A funny thing happened on Masters Moving Day: Rory McIlroy’s historic post-cut lead disappeared. What started as a six-shot lead ended with McIlroy needing to bounce back to tie Cameron Young going into the Masters Sunday.
The 2026 Masters final round will tee off at 9:06 a.m. ET on Sunday, April 12, with McIlroy and Young tied at 11-under par and 18-hole co-leader Sam Burns one shot back at 10-under par.
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2026 Masters Sunday Preview & Round 3 Leaderboard
The story after Friday's Round 2 was McIlroy’s stunning finish and six-shot lead over the field, the largest in Masters history after 36 holes.
On Saturday, the Round 3 story was Cameron Young, who tallied 8 birdies and 1 bogey en route to a 65, his lowest round at the Masters. It sets up for a Masters Sunday with eight golfers within four shots of the lead.
McIlroy’s historic six-shot lead took an immediate blow as he bogeyed the first hole and failed to birdie the second hole, a Par 5. His birdie on three got him back to -12, and he recorded a par on each of the final six holes of the front 9 to maintain the lead.
Meanwhile, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler posted a 65, 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed birdied the first three holes, Sam Burns birdied the first two holes, Shane Lowry aced the par-3 6th hole, and Young birdied four of the first eight holes to tighten things up on the Masters scoreboard.
McIlroy was still on top after a birdie on the 10th hole, but his approach on 11 landed in the water, where he took a double bogey. Young birdied 13, 14, and 16 to tie for the lead.
After McIlroy followed with a bogey on the par-3 12th hole, Young was the outright leader. The two traded the lead down the stretch, as the defending champion rebounded with birdies on the 14th and 15th holes, but a bogey on 17 meant a tie after 54 holes.
Young — who now has a 3.22x payout to win the tournament — won The Players Championship three weeks ago. He's aiming to become the third consecutive player to win The Players followed by the Masters win, as McIlroy did last year and Scheffler the year before.
Scheffler finished Round 2 at even par — 12 shots back. On Sunday, he eagled the 2nd hole, then added five more birdies to set a Masters career-low with a 65 to sit four strokes back in a tie for seventh place.
Behind McIlroy and Young at 10-under par sits 18-hole co-leader Sam Burns, who followed up his 65-71 start with a Round 3 score of 68.
Shane Lowry used his hole-in-one on the 6th hole to kick-start a run up to just two shots out in pursuit of his second major title. Major champions Jason Day and Justin Rose are tied for fifth place at 8-under par.
2026 Masters Winner Payouts for Sunday's Final Round
As we head to the 2026 Masters Sunday, keep in mind that each of the last nine Masters winners came from the final pairing on Masters Sunday, with Danny Willett in 2016 the last champion to not play in the final group.
Will Sunday be McIlroy’s back-to-back history, or will Cam Young continue his red-hot play and take his first major title?
Here are the top favorites to take home the green jacket at the 2026 Masters, via PrizePicks Team Picks, including their payouts if they win
Numbers represent payout multipliers; for example, a 4x payout on a $100 entry pays $400. Lower payout multipliers indicate a higher implied probability based on user picks.
Rory McIlroy – 2.56x Payout | No 1.47x
Cameron Young – 3.33x | No 1.29x
Sam Burns – 6.66x | No 1.08x
Scottie Scheffler – 9.09x | No 1.05x
Shane Lowry – 11.11x | No 1.03x
Justin Rose – 12.5x | No 1.03x
Jason Day – 22.22xx | No 1.01x
Rest of Field – 33.33x (individually)
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Cameron Young To Win 2026 Masters
Cameron Young To Win the Masters Payout: Yes 3.33x | No 1.29x
- Cameron Young came into the Masters after winning The Players Championship and finishing third at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and seventh at the Genesis.
- Young started the Masters +4 after the first seven holes and is 15-under par in the 47 holes since.
- He combined to shoot 12 under during the second and third rounds of the Masters, just one stroke shy of Tiger Woods (twice) for the best total during those rounds in Masters history.
- Young is no stranger to contending at majors as he has six top-10 finishes in only 18 appearances, including seventh and ninth place finishes at Augusta.
- The Wake Forest product hit 16 of 18 greens on Saturday and has hit 40 of 54 so far in the event.. He’s also hit at least 12 of 14 fairways in all three rounds and leads the Masters with 17 total birdies.
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Scottie Scheffler — 69 Strokes
- Scottie Scheffler shot a Masters career-low 65 in Saturday’s Round 3, with an eagle and five birdies — and he still left some shots on the course.
- He had 1.44 putts per hole, much better than 1.72 and 1.78 in the first two rounds.
- The two-time Masters champion’s final rounds at the Masters were 68 and 69 in his last two tournaments. In all, he has eight rounds in the 60s at the Masters.
- Scottie’s final round scoring average this season is 67, second-best on Tour behind Jake Knapp.
- The world No. 1 player has finished 10th or better in each of his last four Masters starts.
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Sam Burns – 10 Fairways Hit
- Sam Burns leads the Masters field with 44 fairways hit of 54, 81.48%.
- Burns has hit at least 14 fairways each day, hitting a field-high 16 in Round 1, and 14 in Round 2 and Round 3.
- The LSU product has hit 55.26% of his fairways on the season.
- Burns has recorded a 67 and a 68 so far in the 2026 Masters, the two best Masters rounds of his career.
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2026 Masters Final Round Tee Times for Sunday, April 12
Get ready for the final round at Augusta National with the 2026 Masters Sunday tee times and pairings for April 12.
Just like in the third round, the leaders play last, while golfers lower on the leaderboard play first — starting at 9:06 a.m. ET
9:06 a.m. ET: Aaron Rai / Charl Schwartzel
9:17 a.m. ET: Gary Woodland / Kurt Kitayama
9:28 a.m. ET: Jon Rahm / Sergio Garcia
9:39 a.m. ET: Si Woo Kim / Rasmus Højgaard
9:50 a.m. ET: Keegan Bradley / Dustin Johnson
10:01 a.m. ET: Matt McCarty / Corey Conners
10:12 a.m. ET: Viktor Hovland / Justin Thomas
10:23 a.m. ET: Alex Noren / Maverick McNealy
10:45 a.m. ET: Adam Scott / Marco Penge
10:56 a.m. ET: Harris English / Samuel Stevens
11:07 a.m. ET: Brian Harman / Jordan Spieth
11:18 a.m. ET: Sungjae Im / Hideki Matsuyama
11:29 a.m. ET: Sepp Straka / Jacob Bridgeman
11:40 a.m. ET: Chris Gotterup / Kristoffer Reitan
11:51 a.m. ET: Michael Brennan / Max Homa
12:13 p.m. ET: Nick Taylor / Matt Fitzpatrick
12:24 p.m. ET: Ludvig Åberg / Brian Campbell
12:35 p.m. ET: Tyrrell Hatton / Tommy Fleetwood
12:46 p.m. ET: Brooks Koepka / Wyndham Clark
12:57 p.m. ET: Ryan Gerard / Xander Schauffele
1:08 p.m. ET: Jake Knapp / Ben Griffin
1:30 p.m. ET: Patrick Reed / Collin Morikawa
1:41 p.m. ET: Patrick Cantlay / Russell Henley
1:52 p.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler / Haotong Li
2:03 p.m. ET: Jason Day / Justin Rose
2:14 p.m. ET: Sam Burns / Shane Lowry
2:25 p.m. ET: Cameron Young / Rory McIlroy
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Can Rory McIlroy join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and Tiger Woods as a repeat Masters Champion? Will Cam Young continue his torrid third-round pace and win his first major? Or will the group of former major winners behind McIlroy and Young charge up and steal the green jacket?
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