Moving day at the Masters provided some unbelievable golf on Saturday. Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau gave us most of those highlights.
McIlroy came out incredibly hot, turning a two-shot deficit to Justin Rose into a three-shot lead in just over an hour. He did so by making Masters history, becoming the first player ever to make six consecutive threes to begin a round at the season’s first major.
The lead ballooned to four shots after he made his second eagle of the day on the par-5 15th.
But DeChambeau was not about to let him run away with it. He wanted to let him know, too.
“Rory was kind of moving forward. He was at 12-under, and I was kind of chasing a bit,” DeChambeau said after his round.
“When I made that [birdie on 16], I looked up and I said, kind of as a statement, like, you know what, I’m still here. I’m going to keep going. I’m not going to back down.”
The reigning U.S. Open champion certainly did not back down. In fact, he did the opposite and kept charging.
DeChambeau hit one of the best putts of the tournament on 18, making birdie from off the green.
That putt moved DeChambeau to 10-under for the tournament, two shots behind McIlroy.
Some golfers may believe momentum does not move from one day to another. But the LIV Golf star is not among them.
“Yeah, for sure. I think there’s a bit of it [momentum]. Is it going to be the full reason why I play well or not my best tomorrow? No. But there is momentum.”
Corey Conners, who is four shots back, is the only player within five of the lead beside DeChambeau. So, there is a very strong chance that we get a head-to-head duel between two of the world’s best with a Green Jacket hanging in the balance.
Bryson DeChambeau bested Rory McIlroy at the end of the U.S. Open last year, leaving many to wonder if the latter ever snaps his 11-year major drought.
However it plays out, history will be made at the Masters on Sunday.
McIlroy aims to become the sixth player ever to complete the career Grand Slam. Meanwhile, DeChambeau hopes to join Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer as the only players to win the U.S. Amateur, U.S. Open and the Masters.
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