Scottie Scheffler, champion of the Augusta Masters in 2022, will enter the final round as the leader while Tiger Woods This Saturday he suffered the worst day in his career in this ‘major’ and the Spanish Jon Rahm was left with no options to repeat his 2023 victory.
Number one in the world ranking, Scheffler had landed in the third round sharing the lead with two other Americans: Bryson DeChambeau and Max Homa.
But with 71 strokes this Saturday (-1 with an ‘eagle’, four ‘birdies’, three ‘bogeys’ and a ‘double bogey’), Scheffler was left alone at the top of the tournament with -7 accumulated.
“I started very well but then “Things got a little dicey in the middle.”Scheffler acknowledged in statements to the US broadcast of the CBS network.
“But I did a good job of staying patient, I got a good eagle on 13 and had a good finish as well,” he added.
It was precisely a providential birdie on 18, after having messed up with a bogey on 17, which allowed Scheffler to gain a minimal advantage over his compatriot Collin Morikawathe best in this third round in Augusta with a -3 (four ‘birdies’ and a ‘bogey’) and who is in second position with a -6 in total.
Homa is close behind with a -5 after three rounds (+1 this Saturday) while the Swede Ludvig Åberg presents a -4 before the last day (-2 on the third day).
For its part, DeChambeau dropped to fifth place with a -3 in total (+3 this Saturday), but he gave a spectacular shot on the 18th hole for birdie that drove the Augusta fans absolutely crazy.
Woods and Rahm, far from the best
After making history on Friday with a record 24 times making the cut at Augusta, Woods lived a nightmare this Saturday with a +10 (two birdies, eight bogeys and two double bogeys).
Woods, five-time champion of this ‘great’ and who continues to have physical problemshas a cumulative +11 that leaves him among the last positions of the golfers who arrived at the weekend.
For its part, Rahm, current champion in Agusuta, could not correct his setbacks this Saturday in the first two rounds of this ‘big’ and finished the third day with the par of the field and a +5 in the accumulated that also places him very far from the head.
To Spanish It was difficult for him this Saturday to find his way to the ‘birdies’ and the only one he achieved came on the 17th hole. He made par on 16 of the 18 holes and only suffered a bogey on the 7th.
The Basque golfer had begun his defense of the green jacket with a +1 on Thursday and a +4 on Friday, making a total of +5 had left him 11 shots behind the three leaders before the third round. He is now 12 behind Scheffler’s -1.
The best Hispanic with one round remaining is the Chilean Joaquín Niemann with +3 in total after a -1 this Saturday. Colombian Camilo Villegas could only achieve a +4 and has a cumulative +9.
Finally, the Spanish José María Olazábaldouble champion at Augusta and who made the surprise by making the weekend cut in his 35th appearance in this ‘major’, got a +3 this Saturday (three ‘bogeys’) which leaves him with +9 in total with the last round remaining.
2024-04-14 01:08:52
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