Masters 2015: How to View Live Leaderboard Scores, Updates on Saturday
The best place to get live leaderboard updates of the 2015 Masters is inside the gates of Augusta National Golf Club.
Of course, all of us can’t be that lucky. Fortunately, you can get all of your updates from Saturday’s third round of the first major of the year right here, thanks to the updating scoreboard below.
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If that’s not enough, here is a look at the various ways you can keep up with all the action as Jordan Spieth tries to continue making history as the rest of the field chases him.
| TV | 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. | CBS Sports Network | On The Range |
| TV | 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. | CBS | Full tournament |
| Streaming | 11:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. | Masters.com | Amen Corner |
| Streaming | 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Masters.com | Featured Group 1 |
| Streaming | 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Masters.com | Featured Group 2 |
| Streaming | 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. | Masters.com | Holes Nos. 15 and 16 |
| Streaming | 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. | Masters.com | Masters In-Depth live video coverage highlights |
Saturday Storylines to Watch
Spieth’s March to the Green Jacket Continues
What were you doing when you were 21 years old?
Spieth may look like a 15-year PGA Tour veteran with extensive experience at the majors, but he is only a handful of years removed from high school. All he did Friday was follow up his eight-under 64 from the first round with a six-under 66 to give him the best 36-hole score in the history of the Masters (14-under 130).
This is not unfamiliar territory for Spieth either.
He led the Masters after three rounds last year before eventually finishing in a tie for second place. Thanks to that experience, he had a measured approach to his brilliance from the first two rounds this year, per Bill Pennington of The New York Times: “The last couple days, it doesn’t mean anything unless I can close it out. I don’t want this to go in as the 36-hole record but as somebody who didn’t win.”
It is difficult to envision anyone else winning the green jacket, though, considering he is five strokes clear of the rest of the field and is playing incredible golf as of late. In his last three tournaments before the Masters he has a victory and two second place finishes and carried that momentum straight into Augusta.
His biggest competition may be history now.
Spieth has 15 birdies through two days, and the record is 25 for one tournament. Spieth is also well within striking distance of the four-round record of an 18-under 270, which was set by Tiger Woods.
Spieth’s battle for history and effort to create even more separation between himself and the rest of the field is the marquee storyline heading into the weekend.
Tiger Watch
Spieth wasn’t the only one who impressed Friday.
There was perhaps no bigger question mark entering the Masters than Woods considering he hadn’t played since withdrawing from the Farmers Insurance Open on Feb. 5 and has only appeared in eight tournaments since missing last year’s Masters. He missed three cuts and withdrew from two tournaments in those eight starts.
Woods answered plenty of concerns Friday with a three-under 69 to bring his tournament total to two-under par. It was his first score below 70 at the Masters since 2011 and just the second time he broke par in his last 15 rounds in a major.
That is certainly a far cry from the dominant force we saw in his prime who used to intimidate players in the field simply by showing up. It is difficult to draw too many conclusions from one good round, but it was the type of performance fans have not seen from Woods in quite some time.
He commented on his outing, per Bob Harig of ESPN.com:
"Very proud of what I've done, to be able to dig it out the way I have. All the hard work that Chris [Como] and I and Rob [McNamara] have been putting into it, I told you guys on Tuesday, I was at a pretty low one in my career, but to basically change an entire pattern like that and put it together and put it in a position where I can compete in a major championship like this is something I'm very proud of.
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Woods isn’t going to win the Masters, but it is good for the game of golf that he is back in the top 20 at a major. It will keep more people interested throughout the weekend as arguably the game’s greatest player ever continues to make strides toward his once former self.
Late Charge from Rory McIlroy?
There were plenty of second-half adjustments during the NCAA tournament in March, but rarely do we see such dramatic differences on the back nine holes compared to the front nine as Rory McIlroy’s round Friday.
McIlroy was in danger of missing the cut entirely after shooting a four-over 40 in the first nine holes that included a double bogey on No. 9. He was stuck at three-over par and staring a short tournament right in the face.
Rather than succumb to the pressure, McIlroy played the best stretch of golf this side of Spieth that the Augusta patrons have seen this year and turned in a five-under 31 on the back nine. Now he finds himself in the top 20 and within striking distance of a top-10 finish after flirting with the cut line for half of his round.
He eagled No. 13 and chipped-in for a birdie on No. 17 and earned praise from golf personality Shane Bacon in the process:
How McIlroy builds on his back-nine performance is one of the most interesting storylines for Saturday’s third round. If he somehow shot another 31 in the first nine holes, things would at least get interesting for a stretch.
McIlroy has never won the Masters and probably won’t break that streak given Spieth’s incredible performance thus far, but he can build some momentum moving into the later tournaments if he continues his hot play from Friday. At this point, McIlroy, with momentum on his side, may be the only person that can challenge the dominant Spieth moving forward this year.
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