hard". Just his luck, the ball bounced softly off the bank and stayed up, and from there the Spaniard hit a tough chip to tap-in range to turn potential bogey into a birdie.
He then chipped to a foot and made the birdie. "This is by far the best I've felt in a major", Fowler said. Jordan Spieth got his name high on those famous white leaderboards, the only spot he has ever occupied on the weekend at the Masters.
The 37-year-old, who has had 28 major top-tens in his career, looked to be wobbling at the end of his front nine after bogeying the ninth, where he missed a short putt. Both are at 6-under par 210.
With a birdie at No. 15, Jordan Spieth is 5 under par (for the round and the tournament), one shot behind leader Charley Hoffman.
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That's the allure of Augusta National, and it's never more appealing than when so many top players are right there with a chance. Fowler and Spieth in the penultimate group.
"I think it's going to be a long, hard-fought day, " Fowler said.
"A couple of my good putts somehow didn't drop and I better keep doing the same thing and tomorrow roll them all in". He carded a quadruple bogey 8 on the first hole Friday, then bogeyed 18 to shoot a 78. He almost holed a wedge from the fairway on the 15th for another birdie and wound up with a 68.
Spieth, who has finished 2-1-2 in his only three Masters appearances, has battled back after being 10 shots from the lead after the first round. "It was fun to play well again, to go through a Saturday at the Masters with a chance at winning and to be up there going into tomorrow". "We fought back tremendously to have a chance to win the tournament". I mean, I don't want to get ahead of myself.
Only 10 players remained under par, all of them separated by five shots. Australia's Adam Scott, the 2013 Masters victor, was seventh on 213 with 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel of South Africa another stroke adrift with England's Lee Westwood and Belgium's Thomas Pieters on 215. Spieth has now shot back-to-back rounds in the 60s.
Rory McIlroy is one under for the competition after a round of 71, adding he needs the "round of his life" if he is to win his first Green Jacket, which would complete the major grand slam.
He said the par-five 15th hole, a potential birdie hole among the easiest on the course, was a case in point. He was six shots behind. He is tied for 21st at 2-over 218, eight behind.
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