Round three coverage of the 2024 Masters is now underway. Here is a live log for the first major of the year.
3 PM ET–After round two, the leaderboard had Scottie Scheffler, Bryson DeChambeau and Max Homa at -6….Denmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard at -4, American Collin Morikawa and Australian Cameron Davis at -3….
3:01 PM ET–Now the leaderboard is as follows: Scheffler -7, DeChambeau and Homa -6, Morikawa -5, Cameron Davis and Ryan Fox of New Zealand -4; Hojgaard has dropped a stroke and is now at -3…
3:06 PM ET–Great start for the two-time major champion Collin Morikawa of Los Angeles…has birdied the first three holes and has gone from -3 to -6…Morikawa won the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 British Open…
3:18 PM ET–Scheffler birdies the third hole with an impressive shot…improves to -8…
3:29 PM ET–Scheffler bogeys the fourth and drops to -7…Morikawa, DeChambeau and Homa are one back at -6, Fox, Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg, Davis and Nicolai Hojgaard are at -4 and three back of Scheffler…
3:29 PM ET–DeChambeau bogeys the third to drop to -5…
3:40 PM ET–2019 British Open champion Shane Lowry eagles the 14th hole from 118 yards…first eagle on the 14th at the Masters in eight years…
3:43 PM ET–Morikawa bogeys the sixth and drops to -5…
4:12 PM ET–Seven golfers in contention at the moment…1) Scheffler -7 2) Homa -6 3) Morikawa and DeChambeau -5 5) Aberg, Davis and Hojgaard -4…of the golfers in contention are three major champions, in addition to the aforementioned Morikawa are Scheffler, the 2022 Masters champion and DeChambeau, the 2020 United States Open champion…
4:16 PM ET–Morikawa birdies the eighth hole to return to -6…
4:17 PM ET–Davis birdies the eighth hole two return to -5…
4:21 PM ET–Ryder Cup champion Ludvig Aberg of Sweden is three-under-par on the front nine and moves to -5 for the tournament after recording a birdie on the par four ninth…Aberg is in a tie for fourth place now with Davis and DeChambeau…
4:26 PM ET–Hojgaard is also at -5 after recording a birdie on the eighth hole…
4:38 PM ET–DeChambeau birdies the eighth to improve to -6…
4:40 PM ET–Hojgaard, another Ryder Cup champion, is at -6 after birdieing the ninth hole….now one stroke back with Morikawa, DeChambeau and Homa…
4:50 PM ET–Davis in trouble on the 10th…unable to pitch the ball on to the green from the rough…the ball rolls up to the green and comes back to his feet…
4:52 PM ET--Davis double bogeys the 10th to drop to -3…
5:02 PM ET–Hojgaard makes a long bomb birdie on the 10th hole to improve to -7 and a tie for the lead with Scheffler…
5:05 PM ET–Double bogey for Scheffler out of nowhere at the 10th…drops to -5…
5:18 PM ET–Scheffler bogeys the 11th and drops to -4…
5:18 PM ET–Four way tie all of a sudden after Hojgaard bogeys the 11th hole…Hojgaard, Homa, DeChambeau and Morikawa are at -6….Aberg in fifth at -5, Scheffler in sixth at -4…Davis four back now after bogeying the 11th hole…
5:25 PM ET–Aberg birdies the 13th hole and in a five-way tie for the lead with Hojgaard, Homa, DeChambeau and Morikawa at -6…Scheffler in sixth place by himself at -4 and two strokes back…five-way tie at any time at a major is very rare indeed…
5:30 PM ET--DeChambeau bogeys the 11th and drops to -5….
5:30 PM ET–Hojgaard bogeys the 12th and drops to -5…now only a three-way tie for the lead (Morikawa. Aberg and Homa at -6)…
5:41 PM ET–Hojgaard drops into the creek at the 13th hole…
5:41 PM ET–Aberg bogeys the 14th hole and drops to -5…
5:42 PM ET–Homa bogeys the 12th and drops to -5 meaning that Morikawa is the only leader…
5:42 PM ET–DeChambeau bogeys the 12th and drops to -4 send a tie with Scheffler…
5:46 PM ET--Scheffler eagles the 13th hole and returns to -6 and tied with Morikawa…Scheffler brings out the fist pump and redeems himself after the double bogey on the 10th hole…
5:49 PM ET–Third straight bogey for Hojgaard drops him to -4 and two back of Scheffler and Morikawa…
5:52 PM ET–Leaderboard–1) Scheffler and Morikawa at -6 3) Homa and Aberg at -5 5) DeChambeau and Hojgaard at -4…
5:58 PM ET–Aberg bogeys the 15th hole and drops to -4…
6 PM ET--Fourth straight bogey for Hojgaard….drops to -3…
6:12 PM ET--DeChambeau birdies the 14th hole to improve to -5…
6:19 PM ET–Scheffler birdies the 15th hole to improve to -7…
6:35 PM ET--Long par for Morikawa keeps him at -6….
6:36 PM ET–DeChambeau double bogeys the 15th hole…drops out of contention at -3….
6:40 PM ET–Aberg in the clubhouse at -4…
6:44 PM ET–Scheffler bogeys the 17th and drops to -6…
6:43 PM ET–Leaderboard–1) Scheffler -6 and Morikawa at -6 3) Homa -5, 4) Aberg -4, 5) DeChambeau -3…
6:48 PM ET–DeChambeau bogeys the 16th hole and drops to -2…
6:49 PM ET–Morikawa in the clubhouse at -6…
6:54 PM ET--Car alarm in the background goes off as Scheffler delivers his approach shot on the 18th hole…
6:57 PM ET–Scheffler birdies the 18th hole to go to -7 and one stroke lead on Morikawa, two shots on Homa and three strokes on Aberg…
7:07 PM ET–DeChambeau holes out an approach shot for birdie to get to -3…four strokes back of Scheffler and in fifth place…prior to making his spectacular shot he was put on the clock…
7:11 PM ET–Homa pars the 18th hole…round three done…1) Scheffler -7 2) Morikawa -6 3) Homa -5 4) Aberg -4…
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