2024 Masters Day 3 By the Numbers: Facts and Stats We Noticed From Saturday at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. — One round to go at the 88th Masters. Here are some of the notable numbers from Moving Day at Augusta National.
1 - Number of times Scottie Scheffler has held the 54-hole lead at a major. He leads this Masters by one over Collin Morikawa. Scheffler won the 2022 Masters after taking a 54-hole lead into Sunday.
14 – Players who were under par through 36 holes.
12 – Players who remain under par through 54 holes.
3 - Rounds in the 60s on Saturday. Chris Kirk and Tony Finau shot 68 for low score of the day, while Collin Morikawa’s 69 lifted him into the final Sunday pairing alongside Scottie Scheffler.
2 - Pars by Bryson DeChambeau over his last 11 holes, punctuated by his hole-out birdie on the 18th hole.
7 - Strokes taken by Scheffler on the back-nine’s two by 5s. His eagle on 13 swung momentum, as he’d fallen to sixth place.
0 - Birdies by Max Homa, who made just one bogey and signed for 73. He trails Scheffler by two and will play in the penultimate pairing on Sunday.
8 - Shots by which Jackie Burke trailed entering the final round of the 1956 Masters before mounting the largest final-round comeback in Masters history. There are currently 19 players within 8 shots of Scheffler’s lead at 7 under.
0 – Number of players to win the Masters in their major championship debut. Ludvig Aberg is three shots behind Scheffler’s lead and can make that history with a win on Sunday.
82 – Saturday score by Tiger Woods, his highest at the Masters.
3 - Players who matched Woods’s 82 on Saturday: Vijay Singh, Kurt Kitayama and Adam Hadwin joined Woods with 10-over-par rounds.
0 - Eagles recorded on the par-5 15th hole through three rounds. It's the second time in the past 50 years No. 15 has failed to produce on eagle by this point in the tournament.
$20 million – This year’s record purse, up from $18 million last year.
73.47 – Round 1 scoring average.
75.08 – Round 2 scoring average.
74.3 – Round 3 scoring average.
380 – Yards for Rory McIlroy’s tee shot at the par-5 2nd hole, the longest drive of the week. He made a birdie and went on to shoot 71. He’s 3 over for the tournament.
2 – Score for Shane Lowry at the par-4 14th, the first eagle there since Martin Kaymer in 2016.
2:35: Tee time for Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa, the final Sunday pairing. This should be fun.