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Hello and welcome back to Augusta National on what is one of the great | :00:26. | :00:33. | |
days in any sport. Masters Sunday, a day when tailor-made excellence is | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
rewarded with a Green Jacket in this the 80th playing of the tournament. | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
So sit back, relax, we are with you live and with no distractions until | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
midnight and even beyond if that is what it takes as we settle down and | :00:48. | :00:49. | |
enjoy the magic of the Masters. Maybe! Yes, sir! | :00:50. | :01:03. | |
Here it is! A life changer! He has got it! Oh, while! There it | :01:04. | :01:16. | |
is! Yes! Oh, what a shot! Absolutely | :01:17. | :01:44. | |
incredible. An unbelievable shot by Mickelson! | :01:45. | :02:13. | |
Jordan Spieth has been in control of this tournament since day one and | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
his astonishing frontrunning abilities have been evident in the | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
last seven rounds this year and last where he has held the outright lead. | :02:25. | :02:28. | |
But he has led something of a charmed life in the last couple of | :02:29. | :02:30. | |
days. Andrew Cotter looks back. Augusta is | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
a place that has an effect on people and for our still young man from | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
Texas, it transforms him from outstanding to a near untouchables. | :02:43. | :02:44. | |
Defending champion Jordan Spieth began as if he had not been away, a | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
66 was without fault and a sign for those chasing. At this stage, a | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
strong challenge from Britain and from Ireland. Shane Lowry fought the | :02:57. | :03:01. | |
wind so well for a 68. England had three close at hand in Casey, | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
Poulter and Justin Rose. World number one Jason Day was in a stroke | :03:06. | :03:11. | |
of Jordan Spieth big -- before falling back to level par. Rory | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
McIlroy offered a good and bad, in the end, a 2-under 70. It was one of | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
the so-called big three setting the pace. Jordan Spieth, the man to | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
catch once more. A new day and the same conditions, windy and cool, | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
scoring high. McIlroy was making a move, doing as he had to, scoring | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
well on the back nine par fives. A ceremony for a former champion who | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
bought for the last time up the final hole, Tom Watson. Ian Woosnam | :03:43. | :03:50. | |
also took his lead. Dashes life. And amateur Bryson DeChambeau threatened | :03:51. | :03:53. | |
the lead before a closing seven, not part of his equation. But it was be | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
fleeting. Although by a slender margin as he also struggled with the | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
wind -- it was Jordan Spieth leading. He would lead by only one | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
and he would now play with McIlroy. Perhaps the scoring was too low last | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
year and perhaps this was Augusta's revenge. Wind blowing and balls | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
becoming machines of near perpetual motion so time for a steady and, and | :04:20. | :04:24. | |
older head. Magic from Bernhard Langer. At 58, he would finish | :04:25. | :04:31. | |
1-under, one better than his partner Jason Day, still in touch. Then | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
there was tradition to ignore from Smylie Kaufman, new boys do not | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
farewell at Augusta, they say. But this rookie was the only man to | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
break 70. It is becoming Masters custom at McIlroy will have one | :04:45. | :04:48. | |
costly round here but still in touch, as Spieth who had scrambled | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
so well to save his wayward game finally broke on the last. A | :04:55. | :05:00. | |
double-bogey. And those now not far behind could believe again. The | :05:01. | :05:04. | |
chase is on for the final day at the Masters. | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
It is on, all right! Jordan Spieth held a four shot lead when he | :05:09. | :05:12. | |
stepped onto the 17th yesterday but finished one ahead of the field. | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
Alabama's Smylie Kaufman closest in his Masters debut. In a tie for | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
third, the remarkable Bernhard Langer who still believes he can win | :05:22. | :05:25. | |
a third Green Jacket at 58. The superb youngster Hideki Matsuyama | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
who could be Japan's first ever male Masters winner. And it is a day of | :05:32. | :05:39. | |
30 mph winds. Ready to charge, the trio. Former runner-up Lee Westwood | :05:40. | :05:49. | |
only four away. And Rory McIlroy starts at five behind for a tie for | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
11th. Only once in Masters history has the | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
winner not been in the top ten at the beginning of the final round. | :05:57. | :06:00. | |
But the winds have abated considerably in Augusta and it has | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
switched around from north-westerly to north-easterly, light breezes, up | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
to 12 mph, a lot cooler today, 67 degrees. The forecast is 80 degrees | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
tomorrow, looks like we have missed that he! Play began at the 40 five | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
p.m.. We are waiting for full live coverage from our host broadcaster | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
at around about seven o'clock. In the meantime, live golf is available | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
on the BBC's board website and the Red Button and we will chew the fat | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
about what might be to day with two men who have wrestled with this | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
course in Augusta on a Sunday. Ollie Zinger and Ken Browne. Jordan | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
Spieth, he defended against Rory McIlroy, how much hope has that | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
slipped at the finish of that reveals today? A massive amount. He | :06:49. | :06:55. | |
bogeyed the 17th yesterday and double-bogey at the 18th. He is now | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
only one ahead. Psychologically, I am not sure that will affect him, I | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
think he is so strong willed and such a lot of confidence, it will | :07:05. | :07:07. | |
not have knocked much out of him. But he has lost what would be a | :07:08. | :07:11. | |
reasonable read. Let's talk numbers, what should the others be aiming for | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
and should Spieth slip up? I think the guys at one or 2-over feel they | :07:19. | :07:24. | |
have a chance. Augusta National on a Sunday offers somebody a chance to | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
make a charge. The holes, they are in far easier positions. The greens | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
still blazing fast and still terrifying out there. And with | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
Masters pressure, they have to be in tune with how they feel as they have | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
to just meant we swing with certainty, that is key. Can you | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
swing with certainty when the pressure is at its highest? He | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
certainly could, Jordan Spieth, the less two years. In his press | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
conference after the slip-up, he said he was going home to break | :07:53. | :07:55. | |
something quickly! The only thing he is used to breaking here as records. | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
These are his reflections on that close into his third round last | :08:00. | :08:01. | |
night. I thought I had putted the ball | :08:02. | :08:14. | |
unbelievably well today. I mean, a lot of putts from 4-8 feet and I | :08:15. | :08:17. | |
thought that was key. Beautifully done, right in the | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
middle, Spieth for now leading by two. | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
I certainly think down the stretch I am better prepared now than I was at | :08:27. | :08:29. | |
this point is Jeff. He has done it again. It is magical | :08:30. | :08:33. | |
stuff. -- this point last year. I struck my | :08:34. | :08:35. | |
irons fantastic. Magnificent. It was a tough hole 111. | :08:36. | :08:54. | |
-- 111. Putt down the hill for bogey. Quite | :08:55. | :08:59. | |
extraordinary. It was a great bounce back on 12, a great putt. | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
Good opportunity for Borden Dashwood Jordan Spieth. And he has got it! | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
Just at the right moment. This to open up a four shot lead. | :09:11. | :09:16. | |
That was one of the best birdies I have made here, at 15 today. | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
That says it all! I played a solid round. Just two bad shots at the end | :09:23. | :09:30. | |
of the round. I really should not have hit a driver on 17 in the | :09:31. | :09:34. | |
position I was in. He has pushed a couple today. It was a really tough | :09:35. | :09:40. | |
finish. That is right, surely? He has done badly today! After having a | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
four shot lead and being in a Summer position last year to now it is | :09:48. | :09:51. | |
anybody's game. That has just changed everything is | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
going into Sunday. I have to shoot a significant under par round to win | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
this tournament. This is Jordan Spieth this morning. | :10:02. | :10:12. | |
Please putts were some of the greatest we have seen and this has | :10:13. | :10:16. | |
been such a feature of his play here. We will review some of these, | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
this was at the 2nd for a birdie down the hill. Look at the pace in | :10:23. | :10:24. | |
the centre. Time and time again, under pressure. | :10:25. | :10:32. | |
He cracked his face in his driver and seems to be losing some to the | :10:33. | :10:38. | |
right. Let's have a look at the one at the 4th. This was for his par at | :10:39. | :10:46. | |
the 4th, difficult to read it, the wind is blowing, hard to keep your | :10:47. | :10:50. | |
balance, but perfect again. And what really impressed me was at the 6th, | :10:51. | :10:55. | |
over The Edge of the green, leaving himself five feet. Just look at | :10:56. | :11:03. | |
this. Just watch this. It allows 4.5, five inches of break in the | :11:04. | :11:08. | |
centre of the cup. It is amazing, I cannot tell you how difficult that | :11:09. | :11:12. | |
is to do, it was a beauty. He has time and time again rescued | :11:13. | :11:16. | |
his round with the putting. He said last night, I have to strike better | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
than I did yesterday, I cannot rely on my putt every round. And he has | :11:22. | :11:25. | |
led a charmed life, especially of the tee. | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
You have to rely on the putter to play well and that bills him out | :11:30. | :11:36. | |
anti-capitalist is on the greens. It separates him from the rest of the | :11:37. | :11:38. | |
pack. -- bails. Players have a neurotic obsession | :11:39. | :11:47. | |
with golf. He has a safe house here where they do not talk of and I am | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
sure the other they do not talk golf but you can't shut out what is going | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
on in your head. I do not know what was going on in his head last night | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
after what happened but it is difficult to overcome what happened | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
to him and the comp have -- and two compartmentalised that and move | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
forward today, I look forward to seeing how he deals. It is | :12:07. | :12:11. | |
significant his swing coach from Australia Cameron MacCormack has | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
flown in from Dallas. Clearly trying to get the swing issues sorted out. | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
Sometimes you have to bring in your coach, he was losing some to the | :12:22. | :12:25. | |
right and the occasional to the left. Never easy missing on both | :12:26. | :12:29. | |
sides, he did not have a safe shot. And he cracked his driver face on | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
Wednesday night so they can put new heads on but it is never the same as | :12:34. | :12:37. | |
your original and he is playing with that a bit. There was a turnaround | :12:38. | :12:43. | |
yesterday at the 7th that was a turning point for Rory and Jordan | :12:44. | :12:47. | |
Spieth. Can was out there 24 hours later this morning. | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
I put a white disc where the pin was yesterday on number seven and this | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
is where Rory finished. It spun back to here. | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
To read the greens, you look from the side and it is very clear. That | :13:02. | :13:08. | |
is significantly downhill. But it is so quick. I could not believe how | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
quick it was. So let's have another go, down the slope. A little bit of | :13:14. | :13:19. | |
movement. Perhaps from the right. But watch how quick it is and how | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
hard I have to hit this putt. Downhill, I know it is quick and you | :13:25. | :13:28. | |
can't believe it. They will give it the tiniest nudge and it goes and | :13:29. | :13:33. | |
goes and goes. That little bit of misjudgement, Rory misjudged the | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
pace and put himself under pressure but it was so difficult to lay it | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
dead. But that was the point is today when things started to go | :13:44. | :13:45. | |
wrong for Rory. It was the hardest hole on the | :13:46. | :13:52. | |
course and this was what you are talking about. | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
His playing partner had a four a bogey so if Spieth misses, it is a | :13:57. | :14:05. | |
three shot swing and eventually they both take a five, Rory misses this | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
and Spieth nudges it in. He frittered the stroke away and he | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
misjudged it. He pushed himself down and boosted the confidence of Jordan | :14:16. | :14:17. | |
so that was huge. Jordan Spieth said to Bryson | :14:18. | :14:27. | |
DeChambeau he loves putting at Augusta and you two were dead iPod | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
has in your day, did you get that feeling at certain courses that you | :14:34. | :14:36. | |
owned them on the greens? -- dead putters. Their horses for courses | :14:37. | :14:44. | |
and if a course that you, I played well on Bermuda grass. I do not know | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
why but the feel and see the line at Augusta National on greens this | :14:50. | :14:52. | |
facet is a real gift and he has capitalised on it once and has a | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
great opportunity to add to his legacy. Only one shot ahead but is | :14:57. | :15:02. | |
it down to Spieth to lose today? Yes, he is defending champion with a | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
1-shot lead but this is so difficult today and make one mistake and | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
somebody makes an eagle, it switches round so quickly. If he can post | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
5-under par, he has a great chance of winning. 3-under might win it | :15:16. | :15:21. | |
easily. And some players have a chance to shoot something, 66, 65 | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
and going well back in the field. If he were to pull it off today, he | :15:26. | :15:29. | |
would be the fourth man in history here at Augusta to win back-to-back | :15:30. | :15:33. | |
and be joining three very famous names. But none of these players did | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
it back-to-back, wire to wire, leading from start to finish. | :15:39. | :16:07. | |
There is a bit of movement on the course this morning, we were waiting | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
to see if anybody could mount a charge. Matthew Fitzpatrick is the | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
youngest professional in the field and he has made the cut at the 2nd | :16:18. | :16:22. | |
attempt here. This was him at the long par-5 2nd. And this is a goner. | :16:23. | :16:30. | |
He has birdied the third, 2-under for the day, the best progress at | :16:31. | :16:37. | |
3-over for the tournament. Let's remind you of how things look at | :16:38. | :16:43. | |
this point. Jordan Spieth still to go out. He will be out in about five | :16:44. | :16:51. | |
minutes or so. 1-shot advantage, only four men under par. Lee | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
Westwood starting four back. He has had several rounds of 67 and if he | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
posts another, he will be in the frame. That is Matthew Fitzpatrick | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
moving up nicely. Jimmy Walker and Paul Casey also under par. Danny Lee | :17:10. | :17:14. | |
did so well in the first couple of rounds here, also under par today. | :17:15. | :17:18. | |
Time to remind you of the significant pairings and tee times. | :17:19. | :17:26. | |
Rory went out at 1:55pm attempting to make up a five shot deficit, in | :17:27. | :17:32. | |
the company of Daniel Berger. He will be out shortly. 7:15 p.m., the | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
all England to well of Danny Willett and Lee Westwood, how productive | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
might that be? -- all England J well. What a double act this is | :17:44. | :17:48. | |
world number one Jason Day and world number number macro Dustin Johnson. | :17:49. | :17:56. | |
And intriguing stories, fetching two time Masters champion Bernhard | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
Langer and Hideki Matsuyama. Some 40 five p.m., the final pairing. For | :18:04. | :18:08. | |
the third year in a row, the leader Jordan Spieth goes out, he did it in | :18:09. | :18:16. | |
his debut in 2014, and Smylie Kaufman in his first ever Masters. | :18:17. | :18:20. | |
What of Rory McIlroy? The challenge against Jordan Spieth let -- left | :18:21. | :18:28. | |
him feeling bruised last night. How will McRoy cope with this? -- | :18:29. | :18:38. | |
McIlroy. Just so much on it. He would have the land that is ten | :18:39. | :18:41. | |
yards over the green for that to work. What a difficult shot he has | :18:42. | :18:48. | |
left itself now. Only three shots back and it could be two in a | :18:49. | :18:56. | |
moment. He has got a chance. That is it now, I thought it had enough pace | :18:57. | :19:07. | |
to hold its line. A tight left. That has gone right under the skirt. Here | :19:08. | :19:13. | |
we are, still an enormous tree in front of it. He has seen worse at | :19:14. | :19:18. | |
this hole. He has to do something to find a par here. He has got to be | :19:19. | :19:22. | |
careful to chase the green, he has got to be careful. | :19:23. | :19:29. | |
That was always a risk. Even if he had hit that perfectly, going at the | :19:30. | :19:40. | |
flag. I do not know if I would have played that myself. As soon as he | :19:41. | :19:46. | |
hit it, he said, no, no, no. His round is drifting away. | :19:47. | :19:51. | |
Yes, I could not get anything going really. Another difficult today, the | :19:52. | :19:55. | |
scores reflect that, it feels more like a US Open and a Masters. | :19:56. | :20:03. | |
Disappointed. I felt like I righted the ship on the back nine, I gave | :20:04. | :20:08. | |
myself opportunities that I could not take. But I guess if I can take | :20:09. | :20:14. | |
heart from anything, Jordan has let a lot of people in with his finish. | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
I need to get off to a fast start tomorrow. The wind is not going to | :20:19. | :20:23. | |
be quite as strong, that is the forecast. If I can get off to a fast | :20:24. | :20:27. | |
start, stranger things have happened! I need to play a lot | :20:28. | :20:30. | |
better than it later today. You know how easy it is to let a | :20:31. | :20:37. | |
lead slip here. Yes, of course. It is difficult to play with a lead on | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
this golf course. The condition of this golf course, the way it is, the | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
breeze. It is tough to be in front because you play on a defensive the | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
entire time and there is not, you can't take on many flags and you | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
leave yourself with light putts the entire day, it is a bit of a grind. | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
But hopefully the conditions being a bit better tomorrow, we can attack | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
more and take on more flags. Make some birdies and see what happens. | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
He is about to get under way. His playing partner today is Daniel | :21:13. | :21:19. | |
Berger, the PGA Rookie of the Year on the American Tour last year. Rory | :21:20. | :21:23. | |
knows what it takes to post a low closing round here, he had a 66 here | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
last year. Yesterday, he went the 17th eight shots behind, but feeling | :21:31. | :21:34. | |
a lot better after that slip-up from Jordan Spieth. Still, is of hope | :21:35. | :21:39. | |
from five back. He has to improve when yesterday significantly. --, | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
is. Yes, he has made a couple of mentor errors, the second shot at | :21:45. | :21:49. | |
the 11th was misjudged and he had no luck on the greens. The 1st hole is | :21:50. | :21:52. | |
always problematic for him and he has made a lot of bogeys, it is | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
critical to get to a good start on number one. And he got a first-hand | :21:58. | :22:01. | |
look at children speak yesterday and he knows he is not pushing it, he | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
got a two weight miss -- at Jordan Spieth. He is on top and it is | :22:08. | :22:13. | |
impressive but Rory understands he is not clicking on all cylinders and | :22:14. | :22:16. | |
it is an opportunity for him if he does slip up to make a move but he | :22:17. | :22:22. | |
has to play a great round. Almost a bogey free round the challenge. The | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
key areas he has to improve today would be what? Really? He has to | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
drive the ball great today to get himself in position to play a key | :22:32. | :22:36. | |
second shot and the key at Augusta is always on the greens. That is | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
where I feel like, I felt like putting was the measure of your | :22:42. | :22:46. | |
heart. It was, could I hit these putts with the same confidence each | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
time? Rory showed yesterday he was not that comfortable on the greens, | :22:53. | :22:56. | |
he came up short, but Jordan Spieth felt great, you could tell, he | :22:57. | :23:01. | |
hardly had a 2-putt because he was -- them in. There was a different | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
mindset between the way they felt. Rory and Danny Willett is and Lee | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
Westwood trying to forge a path back to 1996 when we had a winner from | :23:14. | :23:17. | |
our shores and it is 20 years since that final round between Nick Faldo | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
and Greg Norman in which Sir Nick Faldo eventually won a third Green | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
Jacket. Earlier, I reflected with Nick Faldo on those events two | :23:29. | :23:29. | |
decades ago. That round was the best mentor state | :23:30. | :23:39. | |
I was ever in my career. I said to myself, I want to win and stand out | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
and look out over Augusta and all you see is trees. | :23:45. | :23:54. | |
That is the way champions do it! I genuinely felt for him, what can I | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
say? I do not know what to say. We embraced and I wished him well. With | :24:01. | :24:05. | |
the media! I want to win the Masters, I did not | :24:06. | :24:10. | |
win the Masters, Nick Faldo won the Masters. I screwed up, I know I | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
screwed up today but it is not the end of the world for me, it really | :24:15. | :24:19. | |
is not. I was emotion out there and there was emotion between Nick and | :24:20. | :24:23. | |
myself on the 18th Green. I am disappointed and sad about it, I am | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
going to regret it, it would be a day I know I let slip away. I would | :24:29. | :24:33. | |
not like to see a player do what I did either under the circumstances. | :24:34. | :24:36. | |
Not everything is going to be perfect in your life. | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
Amazing to think it is 20 years ago that fateful Sunday. Six shot lead, | :24:42. | :24:48. | |
he had, going into that final round. Did you really give yourself a | :24:49. | :24:51. | |
chance, what chance is, I gave myself a chance because we come back | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
to the Masters every year and we know the history of this great | :24:58. | :25:01. | |
tournament. You have seen men coming from more than three shots back with | :25:02. | :25:05. | |
nine to play, you have seen men crumbling with a three shot lead | :25:06. | :25:09. | |
with three to go. So I knew it was possible and that was my goal, to | :25:10. | :25:12. | |
get within three after nine. That was really the game plan. | :25:13. | :25:19. | |
Unfortunately for me, Greg takes five at the 1st. And then I hit a | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
great shot down the sixth. That was huge, a lovely 6-iron to that back | :25:25. | :25:29. | |
right location, looking at from the top of the hill and I made two. That | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
was a serious boost. I am playing great and hitting my irons great and | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
I kept going, a fortunate putt on the eighth and it unfolded at nine, | :25:41. | :25:44. | |
ten and 11. He makes a mistake and it spins off the green. At the 9th. | :25:45. | :25:50. | |
And it was a two shot gap. Did you sense the wheels coming off and how | :25:51. | :25:56. | |
did it manifest itself? I sensed it on the second tee, we played | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
together on Saturday and he gripped the driver about ten times and I | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
thought, that was different. It was a tie at 12, and we had the Match | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
Play, he was going first. I made a know the 7-iron, 15 feet, that was | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
what I was trying to do, but Greg changed his mind halfway down which | :26:18. | :26:22. | |
is not ideal in your golf swing. He came up short, I walked to the 13th | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
with a two shot lead and I said to myself, it would word! It is mine to | :26:28. | :26:35. | |
lose now! And in the water again. Four shot lead. You imagine the | :26:36. | :26:39. | |
emotion of that, you are watching and paying attention. And I was not | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
as confident as 1991 1992. I came into the week and my swing was not | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
great, tee shots in practice, everybody was talking about how fast | :26:52. | :26:55. | |
my transition was and I had to slow it down. So for me, it was mentally | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
one of the best rounds I played in my life because I stood on top of | :27:02. | :27:05. | |
the hill and I said, the wheels are coming off, what are you going to | :27:06. | :27:10. | |
do? I am going to do this and try this, whatever. You mentioned that | :27:11. | :27:15. | |
2-iron to the 13th and like so many others, we have so many great | :27:16. | :27:19. | |
memories of that, was that the key shot? It was amazing, I had a lovely | :27:20. | :27:26. | |
little five wood and on every practice round, I got funny to tell | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
me, where is the usual 15 to the middle? She would say she would say, | :27:31. | :27:35. | |
here. So I had rehearsed all week and I had not used it all week. And | :27:36. | :27:41. | |
sure enough, we came to the 13th and I got two 15 yards. I took out the | :27:42. | :27:48. | |
five wood and it is difficult to describe the slope, it is a | :27:49. | :27:51. | |
downslope and the ball is above your feet. And with the old play being | :27:52. | :27:57. | |
fat -- flat as a pancake, I put this down and... I had enough of that and | :27:58. | :28:04. | |
I went back to my bag and I would say, I am all right. Just start | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
again. I said, I have just belted a 2-iron and I hit one of the sweetest | :28:10. | :28:19. | |
2-irons in my life. When you got the 18th, it was an amazing walk up the | :28:20. | :28:25. | |
18th. I remember watching and not knowing what to feel. A lot of | :28:26. | :28:29. | |
people were in the same position. You gave him a hug at the end and | :28:30. | :28:33. | |
you exchanged words and you said, good look, mate. There was a lot | :28:34. | :28:38. | |
going on. He said afterwards he truly respected you and he saw you | :28:39. | :28:43. | |
in a different light, was that a curious bond between you? The only | :28:44. | :28:46. | |
way I can describe it was that I have won and lost Majors and I do | :28:47. | :28:54. | |
not carry scars from my losses. I had a four shot lead in Murrayfield | :28:55. | :28:57. | |
and I blew it and I got that back, so that was fine. I have lost the US | :28:58. | :29:03. | |
Open play-off but I do not carry any scars and I know if I had a six shot | :29:04. | :29:07. | |
lead in a Major and I had blown it, it would score me for life. That is | :29:08. | :29:14. | |
all I felt, a genuinely thought, all right, I felt for him. I said, they | :29:15. | :29:19. | |
do not know what to say, mate, I am just going to give you a hug. That | :29:20. | :29:23. | |
was it. It was clear to me and people at home 20 years ago, it does | :29:24. | :29:28. | |
not seem like it, thank you. A pleasure, thank you. And we well | :29:29. | :29:35. | |
remember that. And we recorded that with Sir Nick Faldo early in the | :29:36. | :29:39. | |
week, he is working for our American colleagues this week. And they will | :29:40. | :29:43. | |
be offering a full broadcast of this final round in about five, ten | :29:44. | :29:44. | |
minutes. That was an amazing final day 20 | :29:45. | :29:56. | |
years ago. To keep your composure and your concentration to shoot that | :29:57. | :30:04. | |
67 was extraordinary? It was. He was ready when normal stumbled and he | :30:05. | :30:07. | |
grabbed the lead. That is another set of circumstances. The guys | :30:08. | :30:12. | |
trailing today have to realise that if something happens near the top | :30:13. | :30:16. | |
and they have got something going, they have to be ready mentally to | :30:17. | :30:19. | |
deal with the burden of being out in front. I think Nick Faldo was | :30:20. | :30:23. | |
prepared for that as well as anybody could ever be. When Greg Norman | :30:24. | :30:28. | |
stumbled and he got the lead, Nick Faldo went to another place. That | :30:29. | :30:36. | |
shot he hit on 13, remarkable. The way Greg Norman handled it was sold | :30:37. | :30:41. | |
at -- was so special. He took all of the blows from the press. He got | :30:42. | :30:47. | |
6000, 7000 e-mails and letters just to say how well he handled it. He | :30:48. | :30:52. | |
handled it so well. He fronted up all right. That shows us anything is | :30:53. | :30:58. | |
possible on the final day here at Augusta. Rory McIlroy has got to | :30:59. | :31:02. | |
think that because he has teed off. This was the opening blow. | :31:03. | :31:09. | |
This will be a nervous tee shot. He knows he has a chance today. It is | :31:10. | :31:22. | |
right in the bunker. The tree is in his way. A disappointing end to his | :31:23. | :31:30. | |
round last night. Failed to get a birdie at the last and worrying | :31:31. | :31:33. | |
times at the start of this final round. The world number three is off | :31:34. | :31:39. | |
and running. Nobody making an impact on the opening page of that | :31:40. | :31:45. | |
leaderboard. Jordan Spieth and Smylie Kaufman will be off at about | :31:46. | :31:52. | |
quarter to eight your time. I wonder what will happen in the intervening | :31:53. | :31:56. | |
period. It is time we talked contenders because of the name that | :31:57. | :32:01. | |
-- names that are starting to move on that leaderboard. Matthew | :32:02. | :32:06. | |
Fitpatrick for the tournament. Of those in the chasing pack, who would | :32:07. | :32:12. | |
you expect might put a run together today? There is nobody up there that | :32:13. | :32:19. | |
would surprise me if they made a run. Smylie Kaufman will be the one | :32:20. | :32:23. | |
who will experience something new, something he has never experienced | :32:24. | :32:29. | |
before on the first tee. The way he feels is going to be something he | :32:30. | :32:32. | |
has never felt before. He will have to go to the School of hard knocks, | :32:33. | :32:36. | |
or he will have to win all of the mental battles. He will -- he may | :32:37. | :32:42. | |
come out on top. You have Danny Willett, the great English hope, | :32:43. | :32:46. | |
Darren Clarke body was the best new European player... Lee Westwood as | :32:47. | :32:54. | |
an opportunity. He has to be ready. There is a group of guys. Dustin | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
Johnson, how excruciating would the walk beaver Dustin Johnson. Canny | :33:00. | :33:05. | |
compartmentalise what happened to him at the US Open macro? -- can he. | :33:06. | :33:13. | |
It is amazing what you can accomplish when you do not care who | :33:14. | :33:17. | |
gets the credit. That is what Jordan Spieth reminds me of when he says | :33:18. | :33:25. | |
we. There is one young man up there, Hideki Matsuyama. If he were to pull | :33:26. | :33:30. | |
this off for Japan, it would be an absolutely monstrous story. Japan | :33:31. | :33:36. | |
has always been very keen on the Gulf. It is most of the most popular | :33:37. | :33:43. | |
sport there is. It would be so big. He would be a multi-, | :33:44. | :33:47. | |
multi-millionaire. He would be the first male golfer to win a major | :33:48. | :33:52. | |
championship. Brilliant for Asian golf. It would give it a big boost. | :33:53. | :33:58. | |
It is always doing well. A Japanese player winning the Masters, it does | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
not get any better. No Japanese man has won a major. They did win a | :34:04. | :34:12. | |
senior major. There is so much riding on it for Japan. What about | :34:13. | :34:17. | |
one for the old boys? How about Bernhard Langer? Canny win a third | :34:18. | :34:23. | |
green jacket? -- can he win. | :34:24. | :34:42. | |
He is 58 years old, trying to become the oldest major history -- winner | :34:43. | :34:49. | |
in history by some ten years. The facets of his game, he gave up | :34:50. | :34:53. | |
something like between 40 and 60 yards off the tee to Jason Day every | :34:54. | :35:01. | |
single hole and still outscored him. He was 60 yards short of just -- | :35:02. | :35:05. | |
Dustin Johnson's driving distance lead. I do not know how you give | :35:06. | :35:12. | |
that up but still beat a guy. He is a different duck. He is still | :35:13. | :35:16. | |
flexible, he still works out. Monty said the other day he has won 90 | :35:17. | :35:23. | |
tying -- 99 times and he prepares as if he has never won once. This was a | :35:24. | :35:30. | |
highlight yesterday. He lives his life, he plays the game of golf. He | :35:31. | :35:37. | |
has a moral authority in the way he thinks and the way he lives his | :35:38. | :35:40. | |
life. There is great peace and comfort in that. He is fully capable | :35:41. | :35:44. | |
of winning today. I know when push comes to shove, he knows deep down | :35:45. | :35:54. | |
inside he knows how to do it. He has said a 50 plus -year-old golfer will | :35:55. | :35:59. | |
win a major. It could be him. As the champions tour extended the | :36:00. | :36:06. | |
longevity of the older players? -- has. There is no doubt about it. I | :36:07. | :36:10. | |
have got a few stories about Bernard. We have played a few times | :36:11. | :36:18. | |
together. He was the first to get a fitness plan on the European tour. | :36:19. | :36:28. | |
-- van. He loves to get his hand in the cookie jar. It drives him on. | :36:29. | :36:34. | |
His determination, his discipline, his control. He has never hit a | :36:35. | :36:41. | |
single shot without trying 100%. He knows exactly what to do. He was the | :36:42. | :36:46. | |
first player to have a 63 wedge in Europe. He has pushed the | :36:47. | :36:50. | |
boundaries. He has still got the long putter. You can tell when the | :36:51. | :36:59. | |
putts, his upper hand, if you watch it, it moves. It moves. It is not | :37:00. | :37:06. | |
stuck there. It is not always what you accomplish that matters, | :37:07. | :37:11. | |
sometimes it is what you overcome. Bernhard Langer has overcome massive | :37:12. | :37:15. | |
yips during his career. It is a mind melt when that happens. By the way, | :37:16. | :37:21. | |
Ernie Els finished 16th in putting after the first couple of rounds, | :37:22. | :37:26. | |
which I found remarkable. You would figure he would finish last! Langer | :37:27. | :37:32. | |
has hobbies, too. He loves to snow ski. He loves to fish. He has got a | :37:33. | :37:40. | |
great family. He still has this fortitude and desire to compete. The | :37:41. | :37:44. | |
longevity is, I think, something that he will be noted in the end. | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
There are a lot of people willing him on today in same way that people | :37:50. | :37:53. | |
were willing Tom Watson on at Turnberry and he came so close to | :37:54. | :37:58. | |
winning the Open. Plenty of golf at there. We can show you some shots | :37:59. | :38:01. | |
that have been happening. This is for illegal for Henrik Larsson. He | :38:02. | :38:08. | |
will not challenge this year. In it goes. There are a few out there. Ian | :38:09. | :38:16. | |
Poulter felt some of the pins were accessible and we could see some | :38:17. | :38:20. | |
good numbers. We will be seeing a lot more of a gentleman here. | :38:21. | :38:30. | |
Bryson has made an amazing first go at the Masters. He went toe to toe | :38:31. | :38:35. | |
with Jordan Spieth the first couple of days. He was went into the | :38:36. | :38:41. | |
weekend in the final group. You really like this fellow? I do. I | :38:42. | :38:48. | |
want to say out loud what I really think. He is on the right | :38:49. | :38:53. | |
trajectory. What I want to say is he might already be the best player in | :38:54. | :38:56. | |
the world. But he has got to prove that. I do not know of anybody who | :38:57. | :39:01. | |
has ever come out more secure in what he is -- what he is trying to | :39:02. | :39:09. | |
do. Here is Matthew Fitzpatrick. We have seen him already. I watched him | :39:10. | :39:15. | |
hit several balls on the driving range today. He has made an | :39:16. | :39:23. | |
absolutely stunning start on the European Tour. Ten top tens. He is | :39:24. | :39:29. | |
for real. There is the real deal. Jordan Spieth going for back-to-back | :39:30. | :39:36. | |
wins at Augusta. Just preparing himself. We have heard about | :39:37. | :39:41. | |
Bernhard Langer. On the 30th anniversary of Augusta's oldest | :39:42. | :39:45. | |
winner, Jack Nicklaus at the age of 46, will we get another veterinary | :39:46. | :39:50. | |
writing the history books? This is how it looks. The right up-to-date | :39:51. | :39:59. | |
leaderboard. Jordan preparing for his 45 tee off time. Langer out with | :40:00. | :40:08. | |
Hideki Matsuyama. Jason Day and Johnson may do a -- will go out | :40:09. | :40:14. | |
together. Will and Westwood is a very good pairing for the two | :40:15. | :40:18. | |
arrangement. -- Danny Willett. Matthew Fitzpatrick continues to go | :40:19. | :40:25. | |
well. The first couple of days he was last in the putting statistics. | :40:26. | :40:29. | |
He obviously found something. Maybe he hasn't! You spoke too soon. He | :40:30. | :40:38. | |
could not have left himself and easier putt. Beyond the flag today | :40:39. | :40:46. | |
is very fast. He is coming to terms with the Greens. They are so fast | :40:47. | :40:50. | |
you can get handcuffed on them. You feel and urgency. You get locked up. | :40:51. | :40:56. | |
There is a feeling that you just want to two putt. Not from that | :40:57. | :41:03. | |
range. It can lock you down if you are not comfortable. Some four | :41:04. | :41:10. | |
footers, you are lagging them in. If you bash them in, you can go six | :41:11. | :41:17. | |
feet past. That is a cracking start. It is indeed. Matthew going well. | :41:18. | :41:25. | |
This is at the second. He decided at the start of the wiki was going to | :41:26. | :41:31. | |
hit three wood here. He has gone for a driver. The wind will be a little | :41:32. | :41:37. | |
bit down for him. I do not know if he can fly the bunker. He is playing | :41:38. | :41:43. | |
a draw from the left hand of the tee. He is going to let it rip. | :41:44. | :41:51. | |
Great golfers swing as hard as they want. Sometimes when you are singing | :41:52. | :41:57. | |
-- swinging great, you want to swing as hard as you can. He missed by a | :41:58. | :42:04. | |
yard of carrying that bunker. Brandt Snedeker. He has challenged here on | :42:05. | :42:08. | |
a couple of occasions. He loves this place. He won at pebble Beach | :42:09. | :42:17. | |
earlier this season. Once again he is challenging. Snedeker can get red | :42:18. | :42:26. | |
hot on the greens, as we know. This was a earlier. This was the other | :42:27. | :42:35. | |
amateur. Yes! Putting together the best round of the day, so far. This | :42:36. | :42:41. | |
is his birdie putt at the 18th, the young man from France. Great to see | :42:42. | :42:52. | |
him here. He is the British amateur champion. It has been good to see | :42:53. | :42:58. | |
this young man give a very positive account of himself. There is the | :42:59. | :43:06. | |
competition between the two of them. It looks as though Bryson to shamble | :43:07. | :43:13. | |
is going to take that one. There is a lot that can happen. Your thoughts | :43:14. | :43:21. | |
on the way the course has played this week? It has been a shock to | :43:22. | :43:26. | |
the system for a lot of the players who have known benign conditions. | :43:27. | :43:31. | |
This has changed some of their perceptions of how this can play? | :43:32. | :43:37. | |
That is right. I got here early and the players were saying it was going | :43:38. | :43:41. | |
to be really hard to shoot at the Greens. They mowed the Greens a | :43:42. | :43:45. | |
couple of years ago when the grass was facing the putting servers. Now | :43:46. | :43:49. | |
the grass is facing the fairway down towards the players. Two's B and | :43:50. | :44:01. | |
three is a crowd. When you start factoring in the elements and the | :44:02. | :44:05. | |
wind, that will krypton -- cripple a good player. Today the holes are | :44:06. | :44:15. | |
causing great spots. I really look for some fantastic golf and some | :44:16. | :44:20. | |
real excitement. 30 years ago, we have already celebrated one | :44:21. | :44:23. | |
anniversary, but 30 years ago there was plenty of excitement. It was | :44:24. | :44:28. | |
when the Golden Bear came out of his golfing hibernation to win a record | :44:29. | :44:36. | |
sixth green jacket in 1986. 86 was a tournament that I did not expect to | :44:37. | :44:41. | |
win. The players were not scared of me any more. They did not expect me | :44:42. | :44:42. | |
to win. Yes, sir! I made the putt, I turned around and | :44:43. | :45:23. | |
I was looking for my son. He had a smile on his face. And I wanted to | :45:24. | :45:31. | |
hug him. Dad turns to me, eye to lie. He is not looking at anybody | :45:32. | :45:37. | |
else. He gave me a great smile and a hub that I will always remember. You | :45:38. | :45:42. | |
then take all of the wins you want, that was more special than any of | :45:43. | :45:45. | |
them. It has been hard to escape this week | :45:46. | :45:49. | |
because US television has been running documentaries on it all | :45:50. | :45:52. | |
week. Your perspective on that and how much of a surprise the victory | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
was? He was still a marvellous player. Seve Ballesteros gave him a | :45:58. | :46:03. | |
little help on the 18th. But when Jack realised he had a chance, he | :46:04. | :46:08. | |
knew how to take it. It was a very special masters. He had then and | :46:09. | :46:11. | |
non-believable player. The greatest golfer that ever lived. -- he had | :46:12. | :46:22. | |
been an unbelievable player. He knew exactly what he needed to do. When | :46:23. | :46:27. | |
to take a chance, went to lay back. He knew what to do. He had done it | :46:28. | :46:34. | |
before and he knew what to do. When the opportunity presented itself, | :46:35. | :46:38. | |
Jack knew how to react. Great players are self-aware. He knows | :46:39. | :46:43. | |
himself. Jordan will have that advantage today. He will no more | :46:44. | :46:46. | |
than the guys that have not won the green jacket that are trailing stop | :46:47. | :46:52. | |
with that thinking, that strategic thinking, do you see echoes of Jack | :46:53. | :46:59. | |
Nicholas in Jordan Spieth? Yes, I think so. Strategically, Jordan | :47:00. | :47:06. | |
Spieth, it is like that wave coming off the water. That is him. The | :47:07. | :47:16. | |
other day I walked in the caddy area, his caddie was on the porch | :47:17. | :47:20. | |
with Ben Crenshaw's caddie, they were going over the book. How they | :47:21. | :47:24. | |
are going to play the course. Jordan is doing all the right things. He is | :47:25. | :47:31. | |
smart. It will be fascinating to see how Smylie Kaufman coaxing his | :47:32. | :47:36. | |
company. This is a massive day for this young man. Here he is warming | :47:37. | :47:40. | |
up on the reins. Tea-time about half an hour away. -- tee time. These two | :47:41. | :47:50. | |
have played against each other quite a lot in junior golf. He says there | :47:51. | :47:56. | |
are about 1000 winds to Jordan, known to him. He is two years older | :47:57. | :48:03. | |
than Jordan. Does he have the making of a champion? Yes, I think he does. | :48:04. | :48:08. | |
He won in Las Vegas this year. If you can win at the highest level, | :48:09. | :48:13. | |
you can win anywhere. There are some things will happen to him today. A | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
good layup angle. The pin tucked behind the right bunker. He needs to | :48:20. | :48:28. | |
make some birdies. If you are just marginally out here, it is a killer. | :48:29. | :48:34. | |
Smile -- Smylie Kaufman is going to have to be conscious of his walking | :48:35. | :48:40. | |
pace. You can control your heartbeat with your breathing. Snedeker has | :48:41. | :48:43. | |
mixed a bunch of small putts this week. -- missed. He is hitting it | :48:44. | :48:50. | |
well enough to stay on the leaderboard. Your heart can beat so | :48:51. | :48:56. | |
hard, you can feel your pulse in your fingertips. How do you control | :48:57. | :48:59. | |
that? That is what Smylie Kaufman will feel today. Emiliano Grillo. | :49:00. | :49:08. | |
That is an interesting card. Level for the day. Pretty eventful. The | :49:09. | :49:14. | |
front nine will be key to start with. You have got to turn in one | :49:15. | :49:18. | |
under if you can. The back nine will offer something. Oosthuizen. What a | :49:19. | :49:25. | |
player he is. He has been on super form recently. The wind is blowing | :49:26. | :49:35. | |
in about ten to 15 mph. It is not insignificant. Shane Lowry going in | :49:36. | :49:43. | |
with his second shot. That shot they make it look easy. It is so | :49:44. | :49:49. | |
difficult. So many champions seem to be able to pull that shot off. Shane | :49:50. | :49:56. | |
Lowry looks like he belongs. This fellow has never looked like he | :49:57. | :50:04. | |
doesn't belong. Davis Love. That has just found the sand. So nice to see | :50:05. | :50:10. | |
Larry Mize and Davis and Bernard Langer flying the flag for the older | :50:11. | :50:15. | |
players. Three champions tour players made the cut this week. Adam | :50:16. | :50:20. | |
Scott. Steve Williams on the bag. He is at the 12th. The | :50:21. | :50:33. | |
par fives on the back nine offer some opportunity. You can play them | :50:34. | :50:45. | |
in six, six, or three, three. That is right the first hole is downwind | :50:46. | :50:55. | |
now. Patrick Reed, at one point he considered himself a top five | :50:56. | :51:00. | |
player. He is certainly cracking the top ten. He is world number ten at | :51:01. | :51:04. | |
the moment. He was such a force in the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles. He was | :51:05. | :51:12. | |
brash. He thought I was brash! This guy is brash. I like Patrick Reed's | :51:13. | :51:18. | |
style. He is fearless. What a lovely golf swing he has. The world number | :51:19. | :51:24. | |
one, Jason Day, onto the tee. So much expectation of him. He is | :51:25. | :51:30. | |
trying to become a back-to-back major winner as well. He won the US | :51:31. | :51:37. | |
PGA title last year. He is out with Dustin Johnson. There will be a lot | :51:38. | :51:40. | |
of expectation on this particular pairing. The big hitters. It will be | :51:41. | :51:48. | |
like a home run hitting contest. But in the end it will come down to | :51:49. | :51:56. | |
touch for both. Lee Westwood with his second shot at the first. It is | :51:57. | :52:03. | |
really important for him to get off to a good start. He is another guy, | :52:04. | :52:08. | |
I feel for him. Obviously he is getting towards the end of his | :52:09. | :52:12. | |
career now. It could be an excruciating thing mentally for a | :52:13. | :52:14. | |
morally good embrace it and have this great calm and shoot a great | :52:15. | :52:20. | |
score. Playing with Danny Willett. A nice pairing. They have been | :52:21. | :52:23. | |
neighbours and buddies for a long time. Danny has been very under | :52:24. | :52:33. | |
control this week. He is capable of getting in the mix. He will not be | :52:34. | :52:38. | |
frightened. He is confident in his ability. He has been great on the | :52:39. | :52:42. | |
greens. That is a great sign for his future. OK, we have got Danny with | :52:43. | :52:47. | |
that birdie putt. A quick check on the leaderboard. | :52:48. | :52:56. | |
Our American colleagues are ready and so are we. Good afternoon to | :52:57. | :53:02. | |
Andrew Cotter and Peter Aliss. Thank you, Hazel. Are we in for a | :53:03. | :53:09. | |
brilliant afternoon, or waylaid and a damp squib? The next four hours | :53:10. | :53:13. | |
will give the story. Here is Bubba Watson. We have seen so many putts | :53:14. | :53:23. | |
like that all week. A good round for Bubba Watson today. Not too bad | :53:24. | :53:28. | |
compared to the rest of the tournament. He came in with high | :53:29. | :53:36. | |
hopes. A lot of people thought he might well be the champion. We | :53:37. | :53:42. | |
talked about a blemish free round for McIlroy. Already a bogey at the | :53:43. | :53:47. | |
first. Here he has to get up and down for par. He thought it was | :53:48. | :53:57. | |
going to go back a little bit. It is already untidy for McIlroy. Henrik | :53:58. | :54:06. | |
Stenson was many people's favoured three days ago. Putting nicely, | :54:07. | :54:15. | |
playing nicely today. -- favourite. Look at that. Eagle, birdie, birdie, | :54:16. | :54:23. | |
but a six on 11. On the putting green going through a few final | :54:24. | :54:32. | |
tinkerings. He is not anchoring. Look at that left hand. It is not | :54:33. | :54:36. | |
touching his chest, so technically not anchoring. Not 1 million miles | :54:37. | :54:46. | |
away thou! It is not stuck on his chest. Westwood at the first. Nice | :54:47. | :54:51. | |
drive, good second. Just did not have a bounce forward. Struggling | :54:52. | :55:03. | |
now. These greens are as difficult as I have ever seen them. The | :55:04. | :55:13. | |
seventh, the 11th hour very fast. McIlroy taps one down. He has got | :55:14. | :55:21. | |
it. That is a five, five start. Not what he wanted. He was looking for a | :55:22. | :55:27. | |
burst on the opening few holes. So far it has not happened. Danny | :55:28. | :55:37. | |
Willett. Randall and hop Kirke. -- hop Kirke. Playing alongside Lee | :55:38. | :55:42. | |
Westwood today. A missed putt on the first hole for | :55:43. | :55:59. | |
Danny Willett. Back to the first, Jason Day. He has only had 14 on | :56:00. | :56:09. | |
this opening hole. Just a little moment. Meditation. Do not nod off. | :56:10. | :56:13. | |
That is right. Now then. The bunker has been | :56:14. | :56:28. | |
extended on the right, they have lengthened the tee. This is a | :56:29. | :56:37. | |
formidable hole. It is very important to get off to a good | :56:38. | :56:43. | |
start. That will be OK. A choice of three wood for Jason Day. Dustin | :56:44. | :56:56. | |
Johnson now driving. Dustin Johnson also going with a three wood, I | :56:57. | :56:57. | |
think. So Johnson and Jason Day are off and | :56:58. | :57:24. | |
running. Good opening tee shots. Rory McIlroy at the third. And | :57:25. | :57:33. | |
already cries of anguish. He is all right. I do not know why there was a | :57:34. | :57:39. | |
cry of anguish. He is not far off the green. I think there was a | :57:40. | :57:47. | |
helpful bounce of somebody. That was Westwood for par. Just the start you | :57:48. | :57:58. | |
do not want. TheS are so fast, you almost feel as if there is no | :57:59. | :58:01. | |
friction between the ball and the service. -- the greens. Fitzpatrick | :58:02. | :58:13. | |
is going along nicely. Missed a four footer on the last for a birdie. | :58:14. | :58:24. | |
That was never on line. A safe four. That was a par five. He, Justin Rose | :58:25. | :58:32. | |
and Lee Westwood Warren top of the greens and regulations. -- were on | :58:33. | :58:40. | |
top. Davis Love on the 12th. 152 today. Right-hand pin position. A | :58:41. | :58:52. | |
good tee shot. The greens looked a little bit slower today, I thought | :58:53. | :58:56. | |
but still running fairly briskly. Adam Scott, another favourite before | :58:57. | :59:01. | |
the event began. Here he is on the 13th. | :59:02. | :59:10. | |
He is in the woods. It might kick down. We were talking about the | :59:11. | :59:20. | |
speed of the greens and Ken has been examining such a topic. | :59:21. | :59:25. | |
Out early this morning they put this roll over the greens. They are | :59:26. | :59:30. | |
pretty quick. They look quick. Let's see how quick they are. They are | :59:31. | :59:35. | |
always fast at the Masters. On Sunday, normally quicker than ever. | :59:36. | :59:43. | |
Let's have a go. She is on her way. That is quick. They are so fast this | :59:44. | :59:54. | |
morning. They are rock-hard as well. Still rolling. It just keeps going. | :59:55. | :59:57. | |
My goodness, they are swift. I do not know if that is the realms | :59:58. | :00:11. | |
of common sense! Technically, that is not allowed. Do not try that at | :00:12. | :00:18. | |
home. Bryson DeChambeau, in red, white and blue. He sometimes favours | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
that. Trying to use the contours here. Hasn't he done well? Talking | :00:22. | :00:35. | |
about players coming from behind and people suggest it can happen at the | :00:36. | :00:40. | |
Masters, it does not happen that often at the Masters. Only three in | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
the last 25 years have been outside the top two. The chat goes on | :00:44. | :00:53. | |
between Jason Day... His caddy is also his coach. | :00:54. | :01:07. | |
Well, it is tried its best to stop. Not a bad result. Playing partner, | :01:08. | :01:39. | |
Dustin Johnson. Settle down. Just looking to find | :01:40. | :01:57. | |
the right level of the green, both he and Day failing to do so. There | :01:58. | :02:02. | |
has only been one Masters champion not inside the top ten after three | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
rounds. That was in 1959. Came from tied 13. Dustin Johnson has come | :02:09. | :02:13. | |
close. Leading going into the final round of the US Open in 2010. It | :02:14. | :02:20. | |
went wrong in the final round, 82. Going well in Whistling Straits, he | :02:21. | :02:24. | |
touched the sand and have that penalty. Close last year in the | :02:25. | :02:31. | |
Majors as well. Amateur, Bryson DeChambeau. He thought he was on the | :02:32. | :02:35. | |
move before he hit that but he got it in. Out in 35, one birdie, all | :02:36. | :02:44. | |
pars. And the Frenchman, the British amateur champion, that five round of | :02:45. | :02:55. | |
68. The walk of the leader, a long way, the practice ground, from the | :02:56. | :03:03. | |
first tee. A walk to the body, a skip to the clubhouse and a walk to | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
all that lies before you on the other side of the club house. | :03:08. | :03:13. | |
Youngest two times champions. And Jordan Spieth would win that title, | :03:14. | :03:21. | |
he is still just 22. Jack Nicolas, 25, Tiger Woods, 25, Seve | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
Ballesteros, 26 and Horton Smith 27 when he won his second. Remarkable | :03:27. | :03:30. | |
achievement if it were to happen for Jordan Spieth. Only his third | :03:31. | :03:36. | |
Masters appearance. Second on his debut and he won it last year, | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
leading again. Everybody was talking about his coach being back in town, | :03:41. | :03:45. | |
he never does that, Cameron McCormac is always a way somewhere else at | :03:46. | :03:48. | |
the weekend but he has summoned him back to work on things this morning. | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
You wonder whether there is too much conversation and thought. But if it | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
makes them feel confident and happy, it is fine. McIlroy. After that | :03:58. | :04:10. | |
great drive, is not able... He was, this is his tee shot, I did not | :04:11. | :04:15. | |
think it would reach the green. If this goes in, it will change things. | :04:16. | :04:26. | |
Oh! Well, that is quite remarkable! We saw his tee shot going down the | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
right, I did not think it had come all away round. I knew he had | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
reached. It will be a birdie, Soren Kjeldsen at the 2nd. Good position | :04:37. | :04:42. | |
to be, putting up the slope. A bit wide for the Dane. That is a par, | :04:43. | :04:58. | |
par start for Soren Kjeldsen. The man of the moment, Bernhard. | :04:59. | :05:05. | |
Bernhard Langer, quite a remarkable man. A very fine skier. | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
Bernhard Langer! Well, he can hardly get to the hilt. | :05:11. | :05:46. | |
And he has just found the light rough, that will be all right. | :05:47. | :05:55. | |
Playing alongside Hideki Matsuyama. McIlroy for his birdie on the third. | :05:56. | :06:00. | |
With his driver, he is really going for things today. A very short par | :06:01. | :06:07. | |
four, birdie, he did not have won yesterday but one on the third here. | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
-- one. Back to the first, Hideki Matsuyama. A very good-looking | :06:16. | :06:23. | |
player. He was getting a little bit agitated towards the end of his | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
round yesterday. You will notice when he completes the shot, the | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
balance is not quite right. But watch how he finishes this tee shot. | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
A slow rhythm back and right through. | :06:37. | :06:45. | |
That was good. Posing for photographers. And he does look | :06:46. | :06:53. | |
good, Peter. The wind has dropped. Three word of the first tee and if | :06:54. | :07:00. | |
there is a slip from Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama might be the man to | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
take advantage and the excitement in Japan would be huge at the prospect | :07:05. | :07:08. | |
of Matsuyama winning the Masters. Paul Casey at the 7th. | :07:09. | :07:18. | |
It is another one of the holes they have lengthened over the years. That | :07:19. | :07:30. | |
could be good. This needs a little momentum to take it down and keep it | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
going. And it has got it. Well done. A fine result for Paul Casey. | :07:37. | :07:42. | |
1-under for his round and that would get him back to 2-under for the | :07:43. | :07:47. | |
tournament. Danny Willett, unable to get on the green in two at the | :07:48. | :07:56. | |
par-5. Just beyond the flag is good because it will go round. Go on, say | :07:57. | :08:01. | |
the crowd! It just needs a little bit more. A friendly pin position, | :08:02. | :08:10. | |
not much green but it feeds down if he can get it on the surface, a | :08:11. | :08:20. | |
birdie putt two, four Danny Willett. -- the Danny Willett. Dustin | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
Johnson, for a birdie at the 1st. , back, little sheep! Jason Day was | :08:27. | :08:43. | |
studying fat because he has a similar putt. -- that. That was | :08:44. | :08:51. | |
three or four feet off-line. I would be surprised if this does not start | :08:52. | :08:53. | |
down the left. Look at where he is aiming. Almost | :08:54. | :09:09. | |
halfway between the hole and the edge of the green. Just tickles it | :09:10. | :09:20. | |
down. Is it going to turn? Well, it really did not want to but a better | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
effort than Dustin Johnson's. I think they were both a little bit | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
confused by that, playing alongside Danny Willett, Lee Westwood up ahead | :09:32. | :09:37. | |
on the second. Just a little bit closer than the shot of Danny | :09:38. | :09:38. | |
Willett. Just! Just! Johnson for his par at the 1st hole. | :09:39. | :10:02. | |
Yes, he has got it in! One hole is ticked off. | :10:03. | :10:12. | |
Henrik Stenson on the final hole. In, she goes! Henrik Stenson with | :10:13. | :10:20. | |
that front nine of 34, a couple of birdies. A bogey on the eighth, | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
birdie on the ninth and double-bogey on the 11th, but a good finish for | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
Henrik Stenson, very tidy round. Casey at the 7th. This, to get a | :10:29. | :10:35. | |
birdie. And he has done it, well done! That is a 2-over. | :10:36. | :10:49. | |
At the top, you can see the top four names to get under way, still. Paul | :10:50. | :10:57. | |
Casey sneaking onto the first page of the leaderboard, 2-under for his | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
round. Back to 2-over for the tournament. Lowest round of the day | :11:03. | :11:07. | |
is from the French amateur Romain Langasque. Rory McIlroy with that | :11:08. | :11:13. | |
birdie on the third, back at where he started on two thirds macro | :11:14. | :11:18. | |
alongside Lee Westwood. And here is McIlroy at the 4th. He and Jordan | :11:19. | :11:26. | |
Spieth hit their shot into the left of the grandstand yesterday and he | :11:27. | :11:30. | |
decided to go the other way. That could be out of bounds. 40 yards | :11:31. | :11:36. | |
off-line. He really is in the doldrums. That is rather pathetic | :11:37. | :11:48. | |
and sad. There will have to be a lot of rethinking here, Andrew. The out | :11:49. | :11:53. | |
of bounds is very close to that bike right edge, but he bounded out | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
there. Really going at the flag today. What a start from McIlroy. | :11:58. | :12:08. | |
While, 170. A bit unfortunate. In that very first cut, no control. He | :12:09. | :12:12. | |
does not generate the same clubhead speed as the big hitters, a tricky | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
shot. On the key, and pitched on the downside as well. The best looking | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
for the first also far. The result. He struggles. Spieth making his way | :12:25. | :12:39. | |
to the first. Make way, make way! A little hug from his parents always | :12:40. | :12:41. | |
to see him on his way. Oh, it has gone back down the hill, | :12:42. | :13:20. | |
that has left a horrid shot. Lee Westwood on the second. | :13:21. | :13:30. | |
Just coming around a little bit from the left. Just a little bit. More | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
than that. Dropped a shot at the 1st. No birdie | :13:37. | :13:53. | |
at the 2nd. Just inside the top ten. A gift. Chris Wood. From Bristol. | :13:54. | :14:04. | |
Third shot to the par-5. Eighth hole. The pin on the front. Can it? | :14:05. | :14:21. | |
It might, it is, it is trying. No. White seems to be the favourite | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
colour here. It almost looks like a painter and decorator golf rioting! | :14:26. | :14:33. | |
Ready to go and Jason Day studying this tee shot. -- golf outing. The | :14:34. | :14:43. | |
same shot that Louis Oosthuizen had when he got an albatross. He tried | :14:44. | :14:46. | |
to feed it in between those two bunkers. It was the all around to | :14:47. | :14:55. | |
the hole, that is the plan. -- it will go all around. Trying to go | :14:56. | :14:59. | |
straight at it, to the right, landing in the crowd. That really is | :15:00. | :15:09. | |
30 yards! For class players, that really is a wild shot! I don't know | :15:10. | :15:17. | |
what on Earth he was trained to do. -- trying. We flatter them so much, | :15:18. | :15:24. | |
we expect them to use rifles. They are not using rifles. They brought | :15:25. | :15:28. | |
the starting time forward five and it is. Seeing as they were 40 | :15:29. | :15:33. | |
minutes over yesterday. -- five minutes. Here we go. | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
Jordan Spieth! Anxious. Is it a bunker? No, he is | :15:39. | :16:24. | |
all right. And a three wood. A man playing alongside him, who would bet | :16:25. | :16:29. | |
on Smylie Kaufman being in the last group? | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
Smylie Kaufman! Still a youngster, two years older than Jordan Spieth | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
and getting better every round, 73, 72, 69. Winning on his debut in 1979 | :16:40. | :16:45. | |
Fuzzy Zoeller. They are getting younger and | :16:46. | :16:52. | |
younger! A good swing, this boy. A good boy. Good left arm. | :16:53. | :17:05. | |
Anxious. Some applause. He has got away with that, between the bunker | :17:06. | :17:17. | |
and the trouble on the right, so not too bad. A big drive. Danny Willett, | :17:18. | :17:24. | |
his birdie attempt on the second. No. No pace at all, no conviction on | :17:25. | :17:47. | |
that from Danny Willett. So, par. Back to the first, Langer. | :17:48. | :17:56. | |
He has left himself an awful lot to do. And it has not stopped yet. No, | :17:57. | :18:06. | |
it has. That is a pity. A good-looking second. Soren Kjeldsen, | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
nobody is really making a move yet on the first and second. This is | :18:14. | :18:21. | |
fast. But it is true as well. Soren Kjeldsen, he moves to level par. | :18:22. | :18:34. | |
Three behind. We have seen some putts on the second green from long | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
range. Now Langer. This would be sweet if he could get this in. Oh, | :18:40. | :18:48. | |
he did not hit it. So an opening five which he really did not | :18:49. | :18:57. | |
deserve. Shot dropped. We saw Matsuyama pacing around as well. A | :18:58. | :19:04. | |
bit of something left for his par. This was his pitch. He is a long way | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
below the green, it does not quite look like it. Langer landing a | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
little bit on the downside. Hoping for it to come back. What? It did | :19:17. | :19:27. | |
not come back! Jason Day, after that wild second to the par-5. Not on the | :19:28. | :19:37. | |
green yet. So Danny Willett pitched to the third. | :19:38. | :19:45. | |
Is that going to feed all the way around? No, pretty much the putt | :19:46. | :20:01. | |
that Soren Kjeldsen just got. Matsuyama. | :20:02. | :20:19. | |
Even with a gentle wind at the 1st, it is still proving to be a very | :20:20. | :20:43. | |
hard hole. Now McIlroy, he hit a provisional, but he found his first | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
ball was knocked out of bounds and he pitched to hear, this four par. | :20:48. | :20:54. | |
-- is for a par. Spieth. Eyeing up his second shot to | :20:55. | :21:12. | |
the 1st hole. You can just see the top of the flag to the right-hand | :21:13. | :21:15. | |
side of the bunker, just in front of that tallest pine. For the ring | :21:16. | :21:28. | |
away. -- fluttering away. Quite a big hump right in front of the hole. | :21:29. | :21:35. | |
Has he hit the green on the right? No he has not. He wanted it to go to | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
the right, trying his best, but it stuck. Lee Westwood, his second to | :21:41. | :21:53. | |
this short par four. Tucked down on the left. The green falls down | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
towards the flag. That is very good. McIlroy. At the 4th. Another shot | :21:57. | :22:25. | |
dropped. One birdie. Two bogeys. Smylie Kaufman, a good, clean | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
stance, despite that wayward tee shot. It is a long way up there. He | :22:32. | :22:40. | |
is able to get this to stop coming in with this club. Wonder. From | :22:41. | :22:49. | |
Smylie Kaufman! Daunted? Not a bit. A little puff of the cheeks. Chris | :22:50. | :22:53. | |
Wood, to the ninth. Spin it. No, he just went forward. | :22:54. | :23:15. | |
That is the look of the draw. Dustin Johnson, for his four on the second. | :23:16. | :23:21. | |
A similar putt to the one of Danny Willett and he also leaves it out to | :23:22. | :23:22. | |
the right. He does saunter around, Dustin | :23:23. | :23:38. | |
Johnson. He just strolls and occasionally pauses to hit a shot. | :23:39. | :23:47. | |
In for a five but disappointing for a man of his distance. Solid start, | :23:48. | :23:57. | |
a couple of pars. Johnson could get to the third. This was Day, just off | :23:58. | :24:05. | |
the green. He ends up with a par-5 also. | :24:06. | :24:13. | |
Now, this was McIlroy, the invisible man. Out of a hedge at the back of | :24:14. | :24:20. | |
the fourth. We thought he had gone out of bounds, it was very close, | :24:21. | :24:25. | |
just in bounds, pitched out. The crowd loved it. But he could not | :24:26. | :24:33. | |
escape with a par. Brief moments of gravity. -- gravity. Paul Casey at | :24:34. | :24:43. | |
the 8th. Two good shots. This is a test. Difficult shot. Very tricky. | :24:44. | :25:00. | |
That is Jordan Spieth out in front, but a very strong working start from | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
Smylie Kaufman with a very short birdie putt. Soren Kjeldsen with his | :25:07. | :25:12. | |
birdie on the first. Level par. Hideki Matsuyama dropping a shot at | :25:13. | :25:16. | |
the 1st. Paul Casey has just birdied the seventh. What now for Spieth? | :25:17. | :25:19. | |
The chance of a tree. -- three. Heading left. Still a bit to do | :25:20. | :25:29. | |
there. Back to Spieth at the 1st. That was a bit tentative. Three feet | :25:30. | :26:01. | |
short. He might soon have company at the | :26:02. | :26:21. | |
top of the leaderboard. Lee Westwood at the 3rd. The ball in behind. Can | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
he find his three? Smylie Kaufman. This for a birdie. | :26:28. | :26:37. | |
Cracking start if this goes in. It was always left, wasn't it? It is | :26:38. | :27:06. | |
left. It just caught the edge. It spins out. Disappointment, | :27:07. | :27:09. | |
disappointment. Again, this is the distance which is | :27:10. | :27:31. | |
right on the edge of his, shall I looked at the hole or not when I am | :27:32. | :27:35. | |
hitting the ball? From about four feet and then three feet. And then | :27:36. | :27:41. | |
he will look at the hole. While he is making his stroke. | :27:42. | :27:54. | |
Not happy. He does tend to back off quite a bit until he is entirely | :27:55. | :28:09. | |
satisfied. This for a par. He did look at the hole and in it went and | :28:10. | :28:16. | |
Jordan Spieth starts with a par-4. Almost like a birdie, Andrew. After | :28:17. | :28:23. | |
the trials and tribulations we have seen at this opening hole. This for | :28:24. | :28:29. | |
a part, I think it is a little bit longer than the first. -- a par. | :28:30. | :28:42. | |
Danny Willett for his par. That is a good-looking stroke. Danny Willett | :28:43. | :29:09. | |
three pars to start and that is making ground, he is in a tie for | :29:10. | :29:12. | |
third. Paul Casey. At the 8th. Three British players in the top ten | :29:13. | :29:38. | |
in the Westwood, Paul Casey and Danny Willett, and here is an | :29:39. | :29:45. | |
Irishman, in Shane Lowry. The 16th, familiar pin position. Get it up to | :29:46. | :29:49. | |
about their hands feed down. They like it, he does! Shane Lowry! A | :29:50. | :29:56. | |
hole-in-one at the 16th! Raise those arms in celebration. Shane Lowry | :29:57. | :30:02. | |
joins the list of people who have hit a hole-in-one at the Masters. | :30:03. | :30:16. | |
What a moment, Peter. Oh! Is a great shot, good fortune, just got the | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
right spin. In in one. That smart and your score up! A nice easy swing | :30:22. | :30:28. | |
off the tee. Familiar looking swing. The middle of the green, this is | :30:29. | :30:34. | |
going. It will hit the ridge and then start to go down. You wonder | :30:35. | :30:38. | |
whether it has enough power to reach. It keeps going and then it's | :30:39. | :30:44. | |
a dead cert. Look at that. A beauty. A real beauty. You get a nice bit of | :30:45. | :30:56. | |
crystal for any eagle here at Augusta. Hideki Matsuyama. Is he | :30:57. | :31:04. | |
going to try and use the contours? That's unfortunate. He wanted that | :31:05. | :31:06. | |
to hop up and feed all the way down. The second tee, Jordan Spieth. Two | :31:07. | :31:34. | |
pars and one birdie. A bit of a blind tee shot. You knock it down | :31:35. | :31:35. | |
over the hill. Good bound down the hill. Good shot. | :31:36. | :32:05. | |
Quite a long way down there with a 3-wood as well. Dustin Johnson is | :32:06. | :32:11. | |
having a cut at the 3rd green. He likes it. It should just kick down | :32:12. | :32:18. | |
from the right-hand side. We saw McIlroy getting there. Going to take | :32:19. | :32:24. | |
out Lee Westwood! Too much club from Dustin. Not a great place to be, | :32:25. | :32:36. | |
though, there. The 4th hole. Kjeldsen comes out of the bunker. | :32:37. | :32:40. | |
What a fantastic shot. Beautiful shot. Smylie Kaufman on the second | :32:41. | :32:51. | |
tee. Watch this T-shirt and then you will hear from Ken Brown and Paul | :32:52. | :32:53. | |
Azinger. COMMENTATOR: Smylie Kaufman got a | :32:54. | :33:01. | |
good taste of reality of what it's like being in the big leagues is an | :33:02. | :33:05. | |
hole number one. Second shot of Jason Day's, at the | :33:06. | :33:39. | |
3rd. Started with two pars. This is as high a tariff shot as you will | :33:40. | :33:43. | |
get. Slender bit of green and it looks like he will be going down to | :33:44. | :33:48. | |
the right side. The flag is on, five yards to the front of the green and | :33:49. | :33:53. | |
six behind it. It's already louder out here, Ken. The holes were cut in | :33:54. | :34:00. | |
a little more generous spots today to add to the excitement of the | :34:01. | :34:04. | |
final round of the Masters. It's one of these shots where you have to | :34:05. | :34:12. | |
decide, are you going to take this Tigerish pin all play it a bit | :34:13. | :34:15. | |
deeper? It's one of the places at Augusta you want to try and avoid at | :34:16. | :34:21. | |
all costs, but now that he's here... Good sound. Yes, that's a pretty | :34:22. | :34:26. | |
good shot. See how far right he had to aim. That's only about eight | :34:27. | :34:31. | |
yards wide on the narrowest part. If you come up short, it rolls 50 yards | :34:32. | :34:37. | |
down the hill. At eight, Bernhard Langer feathering his third into the | :34:38. | :34:44. | |
second, a delightful shot. Always been a marvellous wedge player, | :34:45. | :34:48. | |
judges distances so well. He has that for a birdie. Chris Wood. Look | :34:49. | :34:56. | |
at this one. Look where he is aiming. It looks like he's playing | :34:57. | :35:02. | |
for the bunker. Down the ninth. It's just unbelievable. Very nice. Super | :35:03. | :35:09. | |
touch. McIlroy, just in the pine straw. | :35:10. | :35:21. | |
Watch his feet here, make sure he doesn't slip. Difficult second shot. | :35:22. | :35:27. | |
Well, maybe a little bit of a slip on the right foot. Yeah, and he's... | :35:28. | :35:34. | |
Extremely deep bunker there. The 4th hole is playing 228 yards | :35:35. | :35:57. | |
today to an awfully tricky pin. Beauty, the wind helping. The MH370 | :35:58. | :36:02. | |
must be 102 yards. Good shot for Danny | :36:03. | :36:05. | |
Lee Westwood will try to follow will it -- follow Danny Willett's ball to | :36:06. | :36:32. | |
the right. Will it carry? Always got a big smile on his face but he has | :36:33. | :36:41. | |
got something to smile about here. Tremendous ovation as he wanders up | :36:42. | :36:47. | |
the 16th to plug his ball out of the cup. | :36:48. | :36:49. | |
CHUCKLES He's going to put that one in the | :36:50. | :37:04. | |
trophy cabinet. Chris Wood here to clear up on nine. Good two putt. | :37:05. | :37:14. | |
Wonderful touch. Unfortunate, that, at the 3rd, taking seven. | :37:15. | :37:21. | |
Matsuyama for eagle here at two. Two over on his round. Bogeyed the 1st | :37:22. | :37:28. | |
hole. No. After a massive tee shot, Dustin | :37:29. | :37:52. | |
Johnson has played an absolute gem. Keeps trickling on, marvellous, | :37:53. | :37:53. | |
marvellous shot. So delicate. Not an overly difficult shot here | :37:54. | :38:05. | |
for the players at this level. He made that look pretty easy, but look | :38:06. | :38:10. | |
at it go. Just that extra foot or two. | :38:11. | :38:16. | |
Jason Day, from a long way away here. Blazing fast down the hill. | :38:17. | :38:32. | |
Has he done it? APPLAUSE | :38:33. | :38:37. | |
That is a dam good putt. Matsuyama, for his nice and neat | :38:38. | :38:57. | |
tidy birdie at the 2nd. Move back to where he started. Beautiful look at | :38:58. | :39:07. | |
the 2nd hole, the second shot of Jordan Spieth. Going with a long | :39:08. | :39:17. | |
iron. It's going to just roll on. It will feed to the right. Will it | :39:18. | :39:25. | |
reach? Yes! That's going to be right about where Matsuyama parted from a | :39:26. | :39:31. | |
short time ago. There are a good shot. From here it doesn't that like | :39:32. | :39:35. | |
he can get to that. A huge swing from left to right. Well, I don't | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
think he can hole this by the flag but there is a little tee he could | :39:44. | :39:51. | |
run this up and it might come back. Go on, it should do. Go on, run out | :39:52. | :39:59. | |
a little. But outstanding. Very nearly back into the cup. | :40:00. | :40:04. | |
Rory, now. Getting to the point of being critical for him to hole | :40:05. | :40:11. | |
those. You think that's not fast. Whoa! Still going. Well, I get the | :40:12. | :40:19. | |
feeling Rory is going to have to run the tables from here on out. | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
Billy Horschel's third shot at eight. I had a feeling he was going | :40:24. | :40:48. | |
to do something special! There have been some cheers today at Augusta, | :40:49. | :40:56. | |
after three days of almost silenced because of the wind. A lot of action | :40:57. | :41:00. | |
today. That is a really classy bit of play. | :41:01. | :41:15. | |
He could have been goaded into going for the pin. He played to the right | :41:16. | :41:22. | |
and played two sensible putts. It's a bit like playing snooker, | :41:23. | :41:25. | |
sometimes you have to play a defensive shot. Danny Willett hit a | :41:26. | :41:30. | |
marvellous shot to get on this green in regulation. The 4th hole playing | :41:31. | :41:35. | |
228 yards today. Look at all the break he's got to play with, to try | :41:36. | :41:39. | |
to feed this down. That's not a gimme. | :41:40. | :41:47. | |
Rory. He's done it. He made life difficult for himself. Three bogeys | :41:48. | :41:55. | |
on the card and just the one birdie, at the 3rd. Smylie Kaufman drove it | :41:56. | :42:06. | |
into the fairway bunker here at two. There are a lot of place to -- ways | :42:07. | :42:12. | |
to play this. You can go right at it. It's going right. Great shot. | :42:13. | :42:17. | |
That will be right up the hill, almost straight. Good opportunity | :42:18. | :42:27. | |
for Smiley here as in the two. This is what faces the players, the cut | :42:28. | :42:33. | |
over the right-hand bunker. You can just about see it. A four iron. That | :42:34. | :42:38. | |
is a Mile High. We will see if Dustin Johnson can | :42:39. | :42:58. | |
follow up that missed putt with a good shot. Sure he had a lot of | :42:59. | :43:04. | |
conversation with himself between the green and this tee box. Going to | :43:05. | :43:08. | |
be sensible here. He's liking it. Is it going to make | :43:09. | :43:22. | |
the carry? Is a little unlucky, Paul. What a shot. | :43:23. | :43:36. | |
Take a lot of risks there with not much reward. Now look where he is | :43:37. | :43:45. | |
aiming, Paul Casey. Good grief, a 90 degrees angle away from the whole, | :43:46. | :43:51. | |
it looks like. 15 footer parts that travel 40 feet. Surely not! Well, I | :43:52. | :44:06. | |
don't know how you can judge it a whole lot better than that! That is | :44:07. | :44:09. | |
one of those that you only get here. The short sixth. Cracking looking | :44:10. | :44:29. | |
hole. Oh! Rory has missed the shelf. The pin is on this sort of upturned | :44:30. | :44:34. | |
ruck on the back corner of the green, playing 188 yards today. | :44:35. | :44:52. | |
Now, if you look at it from here, you wouldn't think he had any chance | :44:53. | :45:00. | |
to get this close. You see where he is looking, way up to the left on | :45:01. | :45:09. | |
the right-hand side of the screen. Everybody in the field knows that | :45:10. | :45:13. | |
the hole will be cut there at one point during the week and they | :45:14. | :45:15. | |
practised this putt, actually. APPLAUSE | :45:16. | :45:42. | |
That is well done. Yesterday Rory had a hard time lagging is any putts | :45:43. | :45:52. | |
close enough to gimme range. He was grinding everything yesterday. The | :45:53. | :46:00. | |
wind swirling. Matsuyama has one of his wedges in hand and he is giving | :46:01. | :46:02. | |
it the big, high Spinney one. Six on from the front and then five | :46:03. | :46:18. | |
behind. You have got this little hollow, very treacherous, thin bit | :46:19. | :46:18. | |
of parting surface. Oh yes, well done! Smylie Kaufman | :46:19. | :46:46. | |
makes birdie here at the 2nd and is currently tied for the lead with | :46:47. | :46:52. | |
Jordan Spieth, if only for a moment. You can't see the slope that Rory is | :46:53. | :46:56. | |
going to come up very easily here, but this hole is cut probably eight | :46:57. | :47:01. | |
feet higher than where he is putting from. So hard to judge. He has done | :47:02. | :47:07. | |
very well, hasn't he? Nicely judged. Day one, he holed virtually | :47:08. | :47:31. | |
everything you looked at. Day two, he missed a few chances. Day three | :47:32. | :47:38. | |
yesterday, he scrambled his way around. Now he is looking at one | :47:39. | :47:43. | |
from this sort of range. APPLAUSE | :47:44. | :47:46. | |
. Some player, this kid. Only 22 years | :47:47. | :47:56. | |
old. Two major Championships already. I guess all his mistakes | :47:57. | :48:06. | |
seem like learning experiences or something, for Jordan Spieth. | :48:07. | :48:16. | |
Amazing, amazing young man. Birdies coming up short. Once you get on | :48:17. | :48:21. | |
this hole, if you can come back short quickly... Got a hogs back in | :48:22. | :48:24. | |
the centre of it as well. He has got to do the tightrope here | :48:25. | :48:36. | |
and he has fallen off the right side of it. A sweeping putt. Very nicely | :48:37. | :48:46. | |
judged. If you are a little bit out of launch, that could have finished | :48:47. | :48:49. | |
six to eight feet away no trouble at all. Kjeldsen, up the hill at the | :48:50. | :48:53. | |
5th. Goes through his routine. Right | :48:54. | :49:29. | |
edge, just inside right. Excellent. Excellent. Two putt. All pars to | :49:30. | :49:43. | |
start with the Jason Day. Here's a fast one, Matsuyama. This is | :49:44. | :49:45. | |
probably 25 on the Stimpmeter. Bright future here. I love this golf | :49:46. | :50:06. | |
swing of Matsuyama. Always in control. | :50:07. | :50:14. | |
I think this is a good decision for Jordan, hitting an iron here. He has | :50:15. | :50:22. | |
gone with a driver on each of the first three days but with the pin on | :50:23. | :50:26. | |
the left-hand side of the screen, it's virtually impossible to get it | :50:27. | :50:30. | |
close. He has targeted a bit. Oh! It's perfect! | :50:31. | :50:34. | |
-- he has tugged it. A bit easier putt than Jason Day's, Dustin | :50:35. | :50:50. | |
Johnson. Heating up the top of the tee. -- he can go up the top of the | :50:51. | :50:56. | |
tee. I like this decision for Smylie. | :50:57. | :51:13. | |
Even though it's not match he's just going to match Jordan Spieth on the | :51:14. | :51:19. | |
fairway. Into the straw. That just adds to the difficulty. Danny | :51:20. | :51:25. | |
Willett is far enough away from this big, steep bank to just about... | :51:26. | :51:28. | |
It's one of those ones where you have to take a risk. Second to the | :51:29. | :51:35. | |
fifth, do you carry it to the front? Very good shot. This two level | :51:36. | :51:41. | |
green, there is like a sort of tongue that sticks out into the | :51:42. | :51:48. | |
tier. I watched Fitzpatrick warm up this morning and he hit a lot of | :51:49. | :51:52. | |
shots cross handed. I'm not sure I know what that's all about, Ken. I | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
think it's one of Pete Coward's drills. I have seen Danny Willett do | :51:58. | :52:05. | |
that a bit as well. It's the early stages of the final round of the | :52:06. | :52:10. | |
80th masters. This is how it all looks. Jordan Spieth leads by one | :52:11. | :52:16. | |
from Smylie Kaufman. Great start from Soren Kjeldsen. Let's take | :52:17. | :52:21. | |
another look at the 3rd shot of Billy Horschel. And inviting pin | :52:22. | :52:33. | |
placement here. What a shock! It's just so thrilling to see that | :52:34. | :52:40. | |
happen, especially here. Cherished moments, as you plod along through | :52:41. | :52:45. | |
your career there are plenty of moments to cherish, Ken, I suppose, | :52:46. | :52:49. | |
as we look back and reflect. This golf course is steeped in history. | :52:50. | :52:54. | |
It was designed by Bobby Jones, who won the Grand Slam in 1930 and | :52:55. | :53:00. | |
McKenzie, who was born in Leeds. They got together because they liked | :53:01. | :53:03. | |
the same types of courses. The course was built in 1932. Wonderful | :53:04. | :53:09. | |
picture of Bobby Jones, here he is, the great man. Playing up the eighth | :53:10. | :53:13. | |
fairway as it was created in 1932. It was finished in May and it was | :53:14. | :53:17. | |
seeded and they were playing on it in August. This is how it looks | :53:18. | :53:22. | |
today. Not very different really, apart from the trees have got a bit | :53:23. | :53:25. | |
longer. In the early days the bunker was in the middle of the fairway and | :53:26. | :53:29. | |
now it is down the right side. There is how it looks. He was testing to | :53:30. | :53:34. | |
see how far his 3-wood would go up the fairway and where the landing | :53:35. | :53:38. | |
area was. It was an American and an Englishman who designed the course, | :53:39. | :53:42. | |
Jones and McKenzie. This is what it looks like today, not dissimilar. | :53:43. | :53:49. | |
COMMENTATOR: Bernhard Langer for birdie here at the 3rd. That is too | :53:50. | :54:00. | |
bad! Still just goes that extra few inches here to make the next one, a | :54:01. | :54:12. | |
knee knocker as well. Just tiptoed over the back of the third green, | :54:13. | :54:18. | |
Lee Westwood, going with a putter. Through the valley and uphill a | :54:19. | :54:19. | |
little bit. This is a nightmare start for | :54:20. | :54:41. | |
Bernhard, bogey, par, double bogey. That is about as cross as he ever | :54:42. | :54:42. | |
gets. Up the terrace here for Danny | :54:43. | :54:58. | |
Willett. Looking a bit brown in patches, the green. Part of it has | :54:59. | :55:04. | |
dried out a bit. Lovely service. Up the hill and then down the other | :55:05. | :55:11. | |
side. -- lovely surface. He is very still on his putts. Trying its best | :55:12. | :55:21. | |
to run out. Gorgeous touch, so easy to chase that three and a half feet | :55:22. | :55:26. | |
by. Very nice, Danny. Five holes, five pars. American Ryder Cup | :55:27. | :55:37. | |
captain, Davis love. I wonder why we're watching this, I wonder if | :55:38. | :55:44. | |
this is something special. 7-iron. 16 fold today playing 181 yards. Pin | :55:45. | :55:50. | |
placement over here on the left. Watch this! Come on! He's got it! | :55:51. | :56:07. | |
Davis! Ho ho ho! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :56:08. | :56:22. | |
An amazing atmosphere down there. It echoes among the trees when the | :56:23. | :56:30. | |
crowds cheer down there. Jordan Spieth, he's gone right at it! Will | :56:31. | :56:36. | |
it stay? Oh my goodness, that is just two or three inches from going | :56:37. | :56:38. | |
30 or 40 yards down the hill! Man! Matsuyama, who can hit massive, | :56:39. | :56:56. | |
high, towering irons. He is at the 4th, 228 yards. A 5-iron, he will | :56:57. | :57:04. | |
give it a wallop. He may hit it as high as anyone in the game today, | :57:05. | :57:13. | |
Matsuyama. As Ken noted earlier, there is a backstop there and now | :57:14. | :57:18. | |
Smylie Kaufman from the pine straw. He almost had to go right at this, | :57:19. | :57:29. | |
Ken. It is an extremely dangerous shot. Rory McIlroy's second at | :57:30. | :57:34. | |
seven. If he gets it right, this will gather to the hole side. Bound | :57:35. | :57:40. | |
to come back. It's just drifted the wrong way. Every little helps. Two | :57:41. | :57:48. | |
delightful approaches there. This is eight dangerous shot here. Always | :57:49. | :57:55. | |
watch their feet in the straw, see if they can keep their footing. Will | :57:56. | :58:01. | |
it be the right distance? No, down there where Dustin Johnson was | :58:02. | :58:04. | |
earlier. Actually come a worse. Going to have to land it two or | :58:05. | :58:09. | |
three or four hops into the fringe grass before it gets on the green. | :58:10. | :58:22. | |
Horrible place to end up. Soren Kjeldsen, a little chip up the bank | :58:23. | :58:25. | |
on the six'. He usually tells me a little story | :58:26. | :58:38. | |
about dumbing Peter has said and giggles away to himself, Soren | :58:39. | :58:41. | |
Kjeldsen acrobatic space! Let's have another look at Davis's shot here at | :58:42. | :58:46. | |
16. This really could be a sign of | :58:47. | :58:57. | |
things to come for this afternoon, for these players! They know the | :58:58. | :59:05. | |
ball feeds down that hill. The lady in the pink in the background, I | :59:06. | :59:09. | |
think she enjoyed it more than he did! What a moment. He's had plenty | :59:10. | :59:20. | |
of great moments. To add to the list, the | :59:21. | :59:29. | |
-- the one at 16, on Sunday at the Masters. | :59:30. | :59:38. | |
The cheers ringing round the golf course. | :59:39. | :59:51. | |
Just automatic. Very nice, Soren. Perfect start. Diminutive man, but | :59:52. | :00:06. | |
makes absolutely the most of his game. Let's see what Paul Casey can | :00:07. | :00:08. | |
do here on ten. Well, carry on. Not bad. Not his | :00:09. | :00:27. | |
best, but not bad. He has a chance to save par from there. Rory for his | :00:28. | :00:33. | |
birdie at the 7th and he desperately needs one, and he's done it. Bah | :00:34. | :00:37. | |
five to come. Certainly within range for him with a couple of big biffs. | :00:38. | :00:46. | |
He needs a magical spell. The highly touted Danny Willett, at the 6th. | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
Straight down the hill. 188 yards and the hole is positioned on the | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
right flat. Time tiny little landing area. Though that stay there? It | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
has. Great opportunity for Danny Willett. The 10th, Paul Casey. Up | :01:05. | :01:13. | |
the slope, a little from the right. Out in 34, two under. He needs it. | :01:14. | :01:22. | |
That is such a nice little boost going into Amen Corner. Now, Smylie | :01:23. | :01:29. | |
Kaufman. This is a dangerous shot as well, here. That's very likely to be | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
the result, to come up short. Five feet by the hole, it can trickle all | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
the way down the green and 30 yards down the other side. | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
Jason Day has found some problems off the tee. Probably found the | :01:48. | :01:56. | |
bunker off the tee. Horrible bounce. Moved it to feet too far. Just | :01:57. | :02:05. | |
carried the top of it and off it scoots. Matsuyama's position here on | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
four. He surely has to use the mound behind the hole here to have any | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
chance of getting this close. He just loves this lie. OK. That should | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
come all the way back. That might have enough pace to reach, but what? | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
Oh no! This is Lee Westwood, tee-shot on | :02:31. | :02:44. | |
the way at six. Currently six shots behind Jordan | :02:45. | :03:03. | |
Spieth. He will need that birdie. Now, Dustin Johnson, up the slope. | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
He has come up to this little buttress of a green that sticks out | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
towards the front. Up it comes. Or does it? Not enough. Stay there, | :03:15. | :03:29. | |
Dustin. He will be gutted about that, as a player. There is that | :03:30. | :03:40. | |
little over buttressed that sticks up that is a little timid, | :03:41. | :04:00. | |
Paul. We didn't see much of that yesterday. He was wondering that the | :04:01. | :04:12. | |
first time. You can't take a shot off here at Augusta National or pay | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
a heavy price. That sounded heavy. Again! Yes, exactly. | :04:18. | :04:29. | |
You wouldn't think... You wouldn't think a player at this level could | :04:30. | :04:38. | |
miscue that much with a wedge, but it will scare you to death, I tell | :04:39. | :04:40. | |
you. My goodness. Smylie Kaufman. Look how fast this | :04:41. | :04:52. | |
is. Some of that is inexperienced, plain and simple. You just can't | :04:53. | :04:58. | |
know it's that fast until you've been here a couple of times. Shane | :04:59. | :05:15. | |
Lowry looking to finish things off after that special moment he had at | :05:16. | :05:21. | |
the 16th. Shane Lowry, 75. Damage done yesterday. | :05:22. | :05:32. | |
We're finished, let's go home. This is a huge putt for Smylie. Beautiful | :05:33. | :05:50. | |
speed, beautiful effort. Back to 2-under par. Jordan Spieth faced | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
with a little knee knocker here at the 3rd. First, Danny Willett. | :05:58. | :06:05. | |
Lovely tee-shot, just hung on to the edge of that table top and takes | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
advantage. Two, for Danny Willett. Moves to 1-under par, three behind | :06:12. | :06:15. | |
Jordan Spieth. Five pars, one birdie. Great stuff. All pars so far | :06:16. | :06:26. | |
here for Jason Day. Quite the achievement if he could make par | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
now. Looks like the first bogey of the round. Quite a view players are | :06:31. | :06:36. | |
just struggling a bit, treading water, trying to keep pace with this | :06:37. | :06:39. | |
man. Let's see how he manages this one. Superb. Absolutely in the | :06:40. | :06:49. | |
middle of the hole. He did not look at the hole there, either. Can you | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
imagine arguably the best player in the world, ranked number two in the | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
world, can't even look at his ball on those three footers. Still with | :07:00. | :07:07. | |
an opportunity here, Matt Fitzpatrick. | :07:08. | :07:14. | |
Started so brightly with birdies on the second and third, but just | :07:15. | :07:22. | |
falling back a bit. Lee Westwood with a real opportunity here for | :07:23. | :07:26. | |
birdie. He will put this right on top for Danny Willett. Yes! He knew | :07:27. | :07:36. | |
it! Now only 1-over and five shots off Jordan Spieth's lead. Both these | :07:37. | :07:41. | |
players are positioned nicely. Three or four holes ahead of the leaders | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
with the ability to post a score. Jamie Donaldson playing with Matt | :07:48. | :07:51. | |
Fitzpatrick. Birdie, but the Welshman. Well, the Macclesfield | :07:52. | :08:00. | |
Welshman. In it goes. A few more putts going in now and more noise | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
around the course which is good to see, a sign of what might happen | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
later in the round. The greens of course always so difficult we sent | :08:11. | :08:11. | |
Ken out to have a look. Aren't these bunkers are fantastic | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
at this golf course. Huge expanse of sand. This is the one on the right | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
and it covers the area from 275-320. It is the way the sand, the white | :08:29. | :08:34. | |
sand and Deluxe Erie and green grass, they're so impressive, like a | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
big jigsaw piece. I've got my bones out as someone describe them last | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
year. When they built this cause there were only 22 bunkers. Let's | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
have a look, this is number eight. These are the holes all laid out in | :08:50. | :08:52. | |
order and there is that fairway bunker. There is no fairway bunker | :08:53. | :09:00. | |
on nine. 12 is a short hole, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. The next fairway bunkers | :09:01. | :09:05. | |
are on the 18th. Off the tee, Augusta particularly on the back | :09:06. | :09:09. | |
nine has got virtually no fairway bunkers. From number eight to number | :09:10. | :09:10. | |
18, there's none of them. A look at the 8th hole that Jordan | :09:11. | :09:23. | |
Spieth will be coming to. A monster par-3 at the 4th. 228 yards and the | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
pin just over that right-hand bunker. | :09:29. | :09:37. | |
Oh my goodness. He missed a few shots dangerously to the right | :09:38. | :09:45. | |
yesterday. Here yesterday he missed it to the left. His coach flew in | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
this morning to have a look at Jordan Spieth this afternoon, it is | :09:52. | :09:56. | |
first real miscue of the day. Dustin Johnson trying to salvage something | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
at the 5th, to drop just one. That's not finished. | :10:02. | :10:15. | |
An opportunity for Smiley Kaufmann now. -- Smylie Kaufman. He has | :10:16. | :10:32. | |
hoisted that way up in the air. That's going to be difficult, that's | :10:33. | :10:34. | |
all you can say about it. McIlroy on the par-5 8th. Managed to | :10:35. | :10:56. | |
stay at the bunker off the tee this time. Lovely shot. We'll come around | :10:57. | :11:03. | |
a little bit closer as well. McIlroy with an eagle chants. Paul Casey | :11:04. | :11:16. | |
after a fantastic birdie on ten. This is a dangerous pin placement on | :11:17. | :11:25. | |
the left side of the green. Super shot. Shane Lowry has given us | :11:26. | :11:34. | |
plenty of smiles over the last few days, the opening round of 68 and | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
hole-in-one at 16. I'm sure he's got a big grin on that face. | :11:40. | :11:42. | |
Wonderful moment for you 116, talk us through it. It was one of those | :11:43. | :11:51. | |
where there are about 180 yards downwind, nothing gone right for me | :11:52. | :11:56. | |
all day. It was perfect. I haven't seen it back yet. It was one of | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
those things I'll remember for the rest of my life. I had a look at it | :12:01. | :12:07. | |
coming down the sixth. It's perfect for a hole-in-one. It seriously is. | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
Good reaction as well. I look very happy there. The 16th player to have | :12:14. | :12:20. | |
a hole-in-one on 16. That's good, I'll have that picture. I'll get it | :12:21. | :12:24. | |
framed and have it in my house. There's the girl who try to give me | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
a high five and I missed her. It was good fun. Fit of an up-and-down week | :12:29. | :12:36. | |
for me, I put myself right in there with two rounds to go and nothing | :12:37. | :12:40. | |
went right for me at the weekend, a few bad decisions and breaks here | :12:41. | :12:43. | |
and there. But you know, couple of weeks off now. A good moment, enjoy | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
it at least, well done. With his short game he'll be back | :12:50. | :12:59. | |
and doing well at Augusta again. Paul Casey for his three on the | :13:00. | :13:00. | |
11th. Look at it go. Soren Kjeldsen at seven. Trying to | :13:01. | :13:23. | |
play it off the backstop. It stop for a moment. Go on! Every little | :13:24. | :13:33. | |
bit helps. Good shot. He's happy with it. He should be. | :13:34. | :13:42. | |
For the hole, Jordan Spieth, horrible hole today, not one single | :13:43. | :13:50. | |
birdie on this par-3. A parachute shot, lovely shot, it's going to run | :13:51. | :13:55. | |
on. But it was beautifully played. He's given himself a chance with his | :13:56. | :13:59. | |
putting. You wouldn't bet against him. Just about as well as he could | :14:00. | :14:01. | |
do. Casey now, back up the hill. Yeah, | :14:02. | :14:16. | |
confidently holed by Paul Casey. That's the good four there at 11. A | :14:17. | :14:25. | |
good round he's got going, two birdies, no dropped shots, Lee | :14:26. | :14:26. | |
Westwood. Of the back of that birdie on the | :14:27. | :14:41. | |
sixth. Will this go back? Don't pause there. There's life in it yet. | :14:42. | :14:56. | |
Keep going. Gathering pace. There we are, got there in the end. Thank you | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
for your efforts. Good birdie chance to come for Westwood. Danny Willett, | :15:04. | :15:14. | |
shorter shot than Westwood. Lofted club. He'll go right at this flag. | :15:15. | :15:28. | |
Oh no, that's not what you want. Stopped in the sprinkler head. That | :15:29. | :15:32. | |
was cruel. Yes, Davis. His last two holes are | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
not unpleasant. He looks pleased. The greens seem to | :15:38. | :15:56. | |
be getting faster and faster as the day goes on. This is one of those | :15:57. | :16:07. | |
putts that you really have to get the speed right. He'll lay this out | :16:08. | :16:17. | |
way to the left of the hole and try to have the ball literally stop and | :16:18. | :16:19. | |
then feed sideways down the hill towards the hole. | :16:20. | :16:33. | |
A good 50 feet away. He's not going to get there. That ball funnelled | :16:34. | :16:43. | |
towards Jordan Spieth little bit. McIlroy. Chants for eagle. -- a | :16:44. | :17:05. | |
chance for eagle. That was just about the last chance for McIlroy. | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
You need something to really get him going and attack the back nine. Time | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
running out. Could have been a free shot swing if that had gone in and | :17:17. | :17:24. | |
Jordan missed this. Four shots back now, Spieth for par. Wouldn't this | :17:25. | :17:32. | |
be something? What a putt. He continues to amaze. What a player. | :17:33. | :17:43. | |
So good on the greens. Maybe the most difficult greens in the world | :17:44. | :17:49. | |
to putt well on. But scrambling stats, 17 out of 24 times he's got | :17:50. | :17:54. | |
up and down of the green in various situations. That's remarkable. | :17:55. | :17:59. | |
Around here it's astonishing. He is relentless. McIlroy to tap in for | :18:00. | :18:10. | |
his birdie. It is four. Birdie. He moves two over. Four holes apart, it | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
could been a much bigger swing to McIlroy, but I think he's probably | :18:16. | :18:18. | |
just going to come up a little bit short. Smylie Kaufman. In that | :18:19. | :18:28. | |
moment, on a couple of holes, you saw Spieth holing his par putt, | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
Smylie Kaufman missing his McIlroy failing to make eagle. That is | :18:36. | :18:39. | |
white. He leads by three from Kjeldsen, Willett and Kaufman. | :18:40. | :18:49. | |
Dustin Johnson down the hill after a superb shot here at six. Look at how | :18:50. | :18:54. | |
fast these greens are getting. Walked that in. After four putting | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
the double bogey at five, Dustin Johnson comes back with a beautiful | :19:00. | :19:04. | |
birdie here. Difficult sixth. Paul Casey down the hill at X. -- six. | :19:05. | :19:16. | |
Sorry, 12. 152 yards today. This is the pin position everybody knows... | :19:17. | :19:26. | |
That's OK. Struck it really well, really well. Better than short. | :19:27. | :19:35. | |
Something other than the driver here for Jordan. He's tugged it. That | :19:36. | :19:43. | |
bunker is no good. It might be short of it. McIlroy, driver, on the | :19:44. | :19:53. | |
ninth. Into the trees on the left yesterday, but heading the other way | :19:54. | :19:59. | |
today. It's fine, didn't get much of a bounce down there. | :20:00. | :20:07. | |
He's playing with McIlroy, Daniel Berger. Last year's US Rookie of the | :20:08. | :20:16. | |
Year. What a good kick that was. He's got fairway. 3-wood for | :20:17. | :20:26. | |
Kaufman. The camber of the fairway feeds down to the huge bunkers. | :20:27. | :20:34. | |
Being able to stay short, choosing the right club. A two weightless, | :20:35. | :20:43. | |
Wainwright on four, left on five. He'll have to figure that out. We go | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
to Danny Willett at seven, almost no chance here. We already know how | :20:49. | :20:50. | |
fast this is. Doesn't look too shabby. Look at it | :20:51. | :21:03. | |
go on, though, wonderful effort from Danny Willett. So close to three, | :21:04. | :21:09. | |
now scrapping for his par. Need a little drop from the sprinkler head. | :21:10. | :21:17. | |
Jordan Spieth still in control, even more so, three shots clear of three | :21:18. | :21:25. | |
players. Kjeldsen, Kaufman and Willett. Once again, his putter | :21:26. | :21:30. | |
doing the business on the 4th hole, as it has all week. Treacherous | :21:31. | :21:38. | |
birdie putt down the hill for Westwood. These are huge for Lee, | :21:39. | :21:45. | |
you have to hole fees if you want to win this golf tournament. Dead | :21:46. | :21:53. | |
centre, perfect speed. And all of a sudden Westwood is just four back. | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
Bogey for par, par, par, birdie, birdie back row. | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
A shorter version of the Tiger Woods chips. Davis Love chipped in from | :22:07. | :22:16. | |
back there as well. In it goes. But a few spectacular shots on the 16th | :22:17. | :22:23. | |
today. It's always back there, the Sunday pin position, but it seems to | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
be quite hungry today, the hole on the 16th. A good run for | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
Aphibarnrat, back to over. -- two over. Right back up the hill from | :22:35. | :22:45. | |
Danny Willett. And he's got it. Quite a two putt there. And a nice | :22:46. | :22:50. | |
clean card so far. Absolutely, neat and tidy from Danny | :22:51. | :23:00. | |
Willett. It's taken him into a tie for second place, three shots off | :23:01. | :23:05. | |
the lead held by defending champion Jordan Spieth. Soren Kjeldsen making | :23:06. | :23:08. | |
a fantastic run at this, six years since his last appearance at the | :23:09. | :23:11. | |
Masters. Trying to become the highest placed Dane ever. That was | :23:12. | :23:16. | |
Thorbjorn Olesen three years back, who was tied sixth. Excellent effort | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
from the 40-year-old. Smylie Kaufman just a little ragged the last couple | :23:21. | :23:27. | |
of holes, but in a steamed company. As you seen the last couple of | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
holes, using all of his local knowledge forged over 16 years to | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
good effect, especially the last couple of holes. Matsuyama 1-over | :23:36. | :23:43. | |
today. Watson has had his troubles. Jason Day hasn't yet got going. | :23:44. | :23:52. | |
Justin Rose, 1-under today, two over for the tournament. Bernhard Langer, | :23:53. | :23:59. | |
3-over today. Still hasn't come through, but there is still time for | :24:00. | :24:01. | |
the 58-year-old. Adam Scott, looking to see him | :24:02. | :24:13. | |
finish out on the 18th. That was not good. | :24:14. | :24:26. | |
In it goes Adam Scott, 76, 72, 75, his first three rounds. He started | :24:27. | :24:34. | |
well today. Couple of bogeys on the last three holes. That in 39, | :24:35. | :24:40. | |
11-over total. Big putt for Matsuyama to remain even par. Let's | :24:41. | :24:52. | |
have another look at Danny Willett's putt, this | :24:53. | :24:59. | |
is him on the slope on the seventh. We've seen a lot of players bunched | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
up closely. Take Jordan Spieth out of the equation. He's still in | :25:04. | :25:11. | |
control of the tournament now. Quizzical looking Kaufman. Stunning | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
shot from Smylie Kaufman write down the flag. Little bit unfortunate | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
again, just toppled on a bit further. Good signs for Smylie | :25:24. | :25:34. | |
Jordan Spieth ended up short of those massive bunkers. Now he's got | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
to play a big sweeping draw. He hasn't hooked it enough. It doesn't | :25:41. | :25:49. | |
appear. All kinds of options as to how you want to play that shot. It's | :25:50. | :25:56. | |
one of the most difficult around the hole, the fifth, we saw what | :25:57. | :26:00. | |
happened to Dustin Johnson. It's a devilish imposition. The hole almost | :26:01. | :26:07. | |
has a little nose, like a peninsula. Where it all on one level, then | :26:08. | :26:11. | |
drops off all around it. Here's the aforementioned Johnson. He'll keep | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
it low there, but you need to be high into the screen. -- into this | :26:19. | :26:28. | |
green. He will send it beyond the flag and hope it comes back. | :26:29. | :26:36. | |
Kjeldsen at eight hitting a little trick shot. About all he could do | :26:37. | :26:42. | |
from there. Jason Day, we'll see if he can get | :26:43. | :26:58. | |
some height on this. Coming in from 140. Behind the pin, spin it back. | :26:59. | :27:08. | |
It will go. It will go. It must go. Don't stay there. That is... When we | :27:09. | :27:16. | |
saw Westwood's ball go all the way down, how can that stay? Kilts on. | :27:17. | :27:30. | |
To get within two. -- Kjeldsen to get within two. Almost identical to | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
Rory McIlroy's Miss here are a few moments ago in his bid for eagle. | :27:35. | :27:42. | |
That'll be par. For Soren Kjeldsen, who is now tied for second with | :27:43. | :27:50. | |
Danny Willett and Smylie Kaufman. One shot back is Lee Westwood. | :27:51. | :27:54. | |
Beyond the flag Dustin Johnson goes. He's gone further up the slope than | :27:55. | :28:02. | |
Kjeldsen. Comes back with a bit more momentum. This could be remarkable | :28:03. | :28:10. | |
from Dustin Johnson. There we are, understands the contours and battle | :28:11. | :28:14. | |
be a tap in par. Strange and beautiful place, Augusta. Matthew | :28:15. | :28:23. | |
Fitzpatrick, second shot to the par 515. This is on the extreme left | :28:24. | :28:28. | |
side of the green, very narrow back there. No bailouts here. Good shot. | :28:29. | :28:42. | |
Justin Rose. He's got it back to two over par. A good tee shot. Stay | :28:43. | :29:01. | |
there. That's going to go, is it? Is it? It hangs on for dear life. | :29:02. | :29:09. | |
Oh boy. It's never a good sign. Where is that going to end up. | :29:10. | :29:21. | |
Looking at Justin Rose, his scorecard, three birdies in the last | :29:22. | :29:29. | |
four. A great run as we go to McIlroy with this Casey like putt. | :29:30. | :29:46. | |
Never stop striving but there will come a time in his mind when he | :29:47. | :29:53. | |
knows realistically, deep down, it's not going to be. You can see Justin | :29:54. | :30:02. | |
Rose coming up alongside McIlroy now, two over. Critical shot here | :30:03. | :30:08. | |
for Casey if he wants any chance to win this golf tournament he'll have | :30:09. | :30:19. | |
to play a spectacular shot here. And that is one spectacular shot for | :30:20. | :30:26. | |
Paul Casey. An eagle opportunity. Jordan Spieth, let's see what he | :30:27. | :30:30. | |
makes of this, well below the level of the green to the right of the | :30:31. | :30:32. | |
fifth. Slow down. Slow down. He's going to | :30:33. | :30:49. | |
be tested again from 15 feet or so. Perhaps more. | :30:50. | :30:56. | |
Jason Day. Unlucky his ball didn't go down... A little imperfection | :30:57. | :31:13. | |
four feet short of the hole. Matsuyama. And welcome back, Peter | :31:14. | :31:22. | |
Alice. Thank you, the excitement rolls on. It wasn't a very good tee | :31:23. | :31:29. | |
shot for the Oriental wizard. And that may not be over yet. I'm not | :31:30. | :31:39. | |
sure I like seeing things like that, but that's the way it is, it's been | :31:40. | :31:46. | |
like that for three and a half days. Brandt Snedeker. A chance to get | :31:47. | :31:54. | |
1-over. Birdie four... People are beginning to make a move. All this | :31:55. | :32:00. | |
noise... Jordan Spieth will hear the applause and a few rules. -- and a | :32:01. | :32:10. | |
few roars. McIlroy at nine. Well done. You'll breathe a sigh of | :32:11. | :32:18. | |
relief it is nine holes out of the way. What a jump it was. This cues, | :32:19. | :32:25. | |
Mrs, holed out, good shots. Something for everyone. Danny | :32:26. | :32:32. | |
Willett, second to the par-5. Can he get home? Be good! And it is. Hopped | :32:33. | :32:40. | |
up a little bit more. Great shot from Danny Willett. Eagle putt to | :32:41. | :32:56. | |
follow. Justin Rose. At the 10th. Only two over par. He's had a very | :32:57. | :33:05. | |
adventurous three days. Beautiful putt. Players today showing what | :33:06. | :33:17. | |
they can do when conditions are more benign. Matthew Fitzpatrick eagle | :33:18. | :33:29. | |
putt on the 15th. Hit it, hit it. Birdie to come for Fitzpatrick. He | :33:30. | :33:34. | |
birdied 14 as well. He will get back to two over with this. Into the top | :33:35. | :33:37. | |
ten. Jordan Spieth. Not 1 million miles | :33:38. | :33:52. | |
away, but that is a dropped shot. Danny Willett is going to have a | :33:53. | :34:15. | |
putt to tie the lead shortly. Unpleasant miss at the 6th. Double | :34:16. | :34:16. | |
bogey for Matsuyama. Kaufman. So near. That was for | :34:17. | :34:25. | |
three, but wasn't to be. Just a little whisker untidy. | :34:26. | :34:47. | |
Thought he'd got that one, but no. He's hanging in there, 1-under par, | :34:48. | :35:06. | |
outside Pavin and Kjeldsen. -- outside Willett. | :35:07. | :35:16. | |
What a record he's had in the Majors. What a year he had last | :35:17. | :35:30. | |
year. Back to 3-under. Kjeldsen, Willett and Kaufman two shots behind | :35:31. | :35:43. | |
Westwood, three behind... Kjeldsen. 1-under par. Gave that a good clip. | :35:44. | :35:52. | |
And it's going to stop... No, it's not, unlucky. Something he had no | :35:53. | :35:59. | |
control over. Couldn't make it way all the way back, could it? It might | :36:00. | :36:06. | |
do, it's gathering a bit of speed. I fancy it will slow down. Yes, | :36:07. | :36:08. | |
hopeless putt from there. Playing alongside Danny Willett | :36:09. | :36:30. | |
here. He's had a bit of trouble on this hole. This, for his birdie. He | :36:31. | :36:45. | |
is giving this a go. OK, nice putt. Only three behind the lead. Looking | :36:46. | :36:58. | |
back up the ninth, Snedeker. Lots of shuffling and twitching of the | :36:59. | :37:04. | |
shoulders, then a quick swing. Steady. So many shots become almost | :37:05. | :37:13. | |
frightening when they go towards the green and you are praying for them | :37:14. | :37:21. | |
to stop in some cases. Because if it takes one revolution, you know it's | :37:22. | :37:30. | |
gone. Kaufman on six. Back right pin. He likes it. No, no, no. It's | :37:31. | :37:44. | |
difficult, isn't it? The actual landing area, the flat area, is only | :37:45. | :37:53. | |
3-4 yd.2. Not much at all. That is where someone like Faldo is so good | :37:54. | :37:57. | |
around this course, the precision of his iron play. Danny Willett, putt | :37:58. | :38:02. | |
on 18 to tie the lead. Not 1 million miles away and Willett | :38:03. | :38:21. | |
moves within one of Jordan Spieth. The eighth is playing fairly gently | :38:22. | :38:25. | |
today. Willett, what a tidy card that is. Birdies on six and eight, | :38:26. | :38:31. | |
moving along so well. Our leader at the 6th. | :38:32. | :38:46. | |
He fancies it. Whoa... Is not a short hitter himself, Spieth. No, | :38:47. | :39:05. | |
it's a struggle. These past three days, three and a half days, it's | :39:06. | :39:13. | |
been desperately hard work. There hasn't been a lot to enjoy this week | :39:14. | :39:20. | |
when it comes down to the golf. He does wear his heart on his sleeve, | :39:21. | :39:24. | |
Spieth, you know exactly what he's thinking. Casey for an eagle. Again, | :39:25. | :39:35. | |
very tidy round by Casey. Third birdie. No dropped shots. He is | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
1-over. Britain is very well represented in the top ten. Let's | :39:44. | :39:48. | |
look at the leaderboard. Jordan Spieth's lead is just one ahead of | :39:49. | :39:53. | |
Danny Willett. Soren Kjeldsen and two 1-under. Paul Casey as well. | :39:54. | :39:57. | |
Matt Fitzpatrick just inside the top ten. We've seen a bit of action on | :39:58. | :40:00. | |
the eighth green recently and earlier on today Ken was down there. | :40:01. | :40:06. | |
Well, I wonder where the pin is at eight today, the par-5. Ten on, five | :40:07. | :40:16. | |
from the right. I've not seen it there on the final day before. The | :40:17. | :40:20. | |
front portion of the green, the narrowest part. The front portion of | :40:21. | :40:23. | |
the green is a little upslope. It doesn't entice you to landing the | :40:24. | :40:30. | |
ball in. But this is an eagle chance. If you pitch it on this | :40:31. | :40:34. | |
chance here there is every chance it will kick round into the flag. The | :40:35. | :40:40. | |
same thing on the other side, it gathers up. If you miss on the other | :40:41. | :40:46. | |
side you are in the reasonableness, and pitch it on the other bank and | :40:47. | :40:50. | |
you have the same thing. They have put this spot where there might be | :40:51. | :40:56. | |
one or two eagles. If you are pitching in... If you are slightly | :40:57. | :40:59. | |
out, and this breeze is interesting, we are about ten left of the flag | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
and if you pitch it here, well I never. It is so difficult to get the | :41:05. | :41:09. | |
ball down in two from there. If you get it right on the eight you have | :41:10. | :41:12. | |
got two good blows and you have an eagle chance. If you get it wrong, | :41:13. | :41:20. | |
difficult to get it done in two. COMMENTATOR: A wonderful description | :41:21. | :41:26. | |
of the difficulties. So precise when it is playing the way it is, firm, | :41:27. | :41:32. | |
windy. But somebody will be happy in a few hours' time. They will be | :41:33. | :41:34. | |
jubilant. Smylie Kaufman. Played this well. Very well indeed. | :41:35. | :41:54. | |
Lovely touch from Smylie Kaufman. He has not seemed over phased by the | :41:55. | :42:03. | |
task today. Now, Snedeker and the ninth, Cross Green, long putt. | :42:04. | :42:11. | |
Stay up. This tails off. Pretty much every putt is stressful. Patrick. | :42:12. | :42:26. | |
Birdie, par, bogey in the first three rounds. Heading in the wrong | :42:27. | :42:32. | |
direction. He's gone straight at it! Sitcom he says. Lovely tee shot from | :42:33. | :42:38. | |
Fitzpatrick. Just birdied the last two holes as well, two over for the | :42:39. | :42:42. | |
tournament. The ninth, Celts in for a birdie. He has butted sideways. | :42:43. | :42:49. | |
The flag is bottom left of your screen and here it comes. It might | :42:50. | :42:56. | |
go in! No, just left. But that is a very good touch. | :42:57. | :43:02. | |
Big drive from Dustin Johnson on the eighth. Nudging and iron up there, | :43:03. | :43:13. | |
that is a massive drive! Look at this! Oh! Well, he was unlucky | :43:14. | :43:18. | |
there. If it had subcommittee would have been within two inches or even | :43:19. | :43:25. | |
in the hole. Beautiful shot. He won't have any idea how far away | :43:26. | :43:33. | |
that is or how near, but that is a wonderful result. Now, Jordan | :43:34. | :43:46. | |
Spieth. A bit of noise. Four birdies on the 6th hole in 11 rounds, Jordan | :43:47. | :43:48. | |
Spieth. It's coming, in she comes! It is! | :43:49. | :44:08. | |
There is another one! He has holed some crucial putts! Is amazing. | :44:09. | :44:20. | |
Five in 12 at this hole now. Another two at the 6th, for Jordan Spieth. | :44:21. | :44:33. | |
After the Lord Mayor 's show, Kaufman taps in for par. A great | :44:34. | :44:45. | |
par. A two shot lead now from Danny Willett. It was a short one and now | :44:46. | :44:52. | |
they go all the way back. This one stretched all the way back. A | :44:53. | :44:55. | |
totally different hole now, the seventh. This must be close to 100 | :44:56. | :45:03. | |
yards over the years. Let's see if Fitzpatrick can make his two. Yes he | :45:04. | :45:09. | |
can. Three birdies in a row from Matt Fitzpatrick. 1-over. Tied for | :45:10. | :45:19. | |
sixth with Paul Casey. McIlroy once more off line, in trouble. | :45:20. | :45:35. | |
Jason Day. As Ken was explaining, the trouble is was down on the wrong | :45:36. | :45:56. | |
side of the Mount. He's played a very good shot. 1-over at the | :45:57. | :46:00. | |
moment, no birdies on his card today. Back for his first. -- the | :46:01. | :46:13. | |
mound. Justin Rose, at the 11th. Good second shot he has played in | :46:14. | :46:22. | |
here. Sneaky putt, this one. Sneaky, sneaky, tailing off. | :46:23. | :46:28. | |
He keep leaving yourself those three, four footers on these | :46:29. | :46:40. | |
lightning fast greens. Is this the first drive of the day from Spieth? | :46:41. | :46:46. | |
If it is, it has worked well. A little coaching session this morning | :46:47. | :46:50. | |
and it appears to have worked. Nicely done. | :46:51. | :46:58. | |
Let's have a look at Casey, his second to the 14th. The pin today is | :46:59. | :47:13. | |
back right. Just about there. Felt good, he said. Looks good. A chance | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
the KC to get back to level par. -- a chance for Paul Casey to get back | :47:19. | :47:27. | |
to level par. Burstyn Hoffman. Dustin Johnson, in fact! Who is | :47:28. | :47:30. | |
Dustin Hoffman, I've heard that name before. | :47:31. | :47:35. | |
Oh! This is the most frustrating game! Frustrating game... | :47:36. | :47:44. | |
APPLAUSE But that is a magnificent birdie. An | :47:45. | :47:54. | |
outstanding bit of method acting. McIlroy come out of the bunker. | :47:55. | :48:01. | |
GROANS FROM CROWD He races it. At least one more go. | :48:02. | :48:17. | |
Kaufman can send it out there, looking a bit anxiously left. Tight, | :48:18. | :48:29. | |
but should be OK. The pin today is gettable. You lose a bit of control | :48:30. | :48:34. | |
coming out of that first cut. Danny Willett, at the 9th. He has hit it | :48:35. | :48:43. | |
way by the trees. Hoping for the best. It scuttles into the crowd. | :48:44. | :48:50. | |
Where did it go? Where's it gone? It rolled towards his feet. Jason | :48:51. | :49:02. | |
Day, for his first birdie of this final round. | :49:03. | :49:21. | |
Yes indeed! Jason Day back to level par, the world number one within | :49:22. | :49:29. | |
four of Spieth. Not too much happening on the card, but back | :49:30. | :49:36. | |
where he started, now level. He only took that putter back about half an | :49:37. | :49:41. | |
inch. Lee Westwood, going along very nicely. Playing uphill to the ninth. | :49:42. | :49:50. | |
And he has played a beauty. It's going to stick. He's not far away, | :49:51. | :49:58. | |
but that's not a putt you can have a go at. | :49:59. | :50:03. | |
Paul Casey. Glorious second shot to the 14th. | :50:04. | :50:14. | |
He could do a bit of damage if he pops this in. | :50:15. | :50:23. | |
But he doesn't. Pop it in and then a Svarsvald finish. Remember that? A | :50:24. | :50:40. | |
couple of birdies from nowhere and he won the tournament. Playing | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
nicely, Casey. Good to see. The 15th to come. He will take it | :50:46. | :50:55. | |
out on the drive. Deep in the crowd. There he is, on | :50:56. | :51:11. | |
the little top left. Chipping through the deck chairs. Before | :51:12. | :51:15. | |
that, Kjeldsen. That's a good shot from Kjeldsen. | :51:16. | :51:27. | |
Uphill putt. Danny Willett. Third shot, ninth | :51:28. | :51:53. | |
hole. Using the slope. This could be canny, or it could... It's going to | :51:54. | :52:00. | |
work. Don't stop. Don't even think about stopping. Don't even think of | :52:01. | :52:12. | |
it. It is. Ooh, left him down the side of the precipice. There is | :52:13. | :52:19. | |
Danny. He's up to 12 in the world now. He's had a view injury problems | :52:20. | :52:25. | |
with his back, but he's becoming a really world-class player and almost | :52:26. | :52:28. | |
nailed on for a Ryder Cup place later this year. We look at Jason | :52:29. | :52:33. | |
Day. Tee shot on the ninth. Not good. Get lucky. | :52:34. | :52:41. | |
Well, that was a fierce "All right", but that means they've found the | :52:42. | :52:55. | |
ball. How that was all right... You never know, he might be able to | :52:56. | :52:59. | |
squirt it through. Kaufman's second to this elevated seventh green. Will | :53:00. | :53:10. | |
that go back? Almost high enough up. That just stopped on the collar. | :53:11. | :53:19. | |
Gone straight at it, I fancy. And he... Yes. Is that going to move | :53:20. | :53:38. | |
down? It is but it's moving left. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :53:39. | :53:57. | |
I'm not sure I enjoyed this sort of golf under these conditions... This | :53:58. | :54:02. | |
is a very severe. Lee Westwood, great second shot in, plenty of | :54:03. | :54:08. | |
right-to-left on this. He's got it! Lee Westwood gets to 1-under par. | :54:09. | :54:13. | |
Three birdies in the last four holes, out in 34 and he is within | :54:14. | :54:20. | |
three. The old fire is burning. That's great. Now, Fitzpatrick. He's | :54:21. | :54:28. | |
on a great run at the moment. Good tee shot here. And he's played a | :54:29. | :54:33. | |
beautiful second. Now, Justin Rose has made his way to | :54:34. | :54:46. | |
the 12th tee. 152 today. Not quite as much wind to play havoc with | :54:47. | :54:47. | |
Mainz. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :54:48. | :55:07. | |
Ooh, that will give you palpitations. Danny Willett, at the | :55:08. | :55:15. | |
9th for his par. This would be a great putt to hole. And he has. Wow. | :55:16. | :55:24. | |
The man Ian White, the white suit. -- the man in white. When was it | :55:25. | :55:30. | |
that White became so popular to play golf in? Five years ago? Now, can it | :55:31. | :55:40. | |
be four in a row for Fitzpatrick? Given himself every opportunity. He | :55:41. | :55:49. | |
knew he had left it low. It scuttles on. Kaufman. Oh! He barely touched | :55:50. | :56:00. | |
it. It's not going to turn right, it's going to whistle past. | :56:01. | :56:06. | |
That was cruel, wasn't it, Peter? That is how close his second shot | :56:07. | :56:14. | |
was. Another three or four inches. Remember the shot Ken showed us this | :56:15. | :56:20. | |
morning when he blew the ball on the green and it went whizzing past the | :56:21. | :56:26. | |
hole. Cheltenham. It's not going to go quite. A good four. The European | :56:27. | :56:35. | |
contingent are showing up very well this week, with holes running out. | :56:36. | :56:40. | |
Which is nice to see. They haven't really been in that position for a | :56:41. | :56:46. | |
long time. There we are come immediately behind Spieth, Danny | :56:47. | :56:51. | |
Willett, Soren Kjeldsen, Lee Westwood. Then you find Fitzpatrick | :56:52. | :56:55. | |
and Paul Casey, all inside the top ten. | :56:56. | :56:58. | |
Bryson DeChambeau. Putt fought a three at the last. And he's done it! | :56:59. | :57:17. | |
Well done. Well, I wonder what the future holds for this young man. | :57:18. | :57:20. | |
Turning pro immediately, or tomorrow, I guess. We shall see. | :57:21. | :57:29. | |
Many have had an amateur career, a sparkling amateur career and gone on | :57:30. | :57:32. | |
to become first-class players of the game at the highest level. Others | :57:33. | :57:33. | |
have faded away. He will be in the Butler Cabin later | :57:34. | :57:46. | |
on as leading amateur. Romain Langasque saved his best for the | :57:47. | :57:50. | |
final day, a 68 to move up to ten is over. Bryson DeChambeau will play a | :57:51. | :57:58. | |
tournament next week as a professional. Justin Rose, birdie | :57:59. | :58:00. | |
putt. So, Jordan Spieth. He backs off | :58:01. | :58:23. | |
again. A little bit Keegan Bradley ish. He settles over it, back he | :58:24. | :58:34. | |
goes. Jim Furyk as well. Spieth. He knocks it in. Another hole | :58:35. | :58:35. | |
completed. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE | :58:36. | :58:48. | |
At is a good run. Three shots clear, eight clear of McIlroy. A better tee | :58:49. | :58:55. | |
shot today from McIlroy on the 11th. The twirl of the club. He's just | :58:56. | :59:00. | |
going after pins now and it's cost him. Into the water again a very | :59:01. | :59:06. | |
different way of getting there, but swimming once more. It's one of | :59:07. | :59:10. | |
those weeks. It's one of those weeks. Nothing. So full of hope four | :59:11. | :59:19. | |
days ago and now back to the drawing board. Just not your week. | :59:20. | :59:23. | |
He still can't quite believe it happened. You heard him say, are you | :59:24. | :59:30. | |
kidding me? Twirl, twirl. All over the flag. "I Like this"... | :59:31. | :59:34. | |
Just a couple of yards short in carry and that was enough. | :59:35. | :59:45. | |
He misses. Kaufman. Peter, isn't that like the 70 yesterday when | :59:46. | :59:53. | |
Spieth was playing with McIlroy, because he has just rolled in his | :59:54. | :59:59. | |
birdie putt and Kaufman has three putted. Dustin Johnson, second shot | :00:00. | :00:03. | |
to the ninth, level par. Not too much. Steady. Good shot. | :00:04. | :00:26. | |
Spieth. 3-wood again. Lost a couple of these out to the right short of | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
that bunker. Right of that bunker. He has birdied it everyday. And | :00:32. | :00:39. | |
think it's remarkable considering he's not the biggest of hitters by a | :00:40. | :00:44. | |
long way but he's managed to get it up there and a pitch and up at three | :00:45. | :00:46. | |
times. It's a good tee shot. This is the result of his tee shot | :00:47. | :01:01. | |
on nine. He's got a little gap, going to try and chase it on up the | :01:02. | :01:02. | |
hill. It'll just go off the green and | :01:03. | :01:22. | |
stick, I fancy. Yes. Again, a few inches left. It could have rolled | :01:23. | :01:28. | |
back, but no, still get four. Problems with the drop of Rory | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
McIlroy. Welcome back, Ken Brown. Ken commits one of those days when | :01:36. | :01:40. | |
you are a thing of puffing, wiping sweat of your brow, thinking what | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
might have been. He should have done this, I could have done that. | :01:44. | :01:48. | |
We'll leave Rory to his deliberations as we see the Ryder | :01:49. | :01:53. | |
Cup captain for American. We'll see a lot of him in the next few months | :01:54. | :01:58. | |
and we saw a lot of him today, especially at the 16th with the | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
hole-in-one. He turns 52 on Wednesday and an early present for | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
him today, let's hear from him. A moment of magic on 16, do you mind | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
talking us through? Webb Simpson was wanting to hit 8-iron. And Paul's | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
caddy was trying to talk him out of it. He came up short. I said, I can | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
get this as hard as I want. I hit the backstop. We heard the roar | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
earlier, I knew there was a chance. When I hit it, the green, a lady | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
behind the Green said, it's going to break right in. We all started | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
watching. I can't believe it, I was happy for Webb Simpson to make eagle | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
and get crisp on 13, disappointed I haven't got any. At the last minute | :02:43. | :02:46. | |
I got a piece. A wonderful moment for us to watch, thank you for | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
coming in to explain it all to us. I'm sure Davies is going to be | :02:52. | :02:55. | |
seeing quite a lot of the Englishman currently in the top ten. There | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
four. Danny Willett within three of Jordan Spieth. Lee Westwood also | :03:00. | :03:06. | |
under par. That Fitzpatrick going beautifully and Paul Casey also in a | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
tie for eighth. Seven out of the eight English men in the field made | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
the cut, a record, they are certainly putting in quite a | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
performance. Here's one of them. The... On 15. A very receptive and | :03:21. | :03:26. | |
easy position to get at with a short iron. Third shot for Casey par-5. | :03:27. | :03:39. | |
Nicely done. McIlroy picked out of the water. Fourth shot at the 11th. | :03:40. | :03:52. | |
Sweet little pitch. The best he could do is five. | :03:53. | :04:01. | |
My goodness. This is a bit of a funfair ride, this one. Over there | :04:02. | :04:13. | |
on the middle tier. It's not bad. He's got his left-hand wing:. | :04:14. | :04:23. | |
Settle. Settle. Very nice. So, so tricky. | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
What about. Beautiful shot. -- what a Altur. They're not really stopping | :04:27. | :04:51. | |
very quickly. It's all a bit of a lottery. | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
Johnson. Nicely done. It's easy to over boiled down the right inside | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
the cut. Very civilised crowds, aren't they? | :05:05. | :05:16. | |
All golf crowds are, I think they're amazing. All kept in control by a | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
bit of string down the side of the fairway. When you think some games | :05:22. | :05:26. | |
they have machine guns and barbed wire and God knows what. Police | :05:27. | :05:31. | |
dogs. Very civilised. They might be a bit grumpy some people who play | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
golf, but they are all right. Fitzpatrick plays according shot. I | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
think he our big star of the future. We've got three, four, five of them | :05:41. | :05:44. | |
at the moment. This very usable young man looks as though he might | :05:45. | :05:51. | |
be the best. -- youthful young man. That was very high tariff. | :05:52. | :05:58. | |
36. Into the back nine on Sunday. At the Masters. Westward at ten. -- | :05:59. | :06:09. | |
Westwood at ten. That was not what we wanted. Bad | :06:10. | :06:27. | |
shot. Overclocked and hooked. It flew. Jordan Spieth up over the | :06:28. | :06:42. | |
hill. At the 8th. His driving iron has a low flight, it runs like a | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
good. Can he feed it through the gap? He has, its perfection. The | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
little upslope killed it. If you're going to miss the green, that is a | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
nice spot. It shows you the changing conditions, he's not the longest of | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
hitters. A yard or two short of the green. The first time I saw this I | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
didn't think anyone had ever reached it in two. The bunker on the right | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
has been increased over the years, sneakily made bigger and bigger. The | :07:10. | :07:13. | |
contour of the hill has remained the same. They tucked the green round | :07:14. | :07:18. | |
the corner at the end of a couple of banks either side. No bunkers. So | :07:19. | :07:23. | |
it's one of those holes that's just there. It causes bother. | :07:24. | :07:31. | |
Down the hill. A shot to play with caution. That is slightly | :07:32. | :07:39. | |
overcautious. Better there than on the other side. That won't be easy. | :07:40. | :07:51. | |
It will test your nerve. 13th hole. Justin Rose. Is he having a cut at | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
it? Risky. It sounded fluffy and heavy. Perhaps he's just playing up. | :07:59. | :08:04. | |
Short of the green. No, he's not. He had a go at it. I didn't see it in | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
the shadow. Maybe in the brook, the little stream. It did hang on. Well, | :08:12. | :08:21. | |
it's a bit of good fortune. Got to bump this up the bank on it so | :08:22. | :08:25. | |
tricky. You've got to keep it low and chasing. It's a magic shocked. A | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
little unlucky but he'll take it. Wouldn't want it again. Easy to snag | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
it on the bank and scooped it off the front of the green. He's done it | :08:36. | :08:43. | |
again. This remarkable young man. I bet they ask him for an identity if | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
he goes and buys a bottle of beer at the local. He'll be certainly here | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
next year. And for a few more years to come. Well done, well played, | :08:55. | :09:02. | |
we're proud of you. 3-wood off the 10th tee. So strong. Clubface under | :09:03. | :09:11. | |
control. Smart it every time, drawing it down the hill, pins the | :09:12. | :09:19. | |
downslope in the ideal spot. -- it pains to equippings. He's got no | :09:20. | :09:31. | |
weaknesses, Jason Day. -- --it pings. | :09:32. | :09:38. | |
No. Suddenly slowed up. Look as if he had plenty of run at it, but no, | :09:39. | :09:54. | |
wasn't to be. An uncharacteristic loose iron for him, he's hit a lot | :09:55. | :10:02. | |
of wonderful irons. Johnson. Down the hill at the 10th. | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
He has long arms, hasn't he? He has. That didn't run at all. Didn't run a | :10:10. | :10:29. | |
yard. Or more than a yard. Casey at the 15th. Drops into the cup. Very | :10:30. | :10:37. | |
nice, back to even par. Into six spot. Dustin Johnson and Matt that | :10:38. | :10:47. | |
Patrick. Danny Willett with a similar putt to Westwood. | :10:48. | :10:56. | |
Left-to-right. Pace and line. That looks better. It was right... You | :10:57. | :11:07. | |
can't complain about that. So treacherous. Four is a very good | :11:08. | :11:16. | |
score. Four and three round here, you'll take home a big cheque. A | :11:17. | :11:29. | |
good break for Justin Rose. Took a gamble with his second. This is a | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
nice third. Looks like a birdie, Ken. He's such a thorough | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
professional these days. Beautiful looking player. Rory McIlroy, tee | :11:40. | :11:45. | |
shot at 12. Steady. Lots of support for Rory. | :11:46. | :12:00. | |
But it hasn't been his week. Top sporting people get that, they don't | :12:01. | :12:01. | |
know why, it just doesn't happen. Nice birdie, got a deserved lead | :12:02. | :12:14. | |
break. He's had a visit down the bank into that little stream earlier | :12:15. | :12:18. | |
in the week. 1-over, tiptoeing up the leaderboard. Soren Kjeldsen. | :12:19. | :12:26. | |
Here's a he wouldn't fancy. -- here is a shot you wouldn't fancy. | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
Magnificent. Steady. Has he? He's done very well. That was a | :12:32. | :12:37. | |
frighteningly difficult shot. Big old footballers watching this | :12:38. | :12:52. | |
week, Alan Shearer is here, Alex Ferguson. I think you should | :12:53. | :12:56. | |
organise a competition on haircuts, the haircut of the top pros against | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
the haircut of the Premier division. Premier division haircuts are a | :13:02. | :13:05. | |
joke, aren't they? Probably cost hundreds of pounds. My local | :13:06. | :13:11. | |
headrest could do about 50 of those and hour. Up the sides, short back | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
and sides. Let's see a bit of magic. No. Not this week, Josephine. Been | :13:19. | :13:28. | |
different each day, some days he hasn't got the pace and he's not | :13:29. | :13:32. | |
quite seeing the lines. It's been a frustrating week on the greens for | :13:33. | :13:35. | |
Rory. It came with such high expectations, so many people are | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
writing about the hype, winning this. Sport isn't like that, really. | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
Jason Day at ten after a nice T-shirt. -- tee shot. He has work to | :13:45. | :13:55. | |
do if to catch Spieth. He doesn't like it. Left. Down there, yes. | :13:56. | :14:10. | |
That's not fair. It seemed to move up the hill. | :14:11. | :14:20. | |
Irish Open champion last year. Casey. At the 16th. We seen a couple | :14:21. | :14:34. | |
of ones here today. He likes this one, too, by the look of it. He | :14:35. | :14:35. | |
doesn't now. Straight in the sand. 180 yards. A nudge of the seven or | :14:36. | :14:52. | |
even eight for him. He is so powerful. Coming in from the right. | :14:53. | :15:05. | |
Golden shot. He could dump a basketball. It takes a bit of doing. | :15:06. | :15:11. | |
It does, with both your feet on the floor. We can dunk a biscuit. That's | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
about the best we can do. Where is this one? He's whistled this one | :15:19. | :15:26. | |
through the back, old Smylie He's played some good chip and run | :15:27. | :15:32. | |
today. It's galloping on. I thought it would be within 3-4 feet. Spieth | :15:33. | :15:43. | |
in such a good spot, such a good chip. Willett at the 11th. Very well | :15:44. | :15:57. | |
indeed. Quick rhythm. And that's a perfect drive. Lovely position. | :15:58. | :16:11. | |
Casey is going to have to use the slope beyond the pin. A little bit | :16:12. | :16:25. | |
of Lady luck... Is he far enough up? He couldn't, could he? Tell you | :16:26. | :16:29. | |
what, it's got a chance. High quality. There's something about the | :16:30. | :16:36. | |
back nine on Sunday here, things happen. A lot of it is to do with | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
where they put the flags. You've got to fancy this one, Peter. I think he | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
might nip this in. It's so inviting up the hill, nice lie. A little stab | :16:48. | :16:57. | |
there. Interesting to look at all the stats, they've got statistics | :16:58. | :17:02. | |
here for everything. After day one he was, overall, 71st. Dave two he | :17:03. | :17:11. | |
was back to 34. Yesterday, 53. He's leading all the way through the | :17:12. | :17:15. | |
tournament, never been near the top of the lead on anything except | :17:16. | :17:16. | |
putting. Drifting right, Lee Westwood, at 11. | :17:17. | :17:34. | |
He needs a bit of luck. I'm not sure he's got it. Hard to tell from that | :17:35. | :17:42. | |
angle. Currently Spieth by three from Danny Willett and Dustin | :17:43. | :17:46. | |
Johnson, the only three players under par. Spieth has an excellent | :17:47. | :17:49. | |
chance of making birdie at number eight. This is where Jason Day's | :17:50. | :17:57. | |
ball finished, down the hill. He's got plenty of room to miss the tree. | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
If he gets this within seven or eight feet, he'll have done | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
brilliantly. He pitches on the green, does he flop it up short? He | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
goes for the high one. It's a way, look at it, scuffles by. | :18:14. | :18:18. | |
Very chilly first thing this morning but it's warmed up as the day has | :18:19. | :18:41. | |
gone by, it's quite pleasant. This, to extend his lead. He looks at the | :18:42. | :18:51. | |
hole as he putts, it's amazing. Well done, beautifully played, good | :18:52. | :18:55. | |
drive, nice iron to the front of the green giving himself the Saint list | :18:56. | :18:58. | |
of chips. That is how you steady the ship. -- the simplest of chips. It's | :18:59. | :19:04. | |
impressive, but it's not impressive to watch, know what I mean? It's not | :19:05. | :19:10. | |
thundering drives. He makes fluffy little minor clock ups here there | :19:11. | :19:13. | |
and everywhere. Every time he plays a good shot, holes putt, it's not | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
magical to watch, it's like listening to Willie Nelson thing, he | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
can't sing at all and he still makes records. -- Willie Nelson sing. | :19:24. | :19:39. | |
A couple over on his round today, back to even par. Three bogeys, been | :19:40. | :19:49. | |
a bit unlucky. After that great result from the bunker. Casey for | :19:50. | :19:58. | |
history at 16. -- for his free. Yes, well done, good escape. | :19:59. | :20:07. | |
Looks like he's got a swing. It must be touch and go. Water to the left | :20:08. | :20:17. | |
of the green, he'll have to aim it a little left and cut it off. Doesn't | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
want to be too ambitious. He's been fortunate... It about 6-iron. Second | :20:24. | :20:29. | |
to the 11. Miles in the air. Wonderful shot, | :20:30. | :20:47. | |
not taking any risks, he absolutely picked it off. Those pine needles, | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
so easy to slip, to miss it. The knife hole, the leader. Plotting his | :20:53. | :20:57. | |
way around. -- the ninth hole. No great danger down there. He's all | :20:58. | :21:22. | |
right. Thought he was a bit tight down the left. The trees may be in | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
his view but they won't interfere with the shot. A huge drive up the | :21:29. | :21:40. | |
13th. Had a bit of luck... Probably seven 8-iron. No. Rory has had no | :21:41. | :21:51. | |
brakes at all. Jason Day for par at ten. | :21:52. | :21:56. | |
Here she comes. Dear me. Couldn't get it any closer. Without it's | :21:57. | :22:10. | |
dropping. It's a shot gone. Off a perfect tee shot. | :22:11. | :22:18. | |
12. Kjeldsen. Playing 152 yards today. 9-iron, a big 9-iron. Right | :22:19. | :22:37. | |
over the flag. Bit of helping him. -- bit of breeze helping him. His | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
family with him, all smiling. Willett. Has he got the courage, the | :22:43. | :22:53. | |
skill, the nerve? He has. Steady now, steady. That's a great shot, | :22:54. | :23:01. | |
great result. Very good chance for a birdie. Haven't been many of those | :23:02. | :23:08. | |
here at the 11th today. Dustin Johnson. The closest we've seen for | :23:09. | :23:19. | |
a birdie at the 10th. Been three birdies at ten, one at 11 and two at | :23:20. | :23:21. | |
12. Only two at the 18th yesterday, it's | :23:22. | :23:33. | |
hard work. Johnson taps in. It was a good four, beautiful drive. Tipped | :23:34. | :23:41. | |
around the hole. Same school as a scruffy four. -- it's the same score | :23:42. | :23:51. | |
as a scruffy four. Kjeldsen, nothing in this, virtually dead straight and | :23:52. | :23:55. | |
he booms it in as you'd expect. Well done, Soren. | :23:56. | :24:08. | |
Matt Kuchar trying at Tiger. It looks rather good. It's looking very | :24:09. | :24:15. | |
good. "Every Macro" They are crying. | :24:16. | :24:32. | |
STUDIO: Plenty to celebrate. Gretchen macro "?Kuch. | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
Superb from this young man, he began the day in a tie for 23 and | :24:40. | :24:47. | |
currently tied fourth. Looks like he's in himself an invitation back | :24:48. | :24:50. | |
here next year. Let's hear from Matthew. 67 on the final day of the | :24:51. | :24:57. | |
Masters, what was the key? Just flushed it, absolutely flushed it | :24:58. | :25:04. | |
tee to green. Hit some great irons. Obviously you have to hole the | :25:05. | :25:07. | |
putts, but gave myself a lot of chances. It sounds terrible but it | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
really could have been better. When you think about how the week | :25:13. | :25:15. | |
progressed, what have you gathered from this week that you could help | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
put into practice in future? I think just my performance, we picked up | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
something on 17 that we would pick up next time we come. Maybe little | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
things like that, breaks you don't quite see this time. It all goes | :25:31. | :25:35. | |
down in the book. When you first came here you made lots of notes, | :25:36. | :25:42. | |
Nick Faldo noted you made an note on 18. Look forward to seeing you back | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
in 12 months' time. Perfect, thank you. | :25:47. | :25:51. | |
I wonder if Matty Fitzpatrick has ever had to buy a razor blade. To be | :25:52. | :26:02. | |
so good at that tender age. That was a brilliant par. Found the trees off | :26:03. | :26:03. | |
the tee. Our leader is 6-under. Danny Willett | :26:04. | :26:20. | |
has this to get within three. It's makeable. Up the hill. Not that | :26:21. | :26:22. | |
quick. This is what you hope for when you | :26:23. | :26:33. | |
come to the Masters. Do at least have a chance. This'll be almost | :26:34. | :26:35. | |
impossible to leave short. A couple of miscues. Two balls in | :26:36. | :26:58. | |
the water at 11. You will always look back on what might have been. | :26:59. | :27:01. | |
In his quest to secure his legacy. 13th, trying to work a little free | :27:02. | :27:19. | |
wood around the corner. -- 3-wood. Marvellous shot. A flat drawer, | :27:20. | :27:22. | |
tight line down the left side, shortens the hole. He's a cut of the | :27:23. | :27:32. | |
ball generally, easy to turn it around the dogleg. In a macro | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
beautiful shot. A really good look at the 9th green. Let's have a | :27:37. | :27:40. | |
listen to Spieth. Write down the middle, but it's a | :27:41. | :28:03. | |
very risky angle. -- right down the middle. | :28:04. | :28:09. | |
Very risky angle to go directly at the flag. | :28:10. | :28:27. | |
You cannot come up short here. I think the caddy was trying to her on | :28:28. | :28:45. | |
the long side. Jordan has just squished this. -- he has two err. | :28:46. | :28:59. | |
Nailed it. And he's right. Player knows best. Come on down the hill. A | :29:00. | :29:03. | |
traffic shot. -- it is a terrific shot. Pretty | :29:04. | :29:13. | |
brave to get it pin hi, not safety long. He said it was a good call. | :29:14. | :29:19. | |
Sometimes the caddy gets all the wrap and never any of the love. | :29:20. | :29:29. | |
Can you remember creamy Caroline who used to caddy for Arnie in the early | :29:30. | :29:38. | |
days customer I certainly do. Par at ten and 11. At the 12th. No, no... | :29:39. | :29:52. | |
Right on the edge there. That would have ended his chances. Now still | :29:53. | :29:54. | |
very much alive. What a marvellous par-3, playing 152 | :29:55. | :30:07. | |
yards. Over ways Creek. Shallow green. -- Rae's Creek. 89 iron or so | :30:08. | :30:19. | |
today. It teases you with club selection because the wind tends to | :30:20. | :30:21. | |
swirl. That's a good shot from Lee. Setting | :30:22. | :30:46. | |
an even par, six shots behind Jordan Spieth. Dustin Johnson. This will be | :30:47. | :30:54. | |
a bonds away. Go right. Go way right! | :30:55. | :30:56. | |
Is trying to skirt the pine trees. That is... Just got to get lucky in | :30:57. | :31:02. | |
there. 505 yards. The fairway used to be | :31:03. | :31:18. | |
much wider on the right and then these pines were planted. Water on | :31:19. | :31:25. | |
the left and bailing out to the right. That is the way to do it if | :31:26. | :31:30. | |
you're going to do it. A treacherous par-4. Only one birdie on that hole | :31:31. | :31:33. | |
today. Jason Day, at 11. Second shot. Yes. | :31:34. | :31:49. | |
That's really all you can do from back there. | :31:50. | :31:55. | |
This is well worth seeing again. We might see a view more interesting | :31:56. | :32:08. | |
shots. -- a few more. From this point... They cheered just rings | :32:09. | :32:14. | |
round Augusta whenever something special has happened. Three birdies | :32:15. | :32:22. | |
in four holes. It sounds like they're booing, doesn't it? But they | :32:23. | :32:32. | |
are going "Kuch!" Remember at the US Open, with his dad announcing? | :32:33. | :32:37. | |
Kjeldsen hit that enormous tee shot there on 13 around the corner, but | :32:38. | :32:44. | |
he hit it so far it hugged the left fairway, he got hooked and he was | :32:45. | :32:51. | |
forced to lay up there. At least he had a swing. Looking to go down the | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
hill. Settle. Settle, OK... All right. Very powerful physique. But | :32:58. | :33:10. | |
he's had a bit of luck, Danny Willett. Sometimes you need it. | :33:11. | :33:19. | |
World ranked number 12, Danny, these days. He's a really highly regarded | :33:20. | :33:34. | |
player. A very makeable chance here for Jordan Spieth. Up the hill, | :33:35. | :33:43. | |
and... Got it! He's got a stranglehold on this golf tournament | :33:44. | :33:49. | |
at the moment. That is a five shot lead! Heading into the back nine at | :33:50. | :33:55. | |
Augusta. Four birdies in a row for Jordan Spieth. Danny Willett is | :33:56. | :34:00. | |
going to have to make some decisions now. How aggressive will Danny | :34:01. | :34:07. | |
Willett be on 13? He has still got a little tickler on 12 for par. Louis | :34:08. | :34:15. | |
Oosthuizen, King of the swingers. Oh! No! Go on, go on! Ridiculous! | :34:16. | :34:36. | |
Have you ever seen anything like that? Never in my life! | :34:37. | :34:45. | |
CHEERING Jamie has replaced his ball but | :34:46. | :34:56. | |
Louis's counts, it is a one! Well, can you Adam and Eve it? It was | :34:57. | :34:58. | |
amazing. A little acknowledgement from the | :34:59. | :35:20. | |
fellow behind. I imagine we will see this for years and years and years. | :35:21. | :35:26. | |
I've never seen anything like this. It's like playing billiards! | :35:27. | :35:33. | |
CHEERING Look at the lady in pink, I think | :35:34. | :35:36. | |
she likes it even more than he does! What a lovely moment. That is what | :35:37. | :35:45. | |
makes the Masters so special. Here is Justin Rose. Going for it here on | :35:46. | :35:54. | |
15. The hole is cut all the way in the back right corner of the green. | :35:55. | :36:05. | |
That is a safe place to be. Not that difficult a bunker shot. | :36:06. | :36:13. | |
Paul Casey. Lovely, lovely putt. He has played some really competent | :36:14. | :36:27. | |
golf this week. He doesn't have to make the Ryder Cup team, of course | :36:28. | :36:33. | |
he can't play, which is very disappointing, as he hasn't taken | :36:34. | :36:41. | |
his card on the European Tour. Lee Westwood, for his birdie at 12. Time | :36:42. | :36:52. | |
running out for Lee. Jordan has got his foot on the gas and doesn't seem | :36:53. | :36:53. | |
to be letting up. Now, the nemesis tee shot for Jordan | :36:54. | :36:58. | |
Spieth, the 10th hole. He's leaning like he's lost it a | :36:59. | :37:19. | |
little right. He went with a 3-wood. Yeah, stay on the fairway. Well, | :37:20. | :37:25. | |
he's a long, long way. When you hit it down the right side, you don't | :37:26. | :37:33. | |
take advantage of that big slope. A critical putt for Danny Willett here | :37:34. | :37:39. | |
at 12. He is a delightful putter. He's worked on it. When he first | :37:40. | :37:43. | |
came on the Tour he was a steady, good, decent butter, but now he is | :37:44. | :37:47. | |
top class. The 13th to come, the par-5. The end of Amen Corner. | :37:48. | :37:58. | |
Hideki has stumbled a bit today. This for birdie. There we go! Four | :37:59. | :38:07. | |
bogeys, three birdies today for Matsuyama. | :38:08. | :38:13. | |
Playing up the slope here, with tilt on the green from right to left. | :38:14. | :38:36. | |
Kjeldsen. He needs a good one. That's not going to come back much. | :38:37. | :38:54. | |
Go on. OK. That's a really good chance. | :38:55. | :39:01. | |
STUDIO Jordan Spieth going for back-to-back | :39:02. | :39:06. | |
titles here. Wire to wire titles as well. He has made a decisive move | :39:07. | :39:12. | |
over the last few holes. A reminder of the nature of that from the | :39:13. | :39:15. | |
defending champion. He made a bogey at the 5th but his response was | :39:16. | :39:21. | |
immediate and decisive. This was at the 6th. His parting touch so | :39:22. | :39:28. | |
commanding on these greens. Curling putt, absolutely no doubt about | :39:29. | :39:33. | |
where that was going. 15 feet, in the birdie. His second, to the | :39:34. | :39:41. | |
seventh, now. Spins back. A little bit of knowledge here, again. That | :39:42. | :39:46. | |
would yield back-to-back birdies to go three clear of the field. Now, | :39:47. | :39:57. | |
with a long par-5 8th. Chipping up here, well within putt no space able | :39:58. | :40:05. | |
range. Such a tricky putt, downhill, four | :40:06. | :40:19. | |
in a row, and a five shot lead for space will stop the others are | :40:20. | :40:22. | |
really going to have to chase it now. Kjeldsen running out of holes. | :40:23. | :40:27. | |
Dustin Johnson will have to make his move very quickly as well. Matthew | :40:28. | :40:31. | |
Fitzpatrick, the leader in the clubhouse. Lovely, Hazel. | :40:32. | :40:45. | |
You often see people over-borrow that one. You think it's going to | :40:46. | :40:52. | |
turn left towards a little stream and it just doesn't earn as much as | :40:53. | :41:00. | |
you think. -- doesn't turn. Justin Rose. Makeable bunker shot, this, | :41:01. | :41:07. | |
for eagle, if he can hole it. Just like a putt. Good effort. Steady | :41:08. | :41:12. | |
now. All of a sudden it is eight feet past. | :41:13. | :41:20. | |
That tall shadow across the 11th green. He has nudged his par in. | :41:21. | :41:40. | |
Interesting week for Justin. He has played some good, tidy golf, after a | :41:41. | :41:48. | |
slightly slow start to the week. He's been up and down, Justin, after | :41:49. | :41:56. | |
a slow start. He has. We will be hearing more of this young man. | :41:57. | :42:03. | |
We're sure to be seeing a lot more of the 22-year-old physics graduate | :42:04. | :42:06. | |
with his scientific approach to the game. That 70 to level par round is | :42:07. | :42:12. | |
his last as an amateur. Bryson, give us your thoughts on being the | :42:13. | :42:15. | |
leading amateur at this year's masters. Couldn't be better. It's an | :42:16. | :42:21. | |
incredible honour and one that I was hopefully looking forward to having | :42:22. | :42:26. | |
and now it's here. What do you do from here now? What are the lessons | :42:27. | :42:31. | |
you've learned here at Augusta? Rest. That is honestly one thing. I | :42:32. | :42:35. | |
was tired out there today. It certainly showed on a few shots. Ten | :42:36. | :42:41. | |
and 11, 13. Second shot in on 13 wasn't very good, because I got a | :42:42. | :42:45. | |
little lazy and ultimately because I was a little tired. If I can plan | :42:46. | :42:51. | |
out my week a little bit better and control that aspect of it, I think I | :42:52. | :42:56. | |
will be well rested and ready to go over the weekend. Unfortunately I | :42:57. | :42:59. | |
didn't play the way I wanted to yesterday. Today was a fine score. I | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
could have done a lot better but that is everybody out there, it's a | :43:04. | :43:07. | |
tough course and that is Augusta National. You have a lock to be | :43:08. | :43:11. | |
proud of, well done. Thank you very much, appreciate it. | :43:12. | :43:16. | |
COMMENTATOR: He is certainly a star of the future. That is a long ways | :43:17. | :43:23. | |
back. I think right is better than left if you're going to miss the | :43:24. | :43:28. | |
green. Blasted this. Just don't like! | :43:29. | :43:32. | |
-- just don't plug! Well, it's a fast one. It's not plugged, good | :43:33. | :43:47. | |
lie. This is what faces Jason Day, the flag on the right-hand side, not | :43:48. | :43:49. | |
much wind movement on it. APPLAUSE | :43:50. | :43:59. | |
Is taking that line, if you come up short you go in the front bunker. If | :44:00. | :44:04. | |
it hits the bank, it will tiptoe back into the water. This is a | :44:05. | :44:08. | |
critical shot for Danny Willett. You don't have to go at the flag, get it | :44:09. | :44:15. | |
somewhere on the green. The flag is protected by a Rae's Creek here. He | :44:16. | :44:20. | |
is screwing his face up like he has pulled it just a hair, but he is on | :44:21. | :44:25. | |
the green. That's a good shot. Difficult putt but that's OK. That's | :44:26. | :44:31. | |
for eagle. Danny Willett has to be smart here. Over to 16 and Justin | :44:32. | :44:33. | |
Rose. Sweet strike. He's aiming a little | :44:34. | :44:50. | |
bit right of the flag. That is turning but I don't think it has | :44:51. | :44:57. | |
gone that close to the flag. Certainly got their money 's worth | :44:58. | :44:58. | |
today at 16! The folks at the back of the | :44:59. | :45:09. | |
clubhouse, getting their photos taken. There's how it all looks. | :45:10. | :45:15. | |
Jordan Spieth has a commanding lead, if you can have a commanding lead | :45:16. | :45:20. | |
into the back nine at Augusta. Dustin Johnson 1-under and a great | :45:21. | :45:22. | |
swathe of players at even par. Now, Rory. He can see the flag on | :45:23. | :45:35. | |
the right side of the green, just left of the TV tower. He will try | :45:36. | :45:38. | |
and get a high cut in there. 5-iron miles in the air but still | :45:39. | :45:44. | |
managed to skip forward. Now, the challenge is that he's | :45:45. | :46:21. | |
going to have to chase it a little. They all release are and this is a | :46:22. | :46:26. | |
big shot now. Spieth needs to get up and down for par. That's not going | :46:27. | :46:36. | |
to get there. You could 3-putt from there! You can get a little frisky | :46:37. | :46:39. | |
on there. Johnson should have learnt a bit | :46:40. | :46:48. | |
from his playing partner. There's not much break in it. It's the | :46:49. | :46:50. | |
flattest green on the course. Second shot of Paul Casey. Paul is | :46:51. | :47:13. | |
just over that big marker on ten, four in from the left. That's a real | :47:14. | :47:22. | |
beauty. And there is another sign of things to come. The leaders get here | :47:23. | :47:27. | |
in an hour or so. Bernhard Langer. He has played it | :47:28. | :47:48. | |
pretty darn well. That is an excellent, excellent effort. Four | :47:49. | :48:01. | |
birdies, no bogeys for Bernhard. Paul Casey, at the 18th. Wonderful, | :48:02. | :48:09. | |
wonderful effort from Paul Casey. Out in 34. Back in 33. 1-under par | :48:10. | :48:17. | |
and currently in third spot. Terrific. Well, you need to be | :48:18. | :48:26. | |
sensible here, try to get the speed right. Very tough the judge, almost | :48:27. | :48:30. | |
impossible to leave short once it gets the speed going. Downhill. If | :48:31. | :48:43. | |
this goes in... Settle. Well, a little bit left. Not bad, though. | :48:44. | :48:45. | |
Sweaty palmed time. He looks very comfortable to me | :48:46. | :48:59. | |
right now. He is far enough out in front that he can post a score and | :49:00. | :49:04. | |
put it all on Spieth. Spieth looks to be in total control, although | :49:05. | :49:12. | |
this putt for par. He can't, can he? If he takes a dart at it he could | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
knock it a yard by. His parting has been just... | :49:18. | :49:21. | |
Well. That five shot lead could be cut to three here. | :49:22. | :49:44. | |
A bit of movement from his left foot Justin Rose at the 16th. Yes. | :49:45. | :49:55. | |
He's closing out the tournament in fine style, Justin Rose. Westwood | :49:56. | :50:08. | |
for eagle, and this would go a long way towards his chances, with Spieth | :50:09. | :50:13. | |
making bogey. He would get within four shots. Go on, keep turning. | :50:14. | :50:26. | |
Doesn't quite turn as much as you think, coming down the slope. But a | :50:27. | :50:29. | |
nice silky touch. Anywhere but short, here. Kjeldsen's | :50:30. | :50:50. | |
second, at 14. Oh yes. That just doesn't seem right! | :50:51. | :51:05. | |
Danny Willett has to make the most of the two par-5s, the 13th and the | :51:06. | :51:16. | |
15th. This is for his birdie at the 13th. Just aiming a little bit right | :51:17. | :51:21. | |
of centre. Lovely rhythm to his stroke. The arms and the putter | :51:22. | :51:23. | |
shaft work as a unit. Sweetly done. Take a little bit of a chance with | :51:24. | :51:33. | |
his second shot and reaps the benefits. | :51:34. | :51:44. | |
Well, five shots down to three now, assuming he can make this. Ooh! He's | :51:45. | :51:56. | |
got it. He pulled it a little bit. Jordan Spieth, a bogey at ten to | :51:57. | :52:01. | |
start the final nine here at the Masters. | :52:02. | :52:04. | |
STUDIO Not far behind, Paul Casey. He | :52:05. | :52:08. | |
betters his opening round of 69 with a 67, the second round of 67 from an | :52:09. | :52:14. | |
Englishman we have seen today, very encouraging indeed. Paul now with | :52:15. | :52:19. | |
Rishi. Paul, wonderful round of golf today. | :52:20. | :52:26. | |
How much of that was down to the conditions and how much was you? It | :52:27. | :52:30. | |
was all me! CHUCKLES | :52:31. | :52:36. | |
It is all still very difficult out there. The last three days have been | :52:37. | :52:44. | |
absolutely brutal. We've seen quite a view tough pin positions. I was | :52:45. | :52:48. | |
hearing some roars from the crowd, I'm issuing that have been some | :52:49. | :52:52. | |
holes in one. 16 has been popular. You tied sixth last year and your | :52:53. | :52:59. | |
top ten again this year. Was it a case of absence makes the heart grow | :53:00. | :53:04. | |
fonder? It certainly does. It's a place I fell in love with on TV | :53:05. | :53:08. | |
before I even stepped foot on the grounds here. My first Masters in | :53:09. | :53:13. | |
2004, I was paired in the final group with Langer and I had a great | :53:14. | :53:17. | |
view of what the Chris Hill and Ernie were doing behind us. -- what | :53:18. | :53:25. | |
Phil and Ernie were doing behind us. Great place, I absolutely loved it. | :53:26. | :53:29. | |
This was very much a case of, I would love to win a green jacket, | :53:30. | :53:33. | |
and I take this year very seriously. Just an indication of how this | :53:34. | :53:36. | |
tournament might finish, with the way Jordan is playing out in front. | :53:37. | :53:40. | |
How difficult will it be for him coming home? I think we know it, | :53:41. | :53:44. | |
don't we? You looks like he's cruising! He's got the perfect game | :53:45. | :53:51. | |
for this place. The parting stroke -- the putting stroke is incredible. | :53:52. | :53:55. | |
Danny is putting in a rate charge right now. There are certainly some | :53:56. | :54:01. | |
opportunities, as Danny moves to 14, three in a row there, 14, 15, 16. | :54:02. | :54:06. | |
You never know. We saw what Jordan did on the final hole yesterday. | :54:07. | :54:10. | |
Paul Casey summed it up, the first three days were brutal. Although the | :54:11. | :54:17. | |
holes are still a bit more generous today, they are still very | :54:18. | :54:19. | |
difficult. A lot can happen. Oh! He's still fighting that shot to | :54:20. | :54:31. | |
the right. He will still have a swing, though, it appears. He is | :54:32. | :54:40. | |
just struggling with that driver a little, isn't he? Generally they | :54:41. | :54:44. | |
have gone to the right, as we join Danny Willett on the 14th tea. Only | :54:45. | :54:49. | |
the 12 major Championship he has played in but he looks like a | :54:50. | :54:52. | |
veteran, the way he's playing. Very comfortable. | :54:53. | :54:58. | |
McIlroy at 15, a little eagle chip. Just didn't hold. Will it? Ooh. | :54:59. | :55:18. | |
Ken, this putt always brakes hard left than you would think. It has | :55:19. | :55:32. | |
caught him as well. The green is looking rather parched and dry and | :55:33. | :55:38. | |
shiny. McIlroy did make his birdie. He is on the 16th. 181 yards. Three | :55:39. | :55:52. | |
holes in one on it today. Davis Love III commission aimed Larry and Louis | :55:53. | :55:59. | |
Oosthuizen have all made a hole-in-one. Barely a ripple on the | :56:00. | :56:02. | |
pond today. The wind has just died off. | :56:03. | :56:15. | |
Oh! Little too hi trajectory. It just needed a little skid. Glorious | :56:16. | :56:33. | |
strike. A joy to watch. Now Jason Day looks like he's going | :56:34. | :56:59. | |
to take a crack at it. Only 193 yards, after a good tee shot here. | :57:00. | :57:07. | |
Ooh. Where is that going? It's over... That is tough! You said that | :57:08. | :57:18. | |
with meaning, Paul. That is really a hard shot! He's asking it to go. It | :57:19. | :57:31. | |
does and it lands softly as well. This fellow is bound to win a major | :57:32. | :57:34. | |
Championship. Just got too much game. If he can just dig deep and | :57:35. | :57:42. | |
make one of those mid range putts, Dustin Johnson could put a real | :57:43. | :57:43. | |
scare onto the leader. Can just about get the range to the | :57:44. | :58:02. | |
green, but not easy to that' flag. Not the greatest lie for Lee | :58:03. | :58:05. | |
Westwood. Kick right. Kick right! That's it, | :58:06. | :58:17. | |
that's it. Oh my goodness. That is in position ZZ minus. | :58:18. | :58:28. | |
Well now. Jordan. Forced to chip out here at the 11th and all of a | :58:29. | :58:39. | |
sudden, a bogey on ten and in trouble on 11th. | :58:40. | :58:48. | |
Got to hit sort of the left edge of the TV tower, if he can. It is going | :58:49. | :59:00. | |
to skid a little. He's got that look in his eye, Ken! | :59:01. | :59:05. | |
The English are doing well today, no doubt about it. He's got to try and | :59:06. | :59:12. | |
play some kind of a little trick shot here. A little floppy... He's | :59:13. | :59:19. | |
making it look easy. Gathering pace, settle. That's the best you can hope | :59:20. | :59:28. | |
for, I feel. Been working so hard on his short game in the off-season, | :59:29. | :59:30. | |
his chipping and his putting. Dustin Johnson, you're right, Ken. | :59:31. | :59:47. | |
You feel like Dustin will have Majors in his future, but he's got | :59:48. | :59:54. | |
to hole some critical putts. He's got one coming up. Justin Rose, | :59:55. | :00:02. | |
second shot, critical, at 17. A little double-cross, there. You | :00:03. | :00:07. | |
could hear him groaning as soon as he hit it! What a putt that will be. | :00:08. | :00:17. | |
The patrons are going quiet. But they are ready to cheer. | :00:18. | :00:46. | |
There are moments in a golf tournament like this that are | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
critical moments, and once you look back on. He's got to be brave. | :00:52. | :00:57. | |
Whatever you do, don't leave this short, give it a go. Oh my goodness, | :00:58. | :01:06. | |
he has left it short. A good start to his back nine but | :01:07. | :01:29. | |
that was a massive opportunity. He's put Spieth in trouble. He doesn't | :01:30. | :01:30. | |
know that. Middle of the green. I don't think | :01:31. | :02:10. | |
so. Right at it. Wow! He's hanging in there, he's hanging in there. | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
Andrew Cotter back in the box. A good run of English people doing | :02:16. | :02:19. | |
well. Certainly are, five of the top eight at the moment. Lee Westwood. | :02:20. | :02:30. | |
This is so, so difficult. Through the Kolarov there. You can hear the | :02:31. | :02:39. | |
roar coming from the 11. -- through the collar. A glorious touch from | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
Lee Westwood. Just about as good as it gets. McIlroy blasted his birdie | :02:47. | :02:51. | |
effort. A big moment for Danny Willett. | :02:52. | :03:09. | |
Playing alongside Westwood. He'll settle himself again. He doesn't | :03:10. | :03:16. | |
know what else is going on. At the moment, to get within two of Spieth. | :03:17. | :03:27. | |
He's doing all he can, Danny Willett, pushing Spieth hardest of | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
all. The other players in the field move 4-under with back-to-back | :03:35. | :03:48. | |
birdies. Two behind. What an effort. Back to 16, the trials of Rory | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
McIlroy. He started ten feet away for birdie, now he has ten feet for | :03:54. | :04:02. | |
bogey. The disappointing week. Just a few too many miscues. | :04:03. | :04:14. | |
Kjeldsen, his third to the 15th. It's hard when you lay up here, you | :04:15. | :04:22. | |
invariably get a slightly hanging like a bit of a downslope. Should be | :04:23. | :04:28. | |
hard, but Kjeldsen is a wonderful wedge player as well. That is to go | :04:29. | :04:30. | |
2-under. Jason Day for birdie. All the way across the 17th, Justin | :04:31. | :04:52. | |
Rose. He'll get to the edge of the slope. | :04:53. | :05:10. | |
So difficult. Rose in bother at the penultimate hole. | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
If he holes for birdie, a chance to tie with Paul Casey as clubhouse | :05:18. | :05:23. | |
leader. He's got it, finishing 1-under par. Four way tie for fourth | :05:24. | :05:32. | |
at the moment. Once more to the well he goes. With this magical stick. | :05:33. | :05:40. | |
Tendency is to think this putt will move to the right. It's virtually | :05:41. | :06:01. | |
dead straight up the hill. It actually went a little left, even. | :06:02. | :06:11. | |
Goodness. That's the way he saw it. He slightly misread it. And Jordan | :06:12. | :06:17. | |
Spieth has dropped shots on the 10th and 11th. He leads by one from | :06:18. | :06:20. | |
anywhere Willett, who makes this walk to the 12th tee. All sorts of | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
thoughts in his head. Justin Rose on 17. Just moments ago, Jordan Spieth | :06:27. | :06:33. | |
was five ahead, standing on the 10th tee. That's going to be at least a | :06:34. | :06:41. | |
3-putt for Justin Rose. Boy, how things change, Andrew. Five shots | :06:42. | :06:49. | |
clear on ten. Now a 1-shot lead on the dangerous 12. Danny Willett | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
stands on the tee at the reachable par-5 15th. It'll be very | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
interesting to see as we watch this final pairing what's Danny Willett | :07:04. | :07:09. | |
does on 15. He went for it in two. Left, left! The reason he's so | :07:10. | :07:18. | |
exasperated, looks fine, but he's blocked out by the shadow casting | :07:19. | :07:25. | |
trees. Cannot go for it in two. He'll have to pick a different way | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
to skin this cat. Likely to lay up from their own unless he has a gap | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
between those pine trees. This is probably the most dangerous shot in | :07:34. | :07:34. | |
all of golf for a tournament leader. People mistakenly think about making | :07:35. | :08:10. | |
a committed swing as swinging harder. But it is swinging with more | :08:11. | :08:16. | |
certainty. He's aiming over the edge of the bunker here for protection. | :08:17. | :08:18. | |
Just let it release. It's right. And that's water. And | :08:19. | :08:32. | |
just like that five shots gone. Goodness. Total, total mis-hit | :08:33. | :08:44. | |
there. As soon as he hit it, the crowd knew. This is the final round | :08:45. | :08:51. | |
in 2014, his tee shot. Just posted a little bit, get up in the air a | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
little bit. That was better than the shot he just hit, that was closer. | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
He was a little afraid he might have too much club. Just wasn't as | :09:02. | :09:08. | |
certain. Here it is again. He knew it right away. See the big swallow? | :09:09. | :09:16. | |
The Adams Apple are and down. He really has to collect himself. The | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
mental battle now becomes excruciating for Jordan Spieth. And | :09:22. | :09:24. | |
the next shot is extremely difficult. He has a drop zone after | :09:25. | :09:32. | |
the right, closer to the start of the 13th fairway. You can go as | :09:33. | :09:37. | |
close as you want on that line you don't have to go to the drop zone. | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
Warren Kelton on 15. There's a buzz around the course now. -- Soren | :09:43. | :09:48. | |
Kjeldsen on 15. This breaks left, too. Goodness, opportunity lost. | :09:49. | :10:04. | |
It so hard now for Spieth to make a bogey. As we go to Willett. He | :10:05. | :10:13. | |
doesn't know where he sits in the tournament. Very few leaderboards | :10:14. | :10:16. | |
out there. They are huge. There is one behind to the right of this | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
green. He's got a little gap there, but he's surely... Finding the | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
perfect yardage, down to the left so you are coming towards that pin. He | :10:26. | :10:37. | |
gets to watch Westwood play first. And they are not so far away from | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
the 12th tee they wouldn't have heard the murmuring. | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
Suddenly, Westwood is alive in this event. You've been in the situation | :10:49. | :10:57. | |
when you are out there, the big red number will go up on the board and | :10:58. | :11:02. | |
the crowd will gasp. Willett, to be sensible. | :11:03. | :11:12. | |
Down the left side as well. There is a flat spots down there. That is | :11:13. | :11:21. | |
fairly famous to the players, very well-known. That you look for. It's | :11:22. | :11:27. | |
a better angle as well. To the hole cut in the back right portion of the | :11:28. | :11:33. | |
green. There's the murmur you are talking about, the school going up | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
on the board. Going up all around the course, little explosions of | :11:39. | :11:42. | |
noise. And Dustin Johnson has every chance now. 171 to the 14th. Comes | :11:43. | :12:00. | |
round. No. He's painful, he knows it, just a foot or so it lacked. | :12:01. | :12:07. | |
This is McIlroy while ago, for his par 16. Have a look at this. He's | :12:08. | :12:15. | |
gone after the putt and being a fraction over. When you are hitting | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
firmly and trying to hole with good pace and you are a fraction out, it | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
really cost you. Justin Rose second shot at 18. | :12:26. | :12:36. | |
He's hoisted it high in the air. It's gone. | :12:37. | :12:52. | |
I don't know about you, but my palms are starting to sweat. This has got | :12:53. | :13:01. | |
quite tight and this is easily the most difficult shot in golf. After | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
you've dumped it in water with the lead. Finessed wedge. Long is no | :13:10. | :13:19. | |
good, short is no good. Oh my word, he's chunked it and Jordan Spieth is | :13:20. | :13:24. | |
sinking without trace in the Masters, this is extraordinary. From | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
a player who has been so composed, so in control, two in the water and | :13:28. | :13:35. | |
now what is going through his mind? He's tumbling down this leaderboard. | :13:36. | :13:39. | |
It's heartbreaking to watch this, to see anybody going through this. | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
Danny Willett doesn't realise it, but he is in the leading seat. | :13:44. | :14:07. | |
Ball giving more of a forward skip than players have expected before. | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
Another big hop. A good shot, though. How excited they'll be at | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
Rotherham golf cord. Just the other side of the M1, I called it | :14:20. | :14:24. | |
Sheffield. -- golf course. They'll be sitting there watching Danny | :14:25. | :14:27. | |
Willett, who will shortly lead the Masters. Another attempt now for | :14:28. | :14:36. | |
Jordan Spieth. Shot number five. It's gone long. What is happening? | :14:37. | :14:42. | |
What's going on? Where does Jordan Spieth... ? This is an unravelling | :14:43. | :14:52. | |
of the master. This is his key shot. Can't feel great about his setup, to | :14:53. | :15:08. | |
aim that far right and hit that far right when he is trying to go over | :15:09. | :15:12. | |
the bunker with nothing more than an eight or 9-iron. That is a full | :15:13. | :15:25. | |
on... And then from there, here is his heavy one. Goodness me. | :15:26. | :15:37. | |
A couple of holes ago people were writing off this Masters, saying | :15:38. | :15:46. | |
it's a Spieth procession. He was 4-5 shots clear. Bogeys on ten, 11... | :15:47. | :15:53. | |
And he's play five here at the par 312. It's claimed victims over the | :15:54. | :15:57. | |
years, 12, but Jordan Spieth, nobody saw this coming. | :15:58. | :16:15. | |
A good shot there, something at least. For the first time all week, | :16:16. | :16:26. | |
Jordan Spieth has given up the lead. Lee Westwood, this is for evil | :16:27. | :16:31. | |
across the green. What if this went in? And it has gone in! Oh my | :16:32. | :16:39. | |
goodness. Just like that, Westwood one back. One back of his playing | :16:40. | :16:46. | |
partner, Danny Willett, who now leads the Masters. Wow! The magic of | :16:47. | :17:02. | |
the Masters. Who said it was gone? At the 18th. Justin Rose. Fiddly | :17:03. | :17:08. | |
one. I think it's a very good thing Danny | :17:09. | :17:22. | |
Willett doesn't know what's happening on the 12th yet. This, for | :17:23. | :17:26. | |
birdie. And that two shot lead. No, no... Not making any ground on | :17:27. | :17:51. | |
Jordan Spieth. Everyone around this arena, there is a huge leaderboard | :17:52. | :17:54. | |
beside 15, they will shortly see the numbers change once Jordan Spieth | :17:55. | :17:56. | |
has tapped this in. This for seven. Extraordinary, seven on the 12th, | :17:57. | :18:14. | |
far from done yet, but Jordan Spieth back 1-under par and now he is | :18:15. | :18:20. | |
chasing. Danny Willett 's lead the Masters by two. | :18:21. | :18:27. | |
How will Danny Willett react when he sees he is leading by two? How will | :18:28. | :18:49. | |
Dustin Johnson react? What will Westwood do? Westwood only 1-under | :18:50. | :18:56. | |
par. Still 3-under, the board was wrong. Get getting down in two from | :18:57. | :19:09. | |
here is extraordinary. Wow. Danny Willett leads by one from Lee | :19:10. | :19:13. | |
Westwood. On the final day of the Masters. It's on the 16th tee and | :19:14. | :19:22. | |
green spectators gather, there is a big leaderboard, they were all see | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
Jordan Spieth's name tumbling down in a moment. Dustin Johnson, bit of | :19:26. | :19:27. | |
right-to-left. Players, when you think they are | :19:28. | :20:01. | |
having to chase, might give it a little bit more. They don't really | :20:02. | :20:06. | |
need to chase Spieth. He's down with them. Good putt by Dustin Johnson, | :20:07. | :20:10. | |
he's still right there. For par. Two in a row. He'll be | :20:11. | :20:34. | |
kicking himself tonight. Just a few minutes, when he sees what's | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
happened to Jordan. Driver for Spieth. | :20:41. | :21:04. | |
A great drive now. So, he'll be chasing par-5 on the back nine he'll | :21:05. | :21:16. | |
go for it, no doubt about that. A brave tee shot. OK, now we get to | :21:17. | :21:25. | |
hear how Westwood will react. Surely he knows by now. Poorer shot. After | :21:26. | :21:35. | |
his birdie at nine he played temporary, missing way left. | :21:36. | :21:44. | |
Certainly feeling it. Dustin Johnson ready to unleash on the par-5. | :21:45. | :21:53. | |
Goodness me. Don't hold back. That's left as well, he's going to be | :21:54. | :21:59. | |
forced to lay up from there. Boy, things can turn quickly here at | :22:00. | :22:03. | |
Augusta National, at nobody expected to see Jordan Spieth go belly up | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
like that on 12. And it's this group now, in charge. These two in | :22:09. | :22:17. | |
Richmond. Danny Willett. -- these two Englishmen in charge. Let's have | :22:18. | :22:29. | |
a listen. This is all new for him, I'm sure he's never experienced what | :22:30. | :22:36. | |
he is feeling right now. Take a deep breath. | :22:37. | :22:57. | |
Swinging a big 8-iron from right-to-left got 181 yards, a | :22:58. | :23:05. | |
massive shot, fantastic result. All of the sudden, Danny Willett in | :23:06. | :23:10. | |
control of his own fate may be, here. If he knows where he stands in | :23:11. | :23:16. | |
the Masters now, he's handling it superbly. | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
We'll go back to the 18th and Justin Rose. Costly, that bogey for him on | :23:22. | :23:36. | |
17. And now on 18. So he'll slip just outside the top ten. | :23:37. | :23:43. | |
A round of 70. And a good run on both nines, three birdies to the end | :23:44. | :23:50. | |
of the first nine, three in the middle of the second. Couple of | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
fives to finish. That was the undoing of what was shaping up as a | :23:56. | :24:00. | |
beautiful round. 2-under par today for Justin Rose. What over and I'm | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
sure he'll be fascinated. The man who came tied second last year to | :24:05. | :24:09. | |
see how his compatriots are faring. Let's hear from Justin. | :24:10. | :24:12. | |
Funny day, after the fifth you played some wonderful golf. I'm | :24:13. | :24:18. | |
getting the sense you are a bit frustrated by the finish. Of course, | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
I mean, under par for the tournament. Drove it perfectly down | :24:23. | :24:30. | |
17, 18 is a birdie hole, too, with the pin. You could finish 3-under, | :24:31. | :24:38. | |
not 1-over. At that stage there is a big difference, could have posted | :24:39. | :24:40. | |
something in the clubhouse, but I didn't realise Jordan made... I | :24:41. | :24:46. | |
didn't think I was in that on that to win it, at that point you try to | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
have a strong finish. Fought hard to the middle of my round, but it | :24:51. | :24:54. | |
together and really enjoyed it. Sunday at Augusta is a fun day to | :24:55. | :24:58. | |
play golf. Quick question about what's happening with your | :24:59. | :25:01. | |
compatriots, Danny and Lee Westwood at the top of the leaderboard now. | :25:02. | :25:06. | |
It's news to me, just got into the clubhouse and Lee chipped in for | :25:07. | :25:10. | |
eagle and Danny hit a great shot into 16. They are flying the flag | :25:11. | :25:13. | |
unbelievably well and westward looking for that elusive major. -- | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
Westwood. Thanks so much for stopping by. COMMENTATOR: 20 years | :25:20. | :25:26. | |
after Nick Faldo won and English flags all over the leaderboard. | :25:27. | :25:36. | |
Matsuyama after this one. He's not out of it. Level par at the moment. | :25:37. | :25:47. | |
Naz he's driven it down the left side into 15. What's he doing here? | :25:48. | :25:57. | |
Is he going for that? No way. Wave! I've never seen anything like that | :25:58. | :26:05. | |
from there. Dustin Johnson's going after it. He's made the decision, he | :26:06. | :26:12. | |
knows where he is, clearly, and he's gone for it. It's one of the shots | :26:13. | :26:17. | |
of the tournament. Outstanding from Dustin Johnson. He can hit the | :26:18. | :26:21. | |
shots, remember on 18 at Chambers Bay, the beautiful drive at second, | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
it all went undone for him on the green. Westwood now to tie the lead. | :26:28. | :26:33. | |
He's hit it... One of those. You can hear the travelling | :26:34. | :26:46. | |
supporters now. OK. Oh no, it's gone. OK... It's not | :26:47. | :27:11. | |
overly difficult, extremely fast, has to be judged perfectly. Deep | :27:12. | :27:24. | |
breath, Jordan. Almost a Norman -esque collapse. Three shots behind | :27:25. | :27:32. | |
walking down the 13th fairway. Unbelievable. I hope he gathers | :27:33. | :27:40. | |
himself from here and managers to pull out something extraordinary. | :27:41. | :27:43. | |
Danny Willett is the lead at the moment. What a tee shot he has hit | :27:44. | :27:47. | |
on 16, a chance to move to 5-under par. One of only two bogey free | :27:48. | :27:56. | |
players today, Paul Casey in his round of 67. You can hear the boys | :27:57. | :28:02. | |
-- hear the noise is bouncing around the pines. This is to extend his | :28:03. | :28:05. | |
lead. And it goes! Another one for | :28:06. | :28:23. | |
Willett, he leads by two, two holes from home. Is the green jacket to be | :28:24. | :28:29. | |
his? What around he's putting together, what a story we have here. | :28:30. | :28:37. | |
Danny Willett so close now. The biggest putt of his young life. Soon | :28:38. | :28:44. | |
the biggest tee shot. And a birdie four McIlroy to close. -- birdie | :28:45. | :28:58. | |
four McIlroy. Many thought it would be Rory's weeks, but could it be | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
Danny Willett's week. 5-under par, what an extraordinary turnaround. | :29:05. | :29:09. | |
From Amen Corner and beyond. Lee Westwood with the chip at 15. Within | :29:10. | :29:14. | |
two shots of his compatriot Dustin Johnson who is making a move at 15. | :29:15. | :29:19. | |
And Paul Casey up there. Extraordinary day for the English 20 | :29:20. | :29:22. | |
years after Sir Nick Faldo's third green jacket. Will we bridge the gap | :29:23. | :29:25. | |
at last? Danny Willett has looks so composed | :29:26. | :29:58. | |
and in complete command of himself all day. This was his first birdie | :29:59. | :30:02. | |
at six. To go three behind Jordan Spieth at that point. Another birdie | :30:03. | :30:09. | |
at the 8th. And then we were into the back nine. And he really started | :30:10. | :30:14. | |
to make his move. This was at the 13th. He pops that one in. And he | :30:15. | :30:21. | |
was motoring. What a shot this one is that the 14th. | :30:22. | :30:29. | |
A beautiful iron, this one. And a very big moment. That was to what, | :30:30. | :30:36. | |
three and a half feet? Birdie putt to come. | :30:37. | :30:50. | |
And now the 16th, with the tumultuous events at 12 featuring | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
Jordan Speith. He knew he had the lead and he was very much up to the | :30:58. | :31:02. | |
task here. And absolutely beautifully struck iron. He would | :31:03. | :31:10. | |
slot that one and it is now Danny Willett with a three shot lead over | :31:11. | :31:19. | |
his compatriot, Lee Westwood. Rather golf club and everyone around rather | :31:20. | :31:23. | |
and Sheffield area is getting very excited, I'm sure. | :31:24. | :31:35. | |
Spieth, got to come down the slope. This is good. This will go on. He | :31:36. | :31:47. | |
has that for a birdie. That to get back to 2-under. He is suddenly four | :31:48. | :31:54. | |
shots adrift of Danny Willett now. Extraordinary turnaround. Well, | :31:55. | :32:05. | |
let's just watch this one. Matsuyama for a birdie at the 14th. And | :32:06. | :32:10. | |
he's... No, he's missed it. It's been very difficult and in a way an | :32:11. | :32:14. | |
eventful up until about two and a half hours ago, and now it's been | :32:15. | :32:17. | |
worth the price of admission all the way through. Johnson here at the | :32:18. | :32:23. | |
15th. If this one Rakels in... It will just add a bit more flavour to | :32:24. | :32:34. | |
the pot. Well, I don't know, would you believe it? He might be the main | :32:35. | :32:39. | |
threat to Danny Willett now, Dustin Johnson. There have been some great | :32:40. | :32:45. | |
disasters at that 12th hole. I think Tom Wise craft got a nine or an 11 | :32:46. | :32:49. | |
or something ridiculous, when he should have won this. -- Wisecroft. | :32:50. | :32:59. | |
It went through the trees down this 15th. An amazing shot. Now he's two | :33:00. | :33:07. | |
behind Danny Willett. Spieth to set himself on the right course again. | :33:08. | :33:19. | |
It still doesn't fail him. The putter never betrays him. Jordan | :33:20. | :33:25. | |
Spieth back to two under. The 15th still to come. | :33:26. | :33:29. | |
Great test of character and skill and nerve now for the young fellow. | :33:30. | :33:39. | |
Extraordinary. Now here is Willett. Great test for him also, the final | :33:40. | :33:48. | |
two holes. He is smoking it. He is hitting the ball so well. He looks | :33:49. | :33:53. | |
entirely composed. That might be a little bit awkward, just up against | :33:54. | :34:01. | |
the collar of the first cut. He had a very good finish in the WGC HSBC | :34:02. | :34:09. | |
in China. He finished well in Doral. In a way he has been serving his | :34:10. | :34:14. | |
apprenticeship. Rory McIlroy, a view birdies out there today but not to | :34:15. | :34:15. | |
be. If we could ask you to sum up what | :34:16. | :34:22. | |
looks like a tough week for you? Yes, tough weekend at least. I mean, | :34:23. | :34:30. | |
looking back on this week, we had a brief moment to reflect on it and | :34:31. | :34:36. | |
probably yesterday I just didn't get anything going and probably went out | :34:37. | :34:41. | |
there a little bit too tentatively and not playing my game, which in | :34:42. | :34:48. | |
the end cost me. I was a little bit too far back. Today as well, I | :34:49. | :34:52. | |
should have been aggressive and I was hanging onto my shots a bit and | :34:53. | :34:56. | |
not letting it go and I missed a view right early on and made a view | :34:57. | :35:00. | |
birdies. But I battled back well and shot under par in the end. Another | :35:01. | :35:05. | |
disappointing week here and that continues, I guess. Hopefully it | :35:06. | :35:09. | |
won't be long, thank you for stopping by. Thank you. | :35:10. | :35:14. | |
Yes, the Grand Slam is on hold for another 12 months at least for Rory. | :35:15. | :35:21. | |
I'm sure he will be fascinated to see how his friends and colleagues | :35:22. | :35:25. | |
are going to do here. Can Danny Willett hold on? You certainly looks | :35:26. | :35:30. | |
very much in control of himself. Dustin Johnson two shots behind. Lee | :35:31. | :35:36. | |
Westwood, his playing partner, two under. Jordan Spieth, such is the | :35:37. | :35:40. | |
measure of the man, he birdies the very next hole, of course. And now | :35:41. | :35:52. | |
he is within three once again. PETER ALLISS: well, what excitement. | :35:53. | :35:58. | |
Spieth has now got to hold itself together. Can he finish under par | :35:59. | :36:05. | |
from here? He may have lost this ball in the trees. It clatters | :36:06. | :36:10. | |
about. I don't know where it went. I think it went backwards a bit, not | :36:11. | :36:22. | |
sure. It is an awkward one here, right on the edge of the cuts, | :36:23. | :36:32. | |
Andrew. Two fours and he could be the owner of a green jacket. | :36:33. | :36:38. | |
Comfortably. Middle of the Law on. Nothing fancy. If you can do it... | :36:39. | :36:43. | |
Two Brown and it's yours. -- two fours and | :36:44. | :37:04. | |
it's yours. Maybe too far. Just gone over the back. Left him a tricky one | :37:05. | :37:08. | |
across the slope and down the hill. Looks odds-on to be a five from | :37:09. | :37:15. | |
there. ANDREW COTTER: she will surely know where he stands now. He | :37:16. | :37:19. | |
was the last player to arrive. His wife Nicole gave birth to their son. | :37:20. | :37:26. | |
He arrived early and was able to get out here and play. Lee Westwood, | :37:27. | :37:32. | |
after that rather sorry bogey on the last. Can he find one here? Another | :37:33. | :37:41. | |
wide one, where Justin Rose was. That was a sad 3-putt from Westwood. | :37:42. | :37:47. | |
Looks as if he may well be in the frame again but not the winner. | :37:48. | :37:58. | |
Johnson now, at the 16th. Is he going straight at it or right? Hop | :37:59. | :38:09. | |
up, hop up! Not quite. It will fall back. Still makeable. | :38:10. | :38:22. | |
This was McIlroy, how he finished. All the putting troubles he has had | :38:23. | :38:33. | |
all week, rather a cruel irony he knocks in the last. It wasn't just | :38:34. | :38:37. | |
his putting, he was a bit wayward as well from tee to green. Plenty of | :38:38. | :38:41. | |
birdies out there but far too many mistakes as well. Six bogeys, seven | :38:42. | :38:49. | |
birdies and 1-under par. I mean, well, he can do a lot better. We | :38:50. | :38:54. | |
expect a lot better than that. Spieth has been a lot better, he | :38:55. | :38:58. | |
clattered into the trees and it does come out here. | :38:59. | :39:07. | |
That is the television studio behind this green. He will be aiming sort | :39:08. | :39:23. | |
of at that, at worst. You got a line on that flag? Yeah, it's anywhere | :39:24. | :39:31. | |
from... The tower is over. Come on, good tempo. | :39:32. | :39:35. | |
Can he pull himself together and finish with one birdie and the rest | :39:36. | :39:43. | |
pars over these closing holes? Go. Go hard! Go! Urging it on. He | :39:44. | :40:09. | |
needs it to come round now. It just took a little hop left. A bit | :40:10. | :40:15. | |
unlucky there. A bit more pace on that and it could have ended up down | :40:16. | :40:20. | |
by the flag. Now here is Willett. Let's have a look at this one. There | :40:21. | :40:24. | |
you see it looks fairly innocuous but there is a big slope all the | :40:25. | :40:34. | |
way, left to right, down the hill. All those hours of chipping in | :40:35. | :40:41. | |
practice. It looks a good speed. That looks a very good speed. That | :40:42. | :40:49. | |
is a magnificent shot. Great shots are not always the big bashes. That | :40:50. | :40:55. | |
was delicate, nerveless. Control his imagination. Wonderful shot. He just | :40:56. | :41:03. | |
has a little tap in. A bit more than a little tap in, but not far. Kenny | :41:04. | :41:11. | |
Perry was there in 2009, two clear with two to play and made a bit of a | :41:12. | :41:16. | |
hash of it. That is why they always talk about the last nine holes on | :41:17. | :41:20. | |
Sunday, not just here but every tournament, that is where the nerves | :41:21. | :41:25. | |
get jangling and mistakes are made. He looks calm. His caddy has gone a | :41:26. | :41:31. | |
pale shade! But he looks calm. There is $1.8 million on the line and if | :41:32. | :41:36. | |
they work on 10%, that's not too bad is it? 180,000 or whatever it is | :41:37. | :41:42. | |
coming up. Now, Westwood. Playing alongside Willett. Really needs to | :41:43. | :41:45. | |
hole this. Now, Dustin Johnson, a big moment | :41:46. | :42:28. | |
for him, to move within one. Get in! No, not close. Willett fans breathe | :42:29. | :42:34. | |
slightly more easily. We take so much for granted now, | :42:35. | :42:55. | |
don't we? This magnificent setup here and all the prize-money. The | :42:56. | :43:01. | |
early days of Arnold Palmer, he was one of the ones that got it all | :43:02. | :43:12. | |
going really. Lee Westwood now for a par. Well done, Lee. Well done, well | :43:13. | :43:25. | |
done, well done. Thank the good Lord for Arnold Palmer. He was the | :43:26. | :43:30. | |
creator of the modern game, in terms... Well, he was there, he was | :43:31. | :43:40. | |
the exciting figure of the day. Without the sponsors and without | :43:41. | :43:43. | |
players like him, the growth of the game, they wouldn't have been making | :43:44. | :43:48. | |
the money they are now. Danny Willett now, this is a little | :43:49. | :43:52. | |
tester. It looks nothing, does it? Probably 30 odd inches. Ooh. One | :43:53. | :44:05. | |
hole to go. One hole to go. Fewest attempts | :44:06. | :44:21. | |
before a Masters win. Well, of course the men who won it -- the man | :44:22. | :44:28. | |
who won it for the first time the crew victory it for the first time! | :44:29. | :44:33. | |
Chubby Chandler, his manager, his glorious manager, will be waking, -- | :44:34. | :44:40. | |
will be waiting, big hanky in hand, is crying tears of joy. Dustin | :44:41. | :44:48. | |
Johnson gets par, can he finished three, three? It's been done. For | :44:49. | :44:52. | |
the first time this week, it's exciting. Nerve wracking. All down | :44:53. | :44:56. | |
to this fellow. Well, it's downhill. And just the | :44:57. | :45:09. | |
slightest touch. Needs something magical now, Spieth. | :45:10. | :45:27. | |
Control alt delete, start again on the 15th, because that is where he | :45:28. | :45:36. | |
needs something. Matsuyama for birdie. | :45:37. | :45:39. | |
That was a poor putt. He is still in there, Matsuyama. Because things can | :45:40. | :45:49. | |
happen. A deep breath for Danny Willett. He takes a deep breath. He | :45:50. | :45:56. | |
hits the ball very hard. All he wants... " all he wants"... | :45:57. | :46:04. | |
Now then, a fume or deep breaths and of we go. -- a few more deep | :46:05. | :46:17. | |
breaths. Going through the whole routine. One | :46:18. | :46:34. | |
good, clean, straight drive. He's done it, Ken, I think. He's... | :46:35. | :47:17. | |
He's done is beautifully! He's taken a 3-wood and taken it down and | :47:18. | :47:23. | |
squeezing it out so he can't reach that bunker. | :47:24. | :47:27. | |
It was Spieth to was running away with this an hour and a half ago. He | :47:28. | :47:33. | |
has this for his par at the 14th. Took seven at the short 12th hole. | :47:34. | :47:49. | |
Twice in the water at the 12th. Seven. | :47:50. | :47:58. | |
Johnson. Dustin Johnson at the 17th. Couple of shots behind. He cracks | :47:59. | :48:26. | |
it. The still be in the centre. -- it looks to be in the centre. When | :48:27. | :48:30. | |
he hits those, they stay hit, don't they? Oh yes! | :48:31. | :48:36. | |
Danny Willett leads by two going up the 18th. He has got his tee shot in | :48:37. | :48:40. | |
play. STUDIO | :48:41. | :48:47. | |
Well, it's hard to take in some of the incredible events of the last | :48:48. | :48:51. | |
couple of hours, because Jordan Spieth looked free and clear, didn't | :48:52. | :48:56. | |
he? After those four birdies in succession, he was five shots ahead | :48:57. | :49:00. | |
of a few of them on the 10th tee. And then three behind walking down | :49:01. | :49:05. | |
the 13th fairway. It really is very difficult to process, I'm sure not | :49:06. | :49:08. | |
least for us but for him. Paul Azinger is with me. Trying to make | :49:09. | :49:13. | |
sense of this. It has been the undoing of many a Masters champion | :49:14. | :49:20. | |
in the past, the Golden Bear at 12. It is scary when you have a 1-shot | :49:21. | :49:24. | |
lead or a two shot lead and it proved to be the case today. | :49:25. | :49:28. | |
Jordan's setup was a bit too weak to the right or something and he wasn't | :49:29. | :49:33. | |
able to square the ball and carry it over the bunker. This one could have | :49:34. | :49:38. | |
been anything a bad lie, his nerves... A whole bunch of things | :49:39. | :49:41. | |
could have happened here and just like that it's all gone away for | :49:42. | :49:47. | |
Jordan Spieth. It's heartbreaking, it's gut wrenching and sadly if he | :49:48. | :49:50. | |
doesn't win, he will have to put the jacket on whoever does win this | :49:51. | :49:54. | |
event. Right now Danny Willett is in the driving seat. On his way to a | :49:55. | :49:59. | |
quadruple bogey seven and three of the lead, as he walked off this | :50:00. | :50:06. | |
particular green. For a man who has had such a spell, such a hold on | :50:07. | :50:11. | |
this course, the spell was finally broken. It's taken almost two years | :50:12. | :50:15. | |
for this to happen! It's not over yet but this is the man firmly in | :50:16. | :50:20. | |
command as he walks up the 18th fairway. Does he have a date with | :50:21. | :50:24. | |
destiny today? Will that green jacket be slipping on those | :50:25. | :50:28. | |
shoulders of 28-year-old Danny Willett? The 28-year-old could | :50:29. | :50:35. | |
become the first Englishman in 20 years, the first British player for | :50:36. | :50:40. | |
20 years and the first European to 17 years. It's been a very long wait | :50:41. | :50:45. | |
for stop there is still some milage, as there always is, in these closing | :50:46. | :50:50. | |
moments of the Masters. COMMENTATOR: A big, deep breath. | :50:51. | :51:01. | |
Well, what a moment for this young man. This would be a tremendous | :51:02. | :51:09. | |
victory. But before that, drive down the 15th. He has pulled it left, I | :51:10. | :51:23. | |
think. His driving has been errant, hasn't it? He has hit pushes over | :51:24. | :51:30. | |
the last few days and hooks. He hasn't | :51:31. | :51:32. | |
He hasn't driven really well. Don't forget this fellow, Dustin Johnson. | :51:33. | :51:45. | |
He doesn't shy away from anything. 157 left. Just four over the bunker! | :51:46. | :51:50. | |
And he hasn't made it. They are making Danny Willett and his job a | :51:51. | :51:57. | |
little bit easier every minute that expires. Remember Arnold Palmer won | :51:58. | :52:05. | |
in a four way tie here. Also is of silly things can happen. Lee | :52:06. | :52:09. | |
Westwood first, out of the trees, going to scuttle one up. -- all | :52:10. | :52:20. | |
sorts of silly things can happen. Got a pretty straight shot between | :52:21. | :52:26. | |
the bunkers, Ken, from here. Obviously can't go directly at the | :52:27. | :52:33. | |
flag. He's really got to get it chasing behind the shaft. | :52:34. | :52:43. | |
He hits them pretty solid from the pine needles, the pine straw. This | :52:44. | :53:08. | |
is getting the distance correct. 75. You can do it. Johnson Smart, his | :53:09. | :53:27. | |
caddy, known as Smartie. Not a bad player himself at all. What a moment | :53:28. | :53:33. | |
for British golf, English golf, if he can do it. Good swing. I think it | :53:34. | :53:44. | |
is straight enough. Yes, it is now! What a nice little bounce! Ooh yes! | :53:45. | :53:54. | |
The golfing gods are smiling. Absolutely. He won't have seen that | :53:55. | :53:57. | |
result. That is terrific, really terrific. Yes, if he had hit that | :53:58. | :54:04. | |
four or five yards to the left it would have pitched on the upslope | :54:05. | :54:09. | |
and probably not made the green. Lovely. | :54:10. | :54:12. | |
What you're concerned about is your club hitting that. Yes, I'm | :54:13. | :54:20. | |
concerned... So this still interferes. | :54:21. | :54:25. | |
What a great fuss this is. As if it makes any difference, really. If you | :54:26. | :54:34. | |
are within a foot. Well, I don't write the rules. Thank God, somebody | :54:35. | :54:40. | |
said... A delicate one here, Peter. A little bit too close to the ball. | :54:41. | :54:46. | |
I think that's probably curtains the Dustin Johnson. | :54:47. | :54:49. | |
I want to make sure that I am taking a legal drop. OK. First off. So I | :54:50. | :55:01. | |
want you to tell me... That is why rounds take five hours. What | :55:02. | :55:05. | |
difference would it make if he dropped it six inches further... | :55:06. | :55:13. | |
Well, in that case... Here he comes! They are all cheering. I wonder what | :55:14. | :55:20. | |
he's thinking at this moment. Ken, the emotions must be racing now. | :55:21. | :55:25. | |
There's nothing like it. Can you imagine a chance to win the green | :55:26. | :55:34. | |
jacket and your dreams come true. It's not there yet but he is looking | :55:35. | :55:39. | |
mighty strong. Sometimes something happens, you have a baby or | :55:40. | :55:42. | |
something happens in your life and it just pulls the best out of you. | :55:43. | :55:46. | |
Sometimes it frightens the life out of you! But it would be wonderful. | :55:47. | :55:55. | |
It if he can do it. Just gently, two putts, and then see. Jordan is | :55:56. | :56:01. | |
trying his luck for another drop here, because that was never in his | :56:02. | :56:02. | |
way. This is a par-5 and he is there for | :56:03. | :56:23. | |
two. Currently on -2, three behind. I'm sure thoughts are racing through | :56:24. | :56:28. | |
his head and his imagination will be technical, 3-D, everything. He will | :56:29. | :56:33. | |
be thinking also some things, as Westwood concentrates now. A little | :56:34. | :56:38. | |
chip and a bit speedy. Not too speedy! Not one of his best. Looks | :56:39. | :56:44. | |
as if he's going to be the bridesmaid once more. | :56:45. | :57:06. | |
Well, the Willett team. Chubby Chandler, who started a business in | :57:07. | :57:13. | |
management and has been very successful now, sold it, bought it | :57:14. | :57:18. | |
back, sold it, bought it back. He has had some good runners over the | :57:19. | :57:22. | |
years. Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy. Lee Westwood another one. | :57:23. | :57:30. | |
This is the moment. He leads by two. If he nudges this one, I don't think | :57:31. | :57:34. | |
anyone can catch him. You can never say never, but... I've seen this | :57:35. | :57:44. | |
putt many times. It looks like it's going to swing quite a lot from | :57:45. | :57:48. | |
right to left and it has a tendency to swing to the right. Is this the | :57:49. | :57:55. | |
one that Mark O'Meara holed? It was a bit nearer to the tee but the same | :57:56. | :58:00. | |
sort of angle, yes. Just a little bit of right-to-left, but I think | :58:01. | :58:05. | |
two putts... Well, he would love to knock it in of course, but this is | :58:06. | :58:11. | |
wonderful stuff. Lovely stuff for European golf, British golf, | :58:12. | :58:14. | |
everybody. But particularly this young man. | :58:15. | :58:26. | |
That looks not bad but he wishes it was six inches nearer! | :58:27. | :58:35. | |
CHUCKLES Just going to walk here and have a | :58:36. | :58:50. | |
talk to my caddy... Back to Spieth. He is a master wedge player. Don't | :58:51. | :58:54. | |
count this fellow out. He's got a hell of a line. This will come | :58:55. | :59:03. | |
seeking that cup out. A little unlucky. Sort of drawing at | :59:04. | :59:27. | |
a straight bounce. Still a lovely shot, high-quality strike. | :59:28. | :59:32. | |
Now, Westwood. For a par-4 at the final hole. Two under par. | :59:33. | :59:42. | |
CHEERING Well done Lee Westwood. Finishing | :59:43. | :59:49. | |
with a four. He finishes the tournament at two under. Not going | :59:50. | :59:56. | |
to win it, but it has done him the power of good. | :59:57. | :00:02. | |
Willett. 18 inches, maybe a bit less. Gently, gently. Well done. Now | :00:03. | :00:14. | |
we just wait and see, we wait and see. | :00:15. | :00:21. | |
A hug from smarty. A brilliant effort. Tingles down his spine. | :00:22. | :00:37. | |
Generous applause from the American crowd. A lot of Europeans. A lot of | :00:38. | :00:45. | |
European spectators here. What a treat they've had the last two or | :00:46. | :00:50. | |
three hours. Before that it was hard work and misery for many, but today | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
number 89 is top of the pile at the moment. Don't go to bed just yet, | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
plenty more to see. Marvellous reception as well. | :01:03. | :01:13. | |
Here is Chubster. He'll be modelling Toby jugs soon. And garden | :01:14. | :01:22. | |
ornaments. Though they are not in fashion now. Great. Take your time, | :01:23. | :01:26. | |
make sure the scorecard is correct. What a turnaround, Ken. You wouldn't | :01:27. | :01:42. | |
have believed it. And hour and a half, two hours ago. All sorts of | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
funny things can happen still. You never know. It's a remarkable | :01:49. | :01:57. | |
achievement from Willett. Dustin Johnson at the 17th for his par. The | :01:58. | :02:06. | |
most unlikely one to hole over the crest of the hill. He's holed | :02:07. | :02:09. | |
absolutely nothing on this back nine. Nicely judged but very tricky, | :02:10. | :02:18. | |
he'll have it for his birdie. He is 1-over par so he can't win. | :02:19. | :02:42. | |
Isn't it amazing how this back nine always has touch brilliant drama. | :02:43. | :02:54. | |
Sixes and sevens. Home in 30, 30 one. If he pops this in it'll get | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
him a birdie. He needs to birdie the last two if he holes two of the last | :03:01. | :03:15. | |
three. Anxious looking local crowd. If he misses this, he'll have to | :03:16. | :03:21. | |
birdie the last three. He did it. Schwarzel. Remember Ed Sneed, he | :03:22. | :03:28. | |
bogeyed the last three to lose by one. Just disturbed. | :03:29. | :03:43. | |
No matter how long you take, you still got to stand over it and not | :03:44. | :03:52. | |
kidding, not like tennis cricket where the ball comes at you and you | :03:53. | :04:04. | |
swish at it. He's done it. Nerveless, that one, nerveless, well | :04:05. | :04:15. | |
done. It can be very intimidating down here, but fortunately for Danny | :04:16. | :04:20. | |
Willett, he's now marking his card. When you start hearing these cheers | :04:21. | :04:25. | |
and you are an overseas player... They are fairly partisan crowd. | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
Willett can do nothing about now, his day is done, unless, as a | :04:30. | :04:35. | |
play-off. -- unless there's a play-off. | :04:36. | :04:44. | |
The thing is not to get totally carried away. You never know, you | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
never ever know. How nice. You still have to mark your card and | :04:50. | :05:19. | |
get it right. Spieth has a chance. It's a big ask, isn't it? Exciting | :05:20. | :05:28. | |
though, isn't it? Two birdies in the last three and it'll be a play-off. | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
Three birdies to win. After seven at the short hole. Hole-in-one. | :05:34. | :05:39. | |
Hole-in-ones, we've had two or three here today. The lady in pink has | :05:40. | :05:44. | |
been jumping up and down like a yo-yo. I think she was there | :05:45. | :05:47. | |
yesterday, she never leaves that seat. From one year to the next. If | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
you been watching everyone knows what you've got to do, you got to | :05:54. | :05:57. | |
get that ball coming in three or four yards right of the flag. About | :05:58. | :06:02. | |
pin height pitching, drifts around, playing 181 yards. The least wind I | :06:03. | :06:04. | |
think we've had all week. It's high, that, Peter. Tremendous | :06:05. | :06:49. | |
shot. Yap at Aberdeen. It's coming back, Ken, getting nearer. -- | :06:50. | :06:58. | |
yabba-dabba-do. Fabulous shot, four at the last hole having been at an | :06:59. | :07:04. | |
awkward spot from the tee. He's not given up. | :07:05. | :07:18. | |
You get the impression he's quite enjoying it as well. The cut and | :07:19. | :07:27. | |
thrust. I'm not sure about that. Willett checking over his scorecard | :07:28. | :07:32. | |
in the recorder 's hut. They don't call them huts here, they are | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
chalets. Well, well, well. Striding up there, | :07:37. | :07:57. | |
thinking what might be or what might have been. Remember Roberto? Oh yes. | :07:58. | :08:04. | |
Roberto diverge Enzo signed for the wrong card. He would have got into a | :08:05. | :08:09. | |
play-off, you didn't even have a chance to win, he signed for the | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
wrong school and was disqualified. It happened a couple of times in | :08:15. | :08:27. | |
professional golf, women's golf. -- Roberto De Vicenzo. | :08:28. | :08:28. | |
A beautifully put together round of golf. Nobody has played better than | :08:29. | :08:36. | |
Danny Willett today. A mature man, Lee Westwood. Faithful caddy. | :08:37. | :08:48. | |
All this just moments ago. Five birdies, no bogeys. Three birdies on | :08:49. | :09:11. | |
the last six holes. It's certainly not over. | :09:12. | :09:22. | |
Where ever you are watching at home, I hope you're enjoying. It certainly | :09:23. | :09:29. | |
isn't over, we said that a few times. | :09:30. | :09:33. | |
Strange things can happen, but the favourite has to be this man, | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
Willett, now he's in. Spieth has to get three birdies to win, two | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
birdies to force a play-off. Still anxious moments for the young fella. | :09:47. | :10:01. | |
Smylie Kaufman has found a very awkward spot he is going to have to | :10:02. | :10:08. | |
find the slope behind the flag at 16. Oh dear. | :10:09. | :10:16. | |
Up to the 18th, Dustin Johnson's second shot. He was in with a chance | :10:17. | :10:22. | |
but just fell. This is a crowd pleaser. Yes, it is. | :10:23. | :10:46. | |
How did they do that? Too much spin on it. Almost like a trick shot. | :10:47. | :11:03. | |
It's a bit like the Colosseum down here. The crowds just echo from this | :11:04. | :11:12. | |
area at the 16th, fabulous atmosphere. It's more intimidating. | :11:13. | :11:17. | |
Players are more sophisticated now than in my day but I came here and | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
it totally intimidated me. After completing the 15th it seemed to be | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
above you looking down, you feel like a little ant. | :11:28. | :11:49. | |
Some anxious faces. They've got plenty to be anxious about if they | :11:50. | :11:59. | |
are supporting their man. They've seen him have a golfing disaster at | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
12, now he has a putt... Not all that long but it's one of those | :12:06. | :12:09. | |
wiggly ones. You think it comes a lot from the left, but it's a funny | :12:10. | :12:15. | |
line. It's a lot easier from 4-5 feet short than 4-5 feet past. So | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
much depends on pace, quite a big swing and it'll drop in. He's only | :12:21. | :12:25. | |
about nine feet most. Maybe eight feet. He's been the governor with | :12:26. | :12:31. | |
the blade all week. There'll be a hell of a cheer if this goes in, | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
I'll tell you that. Danny Willett back up at the clubhouse. You're | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
right. This is a tricky one to pick the line, speed is so important down | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
the left-hand side. A whisker too hard and it'll miss on the left. | :12:46. | :12:57. | |
Yeah, that was a bit of a nervy one in all truth. Goodness gracious. | :12:58. | :13:08. | |
Let's hear from the potential winner, Danny Willett. Walking off | :13:09. | :13:12. | |
the 18th what was going through your mind? I honestly can't tell you. | :13:13. | :13:18. | |
Happiness, exhilaration, everything. It was nice, obviously, to seek my | :13:19. | :13:24. | |
father-in-law just off the green. Walking up there with everyone | :13:25. | :13:27. | |
cheering your name, no better feeling. How difficult was it to | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
control the emotions when you realised you were in the lead? Yeah, | :13:31. | :13:34. | |
it's a tricky one, not like we slowly crept into the lead, we got | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
to four, through 14, then parred 15. Then he chucked a number in at 12. | :13:40. | :13:47. | |
Bit of a weird one. Normally you are toing and froing. He dropped four | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
shots on one hole. You can't really understand it. Unless you are in | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
that position. Luckily enough I was able to then keep my head on and | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
keep focused and go ahead and make a great swing at 16. We're watching | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
pictures on 16 as Jordan is about to putt for his par that he's made. | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
What are you thinking right now? Is it possible to even contemplate you | :14:13. | :14:15. | |
might be wearing the green jacket? No, there are still two holes left, | :14:16. | :14:22. | |
the boy can do most things. We're going to have to wait. Hopefully, | :14:23. | :14:26. | |
wait and see, see what we can do. Do you believe in fate considering | :14:27. | :14:29. | |
recently there was talk you might not even be here. Then young | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
Zachariah came at the right time. It's a strange one, my wife was born | :14:35. | :14:39. | |
on this Day 28 years ago, the little man's due date was today. You never | :14:40. | :14:43. | |
know. Keeping our fingers crossed for you. The good news for Danny | :14:44. | :14:48. | |
Willett is there have only been two birdies on the 17th. There's been 14 | :14:49. | :14:52. | |
birdies on the 18th. He is unlikely to birdie them both, | :14:53. | :14:56. | |
but you can never tell. Dustin. On the 18th for a birdie. He | :14:57. | :15:24. | |
is... Oh. You have to say, in many ways, a good week. But disappointing | :15:25. | :15:37. | |
for Dustin Johnson. In contrast, in 2015 there were 108 rounds under par | :15:38. | :15:44. | |
for the tournament. This 139. From 108 to 39 under par. It's been a | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
tough old week. We join the world number one Jason Day. The number | :15:50. | :15:57. | |
will have been thinking, it could have been my week. Jason was | :15:58. | :16:02. | |
certainly one of them. The conditions of the Green have been | :16:03. | :16:05. | |
beautiful but they've been lightning fast. And the wind. And where the | :16:06. | :16:11. | |
flags are positioned. If like asking someone to climb Everest in | :16:12. | :16:19. | |
plimsolls with a packet of savages. -- sandwiches. Jason Day, 1-over, | :16:20. | :16:29. | |
currently tied for 10th. Spieth, 17th tee. Not his favourite hole. | :16:30. | :16:35. | |
It's looks a good one. -- it looks a good one. At last he | :16:36. | :16:51. | |
found the fairway off the tee. He's been a bit crooked at times. | :16:52. | :16:58. | |
You wouldn't rule anything past Jordan Spieth but let's just reflect | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
on some of the brilliant Danny Willett has shown today and around | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
67. Flawless, no bogeys at all. It all started with birdie at six, it | :17:09. | :17:15. | |
took him 1-under for the day. Right from the start isn't there was an | :17:16. | :17:18. | |
error of calm and composure about his round. Britton you sensed there | :17:19. | :17:23. | |
was. He was comfortable with his position. He was trying to do the | :17:24. | :17:29. | |
best he could do, really. I don't know if at any point on the first | :17:30. | :17:32. | |
nine holes he thought he was going to win the golf tournament. | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
Certainly, you was in a terrific position starting the second nine, | :17:38. | :17:42. | |
then four birdies in a row created quite a gap there. This was at the | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
14th, his second shot in there. He would putt this one and then, | :17:48. | :17:52. | |
suddenly, all of it started to turn around because by the time he was | :17:53. | :17:56. | |
getting to the 15th Jordan Spieth was at 12. It was going pear shaped | :17:57. | :18:02. | |
for him. Meanwhile, Willett was grasping the metal in fantastic | :18:03. | :18:09. | |
style. Beautiful tee shot. He would birdie this one. This was | :18:10. | :18:13. | |
impressive, at this point he knew where he stood, as Lee Westwood did. | :18:14. | :18:17. | |
Westwood hit a poor shot and three putted here. Similar to deterrent | :18:18. | :18:23. | |
hole. Danny Willett knew where he stood and holed this putt with all | :18:24. | :18:27. | |
the pressure on him. We discussed before the round started that if | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
Jordan stumbled the players had to be ready. Danny Willett was very | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
much ready. This was extraordinary difficult. Up the hill, backed down | :18:40. | :18:46. | |
the hill. Towards Rae's Creek. Two bit it in there, it was quite an | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
effort. Par there and two shot lead coming down the 18th. This is the | :18:53. | :18:57. | |
second of the 18th. Again, if he was feeling nervous, it really hasn't | :18:58. | :19:00. | |
shown at all. He's been completely in charge of himself. This shotgun | :19:01. | :19:06. | |
he squished that, had a beautiful little draw on it, then got rewarded | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
with a big kick to the left. Not the best putt from their but that's OK. | :19:12. | :19:16. | |
As he tapped this one in and he still looks like he could be the | :19:17. | :19:19. | |
winner. Jordan Spieth would have to have America finish. Who knew he was | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
wearing a different shade of green under the white top, all day long, | :19:26. | :19:30. | |
perhaps he knew something we didn't. I'm not jumping the gun here because | :19:31. | :19:33. | |
Jordan Spieth can still make it difficult for Danny Willett. But | :19:34. | :19:40. | |
it's been a wonderful display from Danny Willett. The world and 12, | :19:41. | :19:45. | |
he's moved into the elite status, won his fourth European Tour event. | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
That was three wins in 26 events. Just in February there. He has begun | :19:51. | :20:00. | |
to creep up the world rankings. 89, he was the 89th and last player to | :20:01. | :20:05. | |
register here this week at Augusta National. He's saving the best for | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
last today. All he can do now is wait. That's the hardest part. The | :20:11. | :20:17. | |
man he was playing with today, Lee Westwood, let's get his thoughts on | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
what could be another near miss. What around he put together, too. | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
Some wonderful moments today, we sort your reaction on 15 when you | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
made eagle, what were you thinking at that moment? I don't often chip | :20:31. | :20:34. | |
in, so it came as a surprise to me. A good place to chip in from. We won | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
a bit of glass for an eagle, it was all positive. Windy day notice what | :20:40. | :20:43. | |
was happening at the top of the leaderboard? I heard noise and | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
figured there was something going on. When Jordan went from five to | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
one. All of a sudden I was one behind Danny. Danny got the bit | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
between his teeth. What was it like playing alongside him today? It was | :20:56. | :21:00. | |
good, we played a lot together, he's a good player. He played really well | :21:01. | :21:05. | |
today, quality shots, kept it under the hole, aggressive when he needed | :21:06. | :21:10. | |
to be, made some nice putts. The sixth time you've finished inside | :21:11. | :21:12. | |
the top ten in the Masters, how proud are you of your record? Very | :21:13. | :21:17. | |
proud, it's a place I've always loved to come, I like being here | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
even when the tournament isn't on. Even when I haven't got my A game, I | :21:21. | :21:25. | |
feel I can get it around. I didn't have anything near my A game this | :21:26. | :21:28. | |
week but there is a way of getting around Augusta and edging your way | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
into the tournament. Conditions were right for me this week, with a bit | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
of wind, it would stop anybody getting a long way away from me. I | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
tried to play sensibly and take my chances when they presented | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
themselves. Well done today. 11 times he's been in the top five of | :21:45. | :21:48. | |
the major Championships and hasn't come up with the goodies so far. | :21:49. | :21:54. | |
Spieth. 162 yards, swirling breeze. Has he got it? Not even close to | :21:55. | :22:05. | |
getting there, bailed on it. He must be in the bunker, coming from that | :22:06. | :22:08. | |
height with the breeze into it, it might plug. | :22:09. | :22:14. | |
Matsuyama. Big tee shot. Watch how the ball takes off, go straight up | :22:15. | :22:45. | |
in the air. It it on the slope behind the pin and it comes running | :22:46. | :22:46. | |
back. Buhl he's played a few of those. He | :22:47. | :23:12. | |
doubted and shoved it out to the right. He's a good player, not very | :23:13. | :23:20. | |
old. Good potential. Yeah, he's a very talented player, strikes the | :23:21. | :23:23. | |
ball beautifully. A little bit quicker today, I thought. Everyone | :23:24. | :23:31. | |
got a bit edgy. Apart from this fella. Paul Casey played well. The | :23:32. | :23:37. | |
whole European contingent played some very good golf. I wonder what | :23:38. | :23:47. | |
sort of lie he has found. Can we see his ball here? We will be in a | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
minute. It went in, it was very high. I don't think it's plugged. | :23:53. | :23:57. | |
Doesn't look like a man with a plugged ball. No, there it is, lying | :23:58. | :23:59. | |
nicely. It's midnight at home, don't wake | :24:00. | :24:15. | |
granny, she'll be in bed now. Get her up! She'll want to know. | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
Hello. Is it working? Danny... We've got a phone here. | :24:23. | :24:42. | |
Smylie Kaufman always... If it gets away from you here, this course | :24:43. | :24:49. | |
could make you look an absolute fool. He nearly played very well the | :24:50. | :24:56. | |
first six holes, he was just a bit unlucky. This was a shot where | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
normally... He's a little bit further back than I thought, but... | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
We've seen these holed. Do you want me to call you not? It's going to | :25:08. | :25:15. | |
come out a bit flat and a bit hot. The only way he will stop his | :25:16. | :25:27. | |
clattering the flag. Tried to play it correctly. If it started way | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
left... It's all right for distance. I think victory's getting closer | :25:33. | :25:39. | |
every shot. There is the bride. Magic Lantern is now, aren't they? | :25:40. | :25:45. | |
They really are. The things you can do with a phone. -- Magic Lanterns | :25:46. | :25:54. | |
now. If he pops this one in, he has to hole his second shot at the last | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
two tie. The odds are hugely in Danny's favour. | :26:00. | :26:10. | |
They set the last pair of five minute earlier and they are still | :26:11. | :26:15. | |
going to run over by a considerable amount. I really don't understand | :26:16. | :26:21. | |
the club's philosophy in running the risk of overrunning or not being | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
able to complete and having to come back tomorrow morning. Nobody wants | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
that. But that's another story. Matsuyama, little chip from the side | :26:32. | :26:33. | |
of the green. Steady. Don't think I've ever seen faster | :26:34. | :26:46. | |
greens, Kent, have you? I was out there this morning, they are so | :26:47. | :26:49. | |
fast, don't think I've ever seen them faster. They were quite firm | :26:50. | :26:52. | |
early on. Normally they are a bit green and parched. We've had no wind | :26:53. | :26:57. | |
so they are manageable, but they are tricky. We've got courses at home | :26:58. | :27:02. | |
where we think the greens are fast, and indeed they are, but these, with | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
the slope, the combination of the slope as well, and the size of the | :27:07. | :27:10. | |
greens, makes them very, very difficult. Spieth. Can he hole this? | :27:11. | :27:24. | |
If he doesn't, really, Danny is the champ. He's not going to make a | :27:25. | :27:28. | |
hole-in-one. This is to keep him with any chance at all. | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
Hi, Nicole! Come on. Spieth. What other nine holes for him. -- what a | :27:35. | :27:53. | |
Knight holes. That's five. Good tee shot. | :27:54. | :28:03. | |
There'll be some carousing tonight. Chubby. Fancy being hugged by | :28:04. | :28:17. | |
Chubby, frightening thought, isn't it? He's a lovely fella, really. | :28:18. | :28:23. | |
He's finally buttoned up the green jacket. $1.8 million and about $50 | :28:24. | :28:33. | |
million lurking, to be picked up, over the next 5-10 years. We are all | :28:34. | :28:40. | |
right now, aren't we? Chubby has made a few quid. Caddy has made a | :28:41. | :28:47. | |
lot of quid. Everybody's happy. The green jacket. | :28:48. | :28:56. | |
That's splendid. It's good to see Joy. Joy of unbounded. -- Joy | :28:57. | :29:09. | |
unbounded. If you grow up watching golf on the BBC and thought, one day | :29:10. | :29:13. | |
I'd like to play there, like to be a professional golfer, like to do | :29:14. | :29:17. | |
this... I don't suppose he ever thought in his heart of hearts it | :29:18. | :29:20. | |
was necessarily going to win the green jacket, but he's got one. | :29:21. | :29:25. | |
Here's Spieth. This has got to go in. Tricky shot. | :29:26. | :29:36. | |
Steady, steady, steady. He is OK. What an extraordinary couple of | :29:37. | :29:52. | |
hours. Can't really believe it. Finishing on the 18th with a four. | :29:53. | :30:00. | |
He has had a good tournament, Matsuyama. 34 home. 73. Playing with | :30:01. | :30:10. | |
Bernhard Langer, too big a course for him. 5-over. He has given the | :30:11. | :30:23. | |
crowd, we older fellows, something to cheer about. His legs weren't | :30:24. | :30:30. | |
quite strong enough to carry his heart around. | :30:31. | :30:40. | |
Nice round of applause. This man is the champion, Danny Willett is the | :30:41. | :30:54. | |
Masters champion. He knew as soon as Jordan Spieth missed, the green | :30:55. | :31:00. | |
jacket was his. An Englishman, well done, well done! | :31:01. | :31:17. | |
Here it is. He didn't know it was the winning moment at the time, but | :31:18. | :31:26. | |
it was. The crowd applaud the champion this year. Thoughts from | :31:27. | :31:34. | |
Lee Westwood. Billy Foster, been out a long time, seen play well. That is | :31:35. | :31:44. | |
it. It will stay in the memory for a long while, well done, Danny. Well | :31:45. | :31:47. | |
done, indeed. That was an extraordinary four days. | :31:48. | :32:02. | |
For three days, nobody was particularly happy, the weather was | :32:03. | :32:09. | |
against them. But the last two and a half hours, worth twice the price of | :32:10. | :32:14. | |
the admission. Danny Willett is, the winner. What a thing to have a | :32:15. | :32:19. | |
Yorkshireman putting on the green jacket. Absolutely fabulous. | :32:20. | :32:22. | |
Champion of the world. Will it be Danny's jacket? You bet | :32:23. | :32:38. | |
it will. He becomes the 50th different player to win the Masters. | :32:39. | :32:47. | |
He wins the tournament as a new dad. And his wife celebrates her birthday | :32:48. | :32:50. | |
today. Can you imagine the celebrations for the family. A | :32:51. | :32:56. | |
wonderful winter for Danny Willett. Jordan Spieth is the man who will be | :32:57. | :33:01. | |
presenting the green jacket to Danny. His charmed existence here | :33:02. | :33:06. | |
for the last couple of days is over. But Jordan has to play out this 18th | :33:07. | :33:15. | |
hole. It all turned around for him on the corner, as it has done for so | :33:16. | :33:21. | |
many players. This is his second to the 18th. It is good dredging -- gut | :33:22. | :33:32. | |
wrenching to see a player lose like that. But it will change Danny's | :33:33. | :33:38. | |
life for ever. The final scenes, Jordan Spieth playing the green. He | :33:39. | :33:50. | |
plays a beauty. Ten, 11, 12 will be etched on his memory for evermore. | :33:51. | :33:56. | |
17 strokes for three holes. Killed him. All week he was slightly | :33:57. | :34:03. | |
battling his game. It was fun stuff stick how he was making those saving | :34:04. | :34:17. | |
putts. First nine holes, he was OK, five shots clear. Then it all went | :34:18. | :34:24. | |
pear shaped. What things will you think about? Alone with your | :34:25. | :34:26. | |
thoughts. It is like dominoes. You can get | :34:27. | :34:41. | |
them all standing up at the same time and then want toppled over and | :34:42. | :34:46. | |
knocks another one, then that knocks another one. It can be brutal at | :34:47. | :34:58. | |
times. Coffman, 6-over. -- Kaufman. Nice shot. Generous, but muted | :34:59. | :35:11. | |
sympathy applause. Sympathetic applause for the young man. Only | :35:12. | :35:18. | |
just in his early 20s. This could take a long time, | :35:19. | :35:40. | |
mentally, to recover from. You never know. | :35:41. | :35:47. | |
They are giving him plenty of encouragement. | :35:48. | :36:25. | |
Currently tied for second with Lee Westwood at 2-under par. Big prize | :36:26. | :36:34. | |
money around. Second is just over $1 million. Third will be $80,000. This | :36:35. | :36:42. | |
will be a good putt to put in cash prize. If it takes two, what will he | :36:43. | :36:53. | |
do? If he won putts his second on his own? Remember those, Peter? Cut | :36:54. | :37:11. | |
me to the quick. He never got his driver right. He cracked the face of | :37:12. | :37:16. | |
his driver, which sometimes happens and then you have two search for | :37:17. | :37:20. | |
another head. His driving wasn't on song. Rory McIlroy, had a | :37:21. | :37:25. | |
tremendously mixed bag of tricks this week. Good, bad, indifferent. | :37:26. | :37:41. | |
Extraordinary how it goes. Kaufman for a par. He hasn't got it! | :37:42. | :37:56. | |
Learning curve. We all said that when somebody hasn't done as well as | :37:57. | :38:01. | |
they hoped, and you are young. You learn from your mistakes. He is very | :38:02. | :38:09. | |
promising, round in 39. Four drop shots. | :38:10. | :38:19. | |
Tied for 29th in the end. The thing is with golf, you have time to think | :38:20. | :38:30. | |
and that is a killer. You have got to control your imagination. Danny | :38:31. | :38:41. | |
Willett, the winner. Finished second in his first year, second last year, | :38:42. | :38:56. | |
second again and not bad. Steady! I think he is in his own world now. He | :38:57. | :39:01. | |
has got to pull himself together, face the music, face the green | :39:02. | :39:06. | |
jacket. But the jacket on Danny Willett. Smile and say, well done to | :39:07. | :39:18. | |
you. He is certainly a class act. Everything he has done since he | :39:19. | :39:21. | |
turned professional has been very classy. Quite remarkable. He has got | :39:22. | :39:33. | |
to learn to play a little bit quicker. Otherwise, if they ever do | :39:34. | :39:37. | |
anything about slow play, there is two or three of them who really have | :39:38. | :39:40. | |
to get on with it a bit. That is it. When you come to the end | :39:41. | :40:03. | |
of the not a perfect day, you walk through the crowd, sign the card. | :40:04. | :40:10. | |
Sorry about that, Governor. Yes, me too! Hopefully there will be other | :40:11. | :40:13. | |
days. Came right out of the blue, didn't | :40:14. | :40:43. | |
it? Crushing seven at the par-3 and that was it. Jyoti unbound. Well | :40:44. | :40:47. | |
done. -- joy. Second appearance here, 28 years of | :40:48. | :41:07. | |
age. Made his mark this week in the global game of golf. Quite a better | :41:08. | :41:14. | |
into the 21, 22-year-olds. -- veteran. | :41:15. | :41:22. | |
Get his card right. Into the cabin to give Danny his green jacket. | :41:23. | :41:52. | |
Well, selfie as the Masters champion. Wearing green but there | :41:53. | :41:58. | |
will be another shade to go onto those shoulders. Danny Willett has | :41:59. | :42:05. | |
become the fourth richest player to wear the green jacket, or be | :42:06. | :42:08. | |
presented with the green jacket. There is confirmation of the three | :42:09. | :42:14. | |
shot victory. The 28 are all from Yorkshire. Lee Westwood, another | :42:15. | :42:21. | |
runner-up, finished third in Majors. That he gave it a good go today, Lee | :42:22. | :42:29. | |
Westwood. Jordan Spieth, the spell is broken for Jordan. Paul Casey, 67 | :42:30. | :42:36. | |
as well. Matthew Fitzpatrick and Justin Rose, all of these English | :42:37. | :42:43. | |
players in the top ten. Nick, Ian Woosnam and now Danny who are the | :42:44. | :42:46. | |
British Masters champions. He has done it. What a way to | :42:47. | :42:54. | |
finish. Yes, yes! What a man. What a man. | :42:55. | :43:11. | |
Terrific stuff. So Nick's third green jacket. | :43:12. | :44:04. | |
Fittingly, it was a 67 Nick shot all that time ago to beat Greg Norman. A | :44:05. | :44:15. | |
flawless round of 67. You said at the beginning, when Jordan Spieth | :44:16. | :44:18. | |
faltered, somebody had to be ready and this young man was ready? He | :44:19. | :44:24. | |
was, you have to be ready to figure out when you have the lead. The | :44:25. | :44:29. | |
pressure was all on Jordan Spieth. The guys chasing had to know that if | :44:30. | :44:33. | |
he stumbled, they had to be ready mentally. He was. Lee Westwood | :44:34. | :44:38. | |
wasn't quite ready, he let it get away and 16. The Danny Willett | :44:39. | :44:45. | |
didn't. Tremendous birdie. One man's heartache gives way to another man's | :44:46. | :44:51. | |
joy. Golf is a cruel game. Champions willingly putting themselves out | :44:52. | :44:58. | |
there to be exposed for millions to see them fail. I can tell you, | :44:59. | :45:03. | |
first-hand, it is an amazing feeling. Good for him. To win at the | :45:04. | :45:08. | |
Masters you have to be a complete player. That is when he found out he | :45:09. | :45:17. | |
had won. He was on the phone to back home. When Nick won the those green | :45:18. | :45:27. | |
jackets, Danny was 80 years old. -- eight years old. The champagne has | :45:28. | :45:35. | |
been nice from a British point of view for two decades. Has been a | :45:36. | :45:41. | |
very long wait. When you think about the period of dominations, 11 | :45:42. | :45:46. | |
European wins in 20 years, Paul, it does seem remarkable we have had | :45:47. | :45:49. | |
such a long time to wait. But there is confirmation. Danny Willett, | :45:50. | :45:56. | |
5-under. At the man who was leading for such a long time, Jordan Spieth, | :45:57. | :46:03. | |
finishes three shots behind. You just wonder from Jordan Spieth's | :46:04. | :46:07. | |
point of view, how he will reflect on that. We haven't seen him falter | :46:08. | :46:13. | |
and show such frailty in a major context in his fledgling career. He | :46:14. | :46:19. | |
is young. It seems like he treats all his experiences, even his | :46:20. | :46:23. | |
negative ones, like learning experiences. He will be all right, | :46:24. | :46:28. | |
he will be playing the Masters for 30 or 40 more years, but it is a gut | :46:29. | :46:35. | |
wrenching thing for Jordan Spieth, he will lose a lot of sleep. It will | :46:36. | :46:40. | |
stay with him all his life. Greg Norman and Arnold Palmer had | :46:41. | :46:44. | |
crushing defeats. But somebody has got to grab the bit. While Jordan | :46:45. | :46:50. | |
spit the bit, it was hard to watch, but Danny Willett 's stepped-up when | :46:51. | :46:57. | |
he had two and he is the man right now. I note Jordan Spieth, clearly | :46:58. | :47:04. | |
upset, as one would be, but I think American television has been | :47:05. | :47:07. | |
chatting to Jordan Spieth. He has had an amazing ability to process | :47:08. | :47:11. | |
the information and some of the events he has gone through and | :47:12. | :47:15. | |
rationalise them. That has always been a facet of his play. | :47:16. | :47:19. | |
Considering his tender years, 22 years of age. He is a great guy, | :47:20. | :47:27. | |
he's very analytical and he is, who you think he is. I am happy for | :47:28. | :47:33. | |
Danny Willett. These are huge moment in a player's career. Any time you | :47:34. | :47:38. | |
play well at Augusta, it carries on for a long time. This guy is the | :47:39. | :47:43. | |
limit now for Danny Willett. Let's hear from Jordan Spieth. | :47:44. | :47:50. | |
Jordan, we can only imagine how disappointed you are. Strong opening | :47:51. | :47:53. | |
nine and then you made the turn and the wheels seemed to come off? Yes, | :47:54. | :48:00. | |
it is tough, really tough. Talk about the 12th and what you are | :48:01. | :48:03. | |
going through mentally when you were trying to play that hole? That ball | :48:04. | :48:10. | |
flight has come up a bit for me on par threes this week. I am not | :48:11. | :48:15. | |
getting around my body and. But a bad swing on it at the wrong time. | :48:16. | :48:19. | |
Should have gone into the drop so where we knew the yardage. It was | :48:20. | :48:25. | |
hard for me to commit over by the 13th hole. Just compound of mistakes | :48:26. | :48:31. | |
and a lack of discipline. Hit it over the bunker coming off two | :48:32. | :48:35. | |
bogeys instead of realising I was still leading the Masters by a | :48:36. | :48:40. | |
couple of shots. If you could have put a couple of birdies together on | :48:41. | :48:44. | |
the second nine? Four birdies in a row to end the front nine, I knew | :48:45. | :48:50. | |
par was good by even a shot. Sometimes it makes it hard. To go | :48:51. | :48:54. | |
away from the game plan I was using on the front nine. You play a bit | :48:55. | :48:58. | |
conservative and I put some weak swings on it and three health in a | :48:59. | :49:05. | |
row, and I'm not leading any more. Your record here, a win and two | :49:06. | :49:12. | |
runner-up finishes, you will be disappointed? Pretty sure I am | :49:13. | :49:18. | |
disappointed. We still have the confidence, we are closing team and | :49:19. | :49:23. | |
we can close. I have no doubt about that ability. I just think it was a | :49:24. | :49:30. | |
very tough 30 minutes for me, that hopefully I will never experience | :49:31. | :49:33. | |
again. Jordan, thank you very much. A real | :49:34. | :49:39. | |
man to come out and face bill like that and rationalise. What do you | :49:40. | :49:43. | |
think will be the greatest lesson he will take away from here this week? | :49:44. | :49:49. | |
He has got to fix whatever was going on, make sure it doesn't happen | :49:50. | :49:55. | |
again. He led the week in putting, brilliant around the greens. His | :49:56. | :49:59. | |
driver caved in and maybe that caused him to change his swing | :50:00. | :50:03. | |
slightly, but it looked like he was aiming a little bit to the right. A | :50:04. | :50:07. | |
couple of the shots he got under got away from him. Balls should never | :50:08. | :50:15. | |
start to the right of the bunker on 12. Great players see the line on | :50:16. | :50:23. | |
full shots and putts. Here it is again. Straight up in the air. He | :50:24. | :50:28. | |
knew right away, the crowd knew right away. It was a disaster on 12. | :50:29. | :50:34. | |
I said before he hit the shot, it would be the most nervous tee shot | :50:35. | :50:38. | |
in the game of golf with a 1-shot lead. Only to be trumped by this one | :50:39. | :50:44. | |
to be more nervy and difficult. What was so shocking, he had the run of | :50:45. | :50:51. | |
four birdies in a row and holding a five shot lead. You thought, this | :50:52. | :50:57. | |
relentless march to a second Masters title in a row, and history seemed | :50:58. | :51:02. | |
almost inevitable? It is a long week, when you are out difference, | :51:03. | :51:09. | |
Augusta is a nervous place. The wind made it more nervous. It takes a lot | :51:10. | :51:16. | |
out of you. I don't know how he eats when he is nervous. I didn't eat | :51:17. | :51:20. | |
well when I am nervous. It is fatigue, it can sink in, lack of | :51:21. | :51:27. | |
discipline. He had his coach fly in this morning to try to fix what was | :51:28. | :51:31. | |
going wrong. I am hard broken for him. Now it is time to focus on | :51:32. | :51:36. | |
Danny Willett and what a huge life changing experience this will be for | :51:37. | :51:40. | |
him. He will never be the same, he will always be a Masters champion. | :51:41. | :51:49. | |
Darren Clarke, the great man who predicted he will be the future of | :51:50. | :51:59. | |
European golf. He is just about to receive his prize, Danny boy, the | :52:00. | :52:01. | |
green jacket is calling. Having to be search a tough quest to | :52:02. | :52:17. | |
finally win, it feels better. Finally made a bunch of putts. It | :52:18. | :52:26. | |
was fun. This was pretty close. It is the most nerve wracking golf | :52:27. | :52:30. | |
course in the world. I can't tell you how fortunate I am to win this | :52:31. | :52:36. | |
tournament. I am probably as happy as I have ever been in my life. To | :52:37. | :52:40. | |
win this tournament is an amazing feeling. I have never got this far | :52:41. | :52:46. | |
in my dreams. It is a dream come true. Final preparations are being | :52:47. | :52:53. | |
made right now in the bottler cabin. It is all yours, Jim. | :52:54. | :53:02. | |
Wonderful job. Thank you. We will soon repeat the long-standing | :53:03. | :53:08. | |
tradition of the award of the Masters green jacket. I would like | :53:09. | :53:13. | |
to take this opportunity to thank our television viewers across | :53:14. | :53:15. | |
America, in over 200 countries around the world, for your long-term | :53:16. | :53:22. | |
and loyal support of the Masters. I now welcome three special gentlemen, | :53:23. | :53:26. | |
this year's amateur, Bryson DeChambeau. Bryson, congratulations. | :53:27. | :53:32. | |
Last year's champion, Mr Jordan Spieth. Jordan, good to see you. And | :53:33. | :53:40. | |
this year's champion, the 2016 champion, Danny Willett. | :53:41. | :53:44. | |
Congratulations. Delighted to see you. Please have a seat, I know Jim | :53:45. | :53:53. | |
has a few questions. I begin with Bryson, your preparation for this | :53:54. | :53:57. | |
tournament, the emphasis you put up playing at Augusta, trying to | :53:58. | :54:00. | |
content all the win as an amateur, how do you put that into words? It | :54:01. | :54:07. | |
is an honour to be able to be the low amateur, never in a million | :54:08. | :54:11. | |
years did I think that what happened. It is quite an honour and | :54:12. | :54:17. | |
I worked hard to get to this point. Congratulations to you, Danny. Fun | :54:18. | :54:20. | |
to watch a play out there. Good job. What is next to you, Bryson. I | :54:21. | :54:27. | |
turned professional. I look forward to making a cheque next week. Good | :54:28. | :54:34. | |
luck, congratulations. Tied for 21st. Danny, you had a while to let | :54:35. | :54:39. | |
it sink in, I am not sure it has. You have been on your phone, with | :54:40. | :54:47. | |
your wife, you are a new dad, a new major minted champion, life is | :54:48. | :54:53. | |
pretty sweet? It has been crazy, you cannot describe your emotions and | :54:54. | :54:57. | |
feelings. We have all got to try and play good golf and somebody has got | :54:58. | :55:02. | |
to win the tournament. Fortunately today, it was my day. What was it | :55:03. | :55:07. | |
like out there today trying to chase Jordan on the second nine? It was | :55:08. | :55:12. | |
tough, every time we made ground, Jordan kept pulling ahead. We try to | :55:13. | :55:18. | |
make birdies, after birdies. I thought we had to get to six or | :55:19. | :55:22. | |
seven, then we would look up the leaderboard and he was already at | :55:23. | :55:25. | |
seven. It was very surreal when you look back at the ebb and flow. We | :55:26. | :55:31. | |
were fortunate the shots we had were correct. Who was your inspiration, | :55:32. | :55:36. | |
only the second Englishman to win the green jacket. It is crazy, my | :55:37. | :55:44. | |
wife was Bjorn, in about ten minutes time, 28 years ago. So it is her | :55:45. | :55:49. | |
birthday. My son was due today, but he came 12 days early to let me come | :55:50. | :55:54. | |
and play. You talk about fate and everything else that goes with it, | :55:55. | :55:59. | |
it has been a crazy week. You did know for months that April ten was | :56:00. | :56:03. | |
the due date, you just didn't know what. Now it is time for the green | :56:04. | :56:10. | |
jacket. Jordan, will you do the honour, presents our new champion | :56:11. | :56:17. | |
with his jacket. Danny, congratulations, we are very proud | :56:18. | :56:23. | |
of you. Welcome to our family. Thank you. It fits like a glove. Brilliant | :56:24. | :56:32. | |
moments for Danny Willett and his family, for British and European | :56:33. | :56:35. | |
golf after a dramatic, fascinating and wonderful final day here in the | :56:36. | :56:40. | |
80th playing up the Masters. Danny Willett is the 50th different winner | :56:41. | :56:48. | |
of the Masters. This was the moment when he realised he had done it. | :56:49. | :56:53. | |
Jordan Spieth had faltered and he realised at the green jacket was all | :56:54. | :57:00. | |
his. And will for ever be his. He will always have a place here at | :57:01. | :57:04. | |
Augusta. That is one of the wonderful traditions. He will always | :57:05. | :57:08. | |
be able to come back and play here well into his old age, if he chooses | :57:09. | :57:15. | |
to. He has many more years and many more major titles to win. Danny | :57:16. | :57:20. | |
Willett, his first major title at the age of 28. He was very much up | :57:21. | :57:25. | |
there at St Andrews at the halfway mark in a tied sixth finish at the | :57:26. | :57:30. | |
Open Championship. He has followed it up here with his first ever | :57:31. | :57:36. | |
Masters win. You are a major champion, how does his life change | :57:37. | :57:39. | |
when you achieve one of the greatest prizes? Everybody will recognise | :57:40. | :57:45. | |
you, that is the first thing and the dollars will start coming in. He | :57:46. | :57:49. | |
will have a lot of the man is on his life, you have to mind his schedule | :57:50. | :57:54. | |
to be able to play well. It is a Ryder Cup year, a lot going on in | :57:55. | :57:59. | |
Danny Willett's life, he is unaware of. The wheels will be spinning for | :58:00. | :58:06. | |
his agents and golf is an unbelievable game. It can rip your | :58:07. | :58:09. | |
heart out, but it can give you great joy. While one man's heart is being | :58:10. | :58:16. | |
ripped out, and the man's heart is full of joy. That is Danny Willett. | :58:17. | :58:23. | |
I feel sorry the Jordan Spieth, but Danny Willett deserves it. You don't | :58:24. | :58:30. | |
win an Augusta National unless you can do it all. There is joy shining | :58:31. | :58:36. | |
out of those eyes, but there was believed shining out of those eyes | :58:37. | :58:41. | |
all day and he was ready to pounce. He pounced on 16. It was obvious the | :58:42. | :58:46. | |
board had shifted and he was two shots clear. He put the 8-iron in. | :58:47. | :58:51. | |
He used his adrenaline to his advantage, blasted the beautiful | :58:52. | :59:00. | |
shots, then made the putt. At the terrific second shot on 18. All the | :59:01. | :59:05. | |
shots coming in from a point, I missed how he got over the green on | :59:06. | :59:11. | |
17, but two shots on 18 were fabulous. He is hoping everyone. | :59:12. | :59:17. | |
Hopefully we will be seeing him soon. But the Nao, thank you very | :59:18. | :59:22. | |
much for being with us. It has been a joy. We have had an awful wait, | :59:23. | :59:27. | |
British golf, European golf and it has been worth it. Danny Willett, | :59:28. | :59:31. | |
after the trials tribulations of Jordan Spieth, it has been a | :59:32. | :59:37. | |
tumultuous final day, both for Jordan and Danny Willett. His life | :59:38. | :59:42. | |
is about to change, but the wait is over. Danny Willett is the master. | :59:43. | :59:43. | |
At night. -- good night. # Signed, sealed, | :59:44. | :00:10. | |
delivered, I'm yours. # Signed, sealed, | :00:11. | :00:33. | |
delivered, I'm yours. # Signed, sealed, | :00:34. | :00:42. | |
delivered, I'm yours. | :00:43. | :00:45. |