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Hazel Irvine: Hello. Stand-by for the magic Masters weekend. This

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bridge crosses the creek at Amen Corner at the 12th, and it is named

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after Ben Hogan, who won an event record scorer in 1953. There are

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other bridges across other stretches of water. The Nelson Bridge just

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round the corner, Sarazen at the 15th. There are plucks commemorating

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the feats of players. When you win on this amazing course, you become a

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part of the property. -- there are plaques. COMMENTATOR: Yes, sir! Oh,

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wow! There it is! Oh, what a shock. Absolutely incredible. Danny Willett

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is the Masters champion. When Danny Willett slips the green jacket on

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the shoulders of the new champion tomorrow night, they will have

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earned the hard way. Whilst it is warm, calm and serene today, Augusta

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National has played tougher than it has for a decade. Since Thursday, we

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have had high winds and high drama. And look at this cinema coming into

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round three, we have the largest logjam at halfway in the Masters for

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44 years. Sergio Garcia and his 74th major. Fearless Belgian debutant

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Tommy Pieters. Olympic champion Justin Rose. 15 players are within

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five shots, including four Masters champions, 57-year-old Couples, and

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that 1-over par, Rory McIlroy, who needs a low round today to maintain

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his herbs are becoming only the sixth man to complete a career grand

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slam. What a shoot out we have in stock. We will have coverage within

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the half-hour, when we get the green light. There are live streams

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available from the red button and via the BBC sport website. Rory

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McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Jordan Spieth, already out there. Or you

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could just hang around with us, I suppose, in the company of two of

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the game's greatest players. Gary Player, welcome. And former US PGA

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champion, Paul Azinger. When Dustin Johnson poll that, I have expected

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you to come sprinting onto that first tee to take his place. Thank

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you for the welcome. When you can be 81 and as busy as you were at 25, it

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is something to be thankful for. Paul, are we in for a cavalry charge

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this weekend? You would think so. This is a dangerous course, so the

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players that are behind need to be sensible today. You cannot go out

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there and play aggressively. Every hole has the potential to take a

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bite out of you. There will be moving, and we're looking forward to

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sharing it with you at home. This places, as you know, the only men's

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major that is played at the same venue every year. It is a chance to

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see familiar sights and sounds and to catch up with old friends. This

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year, one of our great old was missing.

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There have been golfers with a more elegant swing, golfers have won more

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than seven Majors, but there was only one Arnold Palmer. He took golf

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to places and people as never before. He had a presence,

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especially at Augusta, where he won the Masters four times. He was one

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of the big three, together with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. They

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pushed the boundaries of golf beyond belief. He remained, till his dying

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day, one of the golfing fraternity, respected by players of today, and a

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dear, dear friend to all from yesteryear.

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And on Thursday morning, a poignant moment to start the Masters as

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Arnold Palmer's green jacket was placed on the chair at the 1st tee.

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Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, visibly affected. Both men did his

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memory proud from the tee, as always. Gary, you have hit hundreds

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of tee shots here over the years, but that must have been one of the

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toughest, to strike the ball on such a morning as that. Without a doubt,

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the saddest moment of my golfing career. Billy Payne was eloquent in

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the way he spoke about Arnold. The public loved him, and he loved the

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public. My great hero was Sir Winston Churchill, and he had a

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great saying that man is make the man, which applied to Arnold Palmer.

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It was never noted by anybody, but he was sitting down, needed help to

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get to the first tee. Billy Noun said this -- Billy Payne said this,

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and Arnold Palmer got up. And when I saw him put the jacket on the chair,

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even right now, I am battling not to choke. Everything shall pass, and he

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had an amazing life. He liked to smoke and pH junk. I said, you, if I

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had to live like you, I would be dead at 69. -- and he ate junk. It

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was a heartfelt moment. Billy Payne was attached to that moment as well,

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and I thought it was handled beautifully. You struck it down the

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middle, didn't you? I didn't quite catch it. It wasn't important at

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that stage. But I know I can outdrive you! Mr Palmer, so deeply

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associated with this place, but so too is Gary, because as a three-time

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winner, and that win in 1961 really was the benchmark for worldwide

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golfers, the first time that a non-American had won the Masters.

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What a lifetime career this fellow has had at this wonderful venue. --

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what a life and a career this fellow has had.

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What a career. And there is the roll of honour at Augusta. Gary with

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three wins. Alongside Phil Mickelson, Sam Snead, Sir Nick

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Faldo. Of course, Gary, you won all four Majors. Where did the Masters

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rank in terms of the degree of difficulty in acquiring the first of

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those titles? The first was the US Open, and I always rated the British

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Open number one in the world because you have to use instinct and accept

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adversity, and the game started there. Here, we play in the same

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place every year, so we know what to cater for. This is a paradise and

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the best organised tournament in the world. I had to win the US Open to

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close the grand slam. There were a host of them who never did the final

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one, so that obviously is where there is the most pressure. I did

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many mind setting exercises, and I went almost threw a torture cell,

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which I've never really discussed with many people. Being small in

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stature, I had had something different, the power of the mind,

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and I had to be the fittest. These are to make things I applied

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diligently as a young man, and still do. When you talk about the mind, I

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think that great players seem to have the ability to redirect. I

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asked Tiger what he was thinking of that putt? And he said, do you know

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what I was thinking? My mum could make this pot-mac. -- this putt. I

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wondered if you had redirected your way in your mind, what was required

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for you to play so well. Good question. We come back to the mind.

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You have seen a lot of players who are champions today and could not

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play tomorrow. There is a reason. In my opinion, you either have it or

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you haven't. Can you describe it? No. Everybody thinks they can. To

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me, what I did, there is a fine line between arrogance and humility. I

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said, I am the best full stop I believe I can make it. I have

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practised like a dog. I am going to make it. You felt you deserved it? I

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convinced myself, brainwash myself, that I deserved it. These fellows

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today, there are four of them who have never gone this far in a major.

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How do you deal with teeing off at three o'clock? The press asked me

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what I did before teeing off. I said I got up at midday. I am a great

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sleeper and so is my wife. I got in a tai chi position, sat in front of

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the mirror like this. I said you will be waiting and it will be good

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for you. You will have patients, you will never be rude. These were the

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sort of things I did that were a little out of whack, if you want to

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put it that way. But if you're successful, it is not out of whack.

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I prepared myself. The public were screaming, kill that little South

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African runner. I was ready for that. I wonder if we can transfer

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some of this advice to Sergio Garcia, who has been waiting a long

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time to win a major. It is always fascinating to assess the mindset of

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players like this. I wonder how you assess this, what has been missing

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for Sergio, and whether you feel this could be his moment. First, his

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putting. There is a reason why he changed to the claw. The power of

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the mind is what wins tournaments, and the putter. Not this long

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driving I keep hearing about. When will people realise? Tiger Woods and

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Phil Mickelson were two of the worst drivers I saw, and yet they were

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welcomed by one time. If Sergio won, Latin America and the rest of the

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world would benefit greatly, which we need, a shot in the arm for golf.

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Rory McIlroy winning the grand slam - what a great thing that would be

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for God. And I think he's destined to win that. I believe that. Jordan

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Spieth, this man, this young man, who has suffered... -- that would be

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a great thing for golf. Watch out for Jordan Spieth. He will never

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grow to six foot, because he's always bending down. He has a

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fantastic Brexiteer. He has been second before. Where is the best

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viewing position on this course? Ken was out early -- he has a fantastic

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record here. If you have one of these chairs and

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placed it in position, it is reserved for the day. I have had

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some tweets about where is the best place to sit. I would sit right

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here, right in front of B12 tee. Look at that. What have you you've

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got. You can look at the 11th, lovely view of that. But here, you

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will see action after action. You can also see across to the 13th tee.

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If I was arriving, first thing, eight o'clock, I would walk quickly

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to this point here. You cannot run. It is gorgeous. HRA is, and the

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patrons could be in for a treat. We have had a treat having you in the

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studio today. Thank you, Gary, for dropping by. -- it really is. There

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were some great names who missed the cut. Amongst them, last year's

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champion, Danny Willett. He came to grief. Danny is the first defending

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champion not to be with us at the weekend since my clear in 2004. He

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is in good company with former champions Zac Johnson, Bubba Watson,

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and the reigning European champion Henrik Stenson also missing. Seven

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UK players will be with us. Justin Rose and McIlroy are the best placed

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of those. In that four way tie, there will be a lot of you at home

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I'm sure hoping that Sergio Garcia can finally break his duck in a

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major. Will it be different for him this time? A longish putt... Four

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under, a great start. Jo the course, the wait 's been playing, it is

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challenging. You have to get lucky, and I have been managing to get

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lucky two or three times on the right moment.

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I got going again, which was nice. Garcia has found the front bunker at

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the 12th. Sit, sit! What a cracking effort. It is very difficult outlier

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mag. How much of a challenge is it, and how much do you enjoy that? --

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it is very difficult out there. You have to hit the ball the right way.

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That is a fantastic shot. Down the breeze, landing on the slope. Five

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star from Garcia there. Is the intensity of the hunger to win a

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major still the same as it was although she is a go? It is. There

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is no doubt that I do want to get my first major. But I do have to say

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that I try not to make it a problem or an issue. I am out there giving

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it everything I have, giving it my best, and that is all I can really

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ask myself for. Sergio Garcia. And Ken Brown has joined us. Thank you

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very much. Sergio has 12 top fives. What do you like about his demeanour

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and his form this time, and why might it be different for him? He is

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starting to hole some putts. He is in a calm place in his life, getting

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married in July, feeling good about himself. There is no doubt, everyone

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has been saying it for years and years that Sergio has got to win a

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major. Paul, a lot of people are hoping he can finally get over the

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line. I liked his chances early in the week, for some reason. He can

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ball strike with anyone, and it comes down to the putt full stop

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Gary confirmed it. I look at Sergio and I think, either you learn from

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your experiences or you never recover from them. As he has matured

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and gotten into a better place in his luck, I think he has recovered

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nicely and blood from his experiences. He has just got to get

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it done. He knows he can do it. He has beaten everybody in this field

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before, but you have to do it in the right spot. I hate to be a harbinger

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of doom, but he has the worst round three average. Of the men in the

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leaderboard, Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth, all

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averaging sub par rounds in the third round. It doesn't look good

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and you wonder if there is a mental block about Moving Day. Perhaps that

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creates its own pressure. I don't think you'll be aware of that. On a

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day like today, there is not a breath of wind, the sun is shining,

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and you know there is a score to be had but you have to be absolutely on

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your game. If Sergio were to pull it off, he would join his illustrious

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Spanish compatriots. Sunday it would have been Seve's 60th birthday, and

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what they moment it would be all putt if Sergio could pull it off

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them. The power pairings for this third round at Augusta look like

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this: Four-time champion Rory and Matt Kuchar teamed up. Speeds and

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Mickelson teed off at 7:10pm. And what a composed and brilliant ball

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striking partnership this is. 22-year-old Spanish new boy Jon Rahm

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is playing with Fred Couples. North Carolina's 37-year-old first-time

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Willie McGirt is out with Ryan Moore. An exciting combination of

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Thomas Pieters Rickie Fowler, both in search of their first major

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title. Charley Hoffman and Sergio Garcia will tee off at 8pm your

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time. Now, there is a bit of movement out on the course. This is

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Kevin Chappell, runner-up at the Tour Championship in the PGA Tour

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last year. This is him at the 2nd. In fact, this is at the 8th. Seven,

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I beg your pardon. That was for an eagle chance, which he would take,

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and he followed up with a birdie at the 8th. He is level overall. Phil

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Mickelson, this is the first. He said he needs a very hot day with a

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putter. He has proven he can make things happen so often on a

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Saturday. A little bit of fatigue yesterday, but in it goes to go

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1-under. He would follow this, unfortunately, at the 3rd with a

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double bogey. A bit of progress, only to fall straight behind. This

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is Rory McIlroy, birdieing the second. He must have taken a driver

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of the tee. Aggressive play, a great chance of a birdie at the 3rd. He

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took it, and that put him 1-under. Makar right on the charge, it would

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appear. -- McIlroy. Rory making progress, 2-under for the day.

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Willie McGirt, steady through the first. All of our co-leaders are

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just about to tee off in the next few moments. Let's talk about Rory

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McIlroy. He has made a fast and Paul, he said he needs to be used

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what he's capable of. 2011, a 65 here in the first run, and he has

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produced a 66 since then. We talk about Saturday being Moving Day. For

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the four guys in front, it is Proving Day. I can't imagine the

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burden on the pressure he feels if he is in contention to close out a

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grand slam. Gary Player went through it and describe it. It is difficult,

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all in their head in the end. You have to be mentally strong. Watch

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out for Rory McIlroy if he can put it together. He was going through

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his clubs slowly, and he finished off by hitting some really hard

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drives. I have a feeling he is going to go after the course today. He's

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taking a chance, but if he plays as well as he can... He is a confidence

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player. He might shoot a real low one. He was on record yesterday

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saying he needs to go alone. Just going into Sunday, I know more than

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most what can happen on Sunday, good and bad. I have shot 66 and 80 in

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the last round, so you know, it is all about getting yourself in

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position, as you said. But I feel like I need something in the 60s

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tomorrow at least to get myself in there. What about Jordan Spieth? He

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has been smarting after events here last year, but his record is

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exceptional. Second, first, second. If it hadn't been for that quadruple

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bogey on the first day, he would be a co-leaders as well. It is the

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fourth year that he comes into day three in the top ten. He's an

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amazing player. You can apply to him what we say about Sergio. You learn

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from your experiences and you recover. He had a Masters pick-up

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last year and has dealt with it face on, I feel. Jordan Spieth is a

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phenomenal player. It is interesting how, at such early ages, we think

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that golf is a little bit of an older man's game, but in the end, if

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you really reflect back, it is the great players who learned how to

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think at an early age. Jack won and open a 21, Gary Player won at an

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early stage. Now Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy are doing it. It is

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interesting, because we never know what a player is necessarily

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thinking, but these guys who have figured out how to think are playing

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great. They have a strategy. Jordan knows how to think, and so does

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Rory. For whatever reason, there are horses for courses too. This would

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be a perfect causeway. You knows the importance of putting. He has been

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talking about that. I think it will play similar to last year. Augusta

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is more of a premium on being below the hole and first putt speed.

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Having less than three feet as you hit your second putt is good to be

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important because they are going to get very quick. It will speed up

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probably a full foot. I am looking forward to it, a fun challenge.

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Especially if you can putt lichen! You have had a look at pin

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positions. -- if you can putt like him. He always gives himself the

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best angle to putt to. The players have this pin position sheet. They

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pick these up on the first tee. It shows you where the flag positions

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are. If we look at number three mac, you can see it is on the front

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right, four on, free from the right. Rory has just played it. Your

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strategy is dictated by the pin position, where they are on the

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green. You think what angle will give me the best shot? Particularly

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at Augusta, it is crucial. Ideally, you can break the greens into four

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quadrants, try to learn where straight is on each of the four

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quadrants. Once you figure out where straight is, deep thinkers will

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think the way you say, Ken, and put the ball in positions where they

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have a putt up the hill. It is almost time for the last of the

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pairings to go out. Sergio Garcia has only ever lead after one round

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here at Augusta, and that was after the first round a good few years ago

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now, so this is a new experience for him. Ironically, his playing

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partner, Charley Hoffman, is in the last group for the second time in

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three years, and he is the more experienced of the two. Rory, having

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four Majors, he is in a good position today. He has never birdied

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this 1st hole and it is one of the hardest on the course. It is the

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hardest one this week, number one. A tricky tee shot. Charley Hoffman, 40

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years old, how might Kiko today? I remember a couple of years back, he

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was in the thick of it and did not back down. And he does not back down

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when he sniffs the lead. He usually pulls a dog. He has the same amount

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of wins 's Rickie Fowler on the PGA Tour. -- the same number of wins as

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Rickie Fowler. Maybe Charley Hoffman is in the middle of one of those

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runs. He has had a great deal of form coming, tied second at Arnold

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Palmer's Invitational a couple of weeks ago, and such a well

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respective ball striker. I like how compact his swing is.

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I do not know how anyone handles the wind much better than that. He

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follows in more of the journeyman category, you never know when a guy

:30:25.:30:27.

gets hot like this, he's certainly capable. Here we go, the last two

:30:28.:30:33.

out on the course, moving day, Charley Hoffman. All of the anxiety

:30:34.:30:38.

builds up to this moment, by the time he gets to the first green, he

:30:39.:30:40.

will probably be all right. That is not where you would like to

:30:41.:30:56.

be at all on the outgoing nine here. Sergio Garcia. A fairway bunker on

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one, two, three, you do not want to be in there, the bunkers on five, it

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is hard to make par. Sergio might be able to get this out with his power.

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The opening tee shot is always a settler for the day, or it will

:31:19.:31:25.

unsettle you. It is late in the day here. Your mind does not stop. Now

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you are doing what you do best. Setting up for a little phase, going

:31:31.:31:47.

to try and started down the left and move it from left to right.

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So Sergio is often running, Jason Day has come in with a good day, he

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has said, there is not one hole out there in which you can relax. That

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is his message today. You are quite right, there are quite a few

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pitfalls awaiting these players as they head off at the start of the

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third round. And there has been a little bit of movement to update you

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on. And to do so, we will welcome Andrew Cotter and beat Alice. Hello,

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Hazel, and lucky to be here again, on this sparkly day. Couple of days

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of dodgy weather. Today it is but a good, after at cool start. The

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course is in the magnificent condition. Early spring, they have

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lost all of the azaleas because they all floured in February. We are

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looking at Rahm at the second hole, he is a rising star, 22, he looks

:32:56.:33:01.

older. He is one for the future. Indeed, he is from the Basque

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country, Nicholson started birdie, birdie, iron birdie, took an iron

:33:08.:33:17.

off the tee at the short par-4, for safety. This is two on the fourth.

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He hardly touched that, but it is getting closer, look at that! Just

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moved to the right at the last 18 inches, he must have thought he had

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got it. He did. Fred Couples, 57 years old, playing with a

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22-year-old, Jon Rahm. Again, just lightly touched, in it goes. He will

:33:43.:33:46.

have a huge amount of support today and tomorrow, 1992 champion,

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astonishing record around this course over the years.

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McIlroy had a sparkling start. This is the 5th hole. That is a bit wide,

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very wide. Nearly drove the third, chipped up, he has had a couple of

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birdies already. Jordan Spieth, going alongside Phil Mickelson. And

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he finds out, I think it is a birdie, no, just the par.

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Paul Casey, 2-over. This is the path.

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That rattled into the hole. Tiptoeing towards 40 years of age

:34:45.:34:53.

now, Paul Casey. What a good striker of the ball over the years. Matt

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Fitzpatrick. He is on the 16th. Just give you an idea where the holes

:35:04.:35:16.

are, back right. He patted off the green yesterday, took a double

:35:17.:35:22.

bogey. He was on the first page of the leaderboard until then.

:35:23.:35:33.

Nicely done, hanging around, he remains 5-over. Tied for 30 Sixth

:35:34.:35:39.

Place at the moment. A good little run. Rory McIlroy. He is at the 6th.

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This is a split screen. A low-level and top-level. Ashwell Prince split

:35:50.:35:54.

green. We have seen better ones than that.

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It is in the easiest position, in the middle of the green. Very close

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to the hole. It cost him a dropped shot at the 5th, back to level par.

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That is one of the more difficult positions at the 5th. This is Thomas

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Pieters. This is to save his par on the 1st hole.

:36:36.:36:44.

Beautifully read but short for the Belgian on the opening hole. It has

:36:45.:36:54.

paid far more easily than it has done on the first two days, but it

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is still a tough opener. It really is not an easy green here

:36:56.:37:16.

at Augusta, maybe the 12th, they have lots of lumps and bumps and

:37:17.:37:18.

hollows, they jump have lots of lumps and bumps and

:37:19.:37:23.

hollows, they and spin and go all over the place. You sometimes

:37:24.:37:27.

wonder, is this right, it is really OK? That is the examination paper

:37:28.:37:35.

for the week, get on with it! So to Fred Couples, on the third. Looking

:37:36.:37:47.

for a bit of speed. That is the pin that we were pointing out was

:37:48.:37:52.

tricky, right on the corner. Couples getting further away. A few players

:37:53.:37:55.

taking it on with the driver, McIlroy drove to the edge of the

:37:56.:38:06.

green. McGirt at the 2nd. The good striker. Yes, he got a good strike

:38:07.:38:14.

on that, he struck it well. This is a tough pin, it is in a little

:38:15.:38:21.

promontory that sticks out. He will go back down. That is fortunate, if

:38:22.:38:28.

it sticks. It was judged pretty well. Not a lot of room to land,

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though, Andrew, on so many of these greens. A foot or two away and you

:38:36.:38:43.

can end up 40 feet away. Confirmation of how things are

:38:44.:38:47.

going, early on in this third round. All of the players are out. You have

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seen Thomas Pieters out of the form way tie after a bogey, and William

:38:57.:39:02.

McGirt has picked one up. He is a first timer, he is placed the first

:39:03.:39:08.

time at Augusta. Jon Rahm, the well fancied Spaniard, 1-under. Three

:39:09.:39:16.

rookies have the chance to have a win on their first attempt. Fred

:39:17.:39:21.

Couples, the 57-year-old has had more top tens than anyone else. Six

:39:22.:39:26.

and counting. Extraordinary on the 25th anniversary of his win. Further

:39:27.:39:35.

down, Soren Kjeldsen, a wonderful day. Rory McIlroy is four shots

:39:36.:39:42.

behind, Phil Mickelson throttled -- threatened early on but he will have

:39:43.:39:46.

to settle for level par. Paul Casey has picked up two shots so far. He

:39:47.:39:50.

finished well outside the top ten last year. Stewart Hagestad, the

:39:51.:39:56.

financier from New York is leading the way to restore cup.

:39:57.:40:00.

-- the silver cup for best amateur. That was all of the balance and

:40:01.:40:09.

cough strength in the world but just splashing out. That was unlucky to

:40:10.:40:15.

find that stance. Let's see fearless Fred.

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He pushes it through, I bent over the top, -- up and over the top. One

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of them left. Fred does not really care for them. Not many do. So, to

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Charley Hoffman. Garcia is waiting at the green, it is Hoffman's third.

:40:45.:40:51.

You can see that slope that really lifts up to that first green. Garcia

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has come all the way back off that. That is pretty good. Second hole.

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Rickie Fowler. I do not know whether he miscued his tee shots, and the

:41:10.:41:14.

wind has dropped, but that is a lot shorter. A lot shorter than

:41:15.:41:21.

yesterday. That is a way to the right and short. It is on the

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fairway, not a bad spot. Garcia. If I tell you that the pin on the first

:41:32.:41:39.

is 28 yards on, he is just on the putting surface. About 88 feet.

:41:40.:41:52.

Settle down. A nice touch, but a nice test for his putting skills on

:41:53.:42:09.

the opening hole. A long birdie putt, relative, in fact, if there is

:42:10.:42:19.

such a thing at Augusta. Come on, Rory, you do not want to leave any

:42:20.:42:20.

nine footer pars. Just pot out, a bit of luck there.

:42:21.:42:48.

-- it was just popping out, it came off the cheddar cheese sandwich!

:42:49.:42:59.

This is to go 3-under. Hardly moved the putter back at all. Online and

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in, beautifully judged. Two birdies in the opening three holes. Spieth

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is on the fifth. Past the hole. He gave it a good chance. It is

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going to be all par to start with. Rory McIlroy gets it in, and it is

:43:36.:43:38.

hard work but he will walk off trying to look casual. That is a

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good save. Having three patted the previous green. Nice start. Hoffman,

:43:46.:43:54.

for his part par on the first. -- for his par on the first. I do not

:43:55.:44:00.

like to see that, that is rude, showing no courtesy. Pay your other

:44:01.:44:08.

man attention. I do not like the way he wondered up onto the green

:44:09.:44:11.

either. Show your partner a bit of courtesy. So wrapped up in their own

:44:12.:44:21.

game. Now, Rahm, two had 30 yards, this 4th hole today. -- 230 yards. A

:44:22.:44:30.

very good start that Rahm has made. Dropped, dropped! He is asking it to

:44:31.:44:38.

turn over. He asked if it was in the bunker, but no. That is a pretty

:44:39.:44:46.

speedy putt from there. And here is Mickelson. A birdie at the 5th. Just

:44:47.:44:55.

a little tickle, it needs to turn and run. Once you become a little

:44:56.:45:01.

bit afraid, it is difficult to putt on these greens. Garcia to save par

:45:02.:45:04.

on the first. That will settle him, right in the

:45:05.:45:18.

middle from Garcia. He will remain in a tie for the lead.

:45:19.:45:27.

230 yards today, this par-3. I said beauty before the ball left the club

:45:28.:45:48.

head, was it right? They were right for line.

:45:49.:45:58.

McIlroy, through the heat haze. A few casts, but they died away. --

:45:59.:46:14.

some gasping. The ball is out of bounds. Rickie Fowler, after that

:46:15.:46:24.

long second downhill, pitches up, looks good and it is good. Well

:46:25.:46:26.

done. The stats for you, there, Nicholson

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is -- Mickelson a three-time champion. He finally got that win in

:46:49.:47:01.

2004. There we have Jon Rahm born in 1984, Freddie couples won inability

:47:02.:47:07.

to. William McGirt led the putting stats after the first two rounds.

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Pieters 's third shot of the second. Ricocheted off of the crowd. The cut

:47:24.:47:38.

this run. -- look at this run. Look at that. Sweet, sweet, sweet shot.

:47:39.:47:45.

Took five at the 1st, could get it back here at the 2nd. The tee shot

:47:46.:47:54.

on the second, bunker down the right. 295 today. Avoid that and you

:47:55.:48:03.

get a kick forward. Down the hill at it.

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Fowler further birdie, to go to 5-under.

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A confident, firms/ from the young man. Par birdie, 5-under. Garcia,

:48:24.:48:40.

one has got away from him. Should be okayed there, if they are OK. I

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think Azalea has been spilled, very accurate with the driver this

:48:50.:48:56.

tournament. Pieters at the 2nd takes it for four.

:48:57.:49:03.

One or two people have picked out as a possible winner. But not if he

:49:04.:49:13.

does that. He's a good driver of the ball. You will see the brake on this

:49:14.:49:22.

1's a Jon Rahm, this is one he was hoping could kick to the left and

:49:23.:49:29.

get down to the hole, it is way out to the right. Par, birdie, birdie

:49:30.:49:37.

start. This must be ten, 12 seats to the right and hardly touched it. He

:49:38.:49:42.

has not played it up high, it looks like it is going right, no, it is

:49:43.:49:52.

going right! That fooled everyone. Rickie Fowler has taken the driver

:49:53.:49:55.

out on the third, not the biggest hitter. He shortened his driver

:49:56.:50:01.

earlier in the year to get some accuracy and lost a bit of distance.

:50:02.:50:07.

That is all right with a front right pin position, that is not a bad miss

:50:08.:50:09.

at all. A birdie, no, a little on the high

:50:10.:50:31.

side. Couples is to under at the moment. He, like so many, on the

:50:32.:50:42.

par-5 2nd. He got a birdie. He is got a chance to get to three.

:50:43.:50:50.

Oh, Freddie! I always think Freddie has the best cut trousers. They have

:50:51.:51:00.

all got millions, but some of them have trousers which do not feel

:51:01.:51:04.

well, his trousers have always fitted nicely. McIlroy from the

:51:05.:51:11.

trees, asking it to go. He knew, he knew. It must have clipped a branch

:51:12.:51:21.

or something. Now, Sergio Garcia hit his second shot short and right at

:51:22.:51:27.

the 2nd hole. He is on the flat but he must be 40 or 50 yards behind

:51:28.:51:31.

here. This is going to take a great sum but he might get it down, 20 or

:51:32.:51:38.

30 yards short of the green. He has fired it down the right side. He hit

:51:39.:51:44.

something very hard and kicked it on, he is going to be out to the

:51:45.:51:50.

right. Not a bad spot to be. The bank behind the flag, he can get

:51:51.:51:58.

close. It might have bounced in office friendly patron, because it

:51:59.:52:03.

was outside the ropes. A couple of years ago, 2012, he said he feel

:52:04.:52:09.

like he could never win here, he did not have what it took. He has shown

:52:10.:52:13.

to good stuff this year. Rory McIlroy having found the front

:52:14.:52:19.

bunker at the 7th, hello! I do not know what happened there. That could

:52:20.:52:26.

have been a Lucy locket, a septic tank, something happened, and that

:52:27.:52:33.

would have been a very good shot. I am sure he did not hit a stone or

:52:34.:52:39.

other tweak or something. But that was a very serious miscue. Space,

:52:40.:52:47.

along birdie attempt, on the 81 yard par 36. All the way, Jordan Spieth!

:52:48.:52:57.

First birdie of the day, all pars to this point. Moved him to 1-under.

:52:58.:53:06.

What a putter he is. He said he was still thinking about the quadruple

:53:07.:53:10.

bogey nine on the 15th on the first round, could not get it out of his

:53:11.:53:14.

head. But he's getting close to the lead. Rahm for par domino, no. That

:53:15.:53:28.

first putt down and across the health fooled him and everyone else.

:53:29.:53:32.

1-under for the round so far, not bad. Hoffman, hitting down towards

:53:33.:53:47.

the second. It is leaking of it. -- it is leaking a lot.

:53:48.:53:54.

Justin Rose has got to the fifth, this is his second shot. He has been

:53:55.:54:09.

playing some beautiful iron shots. Another good shot, it moves away. A

:54:10.:54:19.

treacherous flag position. Rory McIlroy, miles away at the 7th.

:54:20.:54:31.

Oh, dear. Oh, dear, that is not finished. That is for bogey. Paul

:54:32.:54:46.

Casey at the 13th. This is for a birdie four. Well, level par. Play

:54:47.:54:51.

nicely. A similar pattern to Jordan Spieth,

:54:52.:55:08.

but this is the part at the 6th. -- this is a four par the sixth. Such a

:55:09.:55:15.

good start for him, double bogey at the 3rd, though. And another one

:55:16.:55:17.

gone at the six, back to 1-over par. McIlroy putting at the 7th for a

:55:18.:55:47.

bogey. It was a comparatively straightforward hole, and he has

:55:48.:55:54.

made a dreadful hash of it. I do not know what happened to the third

:55:55.:55:59.

shot, he probably shanked it, and then 3-putts. The last three holes,

:56:00.:56:03.

he had not been happy. Way left of the said but he has got a bit of

:56:04.:56:07.

green to play with, nice angle to this pin.

:56:08.:56:21.

Seats together, stabbed it low. That should appear in a minute. It seemed

:56:22.:56:36.

to be lying OK, the angle was good but he was trying to visit a bit too

:56:37.:56:39.

much. -- trying to move it. The second shot, it will pitch up to

:56:40.:57:03.

this very small area, it needs to stop and spin back. Sometimes they

:57:04.:57:05.

do and sometimes they do not. Garcia's third on the par-5. Should

:57:06.:57:27.

not present too many problems. He has left it above the hole, it does

:57:28.:57:30.

not go back. Charley Hoffman, third shot, that

:57:31.:57:41.

could be good. Oh, it slowed. Oh, dear oh dear extract 350 yards,

:57:42.:58:08.

this par-4 3rd. This is a classic case of how this course can make the

:58:09.:58:12.

best players look foolish. You try to be too fancy, he did not hit a

:58:13.:58:17.

bad tee shot, left himself an awkward one, tried to be too fancy

:58:18.:58:21.

and now he is really struggling. Justin Rose with a birdie attempt on

:58:22.:58:23.

the fifth. Close but not quite, you have all of

:58:24.:58:47.

the options down the bottom of your screen, you can watch from various

:58:48.:58:51.

places on the course, you can even go to the range and watch nobody

:58:52.:58:53.

playing there at the moment! Garcia hardly moved it, out to the

:58:54.:58:59.

right. It is the par. He has played the

:59:00.:59:18.

best goal so far. He has only dropped one shot. Fowler is the

:59:19.:59:27.

leader but not for long. So, they're in four, one shot dropped. Paul in

:59:28.:59:36.

the studio was saying that far more than nine conditions today, some of

:59:37.:59:41.

the pin positions are nasty". -- there are far more benign conditions

:59:42.:59:49.

today. Some of the print pin positions are very cruel. That is a

:59:50.:59:59.

nice little putt. Par birdie. Come on, Charley Hoffman!

:00:00.:00:06.

Justin Rose's tee shot on the sixth, down to this back left pin position.

:00:07.:00:20.

Just left. Spectators coiled, ready to get out the way. Thomas Pieters

:00:21.:00:33.

now at the 3rd. One of the overnight leaders. This putt for a birdie.

:00:34.:00:35.

Quite a break on this. That is a need to putt. -- a more

:00:36.:01:00.

neat putt. Let's see what he can fashion here. He's trying to get it

:01:01.:01:08.

to the front bunker, but those branches are in front. He will chop

:01:09.:01:12.

it and hope for a miracle. He gets it. Say, that shouldn't happen, but

:01:13.:01:18.

it happens to some people. Right on the face of the bunker and for some

:01:19.:01:23.

reason, it popped up on the edge of the green. And welcome to the Paul

:01:24.:01:32.

Azinger, who joins me here. What you think of a shot like that? That

:01:33.:01:40.

didn't happen around here much ever. He will take it. What a putt for

:01:41.:01:46.

Rickie Fowler. He made a total mess of the 3rd hole. He only drops one

:01:47.:01:58.

shot. The old putter is a great equaliser, isn't it? He really

:01:59.:02:02.

played that hole poorly but got away with it. Come on, just a little.

:02:03.:02:11.

McGirt, just to collect. It is in. Well done. -- just tickle it. He has

:02:12.:02:24.

been around a long time, quietly making a decent living. Let's see if

:02:25.:02:31.

Pieters can clean up this putt at the 3rd. Well holed. He has the

:02:32.:02:38.

firepower to go around this golf course. He can dominate the par-5s.

:02:39.:02:45.

He has that steady demeanour, seems unflappable. Over to Mickelson at

:02:46.:02:54.

the 7th. Raised green, shallow, narrow green. Long but narrow. That

:02:55.:03:06.

pitch spins back of the green. No, it stops. Lucky, lucky. 20 yards

:03:07.:03:10.

short of the green. McIlroy at the 8th. A big par-5, up

:03:11.:03:33.

the hill. That is a big boomer. That is massive. Justin Rose with this

:03:34.:03:37.

delicate pitch, just back up the hill. He will probably try to land

:03:38.:03:48.

this on the green. He started that right at the hole... A bit of a

:03:49.:03:58.

misread there. Casey, at the 14th for a birdie. Long putt, though.

:03:59.:04:09.

Well, beautifully struck, and he's on a great run at the moment, Casey.

:04:10.:04:21.

He is creeping up through the field. Paul has got a good record here at

:04:22.:04:25.

Augusta here over the last few years, but Jason Day almost won this

:04:26.:04:29.

on his debut in 2011. He was out first day and has come home with a

:04:30.:04:34.

round of 69. In the middle, look at that, towards the back end a

:04:35.:04:42.

fantastic run of four birdies. Let's get Jason's thoughts on what is

:04:43.:04:47.

possible out there today. Everyone is expecting low scores on

:04:48.:04:50.

the weekend because of that conditions on the first two days.

:04:51.:04:56.

How hard was it to get your 69 today? I had a nice stretch from 12

:04:57.:05:01.

through to 15, so that definitely helps. I was playing some solid golf

:05:02.:05:06.

but not really capitalising on the opportunities I was giving myself

:05:07.:05:10.

out there, but once again, it was difficult. As the day goes on, it is

:05:11.:05:17.

starting to get a bit warmer. It will get to just over 70 C putt

:05:18.:05:23.

degrees today. Things are starting to run a bit more -- to just over 70

:05:24.:05:38.

degrees today. The greens were really receptive this morning and a

:05:39.:05:41.

little slower than what the guys will have this afternoon. Hazel

:05:42.:05:46.

Irvine: Let's factor all of that into the mix. We see that Charley

:05:47.:05:50.

Hoffman, having been in a four way lead at the start of the day, is now

:05:51.:05:53.

one ahead of the pack after that early birdie. Thomas Pieters has

:05:54.:05:57.

steadied himself to recover his ground at 4-under. The last Belgian

:05:58.:06:08.

to lead a major did it in the 1948 Open Championship. Paul Casey is

:06:09.:06:17.

4-under for his run today. This is the man who was tied six and tied

:06:18.:06:21.

fourth on the last two occasions here in Augusta. He is trending in

:06:22.:06:25.

the right direction. He was Charley Hoffman at the 3rd. -- here is

:06:26.:06:35.

Charley Hoffman at the 3rd. No stopping... That is a fair result

:06:36.:06:45.

from where he was. A very small area to pitch on. Thomas Pieters' tee

:06:46.:06:53.

shot away here at the 4th, and he doesn't like it. Oh, that will be...

:06:54.:07:01.

Actually, it is doable. It is on a slight upslope. Sergio Garcia.

:07:02.:07:10.

Second shot, he is 4-under. He flips it up high, and it needs to stop

:07:11.:07:15.

now. It doesn't. Again, it rolls on right past the hole. A chance for a

:07:16.:07:20.

birdie. Justin Rose, to save par era six. I

:07:21.:07:43.

thought he had it. Needed a nudge just a little harder. -- to save par

:07:44.:07:53.

here at six. He has been worried about his ability to get up and down

:07:54.:07:59.

around the greens here this week. Fowler at the 4th. 230 yards, it is

:08:00.:08:04.

plain today. It needs a good whack with a long iron Ouray Littlewood.

:08:05.:08:27.

-- or a little wood. Down the hill... Oh, and he gets a great

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bounce, and I believe he probably played for that balance. Will it

:08:36.:08:45.

stop? A good shot the Lee Westwood. Mickelson for a birdie at the 7th.

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It is not 1 million miles away. Phil is never dull. A safe par.

:08:50.:09:26.

Birdie, birdie, double bogey... Yes, can he do it? What a shot by Thomas

:09:27.:09:30.

Pieters, that little bit of upslope making all the difference there.

:09:31.:09:40.

Hoffman for three at the 3rd. Just touched it down and across the slug,

:09:41.:09:46.

staying out left. Sergio might have been watching that one closely.

:09:47.:10:00.

Look at the crowd, all sitting quietly. Huge crowds here again

:10:01.:10:08.

today, as they always are. Almost a miracle that Jordan Spieth's ball

:10:09.:10:15.

ended up here. Just the par for Jordan here at the seven. After that

:10:16.:10:20.

tee shot, I'm sure he's happy with par. Soren Kjeldsen at the 8th. He

:10:21.:10:42.

has done it. He is going along very nicely, 1-under par. Even reminds me

:10:43.:10:48.

a bit of Maurice Bembridge, for the older viewers. Let's see if westward

:10:49.:10:55.

can pay off the birdie year after that good shot at 11. In the back

:10:56.:11:05.

door? No! How does it end up there? It is defying gravity, isn't it? It

:11:06.:11:14.

is not moving. They only have ten seconds to watch it. But a good par

:11:15.:11:23.

for westward from that first cut of rough over there. A scary spot to be

:11:24.:11:28.

in at the 11. He needs to make a move, and quickly. -- at the 11th.

:11:29.:11:39.

Back to Sergio. Who has only dropped one shot so far. Pretty remarkable

:11:40.:11:53.

in the conditions on Thursday and Friday. One bogey. The most

:11:54.:12:00.

consistent. This is just down the left side. Hardly touched it. That

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one stayed straight. Rickie Fowler put his tee shot in

:12:13.:12:25.

the bunker here at the 4th. Blasted out to here. What a putter years. A

:12:26.:12:40.

birdie machine, Rickie Fowler is. -- what a putter he is. You have got to

:12:41.:12:51.

hole putts. William McGirt at the 5th. Second shot again, and the flag

:12:52.:13:00.

is in a flattish area. That is a good one. Unlucky that it didn't

:13:01.:13:04.

perhaps get a little bit more spent and sit down right by the hole. The

:13:05.:13:15.

wind is freshening. After a massive tee shot on eight, when for Green,

:13:16.:13:24.

it left. That is a wonderful shot. -- went for the green, pulled it

:13:25.:13:36.

left. Casey at the 15th. Having a great run. Very difficult to hold

:13:37.:13:49.

this green. Does that mean it is good or that it is drifting? Oh, no,

:13:50.:13:58.

what will he do now? Where is my money? -- mummy. North Carolina

:13:59.:14:18.

native William McGirt. A good colour and aggressive putt there. He locks

:14:19.:14:25.

it in. Suddenly, McGirt is now tied for second. Anyone who can win at

:14:26.:14:34.

Jack's places a good player. Now, Couples. The hero of the anvil

:14:35.:14:42.

chompers. Oh, Freddie! Charley Hoffman, 230 yards down the

:14:43.:15:08.

hill, going with a hybrid. There is no bailout here at the 4th day.

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Right at the flag is your only choice. And he has done just that.

:15:14.:15:21.

What a magnificent shot! By the leader, Charley Hoffman. That is the

:15:22.:15:23.

best we have seen, by a long way. A good putt. When the camera goes in

:15:24.:16:01.

close, look at the quality of grass on the green. Superb. Sergio now.

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230, probably playing closer to 225, maybe a little less than that. It is

:16:10.:16:12.

all carried to the front of the green.

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Still a mighty blow with a four iron. Great shot. A beauty. It might

:16:22.:16:38.

feedback now. There it goes. Two of the best of the day.

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Westward, two over. -- Lee Westwood. He has struck some beautiful shots

:16:51.:17:09.

today. Just watch how he settles. He takes his time. Slowly, deliberate

:17:10.:17:12.

backswing, and then right through the ball.

:17:13.:17:25.

Making it look easy. And the wonderful swing of Adam Scott,

:17:26.:17:40.

trying to foist this in the air. -- hoist.

:17:41.:17:55.

Rory McIlroy, for birdie at the 8th, after a very fine pitch. And he just

:17:56.:18:01.

gets it in. Beautifully done. Jordan Spieth's second shot here at

:18:02.:18:22.

eight. He will avoid the left side here if he can. Look at that. That

:18:23.:18:26.

might come right back onto the green. What a shock for Jordan

:18:27.:18:32.

Spieth. He will have no idea how close that is or how it got there.

:18:33.:18:39.

Totally blind second. Justin Rose at the seven. This is a tester, down

:18:40.:18:51.

and across the slope. Wide and past and going. This two putting,

:18:52.:19:02.

sometimes, if you are 10-12 yards away, it is quite an effort, quite a

:19:03.:19:04.

feat. Westwood, after that magnificent

:19:05.:19:35.

T-shirt, a huge bonus if he can pop this in. You don't see too many twos

:19:36.:19:54.

at the 12th. No, no, no. You could get a three in a quite ordinary

:19:55.:19:57.

fashion, that is a missed opportunity. He is playing so

:19:58.:20:01.

beautifully. Paul Casey knew when he saw where this ended up what he is

:20:02.:20:06.

faced with. Let's see how brave he can be. They are always bailing to

:20:07.:20:12.

the right, which is smart, because about four feet past that fly, the

:20:13.:20:16.

ball will go all the way down into the pond, then he would be forced to

:20:17.:20:20.

drop on the other side of that pond. It is still going. Wonderful crowd,

:20:21.:20:35.

so colourful, with the sun out. The speed of the greens is one thing

:20:36.:20:39.

here that makes this course. Ken has been having a look. No man better!

:20:40.:20:46.

It is the weekend, and I am on a green at Augusta again. Today, they

:20:47.:20:50.

are quicker, certainly than the first two backgrounds. They have had

:20:51.:20:56.

the most just sucked out. I will hit a couple of putts. Let's see where

:20:57.:21:02.

they end up. One up there, one at a slightly different angle. Let's just

:21:03.:21:05.

see where they go. They keep running, running, running. It is

:21:06.:21:11.

almost going like a 90 degrees curve. The balls just hug along. You

:21:12.:21:15.

think they will stop, but trickle on and on. With this speed up and the

:21:16.:21:24.

greens a little firmer, you can get some adventurous putts. It is

:21:25.:21:33.

heaven. A strange idea of heaven! Depending on your attitude! Justin

:21:34.:21:41.

Rose, to save par here at the 7th. Not a lot in this. Confidently

:21:42.:21:43.

holed. Casey now at the 15th. He will

:21:44.:22:03.

settle for five. If it falls in, that's a huge bonus, but don't try

:22:04.:22:08.

and be too fancy. The flag is way over on the far side of your screen

:22:09.:22:13.

on the left. Quite a bit of swing from the left, but it is this speed.

:22:14.:22:26.

-- the speed. That looks a good speed. Beautifully done. Once he had

:22:27.:22:33.

gone through the green, you are happy with a five, which is a par.

:22:34.:22:54.

McIlroy's second shot at nine. The hole is at the back left of the

:22:55.:23:03.

green, sitting at a 45 degrees angle to the players. He has to carry the

:23:04.:23:06.

bunkers if he is going to go right at it. He has played a little safe,

:23:07.:23:11.

going for the middle tier, giving him an uphill putt. Mickelson, one

:23:12.:23:22.

of his master chip shots, though that has got away from him. He would

:23:23.:23:27.

have been expecting better than that. An artist's paradise. Here is

:23:28.:23:43.

Beith. -- here is Jordan Spieth. He has tweaked it left. It squirted up

:23:44.:23:50.

and off the bank. Hit well, good result. Great result.

:23:51.:23:59.

APPLAUSE Finally, we get to Charley Hoffman,

:24:00.:24:17.

on this birdie opportunity on the fourth after a wonderful hybrid to

:24:18.:24:26.

hear. Oh, yes! A lot of conversation about Hoffman, tied for the lead

:24:27.:24:29.

after two backgrounds. But he's not scared, and he has been here before.

:24:30.:24:33.

Just two years ago, he played in the last group. Rickie Fowler, on the

:24:34.:24:44.

fifth. Look at this. Another one rights to the holeside. Beautifully

:24:45.:24:57.

judged. Sergio now, to cover up his playing partner. A weak effort by

:24:58.:25:05.

Sergio. And that is three shortage birdie putts in a row that have

:25:06.:25:08.

gotten away from Sergio Garcia at the start of this Saturday. Pieters

:25:09.:25:11.

at the 5th. -- three kind of short. Very underrated hole, the fifth, I

:25:12.:25:34.

think. This is really fast. Just touches it. It's not going to break.

:25:35.:25:39.

It never breaks. It is one of the strait is putts on the golf course.

:25:40.:25:47.

You cannot believe it. Wow, he says. -- one of the straightest putts on

:25:48.:26:01.

the golf course. Paul Casey at the 16th, 1-under par. The flag today,

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17 on, four in on the right on that top shelf. Not easy to get to.

:26:12.:26:21.

Some may settle for the middle of the green and cut back up the hill

:26:22.:26:34.

... It could have come another seven or eight yards towards us, but it

:26:35.:26:40.

rolls back down. That has left in a treacherous left-to-right putt. It

:26:41.:26:50.

is difficult to get close. They are way from pay dirt here. Rory

:26:51.:27:03.

McIlroy, up the hill. One of those left back down the hill. There is

:27:04.:27:09.

nothing easy out here. Conditions are perfect, but the course still

:27:10.:27:14.

has teeth. You cannot relax for a minute out here. You will pay a

:27:15.:27:23.

heavy price. It always intrigues me with McIlroy, I don't think I have

:27:24.:27:28.

ever seen him take a practice putting stroke. Whatever the putt,

:27:29.:27:33.

he steps up and knocks it. If he hits one of his usual ones, a bit

:27:34.:27:36.

sharp, and catches the edge of the hole, he could be off the front of

:27:37.:27:43.

the green. He tiptoed it in. A good save par-4. A bit of an up and down

:27:44.:27:45.

nine holes. Level par. McGirt for par here at six. Made a

:27:46.:28:01.

putt about this length on for birdie. Oh, and he tried to walk it

:28:02.:28:04.

in. Phil Mickelson... That's not a hole

:28:05.:28:24.

you want to be dropping strokes on. He missed FPU short ones on the back

:28:25.:28:37.

nine yesterday. A momentum buster. -- he missed a few short ones. A

:28:38.:28:45.

mere formality here for McGirt at the 6th. Lost a shot here and drops

:28:46.:28:57.

back to 3-under par. He was Hoffman at the 5th. You want to go right at

:28:58.:29:06.

the flag. There's no bailout. He's leaning... And it's OK. Yeah, it's

:29:07.:29:14.

all right. It's just, you don't want to be short there at the 5th. You

:29:15.:29:19.

almost have no chance of getting up and down. Par is a good score on

:29:20.:29:22.

that hole. Further down the course with a

:29:23.:29:37.

beautiful looking parsecs. Pin on the back of the green at the left.

:29:38.:29:41.

Very hard to get it to bounce forward. -- ... Sergio has driven it

:29:42.:29:56.

up the left-hand side on five. There is a little peer that sticks out. If

:29:57.:30:01.

you missed the left or right, you cannot make the carry. It is a very

:30:02.:30:05.

small they are, almost impossible to get. There was almost a peninsular

:30:06.:30:10.

within the green. You can see the flag there at the base of that pine

:30:11.:30:12.

tree. This is a high launch. That's OK. If it carried another

:30:13.:30:31.

three yards, on the down slope, often it pings into the magnolia

:30:32.:30:35.

bushes. A massive fairway here at the 9th.

:30:36.:30:58.

For the players, a Bland blinding areas -- plan. A second shot up the

:30:59.:31:02.

hill. The perfect spot to come in from. -- blind landing area. The top

:31:03.:31:20.

of Justin Rose's hit. This could be, just a chip to the left, slightly

:31:21.:31:27.

catching the wrong side. Six feet up the green and it wouldn't have

:31:28.:31:30.

rolled back. A good spot for the par-5. Westwood, the hole is all the

:31:31.:31:37.

way in the back left corner of the green. This is a brave effort,

:31:38.:31:39.

2-over par, now is the time. And he just missed it. Just missed.

:31:40.:31:45.

It's likely in the water. Casey with a tasty putt. Quite a

:31:46.:32:06.

decent tear, a gradual tear, halfway along the length of the putt as a

:32:07.:32:17.

turtle dives in the water. Slow. -- tier. Slower than you think. He has

:32:18.:32:19.

judged it pretty well. Not bad. That will test his nerve. Rickie

:32:20.:32:37.

Fowler up the hill here at six. It looked like his ball settled in 20

:32:38.:32:42.

feet or so from the hole. It cut away, and the next thing you know, a

:32:43.:32:46.

45 footer up the hill. A good putt for Rickie Fowler. He is looking

:32:47.:32:56.

good on the greens. Very aggressive with the putter. Spieth, can he get

:32:57.:33:02.

it on the edge of the ninth? Perfect tee shot. So difficult to do just

:33:03.:33:10.

that. That is a magnificent iron shot. Write down the throat of the

:33:11.:33:18.

flag. That pin gives very few birdies away. Suddenly, Jordan

:33:19.:33:21.

Spieth right in the mix. Let's see if Sergio can nuzzle this

:33:22.:33:35.

up close. He has missed three in a row, make able birdie putts. It is

:33:36.:33:41.

like a comfortable duvet, very difficult to hold a long putt on.

:33:42.:33:52.

How do you do! ?! The unexpected pleasure pays Sergio a visit. He

:33:53.:34:06.

could just as easily be four circles in a row. Well done, Sergio. What

:34:07.:34:12.

will it take the Sergio Garcia to come through? It is going to take

:34:13.:34:19.

putts like that, I feel. You cannot win Championships with your ball

:34:20.:34:23.

striking, you have got to hole putts. Pieters hitting this one on

:34:24.:34:37.

the sick. Needs a bit of beef. -- the sixth. You don't want to hit it

:34:38.:34:42.

a yard by because it is such a smelly return.

:34:43.:34:51.

Adam Scott from miles away here for eagle.

:34:52.:34:58.

Up the hill, downhill, across the hill a little bit.

:34:59.:35:07.

The flag a little parcel shelf on the back of the green, a narrow

:35:08.:35:12.

ledge. Sergio showed Charley Hoffman the

:35:13.:35:26.

way. Good effort. Steady even Mac for Hofmann on the difficult fifth.

:35:27.:35:34.

One clear of Sergio at the moment. Two clear of Rickie Fowler, and a

:35:35.:35:46.

host of players on 3-under par. -- steady par for Hofmann.

:35:47.:35:50.

On the tenth hole, McIlroy. Coming out of the right pine

:35:51.:36:03.

needles, tricky to the right pin. He will take that. The pin on the

:36:04.:36:09.

bright side, you have got to flirt with the right bunker to get close

:36:10.:36:10.

to it, but OK. Justin Rose up the hill. This for

:36:11.:36:25.

eagle. Has he? Know, but a great putt. A good two putt for Justin

:36:26.:36:30.

Rose. He will be back in red figures.

:36:31.:36:40.

One of those putts, you know it's left edge or just outside the left

:36:41.:36:48.

edge. It is about picking the pace. You just feel like you have to pick

:36:49.:37:07.

the speed you want it to go in, the angle may be even on a clock, that's

:37:08.:37:13.

the way you want to come in, 7pm or maybe 8pm, really fast.

:37:14.:37:21.

What a two putt for Paul Casey. Pure as the driven snow, that one. What a

:37:22.:37:27.

beauty. I gave him this a second ago. He

:37:28.:37:43.

doesn't prove me wrong. A good bogey for Justin.

:37:44.:37:56.

Missed one from this sort of distance on the 12th, a testy one

:37:57.:38:02.

through the shadows on the shelf on the 13th.

:38:03.:38:15.

Westwood must have stopped on the bank of blasted this from the Palm,

:38:16.:38:27.

this foreboding. Oh, yes. A bit more grass on that green this morning,

:38:28.:38:31.

particularly on the bank on the green side than their normally is.

:38:32.:38:34.

It is a bit briskly. Lee got a massive break there.

:38:35.:38:39.

Just trying to chop a 7-iron, can he get his ball back to the pin? He is

:38:40.:38:46.

admiring it. Write down the throat, good line. As you say, it is right

:38:47.:38:51.

where you want to be, but actually, it is going to trickle away. Missing

:38:52.:38:57.

by a foot or two of having that Ball stay there. That will be tough. So

:38:58.:39:00.

slow back up that hill. Scott, eighth green. 1-under, this

:39:01.:39:08.

is to move to 2-under. A past champion here. We are

:39:09.:39:21.

starting to see a few red figures, mainly on the par fives, but

:39:22.:39:23.

occasionally on the others. Hofmann down the hill here at six.

:39:24.:39:35.

Another punchy looking follow through. Will that state? -- stay.

:39:36.:39:46.

No, that is going to funnel back down. Understandable, though. You

:39:47.:39:52.

just don't want to be passed but hole here.

:39:53.:39:57.

HAZEL IRVINE: A reminder of how things stand. Charley Hoffman has

:39:58.:40:01.

been leading this tournament since day one after an opening 65, and he

:40:02.:40:06.

doesn't look like budging so far with a 1-shot advantage over Sergio

:40:07.:40:11.

Garcia. Rickie Fowler as you were the level. The best progress amongst

:40:12.:40:17.

those who are chasing is from Jordan Spieth. Look at that, 3-under for

:40:18.:40:23.

today. A man that has a real point to prove after a collapse coming

:40:24.:40:27.

home when it was in his grasp last year is right in the thick of it.

:40:28.:40:31.

William McGirt, not going anywhere, 1-under for his round. Thomas

:40:32.:40:35.

Pieters, great to see the Belgian up there, too.

:40:36.:40:43.

Plus four. A bit up and down but making some birdies and some bogeys.

:40:44.:41:00.

What an experience for the amateur. Staying up in the Crowsnest, the

:41:01.:41:04.

little area where there are a few basic facilities.

:41:05.:41:11.

William McGirt ran into a little trouble here at the 7th, this

:41:12.:41:20.

downhill for a par. What a putt! What a putt.

:41:21.:41:29.

I believe that feels every good as -- every bit as good as a birdie.

:41:30.:41:39.

Looking from the left side of the sixth green, it gives you a sort of

:41:40.:41:47.

feel of an uphill incline. He has got to go up. About as good an angle

:41:48.:41:52.

to cut from, but it is a distance away. Not too much break in it.

:41:53.:42:04.

I always feel it is a real indicator of how a player feels on the greens

:42:05.:42:13.

as to how his speed is on putts like that. Woefully short. Let's go over

:42:14.:42:15.

to the tenth now, Jordan Spieth. He does not like this tee shot. He

:42:16.:42:25.

has never liked it. Sit down, ball. Sit down.

:42:26.:42:31.

In Bubba country. He will have to get lucky. The hole is back right

:42:32.:42:36.

will stop Jordan wants to get that on the green and out of there.

:42:37.:42:41.

Perfect conditions here for the Masters, the sun is out, hardly a

:42:42.:42:46.

cloud in the sky, nice temperatures, not too much breeze about.

:42:47.:42:46.

Delightful. Hofmann's ball has the brakes on,

:42:47.:43:02.

too. If you have a three footer down the hill, it is pretty smelly. I

:43:03.:43:07.

liked that description. From the left-hand rough on seven, almost no

:43:08.:43:13.

chance to put this on the putting surface.

:43:14.:43:20.

That has shot off to the right. The patrons have been walking. He is at

:43:21.:43:30.

the mercy now of the bounce of the ball and the kind of lie he will

:43:31.:43:33.

get. I feel this is an important putt for

:43:34.:43:44.

Sergio. He made the long, unexpected bomb on the last, but this will be

:43:45.:43:50.

important for his psyche. He does die the putts in. He has got to make

:43:51.:43:56.

sure he is firm. If he misses it, it is a putt that should go a foot past

:43:57.:44:01.

the cut, otherwise it will dribble off hole side.

:44:02.:44:05.

A good, aggressive putt by Sergio, a one-handed fist pump.

:44:06.:44:19.

McIlroy down the hill at ten. That's a nice putt. Nice one at the 9th,

:44:20.:44:31.

good one at the 10th, ten, 11th, 12, over the years, they haven't been

:44:32.:44:32.

terribly kind to Rory. Casey... A little high point in the

:44:33.:44:47.

green, uphill and down the other side. Not too bad. Casey plays most

:44:48.:44:53.

of his golf on the PGA Tour these days, hardly ever comes back to

:44:54.:44:57.

Europe. We will see what Thomas Pieters can do. Anything left of the

:44:58.:45:03.

flag goes left. Anything right of the flag goes right. Off the green

:45:04.:45:08.

in most cases. We'll see if it stays. Right along the collar there.

:45:09.:45:14.

That is a very, very difficult putt. I'm sure it's been done before, but

:45:15.:45:28.

Charley Hoffman, making a two at all the par fours, doesn't happen often.

:45:29.:45:29.

Around in 65. That putt, you have got to be

:45:30.:45:58.

authoritative. If you Dolly it... McIlroy at 11. He will give this a

:45:59.:46:02.

mighty lash. A massive fairway. Wow McIlroy making his way to Amen

:46:03.:46:26.

Corner, let's have a look. There's no nicer place to be than on Amen

:46:27.:46:28.

Corner when the sun is out. It's just useful. It doesn't need

:46:29.:46:59.

words. No, it doesn't, Ken. No words at

:47:00.:47:07.

all. Rickie Fowler. A little more check than he legislated for.

:47:08.:47:14.

Pieters and Rickie Fowler putting from opposite directions, both have

:47:15.:47:19.

the same dilemma, uphill and downhill. If they were both walked

:47:20.:47:26.

off the green with two putts, babe would be very pleased. -- they would

:47:27.:47:31.

be very pleased. The seventh, one of the more difficult tee shot, if not

:47:32.:47:38.

the most difficulty shot here at Augusta. Extremely tight.

:47:39.:47:41.

Needs to be a 3-iron and a sand wedge to the seventh. Driver,

:47:42.:48:01.

9-iron, or driver, wedge. Trying to peel it from left to right. Almost

:48:02.:48:08.

impossible to get it on the green if you miss this fairway.

:48:09.:48:15.

Rickie Fowler uphill, most of the way, and then it flattens out to the

:48:16.:48:21.

cut. Well done. A bit orbit stronger and

:48:22.:48:34.

you go to feet past, it goes down the hill. Well judged. Spieth's

:48:35.:48:41.

second at ten. He must have hit a dictator. 196 yards. Easy, settle.

:48:42.:48:47.

-- hit a spectator. There you see what he is dealing

:48:48.:48:56.

with now. Here we go, Ken. I don't know if he

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can spin this and get it close, or not. You can't see the green, it's

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about eight feet above you. You can only see the surface.

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Such a sensational shot. Ten out of 13 up and downs when he has missed

:49:32.:49:49.

the greens this week, it says everything. I always found it

:49:50.:49:57.

difficult to hit a short -- to hit 80 shot after missing a short putt.

:49:58.:50:05.

He does it really nicely. -- to hit a tee shot after missing a short

:50:06.:50:08.

putt. A good angle to putt from at the

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night for Justin Rose. Straight up the slope.

:50:19.:50:26.

Fiddling about with his putting grip, the way he holds the putter.

:50:27.:50:34.

McIlroy bombed it here at the 11th. This hole is only seven from the

:50:35.:50:46.

left, 17 on. Got to be out to write a little. He goes right at it. A

:50:47.:50:53.

terrific shot for McIlroy. That has got to be the best of the day.

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Amazing, this one uphill, too. A bit steep at up the hill. Pieters at the

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7th. Good effort. Freddie does it with confidence.

:51:04.:51:23.

Nice little birdie at the 8th, right, said Fred.

:51:24.:51:29.

Justin with this tickler down the hill at nine.

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I think it's just too far away from him when he is looking at the hole

:51:36.:52:07.

for the putt. I have never heard about how Jordan struggles on putts

:52:08.:52:10.

of this length, but he doesn't miss many. When a player is looking at

:52:11.:52:14.

the hole, you figure something is going on in his head. See if he look

:52:15.:52:25.

sad hole here. -- if he looks at the hole here. Yes, he did. It is

:52:26.:52:29.

interesting, you take a peek at the hole, then look down. His last peak

:52:30.:52:37.

stayed locked on the hole. Now Maggert, excuse me, Hofmann. --

:52:38.:52:51.

Will it stay? Another foot or so and it would have been 25 or more feet

:52:52.:53:02.

away. Instead, a good birdie opportunity. Freddie's 57 but he

:53:03.:53:11.

still gets it out there. Second to the ninth, up the hill. I wish we

:53:12.:53:19.

could all have as bad a back as Freddie, huh? Unlucky, that was

:53:20.:53:26.

close to being great. Here is so Jeb's dilemma. It was where Rickie

:53:27.:53:30.

Fowler was a member, losing it to the right to hook it. -- Sergio's

:53:31.:53:39.

dilemma. Best miss front bunker? I think the front bunker is the best

:53:40.:53:48.

miss, Ken. That is what he is going for and he didn't reach. Got hung up

:53:49.:53:54.

in the first cut. That is exactly where he was trying to go.

:53:55.:54:01.

We can still see his ball. Didn't quite see the ball. He will be

:54:02.:54:08.

praying he has an upside there. An enormous tee shot. A bit of spin

:54:09.:54:37.

on this. If you much, it even hole side, it will come back to you. You

:54:38.:54:42.

need a softer three quarters shot. Middle terrace if it stops. Well,

:54:43.:54:51.

McIlroy blasted his tee shot down the 11th with a wonderful second

:54:52.:54:59.

here. A delicate downhill, left to right putt. Barely touched it. Oh...

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He just caught the high side. Even when used if it at Augusta

:55:05.:55:15.

National, you still have a difficult effort, a difficult putt. Spieth at

:55:16.:55:16.

11. -- even when you stiff it at Augusta

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National. Some of his players have been

:55:27.:55:41.

answered, not all of them. He has found a bit of an upslope. He needs

:55:42.:55:50.

eight those of Seve here. If he has a good lie, he can clip this. The

:55:51.:55:55.

green is facing him. Looking into an upslope, not terribly inviting. You

:55:56.:56:01.

need a good nerve. There is nothing easy about it, but it could be done.

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The grass has a bit of a sheen to it. It makes it even more do able.

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He has two double up and go hands back, face open. He went for a

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little trick shot. I guarantee he didn't like his lie.

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That has been the problem there. Ryan Moore, the green looking a bit

:56:25.:56:40.

more burnished than earlier in the day, a few more Brown patches. We

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first saw Bryan in 2003. -- Ryan. Anyone who has played this has left

:56:45.:56:56.

himself with this one. William McGirt, long birdie putt at

:56:57.:57:06.

eight. Beautiful. Just trickling on. Going

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through the stubbly fringe, you know you must make it onto the short

:57:26.:57:30.

stuff. It is so easy to give it just a fraction more.

:57:31.:57:46.

Here we are on the 12th hole, and Rory McIlroy trying to decide what

:57:47.:57:54.

he has to do. Earlier, Kevin Brown looked at the pin position on the

:57:55.:57:57.

12th. Looking across the water is the 12th

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tee back, playing 142 yards today. The pin is cut on the left side, a

:58:05.:58:08.

small piece of parting surface. One, two, three, four, five small paces

:58:09.:58:14.

from the front of the green, about eight behind, room behind. If you

:58:15.:58:19.

come up short at all, if it hit the bank with a slight Mr John, a

:58:20.:58:23.

downslope can run back into the water. It depends how much spin you

:58:24.:58:29.

have on it. Miss the green on the left and it pitches here. It is in

:58:30.:58:37.

with the turtles. So what are the tactics today? 142 yards, not much

:58:38.:58:42.

more than a pitching wedge, you feel like a coward playing away from the

:58:43.:58:45.

flag, but the percentage play is to play to the right of the flag, five

:58:46.:58:50.

yards. If you play short, rather than in the water, you are in the

:58:51.:58:54.

bunker. You have a chance of getting down in two from there. The widest

:58:55.:58:59.

point of the green, not that wide, 13 or 14 paces deep, but that is the

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percentage play. White of the flag, long and there is room to work with.

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If you take the flag on, the possibility is therefore a

:59:12.:59:14.

misjudgement. Argue going to be a coward, or are you going to be

:59:15.:59:20.

brave? -- are you going to be a coward.

:59:21.:59:34.

Well, not bad. Didn't quite get it right. Taking the flag on, but he is

:59:35.:59:43.

making a charge. Over to seven now, Sergio Fitt par. -- Sergio for par.

:59:44.:59:59.

To the ninth. Jon Rahm. He leads to give it a good hit up the slope.

:00:00.:00:25.

You get so scared of quick putts for so longer then you get an uphill and

:00:26.:00:32.

cannot believe sometimes how hard you have to hit it.

:00:33.:00:41.

The co-leader, Charley Hoffman. The chance of a three.

:00:42.:00:50.

He is looking pretty steady at the moment. Peter Alliss is back with

:00:51.:00:58.

us. I find it fascinating watching them jockeying for position. Holding

:00:59.:01:09.

ground, rattles one in. Tomorrow, I fancy, is going to be... It usually

:01:10.:01:14.

is a fantastic day, because so many things can happen. This is one of

:01:15.:01:20.

the most treacherous holes. It used to be a driver, 6-iron, something

:01:21.:01:27.

like that, now it is a monster drive. Very treacherous, very

:01:28.:01:33.

difficult. The flag is in a fairly generous position. You can see from

:01:34.:01:39.

middle. Where has that gone? He looks anxious and he should be.

:01:40.:01:47.

Lucky boy. The golfing gods are with speed. They must smile down on his

:01:48.:01:52.

cherub face. He has it! The crowd way away on the

:01:53.:02:07.

12th. Cut off from the noise a bit. McIlroy back to level par. Casey.

:02:08.:02:21.

Oh, Paul, what are you doing back their? Come on, a nice pitch and a

:02:22.:02:29.

putt. All your friends in Surrey. It will go back. Look at that.

:02:30.:02:37.

You have no idea how difficult these greens are. He was away four, five

:02:38.:02:51.

yards short but does not deserve to be cricket pitch length away.

:02:52.:02:56.

It is not a bad bogey. Slips back to four.

:02:57.:03:09.

Rickie Fowler at the 8th. Third shot, way back.

:03:10.:03:14.

The flag is at the back. He has a nice one. Could have done with a

:03:15.:03:21.

bounce forward. Jason Dufner. Long putt for birdie

:03:22.:03:45.

on the 14th. Playing alongside Ernie Els today. Has it, has it! Look at

:03:46.:03:58.

that back nine. Three birdies in five holes. 1-under. Justin Rose at

:03:59.:04:08.

the 10th and a good second shot. Big swinging left-to-right here. If you

:04:09.:04:13.

go a bit hard, it can chase on down the hill. That'll be a little bit

:04:14.:04:27.

too bold. Westwood sizing up the second on the 15th. 215 yards. The

:04:28.:04:32.

first couple of days straight into the wind but today, players able to

:04:33.:04:38.

get them reasonably comfortably in two. It is a big, long iron. Not a

:04:39.:04:50.

lot of room. Downhill a little bit. Watch the slow deliberate backswing

:04:51.:04:53.

and then right through the ball if he gets a good one. Not sure. Not

:04:54.:05:03.

sure. Safe. There are worse places to be down there. -- a there.

:05:04.:05:12.

Solid enough par to start the back nine.

:05:13.:05:33.

Casey's ball went way back down the hill, but this is for a four. Fourth

:05:34.:05:41.

shot at the final hole. He is 1-under. He is going to have more

:05:42.:05:48.

than one of those. A 12 footer. Jordan Spieth between the flag and

:05:49.:06:02.

the water. Can he take advantage of that fortune?

:06:03.:06:09.

Hoffman. Drive on the eighth. The bunker down the right.

:06:10.:06:42.

He is hitting the ball beautifully. He has been around a few years. He

:06:43.:06:50.

used to have long blonde hair. Many of you may remember that. Spieth for

:06:51.:06:54.

par. It is a great walk from the 11th up

:06:55.:07:17.

to the 12th. It is when there are people here. When you come and there

:07:18.:07:21.

is nobody here, you wonder what the fuss is about because it is just a

:07:22.:07:26.

huge expanse of mown grass. Almost like a playing field with a pond and

:07:27.:07:31.

bit of water and a couple of bunkers. It does not look exciting.

:07:32.:07:37.

When the human herbaceous borders are there, it looks different.

:07:38.:07:43.

Spieth last year. Hitting the tee shot. Looks a little bit

:07:44.:07:47.

disappointed, but even more disappointed when he sees it go into

:07:48.:07:55.

the water. And then mishaps and miscalculations, mis-hits. Very

:07:56.:08:02.

expensive learning curve. He took it back beyond the official drop zone

:08:03.:08:08.

to get a good yardage. That was it. Done and dusted. You always do

:08:09.:08:13.

things that you think are right at the time. It looks so simple. It

:08:14.:08:20.

really looks so simple. You just knock it on the green. A good grip.

:08:21.:08:27.

He wants a good grip. He is obviously twitchy, remembering last

:08:28.:08:35.

year. But it looks the simplest thing in the world. A little bit of

:08:36.:08:42.

wind against and a cross from the right. Sit down!

:08:43.:08:53.

It was a bold shot. Really, really easy shot. I just said that! He

:08:54.:09:05.

thought it was easy, too. Fowler for his four on eight. The camera

:09:06.:09:18.

shutters go off, the ball drops. Fowler, to 4-under. Just one behind

:09:19.:09:26.

Hoffman now. Bouncing about in those high tops. He says he tries to drop

:09:27.:09:31.

his pace at the weekend at the Masters because then he will just go

:09:32.:09:38.

into fast forward mode, gets a little bit excited. You do not see

:09:39.:09:43.

many tennis players doing that at the cross over boy. Laughing and

:09:44.:09:47.

saying, where are you going for supper tonight? I don't know. That

:09:48.:09:53.

little Italian plays? Now, Peters for par. Got it.

:09:54.:10:03.

A very droll fellow is Mr Peters. The driest of the dry, he is.

:10:04.:10:15.

Deadpan. Very funny. Moore up the hill and in. A few putts starting to

:10:16.:10:20.

drop. Isn't that a wonderful setting? The

:10:21.:10:39.

majestic pines. Second shot to the tenth. Blue sky. Not a cloud to be

:10:40.:10:48.

seen. The ball tip toes... No, it doesn't. It is a beautiful second

:10:49.:10:52.

shot. William McGirt.

:10:53.:11:00.

Moving quickly. As soon as he hit it. Still a good front nine when he

:11:01.:11:12.

taps that in. Sergio up the hill at the 8th. Second shot. That is

:11:13.:11:22.

flirting with the trees on the left. As he cut it, gone straight? Here it

:11:23.:11:31.

comes. Found its way through the pine needles and onto the green. He

:11:32.:11:38.

does not know that. Casey, can he finish by dropping just one shot?

:11:39.:11:48.

Well done. A good five in the end for Casey and a good round. Taking

:11:49.:11:55.

him back to level par. An outside chance. 13th tee, Rory.

:11:56.:12:07.

Over the corner of the trees. An atomic charge, that one. Is it over

:12:08.:12:14.

the top? Is it over the top? Just beyond the shadows. Nearly in the

:12:15.:12:15.

next county. McGirt. A tap-in for his par. Memorial

:12:16.:12:22.

champion last year. What interests me is how wide his

:12:23.:12:40.

stance is for these little shots. Not just for that one on the slight

:12:41.:12:46.

downhill, but normally very wide. He doesn't look comfortable. Fowler

:12:47.:12:51.

does that preset, settles in. Good drive. Astonishing position he

:12:52.:13:10.

gets into at the top of his swing, Fowler.

:13:11.:13:20.

This was the third, that was for bogey. He has been stroking it quite

:13:21.:13:31.

nicely with the putter. That is what you have to do around Augusta, as

:13:32.:13:35.

Spieth did last year, until his horrors, he was hitting it ropily

:13:36.:13:44.

but finding the cup. He certainly putted remarkably well.

:13:45.:13:58.

Charlie Hoffman. Steady, steady, steady. Never quite sure when they

:13:59.:14:06.

stop. It did eventually. Couples. Fighting for his party on

:14:07.:14:13.

the tenth. And a woodpecker there. He slips back to one. Still just

:14:14.:14:40.

inside the top ten. Spieth. This putt for three. Through the green.

:14:41.:14:48.

Not a great chip back but all will be forgiven if this disappears.

:14:49.:14:55.

Never looked like anything else. I tell you, if they could not putt,

:14:56.:15:01.

they would hurdle the 70s and go straight into the 80s. Phil

:15:02.:15:09.

Mickelson, he is back to 3-over. Westwood, up and down for birdie. So

:15:10.:15:19.

quick away from him. That is a beautiful shot.

:15:20.:15:25.

Sergio at the 8th. A slowish putt. Right-to-left, Marc Pugh come. He

:15:26.:15:53.

has left it short. -- up you come. He is honing in. Fowler.

:15:54.:16:00.

All the way back today. Very difficult to get it back to that

:16:01.:16:13.

flag, the pin all the way back. These greens used to be Bermuda.

:16:14.:16:19.

They changed them in 1981. Slower grass. I think the course was

:16:20.:16:28.

designed for slower greens in all truth, but do not tell them.

:16:29.:16:35.

Westwood for birdie. That was very well done. Conjured up a magical

:16:36.:16:43.

shot from the sand. Happy days. Thomas Pieters, big

:16:44.:16:55.

drive. Can he get it back to this pin? Yes, good shot. They sit around

:16:56.:17:04.

this green and they know, they have seen it before. That was a good

:17:05.:17:09.

shot. Pretty much pin high. I think that is bordering on unfair. I don't

:17:10.:17:15.

see the point in that, but there we are. A lot of good fortune you have

:17:16.:17:20.

to have to win around here. This is the chance to break away

:17:21.:17:38.

from a tie with Garcia. Jon Rahm at the 10th, just touched it down the

:17:39.:17:40.

hill. Did not touch it enough. Rather gave the game away because

:17:41.:17:55.

this was to get into a tie for the lead with Hoffman. Garcia. Alongside

:17:56.:18:00.

his playing partner at the top of the board. It is a good-looking

:18:01.:18:06.

leaderboard, as well. It is beginning to look nice and tidy and

:18:07.:18:14.

tight for tomorrow. Jordan Spieth is going well, congratulations to him

:18:15.:18:21.

for recovering from a couple of golfing disasters. He always looks a

:18:22.:18:26.

bit worried, as if he is not quite sure where it has gone. It might be

:18:27.:18:33.

all right. Justin Rose from the front of the 11th. 500 yard par

:18:34.:18:38.

four. It bobbled on him. Stevie Williams, the caddy for Adam

:18:39.:19:00.

Scott. Westwood at 16. This very slow putt up the slope. He volleyed

:19:01.:19:06.

that up there. Perfect conditions for scoring today

:19:07.:19:21.

but the greens are starting to get a bit more fire in them. This to save

:19:22.:19:30.

par. Well done, you have to do that. Around here you have to hole some

:19:31.:19:42.

ten footers for par. Westwood, having come off the slope with his

:19:43.:19:46.

tee shot and finishing at the bottom of the green has this almost

:19:47.:19:53.

6-foot... What a good review. Look at the quality of the grass. Doesn't

:19:54.:19:59.

that look beautiful? Wouldn't you like a lawn like that at home? All

:20:00.:20:07.

the way. Lovely touch, well done, good save. U2- part a green and you

:20:08.:20:17.

walk off with a sigh of relief. A nice inward nine he is putting

:20:18.:20:30.

together. BT says somebody. -- beauty. Cantering down there.

:20:31.:20:43.

Watch this drop inside. A user football striker. An anxious stare

:20:44.:20:57.

but he knows. The fans were not sure because it was tight down the left,

:20:58.:20:59.

but he knew, so he told them. Rickie. Ninth hole, Fowler. Uphill.

:21:00.:21:04.

Slope. Goodspeed for two pars. McIlroy,

:21:05.:21:25.

second, enormous drive, like Bubba Watson, over the trees.

:21:26.:21:41.

He would have been thinking about the eagle and now it is a tricky one

:21:42.:21:47.

for birdie from our and down from there. Peters, playing with Rickie

:21:48.:21:58.

Fowler. Similar putts. They looked magnificent. The quality of the

:21:59.:22:04.

turf, the putting and reading of the green is so difficult.

:22:05.:22:12.

Out in 37. Won over. -- one over. This is a tester. Watch where he

:22:13.:22:21.

aims this. Ryan Moore, just dab it down.

:22:22.:22:34.

Halfway between him and the edge of the green.

:22:35.:22:39.

LAUGHTER. He just didn't get it quite right.

:22:40.:22:49.

It is only fractions and now you are made to look silly. Someone in the

:22:50.:22:54.

crowd would say, that is the sort of thing I do.

:22:55.:22:55.

McIlroy, a lofted club. It sounded clean but just died on

:22:56.:23:08.

the first bounce into that slight upslope.

:23:09.:23:11.

A magnificent tee shot, good-looking second which just goes the wrong way

:23:12.:23:17.

and he will probably take five. Justin Rose, two short holes on the

:23:18.:23:25.

inward nine. Flag today on the left-hand side. Murmuring in the

:23:26.:23:33.

crowd. Online. Beautiful shot from Justin Rose.

:23:34.:23:44.

Sit down, ball. Softly, softly. That is a stunning shot from Jordan

:23:45.:24:05.

Spieth. One of the best. We saw Phil Mickelson do it in 2010. Rory

:24:06.:24:14.

McIlroy can only make his five and remains level par and Spieth, that

:24:15.:24:15.

was a beauty. This for par, no. A few cracks

:24:16.:24:37.

appearing, but he is still near the head of affairs.

:24:38.:24:54.

From here it is difficult to pick out the flag sometimes with the

:24:55.:25:02.

crowd behind and the red and blue and yellow shirts and other bits of

:25:03.:25:04.

apparel. 124 yards. You cannot spin it too

:25:05.:25:17.

much, you have to try to take some off it. Otherwise you cannot get

:25:18.:25:24.

close to the flag. Because that will go as Peters' did. --

:25:25.:25:39.

almost identical to Thomas Pieters'. Can Charley Hoffman do better?

:25:40.:25:46.

Second shot at the 9th. Co-leader. That was a good prod. A jolly good

:25:47.:25:55.

prod. That is the way to do it. Nice tee shot but he will stay to

:25:56.:26:09.

wonder. -- two under. Not ruling himself out of anything

:26:10.:26:34.

today. He has hardly played this year.

:26:35.:26:41.

For birdie at the 11th. It looks good. Oh, yes. He really has come

:26:42.:27:05.

out of the backwards, Jon Rahm, and is taking the golfing world by

:27:06.:27:11.

storm. 22 years old. He looks a little older than that.

:27:12.:27:12.

Here is Fowler. Fairway wood. Justin Rose, after that beautiful

:27:13.:27:47.

tee shot. Yes, well done, good two. A bit of a mixed bag from Justin

:27:48.:27:55.

today but still in the hunt. Westwood, second to the 17th.

:27:56.:28:11.

Stay, stay, stay. Welcome back, Ken Browne, who is in sparkling form.

:28:12.:28:19.

Peter, you wake me up. Superb tee shot here. Just feeding

:28:20.:28:40.

slightly left of the flag. Stop. Well done. Good angle.

:28:41.:28:53.

ANDREW COTTER: Garcia. We saw this putt for Thomas Pieters. Dies away

:28:54.:29:00.

quickly that one. Deep breathing. Every shot you play,

:29:01.:29:09.

walking a tightrope here. Oh, my. Left. That was a wild one.

:29:10.:29:39.

If it skids into the pine straw, it is a tough shot, anyway. Straight up

:29:40.:29:47.

the hill for Charley Hoffman. The final group and the joint leaders.

:29:48.:29:53.

This to take the outright lead. Sweetly done. 6-under par for

:29:54.:30:05.

Charley Hoffman, out in 34, tidy looking card.

:30:06.:30:18.

His fourth appearance here, the man from Vegas. Peter is -- Pieters on

:30:19.:30:27.

the tenth. The green used to be where that big

:30:28.:30:46.

bunker was, but they moved it all the way back as we go up to the

:30:47.:30:53.

12th, and Rahm. A young, confident man, from 142 yards. Be careful.

:30:54.:31:00.

Oh... Just about short enough for a

:31:01.:31:08.

pitching wedge, but you have to get all of it, and Rahm in trouble. His

:31:09.:31:15.

fellow countrymen also in a bit of bother. The first putt for a while

:31:16.:31:18.

from Garcia that hasn't looked pretty.

:31:19.:31:24.

It's like he didn't commit to it. Marginal deceleration.

:31:25.:31:30.

That was a very unpleasant ten seconds for Spain.

:31:31.:31:40.

Spieth up the slope at the 13th. Such a beautiful putter. Marvellous,

:31:41.:31:54.

marvellous effort. Hunting a hole, hole path.

:31:55.:32:04.

Phil Mickelson supporting cast member today, 3-over par. Westwood

:32:05.:32:11.

now for his birdie on the 17th. And he has it! All the way. That was

:32:12.:32:25.

judged into perfectly by Lee Westwood.

:32:26.:32:31.

Westwood to 1-under par. Look at that back nine.

:32:32.:32:42.

We saw Jon Rahm a moment ago finding the water, so options for dropping

:32:43.:32:50.

it, and Ken had a look at them. There's a look at where the 12th pin

:32:51.:32:54.

is cut today, front left of the putting surface. A number of players

:32:55.:32:58.

over the years have hit the ball into the water. The flag today is

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cut in that portion of the green. This is the water hazard at the

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front. If you miss anywhere on the front of the green, it runs back

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into the water. What are your optionss if you're ball pitches

:33:10.:33:15.

there? Option one is you try to play it. Most often, you can't. Option

:33:16.:33:20.

two is you can go all the way back to the tee and drop the ball there.

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You can do that, because you know the sort of shot you have to play.

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You just misjudged that one. Option three is where the ball last crossed

:33:30.:33:32.

the margin of the hazard, you can go back in a straight line as far as

:33:33.:33:36.

you would like, which is what Jordan Spieth did last. How far do you go?

:33:37.:33:40.

You don't want to be too close to the green because you can't put any

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spin on it. 75, 80 yards, and you drop your ball. This is about 80

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yards, say there. Look at the lie to start with. Quite a nice lie, but

:33:52.:33:55.

generally when you drop back here, it is on a downslope. What you don't

:33:56.:33:59.

need to stop the ball quickly. Look what is facing you. You have the

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water in front, the bank, six yards of putting service. It is eyelevel,

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it is an inviting. If you miss the green, you have options. But

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whatever one you take, they are not very friendly. -- it is an inviting.

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Jon Rahm has gone back to a comfortable yardage. This is his

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third shot. Now, now, now, shot forward off the back of the green.

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Coming down over the pine needles, the Pine straw.

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This looks a tight lie, the green sits above you. This will curve to

:34:43.:34:55.

the right, almost coming back to him. Not bad. Stop will.

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It was like it was slipping down a place, wasn't it.

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Let's have another look at Jon Rahm's shot. This is what happens to

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tee shots. You think it has gone. It sticks there and he is in horrible

:35:27.:35:30.

trouble. A horrible shot back towards the water, but at least he

:35:31.:35:35.

has the and down for a bogey. This for a double bogey.

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The quirky swing of Ryan Moore. He's got it... Oh. I thought he was going

:35:43.:35:50.

to do a KJ Choi and not it in the cup. Just watching the name of

:35:51.:35:55.

Jordan Spieth creep up the leaderboard. Sergio Garcia, the

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ninth. Two behind Hofmann now. This is where he hit a loose one

:36:04.:36:09.

yesterday. All sorts of confusion. 3-wood down the left today. 1.3 but

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the pain is on the right. Thomas Pieters.

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Slow, slow, slow. An ounce more pace and it would have held its line. So,

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Charley Hoffman, 3-wood for Charlie. Going anxiously left. It's OK. Up on

:36:44.:36:52.

the green, Rickie Fowler. From the left little to the right

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lip in about 15 inches. -- the left lip.

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Rahm with his fourth shot. He's played it nicely. He's walking. Two

:37:16.:37:29.

shots gone at the 12th Jon Rahm. It claims another victim.

:37:30.:37:44.

Down the right. The fairway sloping from left to watch, you often find

:37:45.:37:58.

the right rough. Not too bad. Quite often wayward from the tee, Jordan.

:37:59.:38:03.

Little bit loose sometimes. McGirt down towards the 11th. You can see

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the flag fluttering. Hold that pose. That's why. Two wonderful shots in

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there from Ryan Moore and William McGirt. McIlroy at the 14th, uphill,

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come on, Rory. Must be. Not quite enough pace. He said he just needed

:38:32.:38:35.

to get within three or four today. He would be happy going in tomorrow

:38:36.:38:39.

within three or four. At the moment, he's not quite there. It is quite

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difficult to force birdies out of Augusta, because sometimes you have

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to take on risks that you don't need to. Where the flag is cut on 15 it

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is a sucker 's pin. Adam Scott and Justin Rose playing together.

:38:56.:39:03.

Difficult again, Ken. Grab the grass, playing a bit lower. Sit. Oh,

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please. Stop. Stop there now. Lucky, Lucky, lucky.

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Pretty good. A brave one to go for the flag, you can get so close to

:39:18.:39:35.

the right bunker, and if you pop it in there, you can get down the two.

:39:36.:39:41.

A moment ago, Garcia with a similar shot, but from the shortest off,

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174. -- the shorter stuff. Safe, but an unlikely putt Tahoma.

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Like all his long putts today, he has left them short.

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He will remain where he started, 2-under par.

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37 years old, his first Masters. Doing very nicely. Justin Rose,

:40:29.:40:40.

Butch holding a flag. He just stayed on the green.

:40:41.:40:52.

Come on, come on, come on. Nice birdie at the 12th, and that to back

:40:53.:40:57.

it up with another. Ryan Moore, sweetly into the centre

:40:58.:41:10.

of the cup. Generally very hardest par-4 on the course, the 11th.

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Slightly easier pin today than normal. An outstanding amateur

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champion. Leading amateur back in 2005. Here is the 2011 champion. An

:41:21.:41:30.

eagle for Charl Schwartzel. He is suddenly to 2-under par. Where has

:41:31.:41:35.

that come from? He has come via a birdie and an eagle on the last two

:41:36.:41:37.

holes. A cathedral of pines on the 11th

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tee. Looking a little anxious. He has

:41:44.:42:00.

done all right. Not the perfect spot, but you can certainly get a

:42:01.:42:01.

swing at it. Always has something to say to his

:42:02.:42:14.

golf ball, Spieth. Right over the flag. He asked it to go, but didn't

:42:15.:42:22.

need to. He has left himself with a swing on that one from right to

:42:23.:42:23.

left. Scott playing alongside Justin Rose.

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This for 3-under. 215 yards, pin front right. To chase

:42:30.:42:59.

this flag, you have got to take a risk. Bunker right. Sit! Sit! Sit!

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Sit! Oh, Rory. Sit down. Sit down. Lucky. There is a pond just beyond

:43:13.:43:17.

there. Rose has left himself this five

:43:18.:43:31.

footer or so for his birdie. He has changed and has worked hard at which

:43:32.:43:37.

grip to use. He uses this claw grip with a slightly heavier putter.

:43:38.:43:44.

Usual putting grip. Such a satisfying than to become a horrible

:43:45.:43:50.

sliding left to right putt. This is a good group, tidy players, Justin

:43:51.:43:54.

Rose and Adam Scott. Both are 3-under now. That will do nicely

:43:55.:43:59.

round Amen Corner. Westwood on the final hole. In the left-hand sand.

:44:00.:44:11.

That's done well. That's done very well. A lot of sand and a fairly

:44:12.:44:21.

square clubface, getting it to scoot up the slope. He is on a fast

:44:22.:44:34.

finish, Westy. Garcia, a lot of left to right. In the trunk shadows.

:44:35.:44:42.

All the uphill putts are left and short. A chance...

:44:43.:44:50.

That back right of the tenth green, available it out 6-7 years ago. The

:44:51.:44:59.

ability to put a flag on there, but only just.

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A tricky one here for Fowler, just a few branches creeping out to

:45:09.:45:13.

negotiate. Everything to avoid it going left.

:45:14.:45:25.

That's a very, very good shot from Fowler, pretty much where he would

:45:26.:45:26.

have been aiming. Two shot leave at the moment for

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Hoffman -- lead. The 11th is 505, two very long holes

:45:38.:46:02.

in a row. To the 12th, and Ryan Moore.

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Leave for his par. Lee Westwood, oh... A little bit left of centre

:46:18.:46:36.

but a brilliant up and down at a loss. 70, 77 and a gorgeous 68, he

:46:37.:46:41.

is in with a chance tomorrow. A fabulous record here at Augusta.

:46:42.:46:50.

Lowest round of the day so far as we go back to Garcia. This is a knee

:46:51.:47:02.

This is going to be a skid, this one. That was superb. Playing back

:47:03.:47:22.

to the water, you don't want much too much over the other side, and

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that was classy. Trusts in his abilities. Jordan Spieth.

:47:28.:47:35.

We said there would be a bit of movement on this one, Ken.

:47:36.:47:44.

Sit down. Now, that is a horrible, little left to right move.

:47:45.:47:59.

Not too many people have coped well with the birdie putts from that side

:48:00.:48:12.

of the hole at the 12th. The third shot of Thomas Pieters,

:48:13.:48:21.

look how much purpose he can get. This is about 35 yards.

:48:22.:48:26.

Slides the club underneath it, looks like it is going to go too far. A

:48:27.:48:30.

bit of fees on it -- fizz. Spieth, is this close enough for his

:48:31.:48:46.

there at the ball while hitting it? -- for his stare.

:48:47.:48:54.

It is unsettling, but it works for him.

:48:55.:49:00.

I am sure lots of people have tried it at home.

:49:01.:49:09.

After a great escape from the left trees, Rickie down the slope at the

:49:10.:49:20.

11th. This is a Wonderbra. Sit down. -- wonder rather.

:49:21.:49:31.

He comes here with a lot of confidence. Hoffman down the

:49:32.:49:41.

corridor on the 11th. Just turned it left towards the

:49:42.:49:46.

trees. That's all right. Only one top ten

:49:47.:50:01.

in the Majors, that was his ninth here a couple of years ago. Jon

:50:02.:50:06.

Rahm, uphill all the way at the 13th.

:50:07.:50:27.

Fowler rolls it in on the 11th. And remains 3-under.

:50:28.:50:36.

Gorgeous driver of the ball, Sergio Garcia. The lowest penetrating

:50:37.:50:46.

flight. Do lofts the driver as he comes into it.

:50:47.:50:51.

Just magnificent, a bullet. Talking about heavy putters, heavy woods as

:50:52.:51:03.

well. He is so accurate with them. A low launch, high spin driver. He

:51:04.:51:08.

launches low, but the spin takes it up. Jordan Spieth.

:51:09.:51:15.

A couple of people applauding that quickly stopped.

:51:16.:51:20.

Because he is entirely blocked out by the trees down the left-hand

:51:21.:51:26.

side. It looks OK there, but from where the camera is filming this,

:51:27.:51:28.

some big come the big trees. McIlroy, a little movement to his

:51:29.:51:39.

right, but not as much as that. Nothing from the par fives on the

:51:40.:51:46.

back nine, Ken. It is very hard to press birdies on this course.

:51:47.:51:51.

Something has caught fire in the background. That is a big, old

:51:52.:51:57.

cigar. A bit of breeze helping out of 14.

:51:58.:52:13.

If you can't find the you can't get at the flag. Round it goes.

:52:14.:52:30.

But from here at the 14th, you can take that flag on. The sound is very

:52:31.:52:52.

sweet. Pretty good. Steve Williams back on

:52:53.:52:55.

Adam Scott's bag. Both of them left with three putts

:52:56.:53:19.

from no distance, for Pieters, a mix. Looking silly, and very cross.

:53:20.:53:27.

You have to put that behind you. It is so easy for that thing to stick

:53:28.:53:36.

with you around Augusta. Jon Rahm, boldly holed. Nice bounce back from

:53:37.:53:43.

the double bogey on the 12th. Hazel eye from a 20-year-old, to a

:53:44.:53:47.

43 rod, at Lee Westwood, five top top tens in his last seven

:53:48.:53:52.

appearances at Augusta, including two runner ups. Heading for another

:53:53.:53:56.

top ten at least, with the best round of the day, 68 with birdies at

:53:57.:54:02.

13, 15 and 17 coming home. Just an done by a second-round 70s ever

:54:03.:54:06.

yesterday. Still, he will take it, 1-under. Let's get a word from Lee

:54:07.:54:10.

on that. 68 today, how well do you think you

:54:11.:54:15.

played in these conditions? Pretty well. I did most things good. Played

:54:16.:54:19.

a couple of exceptional bunker shots, but I am quite pleased. It is

:54:20.:54:29.

like a traditional at Augusta on a Sunday, Lee Westwood will be

:54:30.:54:31.

involved at the top of the leaderboard. How close do you think

:54:32.:54:36.

you can get? It depends what the lead is at the end of the day.

:54:37.:54:39.

Someone can go silly around the back nine and gets to eight, nine,

:54:40.:54:44.

10-under, I will be a long way behind. But it is not easy, 16 and

:54:45.:54:50.

17, even 18, they are all difficult holes. Even the easy ones where you

:54:51.:54:54.

can pick up shots, you can drop shots around Augusta. The flags were

:54:55.:54:59.

harder today. Who knows, 5-under or 6-under might lead by the end of the

:55:00.:55:03.

day, you never know. Thank you for your time. Good luck tomorrow. Thank

:55:04.:55:04.

you. Lee will be hosting the British

:55:05.:55:08.

Masters later in the year. That doesn't sound good. I think he

:55:09.:55:31.

was worried it wasn't going to carry the water. 16th, 183. Now, Hoffman.

:55:32.:55:42.

Standing on the corner of the water here at the 11th.

:55:43.:55:46.

You have just got to play this cagey. And it was very cagey.

:55:47.:55:55.

An excellent shot. Exactly where he would have been aiming.

:55:56.:56:05.

142 yards, the shortest it plays, the 12th. The flag hanging limp.

:56:06.:56:15.

This gives you a good look of the green, water left.

:56:16.:56:39.

Asking it to draw. It's sort of does. A bit of help from his playing

:56:40.:56:47.

partner, which is always handy. A bird has found the microphone and is

:56:48.:56:55.

going through his greatest hits. Now, Rose, he saw his ball wondering

:56:56.:56:58.

all the way down there. Forced to go over those pine trees

:56:59.:57:26.

laying up. There are a hard to follow the ball when the ball goes

:57:27.:57:31.

over some trees. This will test his nerve after the awfulness of the

:57:32.:57:41.

first round quadruple birdie, McGirt on the 13th.

:57:42.:57:52.

Spieth, 28 holes now without a bogey.

:57:53.:58:04.

Fowler, just off the back of the 12th.

:58:05.:58:22.

That looks pretty good. That's got to hit it, go on.

:58:23.:58:31.

5:30 over here and it is time for Paul Azinger and the voice of golf,

:58:32.:58:43.

Peter Alice. How kind you. A lovely evening in

:58:44.:58:53.

Augusta. The sun so high in the sky. Ryan Moore, 13th, 3-under par, third

:58:54.:59:03.

shot. Edging up to a devilishly high, small plateau. It is a

:59:04.:59:07.

heartbreaking position. Has he done it? Has he done it? He's done it OK.

:59:08.:59:18.

Well, now, Rory McIlroy, you were with us on Thursday. Let's listen.

:59:19.:59:35.

We are fine right now. OK. Hit a pretty good shot here on the

:59:36.:59:39.

first day and it spun back in the water. Here we go again. Big divot.

:59:40.:59:50.

Big enough for the harvest festival. A good shot. It could go in this

:59:51.:59:52.

time. No. He really is a remarkable young man

:59:53.:59:57.

and an amazing golfer. He took a couple of body blows in

:59:58.:00:10.

the first two rounds. And he has come roaring back. Well done, him.

:00:11.:00:17.

It will be a certain birdie and the crowd go ape. He is proving his

:00:18.:00:30.

resilience, Peter. He is 22, 23 years of age now. They love it. But

:00:31.:00:39.

keep calm, he is saying, keep calm, keep steady. I think he might walk

:00:40.:00:49.

across the water. He was 4-over when he walked off this green on

:00:50.:00:54.

Thursday. He is playing with Phil Mickelson, who is one of the

:00:55.:00:56.

also-rans today. A remarkable ovation. That is

:00:57.:01:38.

usually for a last day winner walking up the 18th hole ovation.

:01:39.:01:46.

Out in 33. The couple of birdies coming home.

:01:47.:02:04.

Justin Rose, he certainly has the firepower to reach in two. A much

:02:05.:02:12.

tighter tee shot that in years past, they have added trees to the right

:02:13.:02:15.

and left. Split the fairway. That is perfect.

:02:16.:02:28.

He will give it a go from there, I am sure.

:02:29.:02:33.

Got it. Very much a crowd favourite. Started beautifully and then

:02:34.:02:45.

dribbled a few away. Huge crowd here. Around the 16th

:02:46.:03:04.

tee. McIlroy. Has to go up the hill and

:03:05.:03:13.

across the ridge. Oh, no. He has left himself a devilish second putt.

:03:14.:03:17.

He will be on defence there. Birdie, birdie, birdie. Short again.

:03:18.:03:33.

I think that is an indicator of how he feels on the inside. That is as

:03:34.:03:37.

much as it used as it is the way he actually stroked the putt. There is

:03:38.:03:44.

definitely a tentative spirit. Lack of confidence. He is a suspect

:03:45.:03:53.

putter. He has been for a number of years, sadly. He has weeks when he

:03:54.:03:59.

putts magnificently, but he is tentative.

:04:00.:04:08.

For birdie. He had a fabulous shot in there and look at it go. So fast.

:04:09.:04:17.

This putt for par for McIlroy. That is beautifully holed. One of the

:04:18.:04:32.

best shots he has played today. He did not want to drop a shot there.

:04:33.:04:37.

He has two hang on. Be in touching distance. Ryan Moore. Down and in.

:04:38.:04:48.

Went in like a rabbit looking for his hole.

:04:49.:04:56.

4-under par, a dark horse. Look at the crowd. Look about you, look at

:04:57.:05:04.

the right and left. Back looking at the 15th, 16th, 17th tee.

:05:05.:05:12.

You liked this shot, go ahead and smash it. That's why it takes five

:05:13.:05:25.

or six hours to go around, they have a conversation on every hole, player

:05:26.:05:32.

and caddy, every shot. Two birdies, so far, on this hole. He is after

:05:33.:05:46.

another. Go! He has the McIlroy putt. A little

:05:47.:05:52.

bit nearer. That is a scary shot. There is not a lot of room. If you

:05:53.:05:58.

go along to the right, you have no chance. Speaking of scary shots.

:05:59.:06:08.

Charley Hoffman. 142 yards. That is OK.

:06:09.:06:12.

He is tight alongside the stream. On the 13th you have to manoeuvre one

:06:13.:06:29.

up and onto the green. That is a very fine results. Steady, steady,

:06:30.:06:37.

steady. Good effort. Really good effort.

:06:38.:06:49.

Looking anxiously. Oh, he loves it. My shot. Another good chance for

:06:50.:07:02.

Sergio. Fred Couples, 14th. But a long putt

:07:03.:07:16.

for par. Freddie, look out. LAUGHTER,.

:07:17.:07:21.

Oh, Freddie, you old crowd pleaser, you.

:07:22.:07:42.

Needs to be a good drive and just a wedge if he hits it nice. Lost it to

:07:43.:07:50.

the right. Anything is possible down there.

:07:51.:07:58.

Poor old Ernie, he has had a dreadful day.

:07:59.:08:09.

Long, long putt up the hill. Finishing in a blaze of glory...

:08:10.:08:17.

Ernie, Ernie, Ernie, what a way to finish 14-over. 83. Maybe Ernie's

:08:18.:08:24.

last one. Maybe his last hurrah. After a terrific tee shot at 15,

:08:25.:08:34.

Justin Rose. That is nicely done. That is OK.

:08:35.:08:48.

Hanging in there, Justin Rose. A slowish putt from the back of this

:08:49.:09:04.

green. That is a safe three. Where is he going with this? Squirt

:09:05.:09:40.

it through the tree and try and get it in the front bunker I fancy. Down

:09:41.:09:46.

on the right-hand side and a pitch and a putt. Front bunker if he is

:09:47.:09:50.

lucky. Garcia to go to 5-under. By such

:09:51.:10:29.

margins Championships and tournaments are won and loss. I

:10:30.:10:32.

thought that was bound to drop. But no. No, no, but OK, 4-under. He has

:10:33.:10:49.

had a few chances today. Spieth up the hill at 16.

:10:50.:10:56.

Rickie electing to hit a little pitch and run. A sand wedge. Way

:10:57.:11:15.

overplayed the break but perfect touch. Easy birdie for Rickie

:11:16.:11:20.

Fowler. Back to 4-under.

:11:21.:11:29.

It is a good one. Adam Scott trundles it down virtually stone

:11:30.:11:39.

dead. If these players can hold it

:11:40.:11:50.

together for the final few holes, there will be ten, 12 or more

:11:51.:11:54.

players tomorrow with a shout at victory.

:11:55.:12:03.

Not a very good shot after a massive tee shot.

:12:04.:12:19.

You get an idea of the crowds around the 16th green. It is like a giant

:12:20.:12:31.

horseshoe. A couple of hundred feet or so lower than the clubhouse. A

:12:32.:12:38.

testing course to walk around and this is a testing putt, but well

:12:39.:12:39.

done, good nerve. It is becoming quite compelling now.

:12:40.:12:56.

Bunching up. Spieth for par at 16. Oh. He looked at the hole. Mis-hit

:12:57.:13:22.

the tee shot, which cost him. Adam Scott, that is his birdie.

:13:23.:13:34.

Par. I thought it was a birdie. No shots dropped, still in the hunt.

:13:35.:13:50.

Pitching it back up the hill. Careful. One of those. Struggling

:13:51.:14:05.

for par. An important he shot for Charley Hoffman. Going with 3-wood.

:14:06.:14:12.

They looked like he bailed to the right. Just lay up. There are all

:14:13.:14:23.

kinds of ways to make birdie here. Just off the fairway into the loose

:14:24.:14:25.

pine needles. Rory pops it away. You didn't see what happened with

:14:26.:14:38.

Rory so we are not sure of his score.

:14:39.:14:48.

We know Ken gets out and about early. He was looking at the pin

:14:49.:14:57.

position at the 13th. Just wandering onto the 13th green and the flag is

:14:58.:15:02.

at the back left-hand corner on a ledge, like an upturned wok. Imagine

:15:03.:15:12.

coming to this area with a 3-iron, even a wedge. Miss it on the left,

:15:13.:15:17.

the ball trickles off the green leaving an awkward chip. If you come

:15:18.:15:22.

up short, on the right, there is a steep bank. You have gone six inches

:15:23.:15:29.

off and watch where it goes, it keeps trickling, trickling,

:15:30.:15:34.

trickling. These greens are fast this morning. It keeps going. To the

:15:35.:15:44.

right, a tributary, you do not want to miss left, short, long, it is so

:15:45.:15:49.

easy to drift into this right-hand stream and if you go there, you

:15:50.:15:53.

could find anything. Daffy duck down there. Thomas

:15:54.:16:03.

Pieters, Igor putt. Up the hill and needs to go left and no. -- eagle

:16:04.:16:11.

stop that should be one retrieved after the poor showing at 12.

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Not a lot of room. You really have to go directly at this flag.

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We have seen a lot of balls down there. Frightfully difficult to

:16:29.:16:32.

judge the speed up that hill. We have seen some massive drives at

:16:33.:16:46.

the 13th today. Over the corner of the Pines, leaving a short iron.

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Amazing to think he can hit the ball so far. Leaves him on the slope. Not

:16:52.:16:55.

an easy second to a small target. Adam Scott is quietly sneaking into

:16:56.:17:08.

town. Moved right up the leaderboard today. Look at that divot,

:17:09.:17:14.

beautifully square. You could lay a dollar bill in that. Is it enough?

:17:15.:17:20.

No. He will be down there with Justin Rose.

:17:21.:17:43.

No bunkers at all on this hole. Green difficult enough. Long and

:17:44.:17:52.

wide with humps and bumps, severe slopes. Look at that. Almost very

:17:53.:18:02.

good and now it is off down the hill. It will finish I know not

:18:03.:18:08.

where. As a player you know you don't want to make that mistake ever

:18:09.:18:10.

on 14. They worse than a four. It looks

:18:11.:18:33.

like a cracking drive. And it is. He has had a funny round with some

:18:34.:18:36.

wonderful holes and a couple of lips. -- blips. On the way at 17.

:18:37.:19:00.

Not much more than a 9-iron. This is tricky. Just lying on the pine

:19:01.:19:13.

straw, as they call it here. You get it a bit heavy... He has pushed it

:19:14.:19:22.

out safely to be wide part of the fairway. It came off that Lady's

:19:23.:19:28.

need. No harm done. They used to be a flat spot, I am not sure it is

:19:29.:19:33.

still there. That will be tricky off a slight downslope. Spieth might as

:19:34.:19:40.

well go right at it. Nothing near the flag that can cause trouble. He

:19:41.:19:45.

does it. Here's the bunker. Another good look for Jordan.

:19:46.:19:54.

Never made a birdie at the 17th hole, that is interesting. Sergio is

:19:55.:20:03.

playing with, you know that fellow he is playing with. A little bit

:20:04.:20:06.

above his feet. Though, he does not like it. It has

:20:07.:20:21.

gone away, has it? Water? In the creek. Charley Hoffman is away up in

:20:22.:20:31.

the crowd. Oh, it is stuck on the bank. Maybe he can play that. He is

:20:32.:20:35.

lucky. Years ago they did not do that. He does not know he has had a

:20:36.:20:49.

stroke of good fortune. I don't know how that happened. You saw him pitch

:20:50.:20:54.

and it stuck in the grass. You would not think it is longer. To stop the

:20:55.:20:59.

ball going back in the water, but it did, and he is left... Not the

:21:00.:21:04.

easiest of places to be, but certainly able to get a par-5 at

:21:05.:21:07.

worst. See how Adam Scott handles this.

:21:08.:21:14.

Easy. It is pretty good. You can spot the difference between

:21:15.:21:27.

those two. Fowler, having drifted back. At

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least 30 odd yards from the flag and big humps in the way and he has gone

:22:12.:22:17.

the high rate, lofting it. It could come back nicely for him. He has

:22:18.:22:22.

worked that out very well indeed. That is well thought out. Very

:22:23.:22:24.

imaginative. How hard do you want to hit this,

:22:25.:22:33.

Adam? About that hard. Good putt. Let's see if Justin can clean this

:22:34.:22:58.

up. Watch out for these two tomorrow. Justin Rose is more than

:22:59.:23:05.

capable, two shots off Charley Hoffman's lead, currently. And there

:23:06.:23:12.

is Hoffman right here. Third shot. At the 13th. Steady, stop. And it

:23:13.:23:24.

has. He made that look easy. Nothing easy about that shot. Dutiful, low.

:23:25.:23:38.

-- you to fall. -- beautiful. About six yards up the hill. Playing close

:23:39.:23:49.

to 165 yards. He does not like it. Not too bad. He was hoping for

:23:50.:23:58.

movement to the left. Rory got unlucky here yesterday, hitting the

:23:59.:24:04.

flag on the fly. Jordan for birdie at 17. Oh, no. You don't often see a

:24:05.:24:16.

misread like that from Jordan. Well wide from the get go.

:24:17.:24:30.

For eagle. Wow, he will take advantage of the great break. Tap-in

:24:31.:24:45.

birdie for Sergio, which will get him to one shot behind Charley

:24:46.:24:50.

Hoffman. Fowler, for par and he has done it

:24:51.:24:57.

again. Boy, has he strangled some today. Holed certainly five, six

:24:58.:25:05.

really good putts. The shortest probably 12 feet. And Sergio taps

:25:06.:25:08.

in. At the end of the day a good birdie four.

:25:09.:25:23.

Well, if that putter was running red hot, Sergio would have a nice

:25:24.:25:33.

cushion, instead he is trailing. McIlroy to get to 1-under. Well he

:25:34.:25:40.

shaved the whole -- hole. He has played one or two racket

:25:41.:25:59.

shots. Rory has missed a lot of opportunities. He hated close on 11.

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Did not birdie 13. He reached easily in two. He missed a short one on 15.

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Six behind this man. Hoffman, a chance to get to 7-under.

:26:13.:26:24.

Dead centre. He made that look easy. I think that would have gone in a

:26:25.:26:31.

thimble. Suddenly, Charley Hoffman, two shots clear.

:26:32.:26:37.

The beautiful tee shot. Beautiful tee shot.

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HAZEL IRVINE: The birdie has put Charley Hoffman exactly where he was

:27:09.:27:13.

after day one, 7-under. Sergio Garcia, perhaps the ball staying on

:27:14.:27:18.

the bank at the 13th will be his Freddie Couples moment. Still

:27:19.:27:25.

intact. Jordan Spieth, an incredible run from the champion of two years

:27:26.:27:30.

ago. No champion has trailed by more than seven after 18 and he is

:27:31.:27:36.

certainly within touch. Could have been better early on. Justin Rose is

:27:37.:27:41.

not out of it. And Rickie Fowler, his scrambling skills have been put

:27:42.:27:47.

to great use. There are former champions. Adam Scott, Charl

:27:48.:27:52.

Schwartzel, who, since 2011, has only had a type for 25th, his best

:27:53.:28:00.

progress since winning. Jon Rahm came to grief at the 12th. Freddie

:28:01.:28:07.

Couples hanging in. 32 episodes, adventures, if you like, around

:28:08.:28:14.

Augusta. Lee Westwood is under par. Thomas Pieters has had a torrid

:28:15.:28:21.

round. Paul Casey a good round of 69 today. Soren Kjeldsen is trying to

:28:22.:28:33.

become the top Dane here. Rory McIlroy will have to settle for that

:28:34.:28:39.

1-under par round of 71 today. Seven shots behind. Brandt Snedeker, a

:28:40.:28:47.

very good round of 69. He has challenged several times at Augusta.

:28:48.:28:54.

Phil Mickelson has been upstaged by his 23-year-old colleague Jordan

:28:55.:28:58.

Spieth today. He is too over with just the 18th to play. Jason Day was

:28:59.:29:05.

the first out and a great round. The former world number one and US PGA

:29:06.:29:12.

champion of a couple of years ago. Martin Kaymer, this place is etched

:29:13.:29:17.

into his soul. He tried to change his swing to win here and it blew

:29:18.:29:22.

him off course for a few years but today, a 74. Branden Grace, surely

:29:23.:29:28.

his time to win a major will come sooner or later. There has not been

:29:29.:29:36.

a South African winner of a major for five years, not since Ernie Els

:29:37.:29:41.

in 2012. Back out we go to the back nine at Augusta National.

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COMMENTATOR: A mighty lash from Sergio. And that's right down the

:29:50.:29:59.

middle there at 14. So important with the front pinned to find the

:30:00.:30:03.

fairway, and he has a long way up there. Welcome back, Ken.

:30:04.:30:21.

With that finish where it looked like? Dead behind it. Spieth through

:30:22.:30:33.

the shoot here at 18. Can he reach the bunkers today?

:30:34.:30:36.

A twirl, bend over, pick up the tee. Loves it.

:30:37.:30:47.

Second to the 15th. He is watching it with interest. Pretty good. The

:30:48.:31:02.

further left you hit the approach, the longer the carry is over the

:31:03.:31:11.

water. A chance of an eagle, outside chance.

:31:12.:31:16.

This hole cut right in the middle of the green, but it sits on a bit of a

:31:17.:31:29.

hump. We haven't seen a lot of birdies here. That's OK, but just a

:31:30.:31:36.

little off, maybe half a club, a little less, maybe.

:31:37.:31:42.

Most under par at the Masters, 2014, Jordan Spieth has a commanding lead.

:31:43.:31:53.

McIlroy hasn't done too badly either.

:31:54.:31:55.

Sneaky long is little Rickie. Weird to see a club go around the body

:31:56.:32:07.

like that. Getting into that laid off position. It has been that way

:32:08.:32:15.

for a long, long time. I'm sure that is a layup now. That Paul has

:32:16.:32:21.

settled in. Sometimes important tee shots at 15 is a favour, you don't

:32:22.:32:25.

have to take the risk playing over the water. -- that ball has settled

:32:26.:32:30.

in. Trying to suss the wind out, I

:32:31.:32:50.

think. It's not the easiest shot to figure,

:32:51.:33:03.

it's blind to the player. You cannot see the bottom of the flagstick.

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Uphill, just trying to get it up on the right tier. Two tiered green.

:33:14.:33:23.

Hitting the ball right on the button all day. Sitting on 4-under par for

:33:24.:33:40.

the round, one of the best rounds of the day. Hoffman at 14. Oh...

:33:41.:33:49.

A bit of stick to hit a tree. That is OK. He has done well to squeeze

:33:50.:33:57.

it between the uprights. Rose for birdie. Has he done it?

:33:58.:34:07.

Good line. Dead centre. APPLAUSE A fantastic back nine, only one

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person in front of him, that's Charley Hoffman. Only the fifth

:34:26.:34:32.

birdie at number 17 today. I believe Sergio will be licking his chops

:34:33.:34:41.

here. Just a short iron. Ideally landing a foot or two left of the

:34:42.:34:46.

flag. Interesting, trying to draw it to the pin. Nothing wrong with that.

:34:47.:34:54.

A little uphill. Some break in it. Roaring into the slope of the

:34:55.:34:57.

fairway to hole it, so it doesn't release to the right.

:34:58.:35:04.

A couple of those today, clingfilm over the hole.

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Now, Ryan Moore, a wonderful second shot to hear. Faced with a difficult

:35:20.:35:25.

putt down the hill, big break, left to right.

:35:26.:35:30.

Swinging to the right. Just... Oh. It's not, is it? Oh... It's gone.

:35:31.:36:06.

Occasionally, you can look a fool, can't you? I think that's in

:36:07.:36:10.

experience, plain and simple. In fairness to Rahm and the rookies

:36:11.:36:20.

this week, they weren't able to get really great practice rounds in.

:36:21.:36:27.

HAZEL IRVINE: Rory McIlroy, his third attempt to land the green

:36:28.:36:33.

jacket at, and with it, a career Grand Slam. A very tantalising

:36:34.:36:39.

position for the world under two, the four time major winner. Let's

:36:40.:36:42.

get boring's thoughts on what he needs to do to get this jacket.

:36:43.:36:47.

What's the overriding emotion as you walked off 18? A little frustrated.

:36:48.:36:53.

I had enough chances on the back nine and didn't quite convert. I set

:36:54.:37:01.

myself up for a few birdies. I was in between clubs all day. When I

:37:02.:37:10.

have hit those drives, I need to get birdies, I had chances on 11 and 14

:37:11.:37:15.

as well. I could have been a few better, and that puts me a few shots

:37:16.:37:19.

behind going into tomorrow. I need to get off to a fast start and keep

:37:20.:37:22.

it going. You need to know where the leaders

:37:23.:37:26.

finished tonight, but is it possible to make a prediction on where you

:37:27.:37:33.

could get tomorrow? I mean, I have shot low ones here before. My lowest

:37:34.:37:39.

round here, I'm not sure if it is going to be low enough depending on

:37:40.:37:43.

the conditions. It depends what the leaders do. Charley has the seven

:37:44.:37:50.

there. If he stays at that, it will be tough. But if he drops a couple

:37:51.:37:54.

coming in, I will feel better about my chances.

:37:55.:37:57.

One or two players have come in and said it is difficult to attack the

:37:58.:38:01.

cause, the pin positions, the greens quickening up. Is it a difficult

:38:02.:38:05.

balance when you consider attacking tomorrow? It is. Especially with the

:38:06.:38:12.

conditions, there was a light breeze, but nothing to trouble us

:38:13.:38:16.

too much. As I said before, if you can take advantage of the par fives,

:38:17.:38:23.

you are 4-under from the first tee. I will need to play the round of my

:38:24.:38:27.

life tomorrow to have a chance. We appreciate you coming in and good

:38:28.:38:29.

luck tomorrow. Thank you. COMMENTATOR: Always speaks so

:38:30.:38:40.

sincerely and nicely, Rory. He says what he thinks.

:38:41.:38:53.

Good two putt, 4-under for Ryan Moore. His grandma died on Friday,

:38:54.:39:09.

so I think he's been slightly inspired. I'm not sure Charley

:39:10.:39:17.

Hoffman is pleased to be right about here after that tee. He has way over

:39:18.:39:21.

hit that. Not a good effort at all. Settle. A total mis-hit there. 18th

:39:22.:39:24.

green, Jordan Spieth. Not an easy one to read across the

:39:25.:39:43.

slope. Has he managed it? Wanted to bullet it in. Just watching that

:39:44.:39:49.

ball run out. Mickelson is another one, as it goes past the hole, it

:39:50.:39:54.

gives you a clue as to how it will break on the way back.

:39:55.:40:02.

Only one place for it, a magnificent scene. Look at the spectators. How

:40:03.:40:11.

do you get that many people to be quiet at the same time, I don't

:40:12.:40:13.

know. Hoffman now. It would be one heck of

:40:14.:40:15.

a recovery if he could make this. Really slow. A dropped shot for

:40:16.:40:32.

Charley Hoffman. Just one shot ahead.

:40:33.:40:41.

Sergio with a great opportunity, too.

:40:42.:41:01.

And a super putt, and a good round for Jordan Spieth. Steady as she

:41:02.:41:11.

goes, 68 today, Jordan. Made a real move. Look at that clean card on the

:41:12.:41:18.

front, three birdies, no bogeys. A 3-putt at 16, but other than that,

:41:19.:41:27.

fabulous golf today. He did what he had to do on moving day. Proving

:41:28.:41:34.

day. A good night 's sleep can change a lot of things in the minds

:41:35.:41:37.

of the players. This was Mickelson finishing.

:41:38.:41:47.

Three-time champion, finding the bottom of the cup, 71, 73, 74. He

:41:48.:41:50.

was hoping for a bit better today. Sergio, oh. A little bit like Rory,

:41:51.:42:11.

that one slipping past the edge. It is hard to watch Sergio shrugging

:42:12.:42:17.

like this on the greens. It has been tough to watch. He has hit it great

:42:18.:42:26.

today. -- struggling like this on the greens.

:42:27.:42:36.

Oh. I think he caught it off the bottom of the club and wasn't going

:42:37.:42:43.

to make the carry. But it was perfect.

:42:44.:42:49.

Rickie Fowler, third shot. This is dangerous. Got to fly this at least

:42:50.:42:56.

to the hole, maybe beyond. What it, what it. Yes. Not great,

:42:57.:43:09.

but OK. -- watch it. A little bit left of the flag, a bit more depth

:43:10.:43:11.

of putting surface. Backswing like he is staring

:43:12.:43:30.

custard. Cut it on the ledge at the back, it doesn't quite make it.

:43:31.:43:33.

There has only been one birdie at number 16 today. But not a bad spot.

:43:34.:43:41.

From that angle, you are putting straight uphill. A relatively easy

:43:42.:43:45.

putt from there if you finish on the bottom plateau. Now, the lovely

:43:46.:43:48.

swing of Adam Scott. And he hates it. Very

:43:49.:44:02.

uncharacteristic. Just a short iron in there for Adam.

:44:03.:44:09.

Can Rickie tickle one into the cup. A few goodies when he has missed

:44:10.:44:16.

them close. This for birdie. Right into the heart. What a player,

:44:17.:44:21.

what a putter. Maybe the best offer course brand.

:44:22.:44:41.

Only winning four times on the course, the same as Charley Hoffman.

:44:42.:44:50.

But Rickie is of fine pedigree. It just seems as if it is a matter of

:44:51.:44:54.

time before he breaks through and win is one of the big ones. He has

:44:55.:44:58.

been top five in all four Majors in the past. Sergio at 15. Slightly

:44:59.:45:04.

open stance, playing slightly down the left.

:45:05.:45:12.

A good, hard bounce, but not to the left. Not too much to the left. It's

:45:13.:45:21.

hard to tell, but you can see he is in the shadows of the pines. The

:45:22.:45:27.

shot that brings you into trouble, gets you out, if he can draw the

:45:28.:45:37.

next shot, you can get out. The left arm, but he still might be able to

:45:38.:45:39.

take a crack at 15 here. Hoffman makes Fred Funk look

:45:40.:45:48.

cricket. He drives it pretty straight. -- makes Fred Funk look

:45:49.:45:56.

crooked. 18th, the third shot of Adelaide's

:45:57.:46:04.

Adam Scott. A real crowd pleaser. When he looks

:46:05.:46:21.

like he is going to far, it grabs at the right moment. Let's see if Ryan

:46:22.:46:23.

Moore can judge this. They used to say, Ken, they pipe the

:46:24.:46:52.

sound of the birds chirping in the trees, but I was out there the other

:46:53.:46:56.

day and I spotted a Bluebird making that, I don't know what kind of boat

:46:57.:47:01.

it was, other than blue. They have real birds, not speakers in the

:47:02.:47:06.

trees. This is glorious. We have moved to

:47:07.:47:15.

another place. Just as glorious, the 18th.

:47:16.:47:19.

It looks like he was giving someone out in cricket there.

:47:20.:47:28.

It's called aim point. I can't quite fathom it out, but one or two

:47:29.:47:34.

players use it. I can't figure it out. Ryan Moore back down the hill

:47:35.:47:36.

at 16. That either goes in or goes down

:47:37.:47:46.

where it came from. Justin Rose now. For birdie here at 18.

:47:47.:47:52.

Oh, yes. And a fist pump for Justin Rose. Just like that. Rose and

:47:53.:48:06.

Hoffman tied. Round of the day over there. Look at that scorecard.

:48:07.:48:13.

12 in. Making the most of those holes, 67 for Justin Rose.

:48:14.:48:22.

They will be singing in the Northants clubhouse.

:48:23.:48:33.

13th fairway, Charley Hoffman. -- 15th fairway.

:48:34.:48:41.

Look what he has left himself there. Alcatraz. That's an horrendous place

:48:42.:48:57.

to be. He will try to pitch that next one into the bunker.

:48:58.:49:06.

The ever popular Adam Scott, 3-under. 2013 champion, what a

:49:07.:49:10.

pairing that was. It's been a long time since we have

:49:11.:49:30.

seen a player on the right part of the screen. -- the right part of the

:49:31.:49:40.

green. It is tricky to get down in two. Sergio is OK here. A no-brainer

:49:41.:49:49.

now, 198 yards to the hole. It is all carry. His natural shot will

:49:50.:49:50.

draw. A lot worse places to be than that.

:49:51.:50:05.

Lucky that he had one bounce on the green. If it carried another yacht

:50:06.:50:08.

and hit the downside, he would be near the water.

:50:09.:50:17.

HAZEL IRVINE: We will hear from Jordan Spieth in a little while. He

:50:18.:50:22.

is live on the US networks at the moment. There is the situation. What

:50:23.:50:26.

a finish from Justin Rose, former US Open champion and reigning Olympic

:50:27.:50:30.

champion, of course. He says he wants to be a multiple major winner

:50:31.:50:34.

to cement his legacy. He is going about it the right way. The 12th

:50:35.:50:39.

occasion for Justin that he has contended. And very, very firmly at

:50:40.:50:45.

the weekend. I am sure you will remember, it is a couple of years

:50:46.:50:48.

ago, he was in the last group with Jordan Spieth, getting to 14-under

:50:49.:50:55.

that year. That score would have won him 70 of the previous 78 Masters.

:50:56.:51:00.

He has been very, very close, and he is right at the top now. Charley

:51:01.:51:04.

Hoffman making his way home at the 15th. Rickie Fowler has made some

:51:05.:51:09.

forward momentum. He has gained it in the last hole also. Five

:51:10.:51:14.

underdog. Sergio Garcia one better than when he started out. But the

:51:15.:51:18.

putts are not dropping for surgery, are they. Jordan Spieth making a

:51:19.:51:23.

claim for a second green jacket. Remember his incredible record in

:51:24.:51:26.

this place of runner-up, first, runner-up, and who knows what in

:51:27.:51:33.

2017? He's at 4-under with Ryan Moore. Adam Scott home with 69

:51:34.:51:38.

blows. Charl Schwartzel making a good run today. You remember his win

:51:39.:51:43.

in 2011 where he birdied the last four holes in that incredible

:51:44.:51:47.

Haverhill recharge the year that Rory McIlroy perhaps could and

:51:48.:51:51.

should have won the Masters. That was some six years ago. Jon Rahm,

:51:52.:51:55.

his challenge has faded a little. 1-under now. But he will be here for

:51:56.:51:59.

many years to come, you sense. An incredible talent, but ready

:52:00.:52:04.

to-year-old Spaniard. Speaking of Jon Rahm, here he is. -- an

:52:05.:52:10.

incredible talent, the 22-year-old. COMMENTATOR: Rahm for birdie at 17.

:52:11.:52:28.

He is an emotional feller. He blasted that. Not a very good putt.

:52:29.:52:30.

Sometimes you want it too much. This will be for par now. Still

:52:31.:52:44.

hanging in there. Charley Hoffman finally has some company on top of

:52:45.:52:49.

that leaderboard with Justin Rose, 6-under par. Rahm trying to remain

:52:50.:52:55.

1-under. Within touch, within sight of the lead.

:52:56.:52:59.

Oh, boy. Like he was going to buy that putter in half. A little

:53:00.:53:20.

upslope, a of landing area, Sergio Garcia generally, with his pitching

:53:21.:53:25.

and chipping, is an absolute artiste. Let's see what he comes up

:53:26.:53:27.

with here. As a golfer, that is something so

:53:28.:53:44.

special. It's a terrifying shot if you are not confident. Sergio is

:53:45.:53:50.

just a genius around the greens. He made that look a lot easier than it

:53:51.:53:52.

was. Think of all the putts that Sergio

:53:53.:54:00.

has let get away to this point, only one shot off the pace. Likely to tie

:54:01.:54:06.

the lead if he can clean that up on 15. Largest comebacks in history,

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coming from seven straight behind, Nick Faldo in 1990 against Greg

:54:12.:54:15.

Norman. I talked to Faldo on the driving range this morning, he said

:54:16.:54:20.

he was five back on the 11th hole the first year he won. Six back

:54:21.:54:26.

during the final round the year he did win. Now, Fowler.

:54:27.:54:38.

A very natural, self-taught parting stroke with a lot of feel in it,

:54:39.:54:50.

Fowler. -- putting stroke. He's in a real pickle here, Hoffman

:54:51.:55:06.

is. I don't know if there is any lie good enough, Ken, that can fly over

:55:07.:55:13.

the bunker. He is going to try to chip it onto the back of the green.

:55:14.:55:18.

I can't quite see the angle. That is not quite so easy either. You are

:55:19.:55:25.

right, though, if he pitches it out to the right over the bunker, he

:55:26.:55:29.

will give himself a two putt par, maybe. He will not go for that,

:55:30.:55:34.

because if Heath flicks it over the green, it will run away from him.

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Maybe not. I will tell you what, he is way better off than I thought he

:55:40.:55:42.

was. I thought he was in the patrons, but he is sitting on stop

:55:43.:55:48.

decent green grass. Will he take a chance here? -- on top of decent

:55:49.:55:52.

green grass. It looks like he is going to have a

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go, face wide open. Two waste to open the face, you can lay your

:56:02.:56:05.

hands back or Labour face open. He is doing a bit of both. Double open.

:56:06.:56:10.

A tricky shot. Let see if he has done it. Yeah, that's really

:56:11.:56:19.

magnificent, isn't it. With a face that wide open, you can go

:56:20.:56:23.

underneath it, not just in front of it. Cut it clean and it skitters

:56:24.:56:29.

across. A huge break for Charley not to be to the right of the gallery.

:56:30.:56:34.

All of a sudden now, he has a chance, a good chance, for birdie.

:56:35.:56:42.

Sergio mooching around, a little bit like a caged lion. He is ready to

:56:43.:56:50.

pounce on something. Exactly where Rickie Fowler made it from a couple

:56:51.:56:52.

of moments ago. Charley has come a long way. He

:56:53.:57:15.

first turned pro in 2000. He played, it is called the Web.com now. Not

:57:16.:57:22.

sure what it was called then. Nothing to sneeze at there. The

:57:23.:57:32.

experience of the last group he had a couple of years ago. He seems

:57:33.:57:38.

pretty comfortable in his skin these days. He has come a long way from

:57:39.:57:41.

that big blonde mullet. No, never had a chance. Low and too

:57:42.:58:18.

hard. Not a good combination. A tight lipped response. Looks like

:58:19.:58:25.

Ryan Moore may have clipped the trees. He has gone a long way back

:58:26.:58:30.

with his second to 17. He has to go under that branch or go around it.

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Big, open-mouthed bunker guarding the 17th.

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Hoffman at the 15th. Bit of a wild second, very good pitch. This four a

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par. This to be OK. Well done. There are moments when you are delighted

:59:30.:59:32.

not to drop a stroke, having done so on the previous hole. If he can

:59:33.:59:39.

finish with three pars at worst, he will have had a very good day.

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Beautiful chip shot of Sergio Garcia from behind the green. It is a

:59:49.:59:56.

little further away than it looks. Knock a hole in 4-5 feet. Just maybe

:59:57.:00:09.

a touch of movement of the very little if it's got a bit of pace on

:00:10.:00:11.

it. A little bit of pace. Well done.

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Very good for Sergio. He has had a lot of chances today. 6-under. Going

:00:22.:00:24.

well. Go, Richard, says somebody very

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formally. Just on the very edge of the second cut. HAZEL IRVINE:

:00:55.:01:02.

Verities, Justin Rose bidding to be the second English man in succession

:01:03.:01:08.

to win the green jacket. This is Justin's card. What a storming

:01:09.:01:13.

second nine. 1-under for the tournament going to the 12th and he

:01:14.:01:24.

made birdies. A round of 67. Great playing. Rose in full bloom. Justin,

:01:25.:01:32.

best round of the day, give us your perspective on how well you think

:01:33.:01:37.

you played. Yes, the key was staying patient early in the round. I felt I

:01:38.:01:44.

was playing fine. I had a poor tee shot on two which resulted in the

:01:45.:01:49.

bogey. I felt I had to remain patient. The test was around six

:01:50.:01:56.

when I made bogey and seven, eight, nine, just stayed with it and played

:01:57.:02:00.

really well on the back nine, everything clicked into gear. The

:02:01.:02:06.

par putt need 11 was the catalyst to a great run in. Patients, is that

:02:07.:02:13.

the key on Sunday? I think so, you have to be aggressive at times. Pins

:02:14.:02:20.

you have to take advantage of. This is a course where you pick your

:02:21.:02:24.

moments and it worked well for me today and will be the game tomorrow.

:02:25.:02:32.

Putting will be key and people said the greens get quicker on Sunday.

:02:33.:02:37.

They were great today. It was a relief not having to factor in the

:02:38.:02:46.

wind. Today, with a smaller field, they were running perfectly and I

:02:47.:02:51.

had more confidence in the greens today. We wish you luck on Sunday.

:02:52.:02:57.

Cheers. I am sure a lot of people at home will do that. Garcia is right

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up there, leading the way. Where is it?

:03:05.:03:11.

Well, it is a tickler. Talking about his average in the

:03:12.:03:30.

third round that Hazel highlighted. The highest average of Saturday's

:03:31.:03:35.

scoring. Not too shabby at the moment. As we watch Hoffman. It is a

:03:36.:03:47.

tough pin to get close to. If you turn it over a fraction it tumbles

:03:48.:03:53.

down to the lower half. Oh, Charley, worse than that. Wow, he says. Wet

:03:54.:04:05.

it is. That was a while shot. It was, 25, 30 yard mistake with a

:04:06.:04:10.

five, six, seven iron. A dreadful shot.

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These swings. They tell us nothing. Everybody tried to find out why he

:04:16.:04:27.

has gone to the left. He just caught the water and that was it.

:04:28.:04:34.

You might see those shots when the pin is down the left half but

:04:35.:04:38.

Charley Hoffman going to a right-hand pin, in the water and in

:04:39.:04:44.

trouble. HAZEL IRVINE: Meanwhile Jordan Spieth is safely in the

:04:45.:04:47.

clubhouse after an excellent 68 today. No champion has trailed by

:04:48.:04:54.

more than seven after 18 and what a charge. Did you have a target at the

:04:55.:05:04.

start of the day? We wanted to shoot four under and get out there and we

:05:05.:05:09.

thought if we shot four under the lead with move to six, seven and I

:05:10.:05:13.

would creep in and bid on it, knowing that on Sunday you can take

:05:14.:05:19.

chances. I thought the golf course would be difficult today and it

:05:20.:05:23.

certainly was. We had tough pins but it was nice to get it out to 5-under

:05:24.:05:28.

out one point and we hit our goal early in the round. You have led

:05:29.:05:34.

going into the final round of every masters you have played in. How do

:05:35.:05:39.

you go about attacking, will there be a different strategy? I don't

:05:40.:05:43.

think so. You have to play to win. Other places you can back off and

:05:44.:05:49.

kind of crews, out here, if you have a chance to go for it, you have to

:05:50.:05:57.

pull off the shot. In 2015I have that situation on 13 and I chose to

:05:58.:06:04.

go for it versus laying up. Those are the kinds of moments that people

:06:05.:06:11.

that win this tournament have on Sunday. For me tomorrow it is about

:06:12.:06:16.

when those moments present themselves. Being patient, pulling

:06:17.:06:21.

off the shot, recognising that I would know better than anybody what

:06:22.:06:25.

can happen on a Sunday and patience is key. Charley Hoffman from the

:06:26.:06:31.

water taking a drop. That was poor, as well. Interesting

:06:32.:06:48.

listening to Jordan Spieth and the difference this year, if you look at

:06:49.:06:53.

the stats last year, 145th in greens in regulation and this year fifth,

:06:54.:07:02.

so it is clear he has improved. Keep the momentum going.

:07:03.:07:07.

It will be a fine day tomorrow. Not only the weather, but we could well

:07:08.:07:15.

be in for some sparkling golf. Freddie at the 18th.

:07:16.:07:32.

Still a very decent effort. Playing alongside Jon Rahm.

:07:33.:07:44.

Not a bad leaderboard, is it? It is leading up to a very good day

:07:45.:07:52.

tomorrow. The weather is set fair. Coming up to 20 minutes to seven in

:07:53.:08:11.

Augusta. They keep it tight. If this was tomorrow and it was the

:08:12.:08:16.

situation and there could be a play-off, they run the risk of

:08:17.:08:20.

running out of light, which I can never understand when you have a

:08:21.:08:28.

whole day to play with. These things that could have a little bit of

:08:29.:08:34.

padding. Here we go the 18th. Ryan Moore picks up that club. A little

:08:35.:08:41.

bit left. There is space out there, short of the bunkers. I noticed poor

:08:42.:08:47.

old Ernie Els had an 83 today. Early in the week he looked witty good. --

:08:48.:08:55.

he looked pretty good. Sergio looks as if he is going to

:08:56.:09:01.

putt this. There you get the view from the other side. Yes, he has his

:09:02.:09:10.

three wood out. What is he going to do with this. He has got his little

:09:11.:09:20.

baffler out. He has worked it out very well indeed. That shot has

:09:21.:09:28.

appeared in the players' repertoire in the last ten years. When it was

:09:29.:09:35.

first done, I know not by whom, we thought they were weird and crazy

:09:36.:09:41.

but it came off for Sergio. Playing fairway wood or metal, whatever you

:09:42.:09:45.

want to call it. He is urging it on, playing

:09:46.:09:57.

alongside Thomas Pieters, who is back to 1-under. Pieters has

:09:58.:10:08.

recovered well. He is keeping himself in with an outside chance as

:10:09.:10:16.

we go to Charley Hoffman, who is struggling against the tide.

:10:17.:10:25.

Suddenly with one shot, perhaps his chances of winning the green jacket

:10:26.:10:33.

are gone. Tomorrow is another day, but he has held it together so well.

:10:34.:10:41.

He is not inexperienced. He has won three or four big events. But that

:10:42.:10:47.

was a poor shot and could be costly. I suppose it is experience in the

:10:48.:10:52.

Majors. You mention just one top ten in the Majors, here, finishing

:10:53.:10:57.

ninth. Never really been in contention.

:10:58.:11:02.

When you play a lot of professional golf and they play for $1 billion

:11:03.:11:08.

every week, it is not such a huge difference. He has played for ten,

:11:09.:11:13.

15 years. It is not as if you are playing here for the first time. It

:11:14.:11:19.

is not as if it is the heat of the Sunday afternoon.

:11:20.:11:21.

A strange tee shot. He has got it. Well done. A couple

:11:22.:11:36.

of shots gone to par. Now he happens to make certain he does not finish

:11:37.:11:43.

worse than four, four. Rose and Garcia out in front. Fowler trying

:11:44.:11:54.

to stay within one and he has putted well.

:11:55.:12:05.

He has putted the best of everyone today. He has holed seven, eight

:12:06.:12:13.

very good putts. This is a testing one for Sergio and well done. A

:12:14.:12:19.

little chip down the green. The start of the third round, where

:12:20.:12:33.

they were, and watch them move. Charley Hoffman got to 6-under.

:12:34.:12:44.

Hoffman was out in front. And Hoffman then departed. HAZEL IRVINE:

:12:45.:12:52.

Several former champions in the mix. What about Adam Scott, winner in

:12:53.:12:58.

2013. Has not been in the top ten since but in touch after a round of

:12:59.:13:07.

69 today. Yesterday you said you felt you played well, how well did

:13:08.:13:12.

you play today? I played really well today. I hate to say it was easy

:13:13.:13:17.

today compare to the first two but the wind was not a factor and to

:13:18.:13:24.

stand on the 12th tee and not worry about it was nice. I wish I

:13:25.:13:29.

converted more chances. I played solid but not all putts were

:13:30.:13:34.

makeable. I did make a few good ones, I did not quite finish it off,

:13:35.:13:40.

the last four holes. I would have liked to have been that bit closer.

:13:41.:13:45.

I can sneak up on them tomorrow hopefully. If I play may be the

:13:46.:13:51.

round of the year for me I could be in with a chance. You have been

:13:52.:13:56.

there before. How much will that experience count? It counts for a

:13:57.:14:02.

little bit. I know I can do it. When you have to stand up and hit shots

:14:03.:14:07.

when there is no other option. I love that feeling and hopefully I

:14:08.:14:12.

will get myself to that position tomorrow. We have seen so many crazy

:14:13.:14:17.

things happen here on Sunday and hopefully it is crazy good for me.

:14:18.:14:24.

Best of luck tomorrow. ANDREW COTTER: He has only played four

:14:25.:14:28.

tournaments this year. He decided to play the week before the Masters and

:14:29.:14:30.

missed the cut last week in Houston. This man will be a bit frazzled,

:14:31.:14:49.

Peter. That was a serious mistake at the

:14:50.:15:27.

16th. Still smiling away. Beautiful second from Thomas

:15:28.:16:17.

Pieters. Well done. That is a good putt. He has come back well. He had

:16:18.:16:21.

an unhappy time in the middle of the round.

:16:22.:16:26.

An astonishing climb up the 18th. We'd talk about it. It is a good old

:16:27.:17:10.

clamber up there. Takes it out of you at the end of the day.

:17:11.:17:21.

Fine silks and dam from the Orient. And having a fag at the same time.

:17:22.:17:40.

-- damask. 151 yards. Big front bunker. Sloping

:17:41.:18:12.

green, left to right. It is so delicate. Another day it might

:18:13.:18:25.

wander down to the right. Talking about how quickly the light fades

:18:26.:18:33.

here. See almost a full moon copperhead. It does get gloomy quite

:18:34.:18:40.

quickly. 150 yards, Hoffman. -- the full moon up ahead. That looked to

:18:41.:18:44.

be straight at it. Let's remind ourselves of highlights

:18:45.:18:59.

from Justin Rose. That would go in for a birdie and

:19:00.:19:21.

this was the 13th. Two putts for a birdie. What a back nine. Talk about

:19:22.:19:32.

taking advantage of the par-5s at Augusta. Birdie on 13 and here at

:19:33.:19:39.

the 15th. What a touch from behind the green. Walking it down. And then

:19:40.:19:51.

finding the centre of the hole once more. Another birdie, three on the

:19:52.:20:00.

back nine. 17. One of the best second shots we had seen in here and

:20:01.:20:04.

again dead centre. Birdie number four. His six of the day. And then

:20:05.:20:13.

the final hole. You dream about a 3-3 finish at Augusta. It looks like

:20:14.:20:18.

he did not like it but it was because he knew it was good. He did

:20:19.:20:25.

not need to keep looking at it. With par at the 16th and birdie at the

:20:26.:20:31.

17th and this birdie at the 18th, it was a 3-3- three finish for Justin

:20:32.:20:38.

Rose. 67. Equalling his lowest round. He has done that, a couple of

:20:39.:20:45.

times. That gave him a share of the lead.

:20:46.:20:51.

This ball pitched well short, but did not stop, it kept going,

:20:52.:20:59.

climbing up the hill, leaving him this six, seven yards for birdie.

:21:00.:21:11.

Good strike. Nice four to finish. Not a bad day's work.

:21:12.:21:28.

34 out. One dropped shot at the 3rd. 35 home. 69. Good score.

:21:29.:21:47.

The shadows stretch out on the 17th green. Possibly the most exposed

:21:48.:21:54.

part of the course. Not a breath of wind today. Long green, wide green.

:21:55.:22:07.

You get the impression, how it runs through the middle. We were talking

:22:08.:22:12.

earlier with Paul Azinger, there is not really a green on this course

:22:13.:22:18.

you can say is easy. To William McGirt. Oohs from the crowd as it

:22:19.:22:28.

circles and drops. 74 today. Heading in the wrong direction.

:22:29.:22:37.

Now then, will it come round? No, it is too low. Left him one of those

:22:38.:22:55.

awkward ones. Looking at the leaderboard there is a hint of the

:22:56.:23:00.

Ryder Cup about it. Rose and Garcia, Fowler and Spieth just behind. A

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slightly different atmosphere. Beautiful position, right in the

:23:05.:23:26.

middle of the fairway. Go, go, he is saying. That is a club short. With

:23:27.:23:34.

the toing and froing and reading, you can still make mistakes and that

:23:35.:23:45.

was a club short. Blame the caddy. Ah, blame the wind. Rose and Garcia

:23:46.:23:56.

leading. Sergio may still creep ahead.

:23:57.:24:02.

Sliding across the crown of the green, over the top and down and if

:24:03.:24:12.

it is too fast, too heavy, it can go four, five, six feet past so easily.

:24:13.:24:25.

Good pace. Gosh, he has putted well. He has holed very little.

:24:26.:24:31.

They say four for Sergio. -- it is a safe four.

:24:32.:24:47.

He talked about how happy he is off the course at the moment and how

:24:48.:24:54.

that puts him in good stead on the course. So many times, Garcia has

:24:55.:25:05.

been rather woe is mean. He seems to be in a different place, as they

:25:06.:25:09.

say. Hoffman to save par. Well done. Two shots dropped at the

:25:10.:25:16.

short 16th. One hole left. Jordan Spieth, this was at the 6th.

:25:17.:25:45.

Where so many players had found themselves but he found the hole.

:25:46.:25:49.

First birdie of the day stop also birdie on the par-5 8th. And on the

:25:50.:25:55.

ninth. The best of the day, the second to

:25:56.:26:12.

the ninth. A tap-in birdie. 3-under par and 3-under for the tournament.

:26:13.:26:17.

Safely through Amen Corner and to the 13th green.

:26:18.:26:25.

That was for eagle. Fourth birdie of the day. Third shot to the 15th. You

:26:26.:26:37.

think of that in the first round that found the water. Exactly the

:26:38.:26:45.

same yardage, he said subsequently. Very different result and another

:26:46.:26:56.

birdie. Bogey on the 16th, his first drop shot after 13 holes.

:26:57.:27:09.

Fowler, a huge putt up the 18. Ernie Els, who had an unhappy day, he

:27:10.:27:22.

holed out. Finished with a three, did big Ernie. Fowler still has work

:27:23.:27:30.

to do. Garcia on the right-hand side. A nice angle to hit that the

:27:31.:27:39.

bunkers and perhaps slide a little bit of them. Beautiful. A fade to

:27:40.:27:47.

the right half of the fairway. He has sort of steady things,

:27:48.:28:07.

Charley Hoffman. He has not let the 16th and his adventures there really

:28:08.:28:16.

get to him. Putted on the 17th. He needs a true drive.

:28:17.:28:22.

That is OK. Pieters at the final hole. Recovered well. If he can get

:28:23.:28:36.

down in a couple of putts from here, or even one. Well judged. He has

:28:37.:28:46.

fought back well. Some rather untidy holes in the middle of the round,

:28:47.:28:48.

but in with a shout tomorrow. I was wondering how far away you can

:28:49.:29:30.

be too realistically have a chance. McIlroy will need something

:29:31.:29:40.

miraculous. Westwood is 1-under. Schwartzel, two. Adam Scott, three.

:29:41.:29:45.

Rickie Fowler. He is looking to finish on five. He has holed so many

:29:46.:29:57.

putts today. This would be the grand finale if you can pop this in. This

:29:58.:30:02.

is a short one. He has rattled them in from everywhere. He has done it

:30:03.:30:09.

again. He has putted magnificently. A long walk up to the scoring room.

:30:10.:30:30.

Hoffman is second to the 18th. Back on the green. Do not go down

:30:31.:31:27.

the hill. Can it? It mustn't. Charley does not deserve this. You

:31:28.:31:29.

see what I mean? You have no idea. Look at that. I should write to the

:31:30.:31:54.

Times. A little bit of evening moisture. Temperature dropping a

:31:55.:31:56.

bit. He has thrown it to the heavens. Has

:31:57.:32:09.

he let it slip bright? The final walk up. Sergio is still

:32:10.:32:45.

working out what he did wrong. HAZEL IRVINE: Round three, Justin

:32:46.:33:06.

Rose with the best of the day. His record equalling round at Augusta.

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He had tied second finish to Jordan Spieth.

:33:19.:33:36.

Sergio Garcia desperate to try to break his duck in Majors. What a

:33:37.:33:44.

picture this is and what a prospect for tomorrow. Peter Alliss: Up onto

:33:45.:33:57.

the green the gladiators fought. -- gladiators. They both have a lot of

:33:58.:34:06.

work to do to get down in two. They come in all shapes and sizes. Would

:34:07.:34:21.

you bet on them both getting down in two? Will they struggle. What would

:34:22.:34:28.

you think? I would take one of them to get down in two. I was thinking

:34:29.:34:34.

if Justin Rose were to win tomorrow and to go around with his Olympic

:34:35.:34:39.

medal over his green jacket. You wouldn't have an inferiority

:34:40.:34:48.

complex! Charley Hoffman. An awful time for him at the 16th. Of his own

:34:49.:34:57.

making. A lot of these putts wander off to the right near the hole. If

:34:58.:35:08.

he can get down in two, it is a job not too badly done, bearing in mind

:35:09.:35:13.

what happened to him at the 16th. But he is still in with a chance.

:35:14.:35:21.

Very much so. It is speed and line. Four feet left, or more coming up

:35:22.:35:25.

the hill. It has kept going. It started to

:35:26.:35:47.

move to the right. Five feet short. Television colleagues getting ready

:35:48.:35:55.

for a chat. Sergio, I do not know whether he has enough club from down

:35:56.:36:02.

there. We were talking earlier. Sergio's respotting in general --

:36:03.:36:12.

putting in general. Struggles in terms of getting the weight right.

:36:13.:36:19.

He has a very heavy putter. Which he likes to rock like a pendulum over

:36:20.:36:24.

the shorter putts. Let's see if he can find the distance on this. I am

:36:25.:36:30.

surprised so many use the claw putt from long range when they chip with

:36:31.:36:35.

an ordinary grip. He obviously feels comfortable doing it that way. But

:36:36.:36:39.

an ordinary grip for long putts would seem to be the answer, if you

:36:40.:36:44.

are having difficulty judging the distance. This is long, uphill, at

:36:45.:36:51.

halfway between him and the hole is the rise, up it comes, over the top.

:36:52.:36:58.

And it drifts away to the right and looks perfectly flat. And they are

:36:59.:37:00.

both faced with five, six footers. Come on, one of you, please. The

:37:01.:37:17.

reason he went to the claw grip in 2011 was because he felt the right

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hand was too dominant. He wanted to take that out of things. He

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practices with a conventional grip. You seem go to it and switch to the

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claw at the last minute. It has served him not to badly, but Hoffman

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is first to try. There would be a big cheer if this

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went in. Charley is the underdog. They like supporting the underdog.

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Come on, Charley. All the way. Well done, sir.

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Not a bad finish after the double bogey on the 15th. Four under. He

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led after the first round, he led for a spell during this round as

:38:23.:38:29.

well. The man from San Diego, Las Vegas now. He will be well pleased

:38:30.:38:38.

with that. He would certainly have taken that on Wednesday night if he

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had been offered that position. Now, Sergio for his four.

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A little bit of movement from this one, Andrew. We have seen the

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putting across the top of the green so many times. It depends on the

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speed. Sometimes its wings to the left. Sometimes it's OK.

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It's OK, Sergio. Well done. Well done indeed.

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Get him into the final group for tomorrow as well. It will be Garcia

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and Rose in the final group, chased down by Fowler and Spieth.

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HAZEL IRVINE: What a prospect, matching his best ever, Sergio.

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Great friends and colleagues from the Ryder Cup, up against each other

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in the final grouping out tomorrow. The final pairing. Last year, Danny

:40:08.:40:15.

Willett won Britain's first green jacket, could there be another?

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Rickie Fowler just one shot behind and he will accompany Jordan Spieth.

:40:24.:40:27.

As Andrew says, what a fantastic prospect it is for the Crown. And

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indeed the patrons at Augusta National. Ryan Moore so on that

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number. Adam Scott is lurking. He says he might sneak up on the

:40:45.:40:50.

leaders. Charl Schwartzel, too, in red numbers. Paul Casey after his

:40:51.:40:57.

round of 69 is some six shots behind now, as is Grand Slam chasing Rory

:40:58.:41:02.

McIlroy after a 1-under par round of 71. Jon Rahm, it wasn't a Saturday

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he will like to remember in a hurry, but he will learn. Phil Mickelson

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started off with great intentions, a 2-over par round of 74 today has put

:41:14.:41:19.

him in the group at 2-over. Branden Grace in the group at 5-under.

:41:20.:41:24.

Matthew Fitzpatrick as well, tied seventh here last year. Currently

:41:25.:41:30.

6-over, 12 shots off the pace. Some big numbers, because as we told you

:41:31.:41:33.

at the beginning of the broadcast, the first couple of days at Augusta

:41:34.:41:38.

were very, very challenging. 35-40 mph gusts. Marc Leishman has

:41:39.:41:47.

challenged here before, plus nine. There is Sergio Garcia after that

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round of 70 today. And a very brave putt to remain in pole position,

:41:53.:41:57.

joint pole position with Justin Rose today. In it goes. Who knows, he

:41:58.:42:05.

might have another go like that for a green jacket tomorrow. 37 years of

:42:06.:42:13.

age now, Sergio. He will be married later in the year. He is in a better

:42:14.:42:17.

space in his personal life than he has possibly been before. He has an

:42:18.:42:22.

aura about him this year that we haven't seen before I think it is

:42:23.:42:30.

ten years since his play-off at the Open Championship when he missed

:42:31.:42:36.

from, oh, five feet to win the Open Championship there, and he has been

:42:37.:42:40.

trying since to land one of these things. Four times he has been a

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runner-up in Majors, more top tens and anyone in history without

:42:46.:42:49.

winning one. Could this be the Spaniard's year? We shall see,

:42:50.:42:56.

because your head says Rose, your heart says Garcia. Your gut tells

:42:57.:43:00.

you that Jordan Spieth and many others may well have a say. And we

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will be back at 6:30 on BBC Two right here for live and

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uninterrupted coverage tomorrow of the final round. Don't fall get,

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digital feeds, live features around Amen Corner, and featured groups

:43:17.:43:22.

from 3:15. That is it, day three is over. Roll on day four. The green

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jacket will be won, but who will be wearing it come the Knights

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tomorrow? See you soon. -- come the night.

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You are the cream of the French aristocracy.

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