Article 6M244 The Masters: day three at Augusta – as it happened

The Masters: day three at Augusta – as it happened

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Scott Murray
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  • Scottie Scheffler wobbled but regrouped to grab the sole lead after a drama-fuelled Moving Day at Augusta National
  • Official leader board

If there's one player out there who's overdue a major championship, it's Xander Schauffele. The 30-year-old Californian tied second here in 2019 and third in 2021; he's also got a tied-second on his Open CV, plus eight other top-ten finishes in the majors. An Olympic gold in his back pocket, mind, but still. Anyway, Schauffele did well to grind out 72s in both of his rounds so far, without bringing his best stuff, but there were signs he was beginning to hit his straps towards the end of yesterday. That's been borne out by his start today: a birdie at 3 brings him up to -1, the first player to break into the top ten of the leader board today.

-6: Homa, DeChambeau, Scheffler
-4: Hojgaard
-3: Davis, Morikawa
-2: Aberg
-1: Schauffele (3), Pavon, Young, Fleetwood, Willett, Fox, An, Smith
E: Straka (2), Fitzpatrick (2), Schenk (1), Kitayama (1), Glover (1)

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