JUSTIN ROSE leads The Masters on day 3 – and has started his round in phenomenal form.
The Englishman began the day with back-to-back BIRDIES. Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka are all OUT after missing the cut.
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- Giacomo Pisa
BOGEY
Will Zalatoris undoes his birdie from the third hole with a bogey at the fourth.
He's back to where he starte the day, six under par.
Justin Rose is also putting for bogey here.
- Giacomo Pisa
AS IT STANDS
Justin Rose couldn't have asked for a better start to his third round.
He's already two under par through three holes to take his total to nine under par overall.
Nine under par was many people's predicted winning score on Thursday, but now it's looking like the winning score will be in double digits.
- Giacomo Pisa
BIRDIE
Will Zalatoris cuts Justin Rose's lead to two shots as he moves to seven under par with a birdie at the par three third hole.
Justin Rose has to settle for par to stay at nine under but he'd have bitten your hand off for two birdies from the first three holes to start the round.
- Giacomo Pisa
BOGEY ALERT
Despite playing in different pairs Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas are having almost identical rounds.
They've both dropped a shot on the fourth and fifth holes respectively to drop to five under par overall.
They're now FOUR shots behind Justin Rose.
- Giacomo Pisa
COOL AS YOU LIKE
Justin Rose checks out the green on the second hole before sinking it to make back-to-back birdies to start the day.
That will settle his nerves!
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BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES
Justin Rose's day so far:
- Birdie
- Birdie
He leads by THREE shots through just two holes of his second round.
JUSTIN IN DREAMLAND
What pressure?
Justin Rose has opened his third round with two birdies from the first two holes!
It's another brilliant one putt on the green to extend his lead to THREE shots!
BIRDIE!
JUSTIN ROSE HAS BIRDIED THE SECOND!
WOW!
WHAT A START!
BACK-TO-BACK BIRDIES!
BRYSON BIRDIES
Hard-hitting Bryson DeChambeau has claimed back one of his four dropped shots today with a birdie on the par five eighth hole.
He's done very well actually after his tee shot finds the trees.
His second shot is a glorious one, splitting a gap between two trees and dropping twenty feet away from the hole on the green.
He two puts from there for a good birdie that takes him to two over par overall.
- Giacomo Pisa
SUPER START
Overnight leader Justin Rose couldn't have asked for a better start after a birdie at the par four first hole.
He one putted in for a birdie that JUST dropped into the hole.
- Giacomo Pisa
LIVE LEADERBOARD
Justin Thomas has extended his one shot overnight lead to two but the chasing pack remain hot on his heels.
Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth are the obvious dangermen but there's plenty of capable players jostling for position in the top ten.
- Giacomo Pisa
SPIETH AND THOMAS BIRDIE
Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas remain hot on the heels of Justin Rose after Spieth birdies the second and Thomas adds a birdie at the third.
They're both six under par alongside Corey Connors who's enjoying an excellent day at four under par through seven holes, and young Will Zalatoris.
What an evening of action we have in store for us.
- Giacomo Pisa
BRYSON BOGEYS
Moving Day at the Masters has Bryson DeChambeau moving in the wrong direction.
He's bogeyed the par four seventh to add to his double bogey at the fourth and bogey at the fifth.
He's three over par overall and surely too far back to mount a top ten challenge now?
- Giacomo Pisa
BIRDIE!
JUSTIN ROSE BIRDIES IT!
WHAT A PUTT!
WHAT A START!
HE'S DOWN TO EIGHT UNDER PAR AND TWO SHOTS AHEAD AT THE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD!
- Giacomo Pisa
BRILLIANT JUSTIN
Justin Rose follows up his perfect tee shot with a brilliant green finder with his second.
He drops it twelve or so feet out from the hole with the ball stopping dead as it lands.
He's got an outside chance at birdie here but worst case scenario is a par start.
Justin holds his nerve at the first… so far.
Justin Rose and Will Zalatoris walk down the fairway at the first after their tee shotsCredit: Reuters
- Giacomo Pisa
ACE ALERT
Check this out!
Corey Connors sinks the second hole-in-one of the 2021 Masters with this ace at the par three sixth hole.
That takes him from three under par to five under par and tied for fourth place.
He's also only the sixth ever person to ace the sixth hole at Augusta.
- Giacomo Pisa
HOLE IN ONE!
IT'S ANOTHER HOLE IN ONE AT AUGUSTA!
COREY CONNERS HITS AN ACE AT THE PAR THREE SIXTH HOLE!
HE'S JUST TWO SHOTS OFF THE LEAD NOW!
- Giacomo Pisa
SOLID START
Perfect shot from Justin Rose to start the round, that will settle the nerves.
Straight down the middle of the fairway, perfectly set up to get onto the green with his next shot.
His partner Will Zalatoris doesn't start as well, he's in the bunker on the right hand side of the fairway.
- Giacomo Pisa
THOMAS TIED FOR THIRD
World number two Justin Thomas birdies the par five second hole to move to five under par overall.
He's just two shots off the lead now and tied for fourth place.
- Giacomo Pisa
HERE'S JUSTIN
Current leader Justin Rose makes his way to the first hole to tee off his second round alongside Will Zalatoris.
He'd take a par and run here, with the first hole one at Augusta as intimidating as they come.
Add to that the pressure of leading the way at the halfway stage he'll be desperate not to start with a dropped shot.
- Giacomo Pisa
DECHAMB-OGEY
Bryson DeChambeau follows up his double bogey from the fourth with a bogey on the fifth.
It's a three putt on the green again and things are not going his way so far.
He's two over par and all the way down in tied 40th on the leaderboard.
- Giacomo Pisa
WINDY AUGUSTA
The weather forecast for Augusta National today is for heavier winds than we've seen so far.
Gusts of 20-25mph are expected as the day goes on which will pose some problems off the tee and also dry out the greens.
That means they may start to play firmer and faster than they did yesterday and more like we saw on Thursday, where just twelve players recorded under par scores.
- Giacomo Pisa
FINAU BOGEYS
Tony Finau started his round at four under twenty minutes ago.
He's started with a bogey at the par four first hole though to drop to three under par and tied for twelfth.
That's not the way he'd have wanted to started.
Plenty of time to make it up though.
- Giacomo Pisa
HELLO HENRIK
2016 Open champion Henrik Stenson is quietly creeping his way up the leaderboard.
He's two under par through the first eight holes after starting the day on level par.
Can he improve on his best Masters finish of tied fifth in 2018?
- Giacomo Pisa
THREE PAIRS TO GO
There's only three pairs left waiting to tee off as Moving Day of the Masters starts to reach full swing.
Last week's Valero Texas Open winner Jordan Spieth tees off in a matter of moments.
He's five under par through the first two rounds and just two shots off the lead.
7pm Jordan Spieth, Bernd Wiesberger
7.10pm Brian Harman, Marc Leishman
7.20pm Justin Rose, Will Zalatoris
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