The Masters at Augusta: Live comments, reviews and highlights

Final Masters Ranking

-13 wood

-12 D Johnson, Schauffele, Koepka

-11 day, Simpson, Finau, Molinari

-10 Rahm, Cantlay, Fowler

1935: It's a day that will stay in the story. This is, in my opinion, the greatest achievement of one of the great sports careers. Tiger Woods did what so many people thought exceeded him.

He is unrivaled in this sport and I have nothing to say. It was a thrilling week made perfect by a truly remarkable feat of athletic heroism.

Tiger Woods.

1932: There is a line of players out there to congratulate a man who was their growing hero, and who just beat them all, 43 years old.

Thomas, Fowler, Bubba, Koepka, even Poulter. A line of total respect for a player who has achieved more in the game than he can dream of.

1931"I've never seen such emotions on the part of Tiger Woods – I've known him since he was 17. He has never shown such joy."

Butch Harmon summarizes these scenes better than me. He is absolutely ecstatic, booing and screaming like a man who has just done the unthinkable.

1930: Extremely emotional scenes here as Tiger kisses his family. It's a side of him that we had not seen before.

1928: Goes the putt and he is ecstatic, the crowd sings his name, and it is incredible.

TIGER WOODS WINS THE MASTER

1927: Molinari too. He will share fifth place with Finau, Day and Simpson.

1927: Finau pars the last – an excellent effort.

1925: Tiger just misses the high side who, believe it or not, will annoy him for a moment or two. Then he will have two feet for The Masters, major number 15.

1922: Woods reasonably shakes up to 15 feet. Two putts for the title.

1920: Well, it's a good job that Koepka missed. Tiger tries the hero's shot, a big cut, and misses the short green and just 30 meters away.

That should not be a problem, but it's not the birdie putt that he wanted.

1918: Tiger's mother and her children are next to the green. They never went to dad to do that. What a special moment.

1916: Simpson makes a birdie last for a round of 70 and 11 cents. Koepka does better for a shot and surely a split second.

His solid record continues but he will regret this start at 12 years.

1915: Misinterpreted by Koepka and Tiger wins unless he plays the rest of that hole like me. Sports history unfolds before our eyes. It's one of the biggest triumphs of all sports.

1914: Strikes his dart with the three woods. Depending on the depth of the race, he may need to shape his second goal as he is right on the edge of the fairway, but the work is essentially done with the tee shot.

1912: Koepka being Koepka – eight feet for a birdie and half a chance. It's funny though, 18 is a tough hole, but in one way or another, it does not seem dangerous if all you need is equal to.

Like so many holes here, it becomes dangerous to hunt a birdie. Woods can take less driver, leave 180 in and shoot in the middle of the green. Expect to do it.

1911: Molinari makes a birdie. He will know that even though all the attention will be paid to Woods and the story, he has left an incredible chance.

Finau leave, Tiger go away, they are 18.

1909: Here is Tiger then. If it comes in, it's over.

He misses the high side and there is still hope for Koepka if he manages to make a birdie last.

1906: Koepka's 18-hole course is perfect, as Schauffele beats bravely for the par and maybe a second, or even third. He shot 73 thurs on Thursday and 65, 70, 68 rounds since.

And what about that? Harding realizes a birdie at 18, which places him 12th. He is back next year, unless Poulter goes to the last row. Massive for the South African.

1904: Molinari gets together to shoot an excellent approach at 17h. Always fighting, the Italian, and he will hand it over.

Finau could still spoil the party, but it's a pretty rough approach to 30 feet and he'll need that to get in.

Now, Tiger, 150 meters, holds.

Ten feet away.

1902: Strong effort of Schauffele on the sand but it remains 12 feet for 12 sous. Tiger is waiting in the 17th fairway.

1900: Koepka is missing. Mark the date. On April 14, 2019, Tiger Woods will win his fifth Green Jacket and his 15th major championship when he manages to tie the last two holes. He might even be able to afford a bogey.

1858: Heat up now at 18, bunker … the chunked. He is in the sand and his hopes of masters are over. It's all about whether Koepka can bind a birdie and challenge Tiger. Now it is comfortable.

1856: Woods finds the fairway at 17, just a beautiful ride. Koepka has a 13-foot putt to do absolutely.

1853: Finau bird. He's fighting. Woods birdie. He wins.

1852: Molinari can not birdie 16 and the question is whether he finishes second or 12th. The chance to win went to 15.

1849: One has the feeling that Koepka is not the most popular player with fans or media, for obscure reasons. Well, if he ended up here, he could still become the most hated man in North America, which, as those who are keenly aware of the news, know, is a real challenge.

1847: Koepka knows what happened there, because he has to wait for the 17th start. What shot of Tiger Woods. He has not missed a beat since this lucky fortune at 11 years old. It was the tiger of yore.

1846: Tiger is almost 16 years old. IT IS NEAR 16 16. It will be less than two feet for a birdie. And he hit that shot of chewing gum.

There are 11 years since the number 14 major. It is a couple of good swings of the number 15.

1845: Fowler bogeys last. By for the full place, but it lacks nine feet. Depending on your conditions, it will end up in a kind of dry heat. Half a chance on full if you had 10.

1844: I am amazed by the DJ 18's putt, which is weak and never goes up. It's a good effort in general, a round of 68 for the club's head, but the only way to win is if Tiger Woods plays the last three holes at a lower than normal level.

Excellent backup of Koepka. There are two holes left to find a birdie.

1843: Schauffele pulls his approach to the back of the 17 and it is a difficult two shots. At age 16, Poulter's chances end because he can only by.

1842: With three holes to play, Tiger Woods leads the Masters alone. It's as good as you can, guys.

1841: Koepka can not do anything to stop his ball in front of the hole at 16 years old. Molinari scores a brace and is back at under 10 – two doubles on a bogeys at the back of a player who has managed a boguey over the first 54 holes.

Finau misses a great opportunity.

1839: DJ likes his penultimate and so he should – it clears the bunker and he will have 15 feet for 13 cents. There are only a few players who could beat that, and one of them is Tiger.

He is here, through the green of 15, for a lead of two strokes … never threatens the hole but there are two feet left for a birdie and a solo lead.

1838: Molinari adipts his fifth, and is extremely lucky that he stays in place. He looks at seven at best.

Fowler trees on 18 … can he find the birdie? Probably not like he hits him in the sand.

1837: GOLF! Hell fucking. Finish eight feet for the eagle to enter one of the current shots.

1834: DJ error when he finds the fairway bunker at the end. He must just find a three. Koepka misses his place on 16 and faces a quick putt of 20 meters.

Molinari now … oh my word. He put his fat in the water. End of the game for the Italian. Woods is now up.

1833: Woods wants his approach to 15 down and that's the case, right in the middle of the green. He will need two rolls of 40 feet at the edge. Or the hole and send the world crazy.

1831: Woods is about to hit the biggest hits of his decade. Scalded first … and it's a bit of a peer. There are birdies available at 17 and 18, make no mistake.

1830: Equality to five for the head while the Koepka pigeon remains high. It's absolutely unreal

1829: New co-leader, Dustin Johnson. He will know that he needs the Full Schwartzel to win, which wants one more.

The heavy hands of Schauffele while Fowler pours his bird at 17 years.

1827: Simpson will have five feet for a birdie at age 15 to reach 11 cents.

1826: Fowler will take a look at the 17th, 12 feet, after an excellent training and a solid second. DJ now, a better shot, still a potential winner it can go 3-3 … and it's at 12 or 13 feet under the hole.

1824: It's the advantage to take the 15th tee off while Molinari misses the right and is in the straw. Woods is in the fairway and with a wide angle.

It seems that Thomas ends up having a bogey to end a frustrating week and it's a 68 round for Rahm, who should finish just in the top 10 under 10.

1822Yesterday, Koepka created an eagle at 15 to relaunch his challenge. He has 30 feet to do the same thing and take the lead.

At 16, an inflated Schauffele makes him fly too far and he will have about 20 feet for a birdie.

1821: While we wait for Koepka from 3pm to 3pm, news of some other people too. Wise shot 68-67 this weekend for a share of the 16th – he will miss an invitation for 2020 but this will trigger an improvement in form, in which case he may deserve it himself.

Harding's challenge has come off and he is also tied for 16th with three to play. Two birdies for an invitation.

1819: It's always true. As you were. Cantlay goes bogey-bogey at 16 and 17 to miss his first chance to win a major tournament. He will learn. Schauffele, meanwhile, is 15 years old. The best chance left for a birdie is 16.

1818: Tiger misses an inch or two down and that gives Molinari the chance to lead one more time.

1815: DJ makes no mistake: it takes three birdies out of four to reach 11-under. It's there that Day ends after an excellent closing birdie.

It's hard to imagine wins of less than 12 as Woods and Molinari have putts to qualify at 13, then at 15, not to mention 16 and his position. I'll go 13 for a play-off, 14 for the win.

1814: Lip-out Fowler. Luck is gone.

1813Bubba finishes bogey-bogey to cost goals in each direction and after eight cents, which will take him to 15th place.

At 14, Woods is playing for the ridge and it is excellent, but as we have seen all day, these tender greens do not help him as much as he can. He will have about 13 feet of descent.

Molinari has the chance to answer, and that's a foot and a half less.

1811: Still, I appreciate it a lot, Cantlay has not yet had the reluctance we had been expecting since returning to the PGA Tour. His win at Vegas was pretty ugly and since he made the eagle at age 15, he managed two very bad shots and missed a short putt.

He misses the fairway on the 17th and Schauffele is 15 years old.

Fowler and DJ, meanwhile, have a chance of a birdie at 10 feet to 16 years. No room for error, I always think that they have too much to do, to be honest.

1808: Awesome from Molinari to 13 birdie and find the fairway on 14 considering what happened at 12.

Before age 15, Schauffele must hit one in the fairway, above the catwalk, and he will launch over the water. This is not one for the nervous.

1806: Fowler makes three games in a row to get to 10 cents. His luck depends on winning six games in a row, but he is now among the top eight.

Thomas misses the 17. He has to be almost last in this field by putting.

1805: The three birdie players 13. I would like my chances there today. This means that we have a tie to three and I believe that one of these four players is your Masters champion:

Woods, Molinari, Schauffele, Koepka.

1803: Cantlay is missing. I think that's it for him unless he finds a 3-3.

Woods, for the eagle … and it's short. Molinari and he will draw, but for the moment, Schauffele leads alone – although he is right on 15.

1801: JT is eight feet out of 17. He can not win but he can hit the frame with a 3-4 finish or similar. He missed so many putts.

1800: Ortiz misses and Hovland scratches him in one shot. Feel for the Mexican, but he can be extremely proud of a 69 final to rank 36th currently.

Cantlay is aiming here 30 feet to the right of the flag. He judged it pretty well, but he will have eight feet, maybe seven, for the par. In need.

1759: Nine feet between Ortiz and one by closing. If it happens, he shares the amateur honors with Hovland. If this is not the case, the Norwegian wins. Whatever happens, sensational these two emerging talents.

Hovland is going to be a star in the mold of the most recent amateurs, Matsuyama and DeChambeau. I promise.

1758Woods' 13-year-old approach is not his best, but it's the closest, at about 50 meters. Apart from the chances of eagle for him and Francesco, Finau is close to the green in two.

1757: Schauffele is just a killer and he wants to leave 14 to take a share of the lead.

In doing so, Molinari cleans the water to 13 of the width of a West Ham jersey and will have a chance to get out of the eagle on the outside since Day saves the match at 17 years old and that Bubba is bogey.

1755: Cantlay needs one more in my opinion, and he has hung it right over 16 years. "Understandable," says the commentator and that's true. This shot that Willett hit the same hole in a similar situation three years ago remains one of the underrated thwacks in Masters history, people.

1754: Eagle for Koepka. 13 and 15 could not be easier than they are today. To be honest, it's a bit silly. I know normal is just a number but Thomas was 140 yards earlier.

1753: Eagle for Cantlay. Pilot, seven-iron. Sensational things and let's stop pretending that Bubba and Day are pretenders.

"We will have to do something extraordinary," says McGinley of Day. As at the last one.

1752: A point that is worth being told

1750: Woods is ideal on 13 despite the loss of foot while the rain begins to fall. Molinari also pulls a great car out there.

By the way, Finau doubled. Here is JT's ace …

1748: Beautiful Cantlay and 20 feet behind the flag for the eagle on 15.

I have an SMS from a friend who does not watch golf and who does not stop watching golf. I blamed him for not mentioning the blog. It's very very exciting.

1746: Massive backup of Woods. Massif. he is favorite to win the Masters, comrade.

The roar that we heard in the meantime comes from the 16th, where Rahm has two to go to 10 sous. Nevertheless, McGinley insists that these guys can win from there.

Thomas has it next! Unreal. You can not putt? Do not put it. Too bad it comes after five and six.

1745: This is a doubled for Molinari and the advance is now 11 under.

I know nobody cares, but Ortiz is about to birdie the eighth. Sigh. He is far from finishing as the best amateur. Or a bogey to finish second.

1743: Another twist to 12, potentially, as Woods leans six feet short. If he misses and Molinari does … they cut the hole in half.

1741Fowler is six feet by fourteen to get to nine sous. He would need that, then an eagle, then another couple. Schauffele is now 13 years old, for at least a share of the time … and it is still high. Birdie si and 11-under.

1740: Day is missing a good opportunity and I think his hopes are dying there too. Sorry to be negative. Molinari has 10 feet or more for bogey, Finau will have four or five. Big shot of the big Tony.

1737: McGinley tells us that Day and Bubba can win now, but I insist that the 13th is a decisive hole today. Scalded will take 20 feet for the eagle – this is just not a par-five today.

Bubba with a creative average at 16 and to have any luck, he would need to finish 3-3. I'm sorry, it's nonsense to do like he's a huge runner here. It is not.

1735Woods finds the green very far from the flag. Meaningful game, on the bunker, knowing that the short film would be spared.

Finau is also disappointed and he seems to have also found some water.

1734: SENSATIONAL! Molinari also wet on 12. It's mind-boggling.

1733: My Request-A-Bet was Hovland for the cup (check emoji while we're there), Bubba on the top left which is pretty much weighed, a score of 10 cents or better and … Scott top 20 He is 18th. Ties paid in full. Could be close, not that I imagine that anyone supported the chance 11/1.

1731: Doubles for Koepka and Poulter, the latter falling to six adrift and that's all. Koepka could save him but must recover both shots at once to 13.

1729: Tiger is wrong both in speed and online at 11am. The silvery cloud is that he will not have to play first at 12pm, but he needs to sweep the broom even from three feet.

Koepka misses at 12 and is a doubled. Nobody is safe in Augusta. Woods does the by.

1726Poulter and Koepka will have eight feet each for the bogey in the 12th. At 3 pm, the daybirds and Bubba Eagles – they reach every 10 years.

1724: Ideal It is 35 feet to the right of the flag.

I can not believe it – Poulter has also wet at 12.

1723: Great moment to come for Tiger. He has a shot, but if he attacks the pin, it means a draw, and if he cooks it too much, it means water. The right front of the green would be ideal. This is not the time to try to do anything – even if your name is Tiger Woods.

1721: Brave and excellent from Francesco, who left a 11-meter lead for a birdie in the 11th.

1719: Thomas three-putts and this leads him from one place to another. It's such a good putter when it's at its best but it just can not crack those greens. First boguey since Friday and all were clumsy.

12 great moment between Koepka and the water. This could be his master dream finished for the year.

At nine o'clock, Hovland … and he put three putts. Bogey. A shot of lead. It's a cruel game, this one.

1716: Back on the top nine, Hao-tong Li has six fewer players for the day and has a brilliant round.

Back to action and Woods is right, just like yesterday. Molinari is only just a little righteous and may be worse off.

1715: Heard a roar. Is it Thomas 20 feet out of 14? Or did Cantlay participate in the 13th? This is not Cantlay, who is crossing the green with his third.

Poulter now for the peer … misses low. Tame the effort.

Oh and it was not JT. He hits a putt of 20 feet 27 feet and does not work hard for the par.

1713: Massive minutes for the leader that Finau also misses. At age 11, Poulter was 10 feet or more for his peer while Molinari ranged from three to four feet to lead by two.

Koepka will have five feet for his normal at 11 while Schauffele misses a good opportunity at 12. This tee shot is waiting Molinari soon, but he is calm now and plays as easily as ever.

1711: Woods leaves him short. Amazing. On the ninth, 33 feet down the hill for Hovland – this is for birdie and five sous. Two putts will do the trick.

1710: A little surprised to see Molinari doing a free fall rather than standing on a sewer cover, simply because he seemed to have a good lie and that he is now sitting a little bit.

Hard to say from here, obviously, and it's a sensational plan that almost goes in and does not stop more than a meter away.

1709: Cantlay scores second at 13 years old. This is not a disaster but its angle is not going to be good now.

I pause to thank Mark for two emails. Unfortunately, both had vexing words that I can not publish, Schauffele leaving 15 feet for a birdie at 12 years old.

He is there, lurking, and is a candidate to make an eagle and get involved at the top.

Brilliant from Finau and it is less than six feet from par.

1707: Woods looks bogey while it is about 20 feet deep in the 10th. Maybe the three players give up a shot as Koepka draws his approach to 40 feet in the 11th.

1705: Opening for Molinari while Finau misses on the 10th, Rory & 11 territory and escaped Woods. But then, Molinari misses his shot and he is short, although seated. He will try to make a flop as close and I would say that he will probably go 10 feet long.

One of those challenging tracks like Poulter must hit the 11th fairway and leave a corner in the woods. Woods next to about 150 with his third …

1703: Schauffele loses a point distance for a birdie on the 11th and is within three sides of Cantlay and Poulter, both in pine straw at points 13 and 11 respectively.

Molinari is in the middle on 10 and he's a Chance of Chance with Sky Bet, which make Woods 4/1 and Koepka 9/2. Surprised to see it so short and the Schauffele 18/1 can seduce some, as well as the 10/1 Finau.

If you really believe in Tiger, he is 6/1 to eagle 13 or 15. The first is a definite chance if he finds the fairway.

1659: Koepka knows how important this backup is to the 10 and there are two in the back while Woods ignites to the right.

1656: Brilliant Finau while he drops it on the right side. He's in 36, tied for the day, and it's less than two, Molinari also making four sweaty.

1655: Molinari has heavy hands and spends eight feet after the nine-hole. He will eventually be tied after Finau, which is about fifteen meters after finding the bunker.

More importantly, Ortiz bogey at five o'clock and Hovland has two in hand.

1654: Augusta would have exploded if Tiger's ball had turned half an inch to the left and turned once more. What parity is new because he is lagging behind the hole using all these outlines that he knows so well.

JT hit his car at the corner of 13 and was 22 feet for Eagle. Pop that in, birdie 14, eagle 15, birdie 16 and he is 14 under. Birdie 17 for 15-under, by the last and we'll see. Right?

1652: Increasingly, I think I would like Poulter to win. Do not hate me. He has 20 feet for birdie in the 10th.

Oosthuizen keeps his place with a birdie in the 11th clumsy git. Why does not it make things easier?

1650: If the tracker is right, Thomas has 131 yards on the 13th of the normal five, having cut more turns than you'll probably ever see. Not totally convinced, but I find that it is a good starting point to create an eagle.

Forward on the putting green, Day has one of those odds, but he's just slipping.

1648: As I say, Woods seems to slip and pulls his approach to the ninth. He goes straight to the back edge and leaves 45 feet or more straight down the hill. Smart.

Molinari therefore has an opening and plays above the flag at about 15 meters. Not his best.

1645: At the approach of the turn, whatever happens, it 's good to find it, in red, with a chance.

1643: Gorgeous birdie in the 11th since Cantlay as it moves in the next three minutes. Meanwhile, Koepka leaves the 10th and it's the worst time to do it. It will be at best on the territory Bubba & # 39; 12.

A welcome boost at age 12 when Thomas realizes a birdie – 10 places and he is now ranked T9, he is 13. "He has not made a bogue since Friday and should have almost won.

And another boost as Hovland birdies the seventh. More than two holes, he leads Ortiz by one, the Mexican fifth.

1641Kuchar forces one all the way through the 10th and makes a birdie to go to nine sous. Eight potential winners here, if you include the new ones. Five if you do not like and these five are in the last two groups.

Good road down to Tiger.

1639: He walks in it. Shiny shot and counter-shot. Finau also birds and he is still there, lurking, two behind and with the power to destroy the two par-five.

1638: Simply beautiful from Molinari rolling in the birdie putt. I would bet he's leading the current standings and certainly in the category that matters most.

Vital Woods responds from 10 feet.

1637: We did not see it, so Fowler missed it. The Koepka putt on nine is even better and he goes by.

1636: It's a good bump of Woods but not much closer than Molinari. All about the putter.

The same is true to new with Poulter and Koepka long and downhill. Easy to send these 10 feet by, but Poulter is just beautiful to three feet at most.

1634: Oosthuizen is making his 10th bogey of the week after his ninth and he has six cents, while he's just in the top 20 now.

1633: Really good Molinari because it sends an approach to about 12 feet in the eighth. Again, with Woods at the back, we could see here something from a larger track to an extinct track.

Finau also has a medium chance of eagle.

1630: "It will be on the next tee-box!" Woods throws a flier out of eight while Molinari is forced to fold.

Later, at ten o'clock, Fowler's very slim luck could get a little thicker as he has 10 feet for a birdie on a tough hole. We'll know if he does it because they'll show it on TV.

1627Schauffele scored the ninth birdie after also finishing eighth and under nine. There are four Americans of about twenty years in the top seven here, on a course that always favored a rich experience.

1625: Ortiz signals a fourth goal, Hovland bogeys the sixth and the battle between top amateurs is tied. Hovland is still favorite because he played four and five … but it's closer than it seemed there.

If it can finish 4-4-4 it is surely enough. Big if.

1623: Finau steals the bunker with something left. Huge. Meanwhile, Poulter has three free kicks and will have a red face before the ninth start.

Molinari has just left the eighth … bunkered. He does not drive the ball well. Not sure I already said that.

Koepka birdie the eighth.

1622: This is seriously clumsy on the part of Poulter as he faces a long-range eagle that is at least 15 feet by 8 feet. Back at the tee, Woods is fine and that means missing the bunker – it could be one of those duds that is so disconnected that everything is going to be okay.

1620: We could have four players separated from one shot here as Koepka leaves himself six feet for a birdie in the eighth. Hovland meanwhile has six bogeys and Ortiz has seven feet to join him at three under the third.

1618: Mickelson doubles eighth and his goose is cooked while Tiger makes his little bird after Molinari calmly makes his bogey.

1617: It's a boguey, far too much to borrow. In fact, I can not give it to him – he stays four feet to avoid a catastrophic double on a fairly harmless hole.

1616: Not that I'm qualified to tell him what he should have done but Molinari is not going far enough down the slope to get her back to where he wants to go.

As such, he has another 10-foot putt, this time downhill and with a little bend, for the par. Poulter is 40 feet out of two to eighth by five.

1614: Ortiz is missing, phew Scott meanwhile is T2 in the category of former winners, one of the Woods probably sewed. There is a tie for four for two people. Tighter than I would like.

1612: Hello – Tiger cursed near holes his second. Engage your bird and you would think at worst that it is back in two.

Finau gets a little kiss from the cushion and has 10 feet.

1611: Here's Molinari's chip at Sox and he'll need another scramble at seven hours after missing the green and right court. It's not ideal, it may have to climb the top of the green and bring it back with the slope.

1609Meanwhile, Hovland leaves the fifth. In his favor, Ortiz still has to spend four and five and he's doing it without losing sight of it, he's better than most others.

Suspect Hovland est à quatre doigts de le faire, peut-être même trois pars et un bogey.

1608: Vous savez, quand les gens disent que Garcia est touché par un bruit différent? Il en va de même pour Poulter, mais pour des raisons différentes.

Difficile de ne pas admirer l'homme qui trouve le fairway à huit.

Pendant ce temps, dans la meilleure saga amateur, Ortiz a huit pieds pour réussir un oiselet à la seconde et atteindre un but. Pardonnez-moi ma déception – il avait 260 verges pour son troisième et a atterri la chose à la pelle.

1603: Le par trois de Molinari enregistre aujourd'hui: 13 pieds, 8 pieds, 7 pieds. Il marque mieux qu’il ne le serait peut-être alors qu’un autre disque manquera le fairway à sept heures.

1601: Francesco sauve le pair Ce sont des choses irréelles de la part d'un joueur qui, en réalité, n'avait pas eu de partie courte jusqu'à l'année dernière.

1600: Woods a laissé filer des coups ici car il manque une bonne occasion. Il a raté trois putts courts depuis le troisième vol d'oiseau. Molinari pourrait bien sortir avec son avance encore à trois alors que Fowler signera le huitième.

1558: Oosthuizen et Fowler auront tous deux environ neuf pieds pour un birdie au huitième. Doit-faire des choses. Ils ne peuvent pas gagner si ceux-ci ne vont pas – et probablement pas encore s'ils le font.

Finau est à la traîne et sera à la sixième place. Ensuite, Woods pour birdie.

1557: Sensationnel. Six pieds au plus.

1556: Je ne saurais trop insister sur la difficulté de cette puce après le soulagement de Francesco. Trop mignon et il ne fera pas le vert, trop lourd et il va descendre à 50 pieds.

À sept ans, Poulter en tourne un jusqu'à environ trois pieds et devrait passer à dix sous.

1554: Belle route de Poulter à la septième place – c'est une grande partie du défi à relever et il aura envie de tirer sur ce drapeau. Il devrait se donner une bonne chance birdie ici.

1553: Pas tout à fait une fléchette. Peut-être un soft-tip? Quoi qu’il en soit, il se trouve à une quinzaine de mètres après un bon coup de pied de la banque à droite. Potentiel pour un grand swing ici à la sixième.

1552: Position Z pour Molinari à six heures et ce sera le test le plus sérieux de son steak par-ou-meilleur depuis, eh bien, jeudi. Il est long, très long et descend en descente vers une épingle dissimulée dans une rangée étroite. Bonne chance.

En réponse, aucune surprise pour Finau. Temps pour une fléchette de tigre?

1550Cantlay rate une bonne occasion à la huitième place alors que Rory et Kisner passent tous les deux à cinq sous la journée. Rory est maintenant 20e avec Fleetwood, mais Hovland laisse filer un tir pour revenir à quatre sous.

Comme il le fait, Olesen participe à la huitième place pour le birdie et le plus grand rêve scandinave en a pris un coup.

1547: Woods bogeys et Simpson à la sixième. Molinari, après avoir roulé à droite, pourrait être clair trois après avoir été un devant il y a à peine 20 minutes.

Et dans ça va. Phénomène autour des greens cette semaine. Quelques phrases auraient semblé moins crédibles il y a quelques années que «Molinari va gagner les Masters avec son jeu court».

1545: Koepka bogeys le sixième est parti depuis longtemps. Ces épinglettes du dimanche mettent en danger presque tous les trous et il est trois – pour le moment.

Woods sera le prochain à aller à la cinquième place lorsque Finau se rendra bogey.

1545: Woods 'putt est également très pauvre, même en reconnaissant le niveau de difficulté. Il fera bien de jouer: ce sont de grands moments sur le cinquième green avec les trois combats.

Poulter fait un birdie à six heures plus tôt. Il est soudainement quatre et peut être près de trois.

1542: Personne ne pourrait jamais accuser Augusta National de s’auto-aggraver alors que Finau obtient son putt de birdie à cinq et qu’il regarde fixement un idiot.

1542: Molinari a tout mickelson avec un tir au flop à cinq et il court longtemps, environ 10 pieds, donc il a un travail sur pour sauver la normale. C'est un bogue pour Fowler à sept heures, où Oosthuizen pars.

1540Cantlay est l'homme qui fait des percées et il est A1 à la huitième, où Rahm convertit son putt d'aigle mais Mickelson et Thomas ne peuvent que égaler.

1537: Fowler ne parvient pas à sortir du bunker du côté du green à sept heures avec son premier essai. Les espoirs de titre étaient minces et pourraient maintenant disparaître à moins qu'il ne soit frappé à huit heures.

Molinari à la cinquième place, Finau à l'avant et Woods à 40 pieds. Tout pour jouer pour.

1533: Rahm a fait un aigle sorti de nulle part à 13 heures hier et pourrait bien faire la même chose aujourd'hui à la huitième après un autre départ lent. Il est juste de dire que les premiers rounds onze à Augusta ont été prometteurs et beaucoup seront surpris de ne pas être le quatrième Espagnol à remporter ce titre.

1531: Finau follows Molinari dangerously far to the right and Woods decides to play the bullet, straight down the middle, which leaves him a long way back but at least on the golf course.

1530: Cantlay is 11-under for his last 25 holes after a birdie at the seventh, where he left himself the ideal, uphill birdie chance on a hole which is offering up opportunities.

Molinari's drive at the fifth is as bad as he ever drives it, right of the crowd, and that's bother. Koepka was also right but managed to find the green and should tidy up his par.

1528: Hovland birdies the second and is now three-under for the day, five-under for the tournament. He needed to be with Ortiz playing beautifully and up to two-under himself.

Hovland is now 20th, one off the top Scanvinavian lead.

1527: The ebb and flow of Augusta is such that we get these quiet spells as the leading groups go through four and five. All about getting your par and moving on. Big moment for Woods and it's at least 10 feet.

He misses and will be annoyed. Very annoyed. The lead is two.

1525: Play has not been fast – it'll be around 1hr10 for four holes in the final group – and concerns about the weather are rumbling.

Par Molinari.

1524: Woods' effort from the front isn't great and leaves around eight feet, maybe 10, for his par. Finau next and it's a delicate chip – too delicate, and he's a foot short. Easy par, though.

1520: The fourth is a rubbish hole, I'm afraid. I bet Tiger agrees as he comes up short of the green before Molinari's hybrid flies all the way onto the back tier.

It'll officially be a missed green but by inches and that's perfect, really.

Finau last to go and he likes it, seemingly… and so he should. It's also through the back, by two yards at most, and he should be fine from there.

1516: And here's the putt that got Tiger within one…

1515: What do they say about pictures and words?

1512: First blood Tiger Woods. That's a brilliant birdie at the third and he's 12-under, one off the lead in The Masters. Hold the internet.

1511: Finau threatens the hole with his chip but should make par at the third as Mickelson fires his approach to the 10th inside 10 feet.

Molinari comes up short, a little tentative so far but he's level, 13-under for the tournament, and it's still a score which could win this.

1508: Molinari now to the third. He's 137 away and fires his wedge about 140, leaving a good chance from 15 feet.

At the fifth, Oosthuizen makes bogey. Nice of them to show him at least.

Back to the third and Woods, from around 10 yards closer, plays a gorgeous approach to 10 feet. That's downhill, Molinari's is uphill, and there's not much in it.

Fowler… misses. Damn.

1505: Oosthuizen from 50 feet at the fifth leaves a good 10 or 12 for par. Not a good effort especially after an excellent drive broke the back of the hole.

Kuchar meanwhile bogeys the fourth to fall five adrift.

1504: Birdie for Hovland at the first to get back the shot he lost at the 18th – remember, it's a two-tee start today. Conditions perfect… for now.

Finau drives it short of the third green as Tiger goes for iron off the tee.

1501: They've shown Fowler which must mean it's a good shot… yep, 10 feet at the tough fifth hole.

Back to the third and Poulter was work to do to avoid a nightmare start and the death of his chance as Molinari finds the fairway with an iron off the tee.

1500: Back-to-back birdies for Mickelson, from one foot and 10 feet, and he's eight-under. Koepka will par the third, meanwhile.

1459: Very good save for Woods.

1458: It's a slow start for the final group as Finau and Molinari both miss chances at the second. Remember – Molinari started with five pars yesterday and shot 66, so he won't be too worried.

1456: Woods now… from a long way… and it's very solid to around five feet. Work to do but the first part of the problem solved.

Here's Koepka. How brave dare he be? Well, it's more evidence that the course is softer than ideal as he goes past the flag but hangs on in the collar 20 feet away.

1455: The third is playing wonderfully today – it's so hard to hit the ball close yet it's 350 yards off the tee. Koepka will be pitching from a nice angle albeit not the desired position right of the fairway, after Poulter hits it pin high to 30 feet. Fast putt coming.

1454: These greens are just so soft – so much for the sub-air system. Finau's third would've just about gone in last year, but instead hangs up 10 feet above the hole. He'll have a fast, breaking birdie putt.

1452: Schauffele misses low and will give back a shot there, meaning the front four have daylight.

Molinari now, and he goes with a high, grabbing pitch which rolls out to around 10 feet, maybe slightly less. Not brilliant but more than acceptable.

1450: Tiger is further back than expected and he'll have 50 feet for birdie as Koepka misses right at the third. No disaster there.

Up ahead, it'll be around 10 feet for Schauffele's par after his third hits the pin. Big putt coming.

1448: Brilliant from Molinari to leave his ball in the ideal spot short of the second green. He should pitch that close and make a birdie. I make it sound so easy.

Finau, with his second, and that's short of the right bunker. Big chance missed with a long-iron in hand.

1447: Koepka, for birdie… and it's there. Key early move from the man most likely to spoil the party for Woods, Molinari or Finau.

Simpson misses and there's trouble for Schauffele at the third.

1446: Really good break for Woods as he has a lie and a shot. He takes advantage, hooking a low one down the fairway and to wedge range.

Poulter, who makes bogey, showed what can still go wrong but equally the right number and it's a shot Woods can get very close. His approach play is his strength. I fancy him to set up a good chance.

1445: We don't get to see Koepka's third. Why would we? He'll have nine feet for birdie, Poulter something similar for par – maybe 12, actually.

Simpson fares better and has six feet to get to double-figures under-par.

1443: Some errors creeping in here as the likes of Cantlay and Johnson give back shots. The fourth is playing very tough today – around 0.2 strokes over par – while the fifth is a beast at 4.47 today, the toughest it has played all week.

1442: First big mistake from Woods comes off the second tee as he pulls it left. That could be in the stream, behind a tree – anything.

At the fifth, his old sparring partner Mickelson fires one to an inch and will make birdie to reach seven-under.

Poulter is long in three at the second and faces a really tough up and down.

1440: Kisner is the low man on the course now, four-under through eight having started at the 10th. At the 18th, Hovland is bunkered greenside on a hole which has his number as McIlroy joins him, for now, at four-under.

Back to the business end and Koepka comes up short and in sand at the second, where Simpson misses right. With Poulter having to lay-up, all three have work to do to make birdie.

1437: Fowler saves par, somehow. Still a bad decision.

1435: Harding is going to drop at least one at the second, where Kuchar makes birdie for an ideal 4-4 start. Woods tidies up as does Finau and it's as you were as the final six players all par the opener.

As yet, no serious move at them from below and it looks like Fowler will bogey the third.

At the second, the first move then arrives as Schauffele starts birdie-birdie.

1434: That's a huge save from Molinari. No emotion, just strokes it, dead-weight, into the middle of the hole.

1432: That's the clumsiest shot I've seen Molinari play this week, as he goes well long at the first – outside 10 feet for par.

At the second, Fowler comes up 25 yards short of the green and Oosthuizen goes long. What were they playing at off the tee? Drive it 30 yards short of the green and chip it on.

1430: Pars for the penultimate group at the first and off they go to the second, where Koepka's drive looks fine. As suggested, Finau was stymied at the first and has work to do to save par.

At the third, I'm a little surprised at Fowler and Oosthuizen, both having chosen to lay well back and leave around 125 yards to the classic Sunday pin which is on a tiny shelf.

Finau's pitch is nerveless in result, however nervous he may be. He's been the best of the lot this week around the greens.

1428: Here's the DeChambeau ace…

1427: Molinari first to go at the first. Looks a little left and so it is, but a soft Augusta is forgiving and he's 30 feet away in the fringe. Absolutely fine.

How aggressive does Tiger want to be, then? It's fine but not his best, to the middle of the green.

1425: Oosthuizen pars the second but having been in prime position, he'll be disappointed. Ditto Fowler.

Oosthuizen is three-under for the par-fives, Molinari is seven. The difference between them is those four shots.

1422: Molinari takes three-wood at the first and will be a long way back with his approach, though he is in the fairway.

Finau, with the big stick, and he can fly the bunker make no mistake. Trouble is he's gone left and we then get the biggest commentary mistake there is, in my opinion.

The usually excellent Murray declares it OK on bounce one and then, when it comes to rest near the base of a tree, sticks with that view. Doesn't look OK to me and he won't have much of a back-swing.

Woods, like Molinari, lays back and in the fairway.

1420: 6-6-2-5-4-4-1 for DeChambeau so far today. Remarkable as the final group ready themselves at the first.

Ahead at the second, Oosthuizen and Fowler both play poor third shots and look like missing an excellent opportunity to make the dream start.

1418: HOLE-IN-ONE! We have one at the 16th after all, and it's courtesy of DeChambeau – who was an inch or two away on Thursday. Superb from the first-round leader who has since struggled.

1416: Work to do for birdies at the second for Fowler and Oosthuizen (and DJ, but I care less about that). Fowler is bunkered, Oosthuizen just shy of it, and they'll both, surely, be using the slope to bring the ball back to the flag.

1412: Penultimate group are go and it's a brilliant opener from Koepka, 318 down the middle. Poulter is happy with his but Simpson goes left and that's a bad angle.

Ahead to the green and Schauffele rolls in a bonus birdie putt from range to get within four.

1409: Spieth is three-under through four today and McIlroy a couple under for the day as some of those big names from way back sign off on a positive.

For Spieth, now seven-under, a place in the top 10 is the first target.

Hovland pours it in! Four-under and that's without making birdie at 13 or 15.

1405: If you backed a Sunday hole in one at the 16th, which has been popular I'm sure, the slow conditions might cost you. Hoffman, who made one last year, would've made another but for the green speed costing him a foot.

Hovland plays a nice shot to around 15 feet and hasn't done anything wrong from tee-to-green this week, not really.

1400: Fowler does birdie the first to get to eight-under. His errors yesterday came at the first, 10th and 18th, and he was excellent otherwise – this is a good start in his bid to find that low number.

And in a further boost to, well, me… Oosthuizen also birdies, from 11 feet, to get within four. JT birdies the second, meanwhile, and we're in the battle for places at least.

Ahead to 15 and Hovland three-putts. That's a big blow after two mighty shots.

1358: Fowler will have 13 feet for birdie at the first. The sort of chance he'll need to be taking if he's to launch an unlikely bid for a first major championship today.

The pin at the first is not what you'd call Masters Sunday and, so far, those who've found the fairway have had little trouble setting up a decent birdie chance.

1355: Superb from Hovland and he'll have 40 feet for eagle. Thomas will also have a long-range eagle putt at the second, so that'll be a nice, straightforward par.

At the same hole in the group ahead, Day makes birdie to move to seven-under. Just a par for Spieth at the third and he's six-under, not seven as I may have suggested earlier.

1352: Cantlay, one of three to shoot an eight-under 64 on Saturday, birdies the first from just outside 20 feet. He's nine-under for his last 19 holes and seven-under overall.

That's good for T12, which is the cut-off for earning an invite to next year's Masters. He'll make it anyway but it remains a significant target.

Meanwhile, here's the weather as we get within half an hour of the final group.

1350: Big shot coming for Hovland at 15, after a perfect drive. He has a great angle and 224 yards to cover yet, as we know with this wonderful par-five, just about all scores from three (two? No, three…) to 10 are still on the table.

1348: Yesterday I mentioned Wright Thompson and a Tiger Woods video he'd narrated, without actually including it.

So, here is one of the greatest living sportswriters turning his hand to oratory. I love him so much.

1345: Much still to do, but we're seeing why Hovland is so highly-rated here. He's played the first five holes virtually impeccably, failing to birdie 13 the only gripe.

At 14, he makes up for that in some style by firing an approach to five feet. Birdie, and he's three-under, for now in full command of the battle to be top amateur.

And don't give up on top Scandinavian, either. He's one behind Bjerregaard and while three off Olesen, the latter has had to chip out sideways at the first.

1342: Birdie-birdie start for Spieth to get to six-under. Remember last year? He shot 64 to finish third and it would've been 63 for second but for a short miss on 18.

If he shoots 63 today, he'll finish 13-under. Not a bad start on that nearly-impossible-but-actually-possible quest.

1340: Bogey at the first for Mickelson, where Spieth makes birdie. It's an opening par for Day and at six-under, he's on the very limits of potential winners, I think – and even that may require a course record 63 which would get him to -15.

Still, hugely up against it and likely lost his chance yesterday.

Meanwhile, at the first: JT drives it 300 down the middle, hits a wedge to six feet, and misses. Amazingly he left himself nine feet for par… and made that.

1337: And for you post-modernists, some interesting data themes from 15th Club.

Absolutely clear that Thomas was a solid putting week away from being right up there with this final group. His GIR rankings at Augusta since debut read 11-6-2 and if he hits 17 or so today he could add a 1 to that.

He's not just hitting greens – hit making chances. Just hasn't taken them. Shame.

1334: Shall we stat? Yes, let's stat.

GIR

• 1st Olesen
• 2nd Tiger, Scott
• 4th Thomas (again)
• 5th Kuchar, Poulter

Birdies

• 1st Schauffele
• 2nd Woods, Harding, Maysuyama, Koepka, DeChambeau
• 7th Kim, Bradley, Oosthuizen

Putting average

• 1st Harding
• 2nd Molinari
• 3rd Kizzire
• 4th Fowler, Mickelson, Finau, Cantlay

1330: Weather is very calm, warm enough, no sign of rain or any storms for now – they're expected at around 3pm local time, well after they're now scheduled to finish.

Last night, Paul McGinley said that Francesco likes "football and pasta" which, while almost certainly true, doesn't feel like a comment which adds to coverage. And while far superior to that nonsense, I'm not sure I added to coverage yesterday.

However, a mighty six-hour sleep and an incident-free spin at soft play means that gets corrected this afternoon. As one of my kinder twitter followers said, Bring It On.

1325: Got myself locked out of the office. Safely back on board now. Good news in the top amateur battle – Kanaya has dropped two shots in three holes. Hovland has missed some chances but has stayed still which could well be enough.

1315: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, we must all agree, was a seminal work of art. It certainly felt that way to an impressionable teen like me, though I managed to avoid a life of high-stakes poker (just), crime (with greater ease) and Sting.

It brings me to a nice quote with which to begin this journey together. I'm off to put the kettle on.

"The entire British empire was built on cups of tea, and if you think I'm going to war without one, mate, you're mistaken."

1312: Game of Thrones returns for its final series tonight. Those old fuddy-duddies at Augusta have reacted with some #content.

And those sharps @GameOfThrones have responded appropriately…

1310: There is a case to be made that everyone here is in the ideal position.

There can be few more comfortable leading than Molinari, given what he's done over the last 18 months. True, his win at the Open came from just off the pace and so too did victory at Bay Hill this year, but his run began when he bossed Rory at Wentworth. He relishes this, nowadays.

Tiger, famously, has never won a major from behind entering the final round. That said, only three times has he ever started it second – basically, if he was on, he was in front. And being second, in 2019, brings its advantages. Were he leading, victory would be expected. Today he's predator.

As for Finau, nobody is really talking about him – and that has to suit someone for whom winning has been difficult. He was a little unlucky not to win the WGC-HSBC in November but, basically, hasn't shown the ruthlessness of the two he tees off with.

Then there's Koepka. Clearly, he'd like to be leading, but that eagle on 15 yesterday got him into the penultimate group and he will love the idea of making noise with Tiger and co waiting in the fairway. He'll also enjoy bossing Simpson and Poulter off the tee – though their pace of play could be a slight issue.

1300: In the immortal words of Jean Valjean, one day more; another day, another destiny.

It is Masters Sunday, tee-times have been brought forward, and we're less than 90 minutes from the final three-ball.

Francesco Molinari. The diminutive man from Turin, for a decade unwilling to enter the limelight, now unwilling to relinquish it. He's made one bogey all week – no Masters winner before him has made fewer than five. He bids to follow Seve as the last European to be able to hold a Claret Jug and wear a Green Jacket at once.

Tony Finau. Yet to so much as win a world-class golf tournament, but consistently in the mix in major championships. One of three to fire a Saturday 64 and with it book a place in the final group, alongside the man who, in 1997, convinced him to pursue a future in golf.

And then there's Tiger Woods. Twenty-two years from his first Masters, he seeks his fifth. Eleven years from his 14th major, he seeks his 15th. Yet never has he won a major from behind. Surely, to win today would be to complete the greatest triumph in a year full of them.

So long as the weather holds, this is going to be absolutely unreal.

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