The Masters 2024 Final Round LIVE: Scottie Scheffler leads by THREE shots at Augusta as Max Homa and Ludvig Aberg slip back

Scheffler misses a putt on 17!

But he won't be sweating it, it was for birdie and he has the next putt for par locked up.

He takes a four-shot lead down the18th. Calm as you like.

DeChambeau and Schauffele have just finished on 18 with two rounds of one-over 73.

The LIV rebel wraps up with par but Schauffele looks a little shocked to have made a last-gasp bogey.

They sit at two-under and one-under respectively in sixth and eighth.

I' have noticed hostile attitudes, but I expected it. My friends have continued to be my friends, but some with whom I had a very cordial relationship have not even looked at me. These are things that happen. If someone changes their opinion of me, that's their issue, not mine. I knew what was going to happen but I didn't know who.

Scheffler stiffs his tee shot to within nine feet of the pin at 16, which is tucked behind the bunker of the left edge of the green in an attempt to lure players to their watery deaths in the pond.

He rolls in the following putt for his sixth birdie in his last nine holes.

Meanwhile, a hole earlier Aberg had shown shades of Tiger Woods' iconic chip on the 16th in 2005 as played out of the sand on the same hole to save par.

The Swede's par proves to not be good enough as Scheffler's subsequent birdie stretches his lead to four.

Fleetwood has one last chance at another birdie, this time from 18 feet but he misses it again.

But even so, it's still a brilliant round of 69 for the Englishman, who has surged up the leaderboard in spectacular fashion.

And he's the clubhouse leader at four-under!

Scheffler pings in another sublime approach at the par-four 14th to set up another tap-in birdie, which he duly puts away.

Back-to-back birdies confirmed. He extends his lead again.

Up three with four to play. At least Augusta National chiefs already know his measurements.

You may not know this but Jon Rahm's team in the LIV Golf series is called Legion XIII. It makes it sound a little as if he is one of the outriders in a march of doom. Which, in terms of the split that is carving golf apart, he probably is.

Anyway, it's called Legion XIII for the entirely logical reason that Rahm's defection to the breakaway tour at the end of last year meant the creation of a 13th LIV team, with Rahm at its head. Thirteen. Unlucky for some.

Not unlucky in terms of the money Rahm took to sign for LIV, obviously.

Having spoken out against the Saudi-backed series in the past, he decided to take a reported £450million/$500million. He was thinking of securing his family's future, presumably, because he hadn't made enough from the sport already.

But there is a price for what Rahm did, too, and as he walked on to the first tee at Augusta National just before noon on a gloriously sunny day in Georgia, there was an unmistakable sense that he is beginning to pay it.

Well, Aberg is doing his best to delay that prank pregnancy phone call.

He's not letting the disaster at 11 ruin his card as he makes another birdie at the 14th to claim back both of those shots dropped with the double bogey.

It slashes Scheffler's lead back to one for a grand total of a minute as the relentless Texan picks up another on the hole behind.

As does Morikawa, who looks to have stopped the bleeding.

-9 S Scheffler

-7 L Aberg

-5 M Homa

-4 T Fleetwood, C Morikawa

-3 B DeChambeau

... Golf Digest's Joel Beall is the only one admitting it.

If you're wondering why you've not heard or seen much of DeChambeau and Schauffele recently it's because they've done absolutely nowt.

Schauffele has managed to pull one back at 13 but wastes a chance for another from 10 feet at 14.

He stays tied eighth and could be headed for yet another top-10 finish at a major. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, eh Xander?

Meanwhile, DeChambeau has been steadily plodding along with pars since his birdie all the way back at the fifth, which feels like a lifetime ago.

He sits at thre-under and tied with Morikawa in fifth.

Can Aberg make a comeback? He's certainly going to try.

He sets himself up with an eagle attempt from 18 feet after finding the 13th green in two.

He has the pace just right but the read is slightly off as it straightens up rather than sliding right and whispers past the edge of the cup.

But a birdie is better than nothing. It cuts Scheffler's lead back to two.

Rory McIlroy will leave Augusta National empty-handed and disappointed for yet another year.

The Northern Irishman is still searching for the career Grand Slam and admitted to Sky Sports following his final round that he has work to do.

[It's taught me] I've still got a little work to do on my game. This is an amazing golf tournament and I am super grateful to come back every year and compete.

It hasn't been my year this year but I will keep coming back until it is my year.

My game felt OK for the most part. I struggled a little on Friday and as the conditions have changed the golf course has gone so firm and tricky. If you lose a few shots early on, it is really hard to get them back.

Oh, Rory. It's the same spiel every year. Just record it and roll the tape next time.

Ludvig Aberg before his power bar was knocked out of his hand: seven-under.

Ludvig Aberg after his power bar was knocked out of his hand: two-over.

I'm just saying

Ah, Golden Bell. The place where so many Masters dreams come to die. This year, it's Max Homa's funeral.

Masters Sunday and the adrenaline must be pumping bcause the American sends his tee shot at the par-three way too long into the bushes at the back of the green.

With no hope of playing it from where it lies, he spends an age dithering about with his caddie and an official over the drop.

When he finally comes to play it, he may as well have not bothered. He chickens out, too scared to give it any juice and risk zipping all the way back to Rae's Creek.

It catches on the short fringe, he can't knock in a long bogey putt and it's a double to join his playing partner at five-under.

First Aberg, then Morikawa, now Homa.. it's like no one wants the green jacket. Just hand it to Scottie now.

Scheffler also drops a shot at 11. Surely he's composure isn't cracking. Not stone cold Scottie!

Maybe he was spooked by Morikawa's splash becaus he bails out right - miles right - and his chip onto the dancefloor raceds too far by and he can't rescue a par.

It's a good job his competition is imploding too...

Morikawa lets out a cry of disgust at at the 11th and for good reason. He's pulled it and there's only one place that ball is landing on this hole - the watery depths of the pond.

The two-time major winner plays a decent enough chip after his drop from the water to give himself a chance at limiting the damage to a bogey but then blasts a putt through the break and is left with a second putt for the double.

He's gone from a tie for the lead to five shots back. How the mighty have fallen.

Is Amen Corner where Aberg's Augusta charge ends?

The Swede's approach at the 11th fnds a watery grave after straying left. He takes a drop and is faced with a serious repair job.

He finds the dancefloor with his fourth but is facing a long putt back just to limit the damage to just one shot.

He can't manage it as his bogey putt from 20 feet or so touches the left edge of the cup but doesn't drop.It's a double bogey that sees him fall four back of Scheffler.

And I think that's the first time a glimpse of dismay has cracked through his composed demeanor at Augusta.

McIlroy signs off with a 73, seeing him finish four-over for the tournament.

The quest for golf's Grand Slam continues.

At least it looks like he managed to have a couple of laughs with his LIV Golf rebel playing partner, Niemann.

Isn't that nice? The Masters, bringing people together since 1934.

Scheffler stiffs in a stunning iron shot at the 10th and rewards by tickling his effort down the slope with just enough to bury it for birdie.

The Wold No. 1 is now two ahead and did we really expect anything else?

Feels like the only thing that could stop him now is an official racing onto the course to tell him Mrs Scheffler has gone into labor.

Oh, Tommy Fleetwood, you beauty!

He finds bridie as he swirls a peach of a long range eagle putt to tap-in range.

The Englishman is solo fifth at four-under. Fancy a late charge, Tommy? You might have to pick up the pace because Scheffler has just extended his lead. Again.

Ludvig Aberg was enjoying the high fives from the patrons so much it cost him a snack...

Earlier, I asked if Hatton could navigate the challenge of the closing stretch. We now have an answer: No.

He can't avoid trouble on 17 and 18 and finished with back-to-back bogeys.

The Englishman is in the clubhouse in a tie for 11th at even-par but I'll bet his good old temper is flaring, knowing it could have been so much better.

Reminder - Top 12 and ties get an invite to next year's Masters, which Hatton may very well need following his LIV defection.

He's just inevitable, isn't he?

Scheffler edges ahead again with a Scottie Special.

He comes within inches of holing out for a two from the fairway on nine, as he fizzes in an iron shot, hops and spins back down the hill

It tracks and tracks and tracks, looking bang on line the whole way down before ultimately just rolling away to the left. Just teasing us.

It's the most straight forward he'll likely ever have for birdie.

But Aberg finds himself in solo second after a double bogey for Morikawa puts a dent in his card.

Within a matter of 15 minutes the leaderboard is switched up once again...

-8 S Scheffler,

-7 L Aberg

-6 M Homa

-5 C Morikawa

-3 T Fleetwood, B DeChambeau

-2 C Smith, X Schauffele

-1 T Hatton, C Davis, N Hojgaard

Aberg isn't letting Morikawa and Scheffler get away that easily!

The Swede keeps pace with a birdie of his own at the ninth, draining a lengthy putt for a three-way tie at the top.

He has a huge grin on his face as he high-fives the patrons on his way to the tenth tee. And can you blame him?

This time last year he was playing the Thunderbord Collegiate. Now, he's in a share of the lead at The Masters with nine holes to play. Unbelievable.

-7 S Scheffler, C Morikawa

-6 L Aberg, M Homa

-3 T Fleetwood, B DeChambeau

-2 C Smith, X Schauffele

-1 T Hatton, C Davis, N Hojgaard

Spoke to soon. Never write off Scheffler.

He storms back into the solo lead at the par-five eighth... for a matter of seconds.

His playing partner Morikawa keeps pace with a birdie of his own. The duo pull a shot clear of Aberg and Homa in the group in front.

And now Homa joins the party!

I honestly thought Scheffler would run away with it and we'd just be waiting for him to play out the back nine knowing he was already the winner but the golf gods have delivered.

Masters Sunday is turning into a spectatcular with a four-way tie at the top of the leaderboard.

After a bogey at the seventh, Homa bounces back to six-under at the next.

He sees his long-range eagle putt track left but is still close enough for a tap in birdie and a share of the lead.

With the Swede co-leading, now might be a good time to learn how to actually say his name... you know just in case Fred Ridley's having to say it a little later today.

But don't worry, Fred, even his Ryder Cup teammates struggled.

Scheffler gives up his solo lead with a bogey at the par-four seventh.

His tee shot is errant and the ball smacks into the a trunk of one of those grand old trees, sending it scuttling across the fairway and into the rough on the left.

He's blocked out by branches from going for the green so has to bunt a shot which ends up sandy and his shortgame can't save him this time.

He splashes out of the sand and two putts for the bogey.

He drops to six-under and shares the lead with playing partner Morikawa and Aberg.

Ice cold from Aberg! The Scandinavian has nerves of steel I tell you, Nerves. of. steel.

The Swede stiffs his iron into three feet on the seventh and drains his birdie putt.

He's six-under and in a share of second.

This man has never played a major before. NEVER.

Tiger Woods believes peace has moved closer in the war that has shaken golf to its core.

The five-times Masters champ played a round with LIV kingpin Yasir Al-Rumayyan in the Bahamas and, after completing a record-breaking week at Augusta, disclosed that an end to the explosive dispute may be in sight.

Woods, viewed as a key figure in finding a resolution between the PGA and the Saud-backed breakaway tour, was asked how the March meeting, held at his residence, had gone.

'I don't know if we're closer,' he said, 'but certainly we're headed in the right direction'.

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What on earth is going on here?

Cam Smith is playing a golf shot on his hands and knees.

The 2022 Open champion has gone wandering into the trees after after drilling his tee shot deep into the foliage. He finds his ball but let's just

say it doesn't seem like the easiest lie...

The usual cool and composed Swede hilariously looked stunned the he made his 11-foot putt for par at the par-three sixth.

He had sent his first putt racing past the hole but kept it together to nail the second. Atta boy Aberg.

Oh, hello! Where on esrth has Tyrrell Hatton come from?

The Englishman is flying - and performing way better than his LIV captain and reigning champion Jon Rahm FYI - with five birdies today.

He has the chance to make it three in a row with a five-foot birdie putt at the 14th but it wanders just right of the cup.

Tap-in for par though and Hatton sits in a share of seventh at two-under.

Can he handle the challenge upcoming final strecth?

Schauffele is leaking shots all over the greens now with back-to-back bogeys at the fifth and sixth.

At the par three, he has seven feet to avoid dropping a shot but once again he's off line. Another shot gone.

After thinking he's be on to watch today, the Olympic champion drops to one-under - six back of Scheffler.

Well, Scheffler's two-shot lead lasted long...

The 2022 champio's lead is cut back to one after a blemish on his card at the fourth.

He fired over the back of the green with his tee shot and comes up well short with his chip on, leaving himself with work to do.

His 12 footer edges away to the right and although a narrow miss it's a shot gone.

Welcome back to the party, Bryson!

He backs up his birdie at four with another at the fifth and just like that he's claimed his two dropped shots back and is back in the race.

He thwacks his tee shot 328 yards, giving himself a great look inat the green round the corner.

But he doesn't seize upon the setup at first leaving himself in exile out on the fringe and putting from 32 feet.

It's not been the prettiest of starts for Scheffler but you know how the saying goes, there's no pictures on a scorecard.

The Texan scrambles his way further into the lead, extending it to two shots over Morikawa and Homa with a birdie at the third.

He shows of his sand skills, as he sticks a difficult shot close enough to roll in for a birdie and get to eight under.

Fleetwood has announced himself as a contender in the race.

He dials in a wedge from 100 yards and leaves himself five feet for birdie at the seventh.

Can he convert? Oh yes he can! Birkdale's finest jumps into a share of fifth at three-under.

Never too late to make a charge, Tommy.

Scheffler managed to hole his putt for the par save at the second and protects his narrow lead.

But after a blockbuster start for our late pairings, no one will blame you for not being able to keep up with the scores. So, here's a little reminder...

-7 S Scheffler

-6 C Morikawa, M Homa

-5 L Aberg

-3 X Schauffele T Fleetwood

-2 C Smith, B DeChambeau

Bryson DeChambeau was heading in the wrong direction after another bogey at the third.

His chip from 25 yards was horrible and rolls back off the shoulder of the green, finishing behind him. We've all been there Bryson... just not in the final round of The Masters with a shot at the Green Jacket on the line.

However, he pulls one of his dropped shots back with a terrific tee shot on the fourth and tidies away a birdie from distance.

He puffs out his cheeks in relief. Much needed.

Scheffler unusually finds himself in a spot of bother.

At the second, he fires long over the green and into the patrons. He left with an extremely testy chip back down the sloping green for his fourth shot.

He barely nudges it on and it races over the surface. This really needs to pump the brakes otherwise he'll be left with another chip back from the other side. It does eventually come to a stop and thankfully for him it's still on the dancefloor.

He's got a tricky little putt for par though.

Homa, Aberg's playing partner, is not to be outdone as he grabs a birdie of his own.

The American's 34-hole wait for a birdie comes to an end as he taps in at the second.

He receives a huge hand from the patrons following this pariring and would be an extremely popular winner at Augusta, if he can dethrone Scottie.

After absolutely nailing his tee shot some 376-yards on the second, a slightly loose approach from Aberg drifts well left and misses the green.

His chip on leaves him with 22 feet for the birdie but it's no issue for the Swede, who rolls the putt in and moves to five under par.

Showing off that Swedish ice-cool composure. Can you believe this is his first major??

Tyrrell Hatton is having himself a tidy little round.

The Englishman, who was paired with Tiger Woods yesterday, has pulled himself level with a round of three-under today with the latest of his three birdies coming at the 10th.

The young Dane is showing some grit as he brushes off the double at the first with back-to-back birdies.

He picks up a shot at the par-five second before driving the green at the third, but it's almost too good as it rolls off the back leaving him with a shortgame test.

He produces a nice enough chip from a tough spot at the third and manages to knock in a tricky putt to pick up successive birdies. Clearly just wants to keep us on our toes.

And just like that he's back in it.

Schauffele continues his quiet charge as he birdies the second after an eagle try is slightly off target. He moves up to join Cam Smith at three-under.

DeChambeau look sto claw back the shot he dropped at the first as he also sets himself up with a good luck at birdie. But ooff, he misses it. Got to be putting those ones away if you want a green jacket!

Homa and Aberg are safely through the first with a pair of pars.

The American was left with a tricky shot into the green after his drive found the cut of rough on the left of the fairway and his view looked to be impeded by an overhanging branch.

But it's no issue as he aims well right and draws his ball right back in, landing lands it on the heart of the dance floor to set up a birdie chance.

He's left frustrated however when he can't convert and is forced to settle for par.

Aberg is also slap bang in the middle of the dancefloor with a birdie chance but his putt rolls off left, leaving him with a tap in for par.

If you're wondering how Hojgaard made double bogey at the first, just have a look...

A picture speaks a thousand words and all that.

Bogey start for Bryson as he's forced to pay for two poor shots as he's left in a tricky position behind the green.

His third shot from behind the dancefloor shooting a long way past the pin and the American two-putting from there.

Schauffele has no such issues however, and slots away his par putt.

Scottie Scheffler begins his quest for a second green jacket alongside Collin Morikawa.

Scheffler, leading by one, slides a power fade down into the middle of the fairway, and not to be outdone Morikawa steps up and produces something similar.

With the final pairing off the mark, here's a little reminder that 28 of the last 33 Masters champions have come from the final group.

Cam Smith claimed that he was still in the tournament following yesterday's round. Well, he's definitely dragged himself further into contention at the second.

He holes out from the sand for an eagle and jumps to three-under.

Hojgaard suffers a double bogey disaster at the first. The Dane is not reacting well to his bogey run yesterday as he continues it on into today's round...

A snap hook off the first tee ended up costing him a six - and any feint hopes he had may have disappeared already.

Bryson DeChambeau gets his round underway with a big looping drive that ends up out right.

Meanwhile, playing partner - and dark horse - Xander Schauffele whips his tee shot down the middle of the fairway.

Can either of them present a challenge to Scheffler?

Fleetwood has liftoff!

The Englishman makes the perfect start to his Masters Sunday. He couldn't sink a putt to save his life yesterday but starts today by draining an monster.

Hi splaying partner needs to find the cup from seven feet for par and duly does.

Despite a turbulent Masters tournament, Woods' drive shows no sign of relenting.

Speaking after his final round, teh legend confirms that he intends to play all three of the remaining majors.

I got to do my homework going forward at Pinehurst, Valhalla, and Troon... got to get up there early and check them out.

Augusta is playing a lot easier than yesterday and Tom Kim has full taken advantage.

The rising star has drawn blood out of Augusta, carding eight birdies for a six-under round of 66, clawing himself up to five-over.

The leaders will be licking their lips as they wait to head out.

Rahm proves he's still got a trick or two up his sleeve with a moment of magiv at the par-four seventh, holing one from the fairway for birdie!

He moves to three-over for the tournament but his playing partner is going the other way. Finau makes two straight bogeys to drop to six-over.

2016 champion Danny Willett made such a promising start with a chip-in bridie at the first.

But all that work has been rapidly undone with three consecutive birdies at the third, fourth and fifth.

The blemishes see the Englishman drop to five-over for the tournament.

But if you'd told him last Sunday that he would have made the cut and be playing the final round of The Masters, he definitely would have taken it - because he still hadn't decided if he would tee it up at the tournament.

Willett underwent shoulder surgery back in September and is ahead od schedule for his recovery.

Shipley finishes with a bogey to cards a final round of 73 after an errant tee shot found the trees to the right of the 18th fairway.

The amateur put on an impressive display today, especially on the greens, and to do it alongside the legend that is Tiger Woods is something else.

It's a round he'll never forget.

He'll be sticking around as he's got an appointment in Butler Captain later today.

To say it has looked tough for Tiger out there over the past four days would be an understatement. He has had to battle hard but he completed all four rounds.

He comes close to finishing with a birdie as he chips on to the 18th green but settles for a tap-in par.

The five-time winner cards a five-over 77 on Sunday to finish at 16-over.

Yet, despite sitting at the bottom of the field, the patrons greet him as if he was atop the leaderboard. No one else would receive that reception. He's still special.

McIlroy looks to imemdaitely bounce back from his opening bogey as he sets himself up with an eagle chance at the second.

But he unbelievably THREE PUTTS. What. A. Waste.

Woods takes a moment to shake hands and say goodbye to Verne Lundquist, who is calling his last Masters, as he walks off the 16th green.

Lundquist delivered one of the most iconic bits of commentary with his call of Woods' chip-in at the 16th at the 2005 Masters.

Lowry's pal McIlroy is equally having a tough time of it opening his round with bogey.

After a beauty of a tee shot, he looks to have found the green in two but takes a very unlucky bounce that chucks his ball off the putting surface and leaves him in a tricky position.

He ends up two putting after chipping back on and drops to four-over.

What did he do to deserve so much bad karma at Augusta National?

You have to feel that's officially ruled him out of the Green Jacket for yet another year.

Shane Lowry is having an absolute shocker.

The Irishman has made four straight bogeys on the front nine to rocket up to ten-over.

A far cry from his stunning eagle yesterday.

Homa heads out in the penultimate pairing at 2:25pm ET/7:25pm BST, two shots off Scheffler's lead.

And the American has the right mentality....

Woods has left himself with work to do to make par at 15 after leaving a little to much on his approach shot into the green.

And he leaves his par putt short - just like every putt this week. He's just never gotten the pace of these greens.

Shipley is also long into the green but is able to recover and make birdie though with fine putt from 34 feet, moving back to 11 over

Another year and another Masters disappointment for Rory McIlroy.

The Northern Irishman looks set to leave Augusta National frustrated once again as he starts his final round at three-over and ten shhots back of the lead.

He'll look to get himself up onto the first page of the leaderboard with a surge today.

He finds the first fairway as he tees off alongside Joaquin Niemann, who sends his tee shot into the first cut of rough.

PGA Tour's top loyalist and LIV Golf's current hotshot? Oh this could be juicy...

Everyone's favorite Tom Kim is havinga run at it!

Kim, one of the most likeable guys on the Tour, is five-under for the day and is on a roll.

The Korean has birdied five of his last six holes, picking up shots at seven, nine, 10, 11 and 12 to drag himself up to six over for the tournament.

What happened at eight, Tom?

Tiger has the chance to claw one back at the 13th with a birdie putt from around 14 feet.

He looks to have the right read but it pulls up just short. One more roll and it would have like curled into the hole. Story of his putting this week.

Meanwhile, playing partner Shipley's display on the greens today has been nothing short of impressive but it abandons him at 13.

He tries to arc an eagle chance round but seems to have started it too far out and leaves it around eight feet high of the cup.

The amateur can't sink the birdie putt either but worse yet, he can't find the hole for par either. He drops a shot and is back to even for the day.

Looks like Rahm's opening birdie isn't going to spark a charge...

The Spaniard immediately hands one back at the second, having found the fairway bunker off the tee. You could hear him willing the tee shot on, desperate for it to clear the sand but the golf gods didn't hear his prayers.

It was always going to be tough to make a birdie from there, but he can'r even make par either.

His third comes in a little too hot and skirts off the edge of the dancefloor into the fringem he can't get up and down in two and it's back to even for the day for the defending champion.

And the Didn't Happen of the Year Award goes to... Greg Norman!

LIV Golf's commander-in-chief barged his way into Augusta this week, buying his own ticket after allegedly being banned.

And he claims that, despite his persona non grata status among golf's chiefs, 'thousands' of patrons flocked to him to show him love.

Stop gaslighting us, Greg. No one is buying it.

The hundreds if not thousands of people, from the drivers, to the parking lot attendants, security guards, the servers in the concession stands (yes had my first Ham Cheese sandwich and Peach ice cream sandwich :-)), the guys who controlled the gallery cross walks, but most importantly to the patrons of @themasters thank you for your unanimous support.

It was humbling, moving and I was taken back by your words of encouragement - “thank you for what you have done for golf” “don’t stop” “Love LIV” and the one that got to me personally and emotionally “welcome back.”

My right hand is sore from shaking hands with each and every one of you as well as the hugs given to so many.

Shipley isn't hanging about as he steps up and fires off his tee shot at the infamous 12th.

It catches the rough at the back of the green. Not perfect but not in danger either. He takes out the flack stick and rolls it onto the green befor finishing off the par with a curling seven-footer.

This kid's putting has been something else today. Cracking par save.

Woods takes a more calculating approach and pitches his ball just past the bunker to set him up nicely.

Rahm can indeed make things interesting as he opens his round with a birdie.

Both he and Finau fire off stunning drives at the first and their seconds aren't too shabby either.

Finau puts a tad too much backspin on his which sees it roll a little short, scuppering his effort for birdie but he'll take the par.

Rahm fires in a dart of a seond, stiffing it to six feet before sinking the birdie putt to move to four-over.

The thought of having to slip a green jacket on to someone else's shoulders must really be grating on him.

It's the most subdued look of the week for Jason Day, and that's probably why it's the best.

The Australian has donned some bold outfits from Malbon, featuring some baggy trousers and a sweater vest ANGC did not approve of.

And after being asked to remove the sweater by organizers on Friday, Day is flying more under the radar for the final round.

Jon Rahm is far from the position he was in this time last year as he begins the final round of his title defense 12 shots back of Scheffler.

The Spaniard tees off alongside good friend Tony Finau. They're both well out of contention at five-over but can they make a few birdies to keep things interesting?

Tiger reaches the turn following another par save at the ninth for a four-over first nine.

Shipley makes light work of the par-four too as he sets himself up nicely to make par, putting him one under for the round at the halfway point and still 10 over for the tournament.

The second is handing out eagles today. Min Woo Lee becomes the latest to slash his score at the par-five today.

He produces a stunning drive, lofts it onto the green and then holes out from 10 feet.

The eagle sees him cut his score to five-over.

Shipley is on a roll now. He backs up his birdie at seven with another on eight.

He has the chance of making an eagle. It's not an easy putt but he plays it beautifully with the knowledge of an Augusta exoert.

He eases it close nicely to set up a tap-in for a birdie to take himself to 10-over for the tournament.

Despite being wayward off the tee again, Woods has a birdie chance of his own but it just rolls round before it can reach the hole. Par for Woods and he stays at 15-over.

Shipley holes out for a birdie and that trims his tournament total to 11 over and brings him back level for the round at the seventh, while Woods stops the bleeding slightly with a par.

Onto the eighth and the bleeding looks to be flowing again as he hits a huge slice off the tee.

Scheffler's reaction to DeChambeau's hole out on 18 yesterday may have been better than the hole out itself.

Also probably the same reaction he'll have when he spots 12 missed calls from pregnant wife, Meredith.

Woods misses the green at the par-three sixth, coming up short, and you can feel the shots slipping away from him now.

He looks to have rescued the hole by playing a stunning chip on to within three feet but wastes it by failing to convert the par save, knocking it four feet past the hole.

Another bogey.

Kurt makes the most of the par-five second, splashing out of the bunker and into the sand for Eagle!

Tiger's trip into the trees has proven very costly indeed.

After heading back to the tee to play his third, Woods can't limit the damage as he misses a putt with his sixth shot of the hole and ends up carding a triple-bogey.

He drops to 14-over. That's gotta hurt.

Low amatuer, Masters Sunday with Tiger Woods AND Waffle House?!

Neal Shipley is having himself a WEEK.

While Woods is taking his detour around the fifth, the amateur saves par.

If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise... because Tiger Woods is there.

Woods ends up deep in the trees to the right of the fairway off the fifth tee. It's found inbounds but he has to call an unplayable. Obviously.

But - and bear with me here - there's nowhere for him to take the drop within the two club length distance. So, and despite playing a perfectly safe provisional, Woods has to allllll the way back to the tee and take another drive (his third of the hole!).

Still following? I'm sorry but I don't make the rules. Golf.

Masters Sunday at Augusta National is of course the hottest ticket in town and any golf fan would die happy just having seen a single shot of the tournament.

But there's no doubt who the most popular grouping out on the course is right now.

I think every patron has their eyes glued to a man called Tiger Woods.

Bryson DeChambeau finished with a bang yesterday, holing out for birdie at the 18th.

It clawed him back into contention after his putting cost him a few bogeys on the back nine.

'I just figured was easier than putting,' he joked.

But I can't help but ask, could he not have waited until after the interview to eat?

Don't talk with your mouth full, Bryson.

All his great work at the second is swift undone at the third...

Woods hits his tee shot to within 30 yards of the green at the par-four third but walks off with a bogey after a chipping nightmare.

His first chip attempt doesn't make it to the green and comes trundling all the way back down to his feet. Take Two.

His next attempt scares the hole, leaving him with around ten feet for par, which he leaves short. Bogey.

It's a bogey for Shipley too after he has to chip on from the back of the green.

Another old master is about to tee off: Two-time champion Jose Maria Olazabal.

At 58 those victories, in 1994 and 1999, may well feel like a long time ago. These days, simply avoiding the cut represents success for a veteran who has played just two professional events since 2022.

While younger men, including 2015 winner Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Viktor Hovland have already stepped on their private jets, Olazabal remains here for the weekend, albeit by the barest of margins.

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We've already heard more roars around Augusta this morning than all of Saturday's moving day.

Shipley's approach at the second comes up short and finds the front bunker but the amateur recovers in sensational fashion. He splashes out and it almost goes straight in for eagle but instead leaves a tap-in birdie.I think even Tiger was willing that one in.

Tiger splits the middle of the second fairway and fires a lovely iron into the green with his second, giving him a 24-foot look at eagle.

It runs out of speed but he holes out for the birdie.

Meanwhile, more cheers echo around the course with Jake Knapp holing out at the third.

This patron isn't taking any chances.

Getting a front row seat for the greatest show in golf is no easy feat. It takes time and a whole lot of patience.

Running is forbidden at Augusta National, so you can bet that this man walked like he's never walked before to get that spot.

The Big Cat goes too big with his approach into the first green. The ball finds the dancefloor but keeps rolling and slips of the back left edge.

It comes to rest in a similar spot to the location of Scheffler's sensational chip-in yesterday. Tiger can't quite replicate the leader's magic but he comes close.

He gifts the patrons of Augusta with a beautiful up and down for par.

Shipley isn't as lucky as he misses a close-range putt for par and walks off with a nervy bogey.

Scottie Scheffler will head into the funal round of The Masters with a slim one-shot lead later this afternoon but will he stick around for a victory?

The American doubled down on his claim that he would drop his club mid-swing if his pregnant wife went into labor.

I'm sticking to my word, you only have your first child once.

Aka, 'I’ll win plenty of more masters, only having a kid once'. Fair.

The Big Cat gets his 100th round at The Masters underway!

It's Neal Shipley off first. Teeing off on his first Masters Sunday in front of one of the sport's legends, bet he's never been that nervous standing over a golf ball before.

His opening tee shot of the day drifts right and into the fairway bunker.

Up steps Tiger, who stripes it down the middle of the fairway. He's off!

Tiger has been out on the range with son Charlie watching on...

It's another former champion, Vijay Singh, out first.

He and Adam Hadwin get the 88th Masters Sunday underway. The pair are both at 14-over for the tournament, so hardly a threat to Scottie Scheffler but they're out on Augusta National on a beautiful Sunday, there's nowhere else you'd rather be.

9:15am ET/2:15pm BST- Adam Hadwin, Vijay Singh

9:35am ET/2:35pm BST - Neal Shipley (a), Tiger Woods

11:05am ET/ 4:05pm BST - Corey Conners, Brooks Koepka

11:15am ET/4:15pm BST - Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry

11:45am ET/4:45pm BST - Jon Rahm, Tony Finau

12:25pm ET/5:25pm BST - Danny Willett, Adam Scott

12:35pm ET/5:35pm BST - Will Zalatoris, Tyrrell Hatton

12:45pm ET/5:45pm BST - Rory McIlroy, Joaquin Niemann

12:55pm ET/5:55pm BST - Matthieu Pavon, Sepp Straka

1:05pm ET/6:05pm BST - Matt Fitzpatrick, Patrick Reed

1:15pm ET/6:15pm BST - Adam Schenk, Chris Kirk

1:25pm ET/6:25pm BST - Patrick Cantlay, Lucas Glover

1:45pm ET/6:45pm BST - Cameron Young, Tommy Fleetwood

1:55pm ET/6:55pm BST - Byeong Hun An, Cameron Smith

2:05pm ET/7:05pm BST - Cameron Davis, Nicolai Hojgaard

2:15pm ET/7:15pm BST - Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele

2:25pm ET/7:25pm BST - Max Homa, Ludvig Åberg

2:35pm ET/7:35pm BST - Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa

Speaking of Tiger, today marks the legend's 100TH round at The Masters. There are members of ANGC who probably haven't played that many...

And he's playing it alongside Neal Shipley, the only amateur to survive the brutality of Augusta this week and make it to the weekend.

Shipley will walk up the 18th fairway Sunday evening with low amateur honors locked up and he'll do it alongside one of the greatest to ever win a green jacket.

What a way to play out your Masters debut. Soak it in, Neal.

We're seeing Tiger Woods in Sun Day Red at The Masters for the first time.

Here's the script...

And who doesn't like to see a top section of the leaderboard nice and bunched up on the last day at the Masters?

Scottie Scheffler leads by one at -7 and has looked imperious all tournament. But as we all know, it only takes this course to show its teeth once, and everything changes.

Collin Morikawa is a shot back and Max Homa, who played his first two rounds alongside Tiger, trails by just two.

Sweden's Ludvig Aberg trails by three at four-under and Bryson DeChambeau, in fifth, is at -3. Only 12 players will start the final round under par.

Have a look at No 13... let's just say that green jacket will definitely be earned today.

The Masters, Day Four, is here. One of the finest days on the entire sporting calendar.

It's all quiet out on the Augusta course at present, but the first tee time is a little over 30 minutes away and from there, Mail Sport will cover every dramatic twist and turn.

But before our leader, Scottie Scheffler, duels with Collin Morikawa, Max Homa and the chasing pack, we have Tiger Woods going at 9:35 local time alongside the amateur Neal Shipley.