The Masters 2019 leaderboard: Tiger Woods two back as Francesco Molinari takes lead into final round at Masters
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Your support makes all the difference.Francesco Molinari surged two shots clear at the top of The Masters leaderboard on Saturday to set up another final round showdown with Tiger Woods for a major title.
It has been an almost flawless Masters for Molinari, who has carded just a single bogey through three rounds. On Sunday, the Italian turned in another error-free effort in the third round, signing for a six-under 66 to top the leaderboard at 13-under.
Molinari, the first Italian to win a major with his victory at last year's British Open, will start in pole position to claim a Green Jacket to go along with his Claret Jug.
Joining him in the last group will be Woods, who also paired with the Italian in the final round at Carnoustie, after the American electrified Augusta National with a five-under 67 that put him on the brink of ending a 11-year majors drought.
The two major champions will be accompanied by Tony Finau, who matched Woods's 11-under total with a dazzling eight-under 64 that featured a Masters-record equalling front nine of six-under 30.
With the forecast calling for heavy rain and thunderstorms late on Sunday officials have decided to send golfers off in threesomes from both the first and 10th tees rather than traditional pairs in an attempt to get the final round completed and avoid a Monday finish to the year's first major.
Lurking one shot further back is twice U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka, who scrapped his way to three-under 69 to trail Molinari by three.
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Molinari (-8) makes par on the seventh but Day makes a bogey to drop back to -7.
Finau has a very long putt for birdie on 14. A two-putt green for par may be the better option with a one shot lead.
Thorbjorn Olesen makes a case for himself with a birdie at 15. He's now up to 7-under.
Good par for Finau at 14 with a good chance to score on the par-5 15 next.
Watching Koepka he looks like he's about to fall away from the top at every hole but he doesn't. He finds a way to stay in the contest. He makes a birdie at 8 to move within two of Finau at -8.
A birdie putt on 10 for Tiger (-8) sneaks past the hole. Rickie Fowler birdies 15 to move up to -8
An eagle putt for Molinari on the eighth will yield a birdie as he rolls it close. He's about to move up to -9.
Finau's second into 15 lands on the green and he'll have two putts for birdie to go to -11. Molinari moves up to (-9).
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