Blog#326MasB The Masters Results Rounds 3&4 March 11&12, 2026

Blog#326MasB The Masters Results Rounds 3&4 March 11&12, 2026

ROUND 3

1 McIlroy-11 73 One bogie 2 birdies thru 10, then DB on 11 cuts lead to 1-11, bogie on 12-10 to lose lead. Fairway shot #13 in Straw but saves par, birdies 14&15 for lead, bogies 17 for tie.

1 C Young-11 He was #33 after 1st RD with 4 bogies front9. RD2 down by 8 strokes, thru 1st 10 holes 5 birdies to get within 1 then birdies 14 for lead-12, but bogie on 15 ties.

3 S Burns-10 68 Birdies 1st 2 holes then adds 2 more in a bogie free RD.

4 S Lowry-9 68 Ace on #6, 3 birdies, 1 bogie.

5 J Rose-8 69 Bogie free 3 birdies.

5J Day-8 68 Starts with bogie then 2 birdies 2&8 with 4 straight 12/15-9

7 S Scheffler-7 65 Bogie free eagles #2, 5 birdies up 17 spots.

After RD2 it looked like these 5 could join the hunt, but none did.

7 Haotong Li-7 69 Bogies 3 of last 5 holes to drop from tied for 2nd.

9 P Reed-5 72 Starts with 3 birdies to close to within 4 but 4 bogies from then on.

15 X Schauffele-4 70 Had 1 eagle on #8 3 birdies but 2 bogies.

15 W Clark-4 68 Good front9 –3 but 3 bogies back.

21 Gotterup-3 72 Four bogies with 1 eagle#2 2 birdies.

FINAL RD Great RD with 3 leaders, Rory, Young, Rose, Scheffler never led. $

PURSE for 2026 $22.5M up from $21M+6%. Not calculated until end of tournament.

1 R McIlroy-12 71 Bad DB on #4, bounced back to take a 2 stroke lead with 3 birdies thru 12, birdies 13 lead 3, then plays par until #18, good enough to win. $4.5M

2 S Scheffler-11 68 Bad RD2 74. Inability to put together 4 good RDs a problem. XXXXX

Challenges lead with 0 bogies, 4 birdies, but only pars 17&18 to lose by 1 stroke. $2.4M

3 J Rose-10 70 Takes the lead with 5 birdies on front9, but bogies 11&12 and is XXXXX down 2 strokes, birdies 16, but bogie on 17 and he settles for 2nd place again. $1.1M

3 C Young -10 73 Takes early lead with birdie on #2 but then 3 bogies at end of front9. XXXXX

Finishes with all pars back9. Second +par Rd of tournament. $1.1M

3 T Hatton-10 66 Low RD finishes with 4 straight birdies 12 to 16 RD1&3 hurt him. $1.1M

3 R Henley-10 68 Probably biggest surprise in top 5. $1.1M

7 S Burns-9 73 In top 3 all tournament then DB#3, bogie#4 and he is done. $726K

7 C Morikawa-9 68 with back issues I thought he would withdraw, amazing finish. $726K

9 X Schauffele-8 68 His best RD of tournament, but unfortunately he was never in it. $630K

9 M Homa-8 67 Good showing as he has struggled lately, picked @ 100/1. $630K

12 P Reed-5 73 Thought he would be in final group, but plaid poorly, 72&73 Rds 3&4. $428K

12 J Day-5 75 In the hunt for 3 RDs but totally fell apart. RD 4 DB, bogie 0 birdies. $428K

12 P Cantlay-5 73 First RD 77 last RD 73, most unpredictable top player on tour. $428K 12 B Kopek-5 71 Is he done as a threat to win? $428K

12 J Spieth-5 68 never in contention but a strong finish 1 eagle #13, 3 birdies, 1 bogie. $ 428K

30 S Lowrey-1 80 Worst RD of day 3 DBs, 5 bogies, 3 birdies, Drops 26 spots. $146K

38 J Rahm+1 68 LIV has dropped him out as a top played. 1 DB,12 bogies,15 birdies. $101K

COMMENTARY

Without a doubt the best Masters I have ever watched since Jack won in 1986.

The Masters is the best Sporting Event in all of sports, the only one still done with class that honers history, tradition, and $ is secondary, qualities lost in every other sport.

Performance of LIV members was pathetic. DeChambeau cut, Reed fell apart,

Rahm finishes 38, Garcia finished 52nd with 3 Rds over par and behaved like a clown.

LIV was instrumental in increasing the pay of all pro’s, a good thing, but they are now merely an overpriced International Tour. The final solution may be that they will absorb DP&Asian Tours and limit their tournaments to outside the USA. It will make International golf more attractive, but the PGA will be the home of the majority of the top players with privileges granted to dominant LIV players, as is now offered in 3 of the 4 majors. The PGA no longer needs LIV $ and eventually players like Koepka & Reed will want to come back to the PGA.