AUGUSTA, Ga. — For the third time in four days, Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young will be playing side by side at Augusta National Golf Club. On Sunday, when they tee off as the final pairing in the 2026 Masters, they will not be seeking movement on the leaderboard but the completion of 72 holes with a green jacket in sight.
McIlroy appeared poised to run away with his second straight Masters and become the fourth golfer in history to go back-to-back — joining Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus — as he held an Augusta National-record six-shot lead at the 36-hole mark. However, McIlroy was unable to take advantage of low-scoring conditions Saturday as the only man in the top 10 on the leaderboard to shoot over par (73) as everyone else combined for an under-par average of 4.4.
Young and Scottie Scheffler matched McIlroy with the best rounds of the tournament, scoring 7-under 65s. The former pulled even with McIlroy atop the leaderboard, while Scheffler sits T7 and firmly in position to rally for his third green jacket in five years.
Joining those three among the top 10 are Sam Burns, Shane Lowry, Jason Day, Justin Rose, Haotong Li, Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley and Patrick Reed — all capable contenders, including a Masters champion (Reed) and three-time runner-up (Rose). Whether any will be able to make a true run at a green jacket will be determined on Sunday.
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2026 Masters tee times, Sunday pairings
- 9:06 a.m. — Aaron Rai, Charl Schwartzel
- 9:17 a.m. — Gary Woodland, Kurt Kitayama
- 9:28 a.m. — Jon Rahm, Sergio Garcia
- 9:39 a.m. — Si Woo Kim, Rasmus Hojgaard
- 9:50 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Dustin Johnson
- 10:01 a.m. — Matt McCarty, Corey Conners
- 10:12 a.m. — Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas
- 10:23 a.m. — Alex Noren, Maverick McNealy
- 10:45 a.m. — Adam Scott, Marco Penge
- 10:56 a.m. — Harris English, Samuel Stevens
- 11:07 a.m. — Brian Harman, Jordan Spieth
- 11:18 a.m. — Sungjae Im, Hideki Matsuyama
- 11:29 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Jacob Bridgeman
- 11:40 a.m. — Chris Gotterup, Kristoffer Reitan
- 11:51 a.m. — Michael Brennan, Max Homa
- 12:13 p.m. — Nick Taylor, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 12:24 p.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Brian Campbell
- 12:35 p.m. — Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood
- 12:46 p.m. — Brooks Koepka, Wyndham Clark
- 12:57 p.m. — Ryan Gerard, Xander Schauffele
- 1:08 p.m. — Jake Knapp, Ben Griffin
- 1:30 p.m. — Patrick Reed, Collin Morikawa
- 1:41 p.m. — Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley
- 1:52 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Haotong Li
- 2:03 p.m. — Jason Day, Justin Rose
- 2:14 p.m. — Sam Burns, Shane Lowry
- 2:25 p.m. — Cameron Young, Rory McIlroy
