The Masters 2025: day three updates from Augusta – live

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Dunlap’s valedictory round would have been even more impressive had he not finished with three consecutive bogeys. But that wasn’t the most egregious late-round meltdown yesterday. Oh no. Not by a long chalk. Step forward 2019 and 2023 runner-up Brooks Koepka, who would be competing right now had he managed to make bogey at 18 last night. Sadly for the five-time major winner, he pulled his tee shot into the trees down the left and was forced to take an unplayable. After chopping back out, he short-sided himself in a swale to the left of the green with his fourth, chipped up weakly, and three-putted from there. A quadruple-bogey eight. Ooo-wee. Whether he feels as bad as Cameron Young, who would also be here today were it not for carelessly taking three putts from kick-in distance on 16, is a moot point, and a question I would most certainly be too scared/wise to put to the big man’s face.

Before things get wild, let’s take this opportunity to tip the cap to young Nick Dunlap. The 21-year-old shot 90 on Thursday, and many a player would have responded by playing the illness or injury card to minimise embarrassment before withdrawing quietly. But Dunlap took his frustration out on a bucket of range balls, then came back yesterday to post a one-under round of 71. He still missed the cut in last place, of course, but if they were handing out Green Jackets for moxie, Dunlap would surely be at the head of the queue. The differential between his first two rounds is the second-biggest in Masters history, the biggest still Craig Wood’s 88-67 effort in 1936. Wood went on to win the Masters five years later, so if you’re a fan of outlandish omens, pile your cash on Dunlap winning this Tournament in 2030.

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