The Masters 2026 Round Three Tee Times And Saturday Pairings

Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns holding their finish on shots — Rory McIlroy and Sam Burns head out in the final group on Saturday at 2.50pm EDT

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Rory McIlroy birdied six of the final seven holes on Friday evening to move to 12-under-par and take a six-stroke lead into the weekend at Augusta National.

The defending champion, looking to become the first back-to-back Masters champion since Tiger Woods in 2002, leads Sam Burns and Patrick Reed by six with 36 holes to play. McIlroy's European teammates Justin Rose, Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood are a stroke further back at five-under.

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The Masters round three tee times:

(All times EDT)

9.31am: Kurt Kitayama, Alex Noren
9.42am: Charl Schwartzel, Rasmus Hojgaard
9.53am: Jon Rahm, Si Woo Kim
10.04am: Brian Harman, Corey Conners
10.15am: Sergio Garcia, Maverick McNealy
10.26am: Keegan Bradley, Viktor Hovland
10.37am: Justin Thomas, Gary Woodland
10.48am: Samuel Stevens, Adam Scott
11.10am: Marco Penge, Matt McCarty
11.21am: Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka
11.32am: Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman
11.43am: Patrick Cantlay, Sungjae Im
11.54am: Dustin Johnson, Russell Henley
12.05pm: Harris English, Ryan Gerard
12.16pm: Ludvig Aberg, Scottie Scheffler
12.38pm: Collin Morikawa, Brian Campell
12.49pm: Nick Taylor, Matt Fitzpatrick
1pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Michael Brennan
1.11pm: Jake Knapp, Xander Schauffele
1.22pm: Ben Griffin, Max Homa
1.33pm: Chris Gotterup, Brooks Koepka
1.55pm: Jason Day, Cameron Young
2.06pm: Haotong Li, Kristoffer Reitan
2.17pm: Wyndham Clark, Tyrrell Hatton
2.28pm: Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood
2.39pm: Patrick Reed, Justin Rose
2.50pm: Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns

The Masters Saturday featured groups

9.53am: Jon Rahm, Si Woo Kim
11.21am: Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka
12.16pm: Ludvig Åberg, Scottie Scheffler
1.33pm: Chris Gotterup, Brooks Koepka

How to watch round 3 of The Masters

12pm-7pm (Masters.com)
12pm–2pm (Paramount+)
2pm-7pm (CBS, Paramount+)

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews.

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