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Third-Round Leaderboard

Pos.        Player                                    R1           R2           R3           Total

1              Rory McIlroy                         72            66            66            204 (-12)

2              Bryson DeChambeau          69            68            69            206 (-10)

3              Corey Conners                      68            70            70            208 (-8)

T4            Patrick Reed                         71            70            69            210 (-6)

T4            Ludvig Åberg                         68            73            69            210 (-6)

Leading APAC Scores

T6            Jason Day                              70            70            71            211 (-5)

T10         Sungjae Im                            71            70            71            212 (-4)

T21         Byeong Hun An                    74            71            70            215 (-1)

Rory McIlroy (1^st/-12)

• First player in Masters history to start a round with six consecutive 3s on the scorecard; second player in Masters history to record six consecutive 3s during one round (Jack Renner/1983/R1/Nos. 12-17)
• First time making two eagles in one round at the Masters (Nos. 2 and 15) and first player to do so since 2020 (three players)
• Joins Jordan Spieth (2015), Tiger Woods (2005, 1997), Raymond Floyd (1976) and Johnny Miller (1975) as players with consecutive rounds of 66 or better at a Masters
• 20^th 54-hole lead/co-lead in individual stroke play events on TOUR (11-for-19 to date): most recent, 2023 Genesis Scottish Open/Won
• Second 54-hole lead/co-lead at the Masters (2011/T15) and seventh 54-hole lead/co-lead in major championships (4-for-6 to date)
• Current FedExCup leader is the only multiple winner this season (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, THE PLAYERS Championship)

Rory McIlroy With a Win:

• Completes career Grand Slam, joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods:

90 years after Gene Sarazen/1935 Masters

60 years after Gary Player/1965 U.S. Open

25 years after Tiger Woods/2000 Open

• Fifth major championship victory and 29^th PGA TOUR title
• In his 17^th Masters appearance, marks second-most attempts to earn first Masters title: Sergio Garcia/Won 2017 Masters in 19^th start
• 21^st player to win five major championship titles
• Third player to come from seven strokes back after the first round to win the Masters (Nick Faldo/1990, Tiger Woods/2005)
• 11 years since his last major championship victory (ties five players for longest all-time between major championship wins, most recent: Tiger Woods/2008 U.S. Open – 2019 Masters)
• Third player to win THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters Tournament in the same year: Tiger Woods (2001), Scottie Scheffler (2024)
• Third Masters champion with at least two double bogeys: R1/Nos. 15 and 17 (Craig Stadler/1982, Gay Brewer/1967)

Miscellaneous Notes

• With a final-round score in the 60s, Bryson DeChambeau (2^nd/-10) would join Cameron Smith (67-68-69-69/2020/T2) as the only players to shoot all four rounds in the 60s in a single tournament; owns the most rounds in the 60s at major championships since the start of 2024 (11); in each of the last eight Masters, the eventual champion sat T2 or better through 54 holes

• Corey Conners (3^rd/-8) seeks his best finish in a major championship (previous, T6/2022 Masters Tournament); looks to join Mike Weir (2003) as the only Masters champions from Canada
• Patrick Reed (T4/-6), Scottie Scheffler (T6/-5) and Zach Johnson (T10/-4) are the only past Masters champions among players at T10 or better on the leaderboard; Johnson’s 6-under 66 marks a span of 28 rounds since his last round in the 60s at the Masters (68/R4/2015)
• Ludvig Åberg (T4/-6) is five strokes better on the par-5 15^th through three rounds in 2025 (birdie, par, birdie) than he was on the same hole in 2024 when he was a cumulative 3-over en route to a runner-up finish
• Colombia’s Nico Echavarria (T10/-4) is the only player making his Masters debut who sits T10 or better