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2024 Masters comparison: LIV golfers vs PGA players on Saturday | Who came out on top?
We’ve had three days of varying conditions at the Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia, and there’s one narrative that won’t go away.
Ahead of the 2024 Augusta Masters, the first golf major of the year, there was growing interest in the sideshow of how well the 13 players from the new LIV breakaway tour that were included in the prestigious field. The bakers dozen included last year’s champion, John Rahm, along with Bryson Dechambeau, Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, Brooks Koepka, Adrian Meronk, Phil Mickelson, Joaquin Niemann, Charl Schwartzel, Cameron Smith, Bubba Watson, Dustin Johnson and Patrick Reed.
As Friday came to an end, putting us at the halfway stage, eight of the 13, including Dechambeau joint top of the leaderboard, were still involved in the 60 remaining players. Smith was the next LIV player to be in contention for the major honour, going into the weekend one under, five off the trio of leaders.
After round three, however, Dechambeau had dropped away a little, sitting fifth, four off the lead. Smith remains next best from LIV, a further two shots behind.
Masters 2024: how they stand going into final day
Below is the leaderboard showing all the players after three rounds at Augusta National. LIV golfers are in bold text
| Pos. | Player | Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -7 | 66 | 72 | 71 | - | 209 |
| 2 | Collin Morikawa | -6 | 71 | 70 | 69 | - | 210 |
| 3 | Max Homa | -5 | 67 | 71 | 73 | - | 211 |
| 4 | Ludvig Aberg | -4 | 73 | 69 | 70 | - | 212 |
| 5 | Bryson DeChambeau | -3 | 65 | 73 | 75 | - | 213 |
| 6= | Cam Davis | -2 | 69 | 72 | 73 | - | 214 |
| 6= | Nicolai Hojgaard | -2 | 67 | 73 | 74 | - | 214 |
| 6= | USA Xander Schauffele | -2 | 72 | 72 | 70 | - | 214 |
| 9= | Korea Republic Byeong Hun An | -1 | 70 | 73 | 72 | - | 215 |
| 9= | England Tommy Fleetwood | -1 | 72 | 71 | 72 | - | 215 |
| 9= | Cameron Smith | -1 | 71 | 72 | 72 | - | 215 |
| 9= | Cameron Young | -1 | 70 | 73 | 72 | - | 215 |
| 13= | Patrick Cantlay | E | 71 | 75 | 70 | - | 216 |
| 13= | Lucas Glover | E | 71 | 73 | 72 | - | 216 |
| 13= | Adam Schenk | E | 73 | 71 | 72 | - | 216 |
| 16= | Matt Fitzpatrick | 1 | 71 | 73 | 73 | - | 217 |
| 16= | Chris Kirk | 1 | 74 | 75 | 68 | - | 217 |
| 16= | Matthieu Pavon | 1 | 70 | 73 | 74 | - | 217 |
| 16= | Patrick Reed | 1 | 74 | 70 | 73 | - | 217 |
| 20 | Sepp Straka | 2 | 73 | 71 | 74 | - | 218 |
| 21= | Tyrrell Hatton | 3 | 72 | 74 | 73 | - | 219 |
| 21= | Ireland Rory McIlroy | 3 | 71 | 77 | 71 | - | 219 |
| 21= | Joaquin Niemann | 3 | 70 | 78 | 71 | - | 219 |
| 21= | Danny Willett | 3 | 68 | 75 | 76 | - | 219 |
| 21= | Will Zalatoris | 3 | 70 | 77 | 72 | - | 219 |
| 26= | Ryan Fox | 4 | 69 | 74 | 77 | - | 220 |
| 26= | Adam Scott | 4 | 76 | 74 | 70 | - | 220 |
| 28= | Akshay Bhatia | 5 | 72 | 75 | 74 | - | 221 |
| 28= | Harris English | 5 | 72 | 74 | 75 | - | 221 |
| 28= | Tony Finau | 5 | 71 | 78 | 72 | - | 221 |
| 28= | Rickie Fowler | 5 | 76 | 74 | 71 | - | 221 |
| 28= | Luke List | 5 | 75 | 75 | 71 | - | 221 |
| 28= | Hideki Matsuyama | 5 | 76 | 74 | 71 | - | 221 |
| 28= | Taylor Moore | 5 | 71 | 75 | 75 | - | 221 |
| 28= | Jon Rahm | 5 | 73 | 76 | 72 | - | 221 |
| 36= | Corey Conners | 6 | 70 | 76 | 76 | - | 222 |
| 36= | Brooks Koepka | 6 | 73 | 73 | 76 | - | 222 |
| 36= | Shane Lowry | 6 | 73 | 74 | 75 | - | 222 |
| 36= | Phil Mickelson | 6 | 73 | 75 | 74 | - | 222 |
| 36= | Sahith Theegala | 6 | 74 | 74 | 74 | - | 222 |
| 41= | Keegan Bradley | 7 | 78 | 71 | 74 | - | 223 |
| 41= | Si Woo Kim | 7 | 74 | 76 | 73 | - | 223 |
| 41= | Min Woo Lee | 7 | 74 | 74 | 75 | - | 223 |
| 41= | J.T. Poston | 7 | 75 | 74 | 74 | - | 223 |
| 45= | Jason Day | 8 | 75 | 73 | 76 | - | 224 |
| 45= | Russell Henley | 8 | 73 | 77 | 74 | - | 224 |
| 47= | José Maria Olazabal | 9 | 77 | 73 | 75 | - | 225 |
| 47= | Camilo Villegas | 9 | 74 | 75 | 76 | - | 225 |
| 47= | Erik van Rooyen | 9 | 71 | 76 | 78 | - | 225 |
| 50= | Eric Cole | 10 | 73 | 72 | 81 | - | 226 |
| 50= | Kurt Kitayama | 10 | 71 | 73 | 82 | - | 226 |
| 52= | Tom Kim | 11 | 72 | 78 | 77 | - | 227 |
| 52= | Denny McCarthy | 11 | 74 | 74 | 79 | - | 227 |
| 52= | Thorbjørn Olesen | 11 | 71 | 79 | 77 | - | 227 |
| 52= | Neal Shipley | 11 | 71 | 76 | 80 | - | 227 |
| 52= | Tiger Woods | 11 | 73 | 72 | 82 | - | 227 |
| 57= | Jake Knapp | 12 | 74 | 76 | 78 | - | 228 |
| 57= | Grayson Murray | 12 | 76 | 74 | 78 | - | 228 |
| 59= | Adam Hadwin | 14 | 75 | 73 | 82 | - | 230 |
| 59= | Vijay Singh | 14 | 75 | 73 | 82 | - | 230 |
Masters Day 4 tee times and pairings
The opening two days with three players in each group did not include two LIV golfers together. Rounds three and four are in order of finish and this is how the pairings look, along with the times they get going on the final day.
Scottie Scheffler is out last with Collin Morikawa, while Max Homa and Ludvig Aberg will be just ahead of them. As well as the main storylines developing as we near Sunday’s conclusion, there will be plenty of desires in both golfing camps to see their men do well.