Blog#233 Results Rounds 3&4 The Masters April12&13, 2025

Blog#233 Results Rounds 3&4 The Masters April12&13, 2025

ROUND 3

1 Rory McIlroy-12 66 Eagle & 3 birdies 1st 5 holes, finishes with birdie on AV 13 eagle on 15.

2 Bryson DeChambeau-10 69 Birdies 3 of last 4 holes with 30’ putt on 18 to come within 2.

3 Cory Conners-8 70 Three birdies 2 bogies thru 10 then all pars.

4 Patrick Reed-6 69 Two bogies 5 birdies.

4 Ludvig Aberg-6 69 Could have been in 3rd place-10 but for bogie on 17 & TB on 18.

6 Scottie Scheffler-5 70 Two bogies 4 birdies, just a so/so RD.

6 Justin Rose-5 75 Five bogies 2 birdies.

Looks like a winner welcome from the final pairing.

FINAL ROUND

1 Rory McIIroy-11 73 Starts with DB on 1, but follows with 4 pars until a bogie on a DB on 13 and a bogie on 14 to lose lead. Birdies 15&17 to tie for the lead. $4.2M

2 Justin Rose-11 66 Low RD of day, 32 on back 9, One par 2 bogies 6 birdies. The 30’ putt on 18 forces a playoff which he looses on the 1st playoff hole. $2.3M.

3 Patrick Reed-9 -par all 4 RDs, if he doesn’t 3 putt 17 may have finished -11. $1.4M

4 Scottie Scheffler-8 After bogie free RD1 9 bogies next 3, never really a threat. $1.0M

5 Bryson DeChambeau-7 takes lead for 1 hole on 2 then 4 bogies 1 DB thru 11.

He looses 5 strokes on holes 9,10,11,12 and is out of it. $798K

5 SJ NIm-7 69 Steady 4-par RDs but as usual never a threat to win. $798K

7 Ludvig Aberg-6 72 Around the leader board until he bogies 17&TB18. $704K

8 Cory Conners-5 Bogies 2 of 1st 4 holes and finishes with 3 on last 8. $588K

12 Max Homa-4 His best showing this year after several missed cuts. $462K

14 Jon Rahm-3 69 Just made cut, 11 bogies in tournament, 45th last year. $336K

14 Jordan Spieth-3 70 Never in contention, 1 DB 11 bogies. $336K

14 Colin Morikawa-3 72 At 16/1 picked as #4 to win, never in it. $336K

21 Tommy Fleetwood-2 69 35/1 Will he verse win. PGA tournament? $210K

29 Joaquin Niemann E 72 Received special invitation due to LIV record. $143K

36 Justin Thomas+2 No RDs under 70, 15 bogies unexpected poor showing. $101K

52 Tom Kim+9 Dead lat 3 RDs+par, having an awful year. $49K

COMENTARY

After RD 3 it looks like a 2 horse race and for the 1st 8 holes it was as Rory makes 2 long birdie putts on 9 & 10 to go from 2 to 4 up. Then he bogies 11, horrendous DB on 17 and bogie on 14 to lose lead to Justin Rose who -5 thru 13. He makes a 30’ putt on 18 to put pressure on Rory who misses a makable putt n 15 for eagle and a 2 stroke lead but birdies.

Despite Rose’s great birdie on 18 McIlroy has chances to win and had to settle for a playoff.

On the 1st playoff hole hits an excellent 2nd shot within 3’ of hole and makes birdie putt to win.

Through 10 holes It looked like McIlroy would win easily as DeChambeau was clearly off his game. Aberg and Scheffler were threatening but it seemed Rory would cruise to victory. However mistakes and so/so putting put him in danger of loosing again as he had done at the 2022 OPEN and last year US Open. While Rory was struggling, Justin Rose was coming on strong with a 32 on the back 9 despite 2 bogies, and looked like he could steal the tournament as he had in the US Open at Marion in 2013. However McIlroy made key shots on 25, 17 and on the 1st playoff hole,18 to win the Grand Slam and not only make himself happy, but the entire golfing world who were rooting for him.

LIV PERFORMANCES

Other than DeChambeau’s first 3 RDs, Reed’s 3rd place finish and a surprising 14th place for Bubba Watson, the did not perform up to their expectations, showing LIV competition is an issue. DeChambeau even commented he had trouble with the greens.