Sunday at the Masters: McIlroy, Young and six other players who can win
Rory McIlroy, Cameron Young and a crowded leaderboard headline a wide-open final round at the 2026 Masters. Here's who can win and why.
Are we suffering from deja vu? That's what it feels like entering the final round of the 90th Masters Tournament, mainly because of the man at the top. Rory McIlroy had the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history entering the weekend — 12 under overall and leading by six shots.
By Saturday evening, he had dropped to 11 under and was tied for the co-lead with Cameron Young. The lowest-ever third round scoring average in Masters history (70. 630) saw most of the players in contention take advantage, save for McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood, who both shot 1 over for a 73.
Once again, we're faced with a final round pairing featuring McIlroy, and this time, instead of Bryson DeChambeau, it's Young. So who wins? Well, the last nine Masters champions have come from the final group on Sunday.
If you go even further back, only five of the last 35 champions did not play in the final group in the final round. The last player to win from outside the final group was Danny Willett in 2016; he was in the fourth-to-last group. For the sake of this Masters Sunday cheat sheet, that's the gamut we'll cover, because this race feels wide open.
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