Rose then tapped Garcia on the heart, which turned out to be a lot bigger than anyone realized.
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“I think that I feel like I actually I can actually play golf again, which is great, when I play like that”, Day said.
“I have good vibes in that situation”, he said. “Tomorrow is a huge day”. “I kind of let things go a little bit in the middle part of my round with not really capitalising on the opportunities I had. That’s all you want but really it starts on the back nine on Sunday”, said Rose.
There is no room for error for Rose or Garcia, who share a one-stroke lead.
Sergio Garcia, of Spain, reacts after making his putt on the 18th hole during the third round of the Masters golf tournament Saturday, April 8, 2017, in Augusta, Ga.
That’s nothing new at the Masters, since the world of Augusta National has been dominated by single figures in the past.
“Everybody has a storyline, and I’m not even touching upon past champions who are right there as well”.
Bogdanovich said Garcia, 37, is noticeably more relaxed on the links. Didn’t we know that poor start was simply a launching pad into the rest of the Masters? “It would be nice to have a chance and hopefully do it”.
“I’ve definitely had some good breaks throughout three rounds”, Garcia said.
“I think I probably could have shot a 67 or 68 but there were just a few too many wasted opportunities. Many other years my score would have been good enough to win”.
McIlroy was only six shots behind, but he had 10 players ahead of him – Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth, enough of them to make it hard to expect all of them to stumble on Sunday.
“After the first round, I couldn’t ask for much better than this”, said Spieth, who has improved each day with rounds of 75-69-68.
But Saturday it was Spieth, No. 6 in the rankings, who had people’s attention. Hey, at least he shaved two strokes off his final-round score this time around. He went wire-to-wire to win in 2015.
Garcia, who has recorded 22 top-10 finishes in majors without success, has the added incentive of being able to claim a first title on Sunday, which would have been the 60th birthday of two-time champion and fellow Spaniard Seve Ballesteros.
Fowler will play with Ryder Cup team-mate Jordan Spieth (-4) who capitulated in the final round previous year with the Green Jacket seemingly his to lose. The wind changed, his ball ended up in the water and he made double bogey.
Justin Rose has a two-shot lead with five holes to play at the Masters.
As former victor Charl Schwartzel (-6) made a push along with debutant Thomas Pieters (-5) Matt Kuchar (-6) stole the show and got the crowd going with a sensational hole-in-one on the 16.
What once looked like one of those tournaments where the victor would might have to just hold on has now turned into a free-for-all, and it’s anybody’s guess who comes out on top.
When you look down that leaderboard, everybody had forgotten about Adam Scott and he’s a former Masters champions. The 2015 Masters champion was all but gone after a frustrating, quadruple bogey nine on the 15th hole in Thursday’s opening round.
This is just another typical Sunday at the Masters for Spieth, who has finished second, first and second in his three starts. “We fought back tremendously to have a chance to win the tournament”.
“I’ve got half a chance if I can get a roll going on the front nine”. This is Spieth and this is the Masters.
“If I just get in contention on Sunday afternoon, that’s all I want”.
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Garcia made a 7-foot par putt on the 18th hole to earn a spot in the final pairing with Rose, at 2:45 p.m.
