Masters 2017: Predictions, Live Stream and TV Coverage Hub for Sunday

Drama and intrigue are likely to be found in strong supply on Sunday at the 2017 Masters. Golf's first major of the year features a star-studded group of golfers bunched together at the top of the leaderboard after 54 holes, which should lead to plenty of high-pressure, high-stakes play as they battle for the coveted green jacket.

Justin Rose and Sergio Garcia are tied atop the leaderboard at six under, with five players, including the likes of Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth, within three strokes of the lead.

Rose is looking to add another major to go along with his win at the 2013 U.S. Open, while Garcia is hoping that he might finally capture his first major after 18 long years on the PGA Tour.

Television coverage of the Masters' final round at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, begins at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday on CBS.

Additional live-streaming coverage can be found on Masters.com, which will begin showing featured groups at 10:45 a.m. ET, while also providing a look at specific areas of the course like Amen Corner or the 15th and 16th holes. 

Predictions

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It's difficult not to root for Garcia to win it all, considering he's played golf for so long without winning a major. The Spaniard has come tantalizingly close in his 73 major appearances, finishing as high as second twice at both the PGA Championship and British Open (his agonizing 2007 effort a significant flashpoint in his career) while scoring top-five finishes in the Masters and U.S. Open as well.

Garcia has had the most consistency at Augusta, as this insight from NFL Network's Rich Eisen illustrates: 

Paired with Rose on the final day, the 37-year-old will have to go toe-to-toe with the co-leader, a nerve-wracking position for the tour veteran but one he's better equipped to handle than in his younger days, such as in 2009 when he called the course "too tricky," according to the New York Times' Karen Crouse.

Now he's found a better approach to Augusta.

"I think it's the kind of place that if you are trying to fight against it, it's going to beat you down," he said, per Crouse. "So you've just got to roll with it."

Rose is going to be interesting to watch on Sunday if he can hold on to the magic he displayed on Saturday. The 36-year-old Englishman finished with a score of 67 on Saturday, which included a brilliant back nine with five birdies and no bogeys.

The Masters provided a quick look at his third-round play:

Both Garcia and Rose have been playing some excellent golf, and while they might not necessarily falter on the final day, they stand to be surpassed by a couple of younger players. 

Fowler and Spieth are one and two strokes behind the leaders, respectively. Spieth's strong position is a marvel considering he shot a 75 in the first round of the tournament, leaving him 10 strokes behind opening-round leader Charley Hoffman (another player to watch on Sunday). 

According to ESPN Stats & Info, there is a precedent to Spieth's attempt to come back from a double-digit deficit after the first round, but you have to go back to the 19th century to find it: 

Spieth, who won the Masters in 2015, has been excellent for two days now, with just three bogeys in his last 36 holes. His run on Saturday even included a rather touching moment between him and his caddie, as Spieth pondered how the late Arnold Palmer, who died in September, might play a hole, per the PGA Tour:

He'll be looking to avoid a repeat of last year's Masters collapse, which saw him go six strokes over par on the final nine holes and essentially iron and press the green jacket for England's Danny Willett. 

Spieth won't get anywhere close to that historic collapse, as he's shown excellent mental fortitude in the majority of his major appearances. However, he's going to come up just short as Fowler takes home top honors.

Fowler is looking for his first major championship, though at 28 isn't dealing with nearly as long a run of futility as the likes of Garcia. Golf's biggest competitions haven't been kind to him since 2014, when he put together one of the more remarkable string of tournaments ever by finishing in the top five at each major that year.

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Fowler came into Augusta riding high on the back of a third-place finish at the Houston Open, a tournament skipped by many of the key players in this year's Masters. He's done well to shake off an opening-round 73 and finished one-under on Saturday to put himself within striking distance of his first major. 

While Garcia might be the sentimental favorite, ESPN.com's Ian O'Connor made a great case to cheer for the colorful Californian based on his special relationship with Palmer:

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Nothing was artificial about this cross-generational, Palmer-Fowler bond. Arnie consoled Rickie in the Bay Hill locker room in 2013 after Fowler put two balls in the water in his loss to Tiger Woods, slapping one of those meat-hook hands on the emotional kid's shoulder and assuring him there would be brighter days ahead.

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A win for Fowler, painted by O'Connor as a true student of the game and its history, would serve as a very fitting tribute to Palmer. Look for Spieth to bring out the best in Fowler as the latter climbs his way to the top of the leaderboard after 18 holes on Sunday.

Prediction: 1-Fowler; T2-Spieth, Rose; 3-Hoffman