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View of the leader board on No. 18 at night ahead of the final round of the 2026 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. (Courtesy the Masters)
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Written by Staff, PGATOUR.COM
It’s here: Sunday at the Masters.
At Saturday’s conclusion – a day that featured dramatic movement on the leaderboard – Rory McIlroy’s six-shot lead had evaporated, leaving the defending champion tied with Cameron Young at 11-under 205. A dozen players stand within six shots of the lead, including two-time champion Scottie Scheffler, who starts the day four shots back.
McIlroy, world No. 2, and Young, world No. 3, teed off in the final pairing at 2:25 p.m. ET. Today marks just the second time that final pairing on Sunday includes two of the top three players in the Official World Golf Rankings. That first occurred in 2001, when then-No. 1 Tiger Woods was paired with No. 2 Phil Mickelson.
Check back here throughout the day to see how Sunday unfolds at the Masters.
2:58 p.m.: It’s a double for Burns at No. 2 as his tee shot trickled into right pinestraw, where he was forced to take an unplayable before punching out. He would follow that with a sailed green on approach that suddenly turned a scoreable hole into a seven, his first double-bogey of the week to fall back to 9-under.
Just after, Young nearly chips into the front bunker on the second, but caroms over the lip to 10 feet, which he slides in for birdie to become the solo-leader at 12-under. McIlroy is unable to match with a slippery birdie try that stays above the hole.
2:42 p.m.: No blood between the final group at the first, as McIlroy and Young both come up short on birdie putts to remain 11-under. Something to watch today is if McIlroy has worked out the lefts from his wedges and short irons that plagued him on Saturday.
Just before them, Burns poured in a long birdie at the first to make a three-way tie at the top, while Scheffler showed off his world-class hands with an up-and-down birdie from the bunker at No. 3 to get to 9-under, just two back.
2:11 p.m.: Right on cue, Scheffler birdies his first hole to move to 8-under, just three back of the leaders.
Playing alongside Haotong Li just like he did when he won the 2025 The Open, Scheffler entered Sunday on the heels of the best round of his Masters career Saturday with a 65. A name none of the lead dogs want to see on the move behind them has gotten off on the right foot.
2:02 p.m.: The front page of the leaderboard has taken to the first tee.
A busy morning at the Masters has finally given way to the main event as those within striking distance of McIlroy and Young begin their final round at Augusta National.
We’ve seen low scores throughout the final morning on what some consider the best day of the year on the sports calendar, with Viktor Hovland scaring the course record at one point before getting overzealous on the 15th hole.
The burning questions as we begin our coverage are as follows:
- Can McIlroy get off to a good start and avoid the perils of yesterday and last year’s final round on the opening hole?
- Is Young capable of replicating McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler in winning both THE PLAYERS and the Masters for the third straight year?
- Who from the extremely dangerous chase pack of Burns, Lowry, Day, etc can make the most noise?
- Can Rose pull off another storybook redemption narrative and chase down McIlroy again?
It’s all in front of us here on Sunday at Augusta.
Sunday hole locations announced
While many of the hole locations for Sunday at the Masters are familiar to many fans, Augusta National still has some surprised for the final round.
Twelve of the 18 hole locations are essentially in the same place they were last year. Some have become annual staples for the second Sunday in April: the far right pin on No. 2, the right side location on No. 12, the famed front-left location on No. 18 where Rory McIlroy fell to his knees a year ago.
But there are a few notable changes from last year, including the par-3 16th. While the final-round hole was perched on the back right shelf last year, a nod to the 50th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus’ 1975 triumph, it’s back in a more familiar location in the lower left bowl this afternoon. It’s one of three notable changes across the final four holes: The pin on the par-5 15th is in the back right after being more centered last year, while the hole on No. 17 will return to the far right portion of the green after being in the front left last year – where Patrick Reed notably holed out for eagle and McIlroy nearly followed in the final group.
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Apr 9, 2026
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