THE BUZZ
Shootout Sunday could be a Masters for the ages, as numerous players have a shot at the green jacket:
- Jordan Spieth, 20, will begin the day in the final group and tied for the lead after shooting a 70, his third consecutive round under par. He could become the youngest Masters champion.
- Matt Kuchar, 35, climbed the leaderboard into a tie for third with a 68 and can be the first golfer from Georgia Tech to win since Larry Mize in 1987, at the tournament founded by Tech graduate Bobby Jones.
- Miguel Angel Jimenez, 50, made history by tying the record for the lowest score shot by a player 50 or older. His 66 matched Ben Hogan in 1967 and Fred Couples in 2010. Jimenez is in a tie for fifth.
- Bubba Watson, 35, scrambled to a 74, but the first UGA grad to win in Augusta remains tied for first and in position to become one of handful of players to claim a second green jacket over a three-year period.
YOUNG GUNS
Youngest to win each of the majors:
Masters: Tiger Woods (1997), 21 years, 3 months, 14 days
British Open: Young Tom Morris (1868), 17 years, 5 months, 8 days
U.S. Open: John J. McDermott (1911), 19 years, 10 months, 14 days
PGA: Gene Sarazen (1922), 20 years, 5 months, 22 days
ERROR ON MASTERS
It appeared Chris Kirk, of UGA and Atlanta, had shot a 2-under round. But the Masters had made a scoring error for almost two hours. “They got my score wrong, by the way, I shot 1 under, not 2 under. They had, Martin Kaymer and I, they had our scores reversed. I made par on 9, and Martin made birdie.”
MORE MONEY
The total prize money is $9 million. The breakdown by position for the top 12 players, who also get invitations to return for 2015:
1st, $1,620,000
2nd, $972,000
3rd, $612,000
4th, $432,000
5th, $360,000
6th, $324,000
7th, $301,500
8th, $279,000
9th, $261,000
10th, $243,000
11th, $225,000
12th, $207,000
HE SAID IT
“My 100th round, is it? Well I didn’t even realize that it was my 100th. I think to anybody’s criteria at the end of a golfing career to have played over a hundred rounds of golf at the Masters, there’s got to be something you can tell your grandchildren in time to come. There’s probably still a few more rounds to go yet.” — 1988 Masters champ Sandy Lyle, 56, who made the cut and shot 76 on Saturday.
TWITTERATI
“The most top-3 finishes in a major championship without a victory since 1934 is eight by Lee Westwood.” — PGA TOUR Media @PGATOURmedia
Westwood birdied all four par-5s and is in the top 10, three shots back, tied for seventh.
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