Masters 2025: Saturday tee times, pairings at Augusta National as Bryson DeChambeau, Rory McIlroy chase a green jacket
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Justin Rose is hanging on by a thread.
Rose, who built up a three-shot lead after a huge start on Thursday, enters Moving Day at Augusta National with just a one-shot advantage over the field. Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy aren't far behind.
DeChambeau jumped into second on Friday with his second-round 68, and McIlroy rallied from a finish that sent him sprinting off the course on Thursday to get to 6-under on the week. Corey Conners matched him at 6-under, too, and top-ranked Scottie Scheffler leads a group at 5-under. Scheffler is attempting to be the first person to win back-to-back Masters titles since Tiger Woods did so in 2001 and 2002.
Here's everything you need to know to keep up with the third round of the Masters on Saturday.
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CBS picks up coverage for the final two rounds of the Masters this weekend. All live coverage is also simulcast on Masters.com, the Masters app, ESPN+ and Paramount+ each day starting with the first tee times.
Round 3 | Saturday, April 122 p.m. - 7 p.m. | CBS
Round 4 | Sunday, April 132 p.m. - 7 p.m. | CBS
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9:50 a.m. | Tom Kim10 a.m. | Joaquin Niemann, Jordan Spieth10:10 a.m. | Stephan Jaeger, Max Greyserman10:20 a.m. | Danny Willett, J.T. Poston10:30 a.m. | Jon Rahm, Zach Johnson10:40 a.m. | Patrick Cantlay, Akshay Bhatia10:50 a.m. | Denny McCarthy, J.J. Spaun11:10 a.m. | Maverick McNealy, Charl Schwartzel11:20 a.m. | Brian Campbell, Ben An11:30 a.m. | Aaron Rai, Justin Thomas11:40 a.m. | Sahith Theegala, Davis Thompson11:50 a.m. | Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark12 p.m. | Nick Taylor, Daniel Berger12:10 p.m. | Tom Hoge, Max Homa12:30 p.m. | Harris English, Min Woo Lee12:40 p.m. | Sam Burns, Nicolas Echavarria12:50 p.m. | Brian Harman, Bubba Watson1 p.m. | Davis Riley, Mhciael Kim1:10 p.m. | Xander Schauffele, Tommy Fleetwood1:20 p.m. | Patrick Reed, Collin Morikawa1:30 p.m. | Ludvig Åberg, Hideki Matsuyama1:50 p.m. | Jason Day, Sungjae Im2 p.m. | Rasmus Højgaard, Viktor Hovland2:10 p.m. | Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton2:20 p.m. | Matt McCarty, Shane Lowry2:30 p.m. | Rory McIlroy, Corey Conners2:40 p.m. | Justin Rose, Bryson DeChambeau
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