The 2015 Masters: Round 3

2015 Masters Tournament

Spieth Shoots 70, Leads Masters by 4 Strokes

Jordan Spieth remained the leader after three rounds of the 2015 Masters, but there may be some drama yet on Sunday at Augusta National.

A late double bogey by Spieth, and a birdie by Justin Rose at the 18th hole closed the gap to four strokes. It could have been worse but Spieth got up-and-down from a precarious spot off the 18th green to save par.

Spieth and Rose will be in the final pairing on Sunday.

“He’s playing incredible golf but it’ll be great to keep an eye on him,” said Rose, whose final birdie knocked Phil Mickelson out of the final group.

Spieth finished with a 2-under 70 to give him a 54-hole total of 16-under 200, the lowest 54-hole total in Masters history.

Rose is at 12 under after his 67. Mickelson also shot 67 to finish at 11 under.

Charley Hoffman, who played in the final group with Spieth on Saturday, shot a 1-under 71 and is at 10 under.

Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods each shot 68 and are tied for fifth at 6 under, along with Dustin Johnson, Kevin Streelman and Kevin Na.

McIlroy and Woods will be paired together in the final round.

Spieth was at 18 under and leading by seven shots when he birdied the par-3 16th.

But he found trouble on the par-4 17th, three-putting for the second time in his round to drop two strokes.

Rose followed minutes later with a birdie at the 18th to jump ahead of Mickelson on the leaderboard.

A poor approach at the 18th left Spieth in a bad spot, but he hit a tremendous chip shot to give himself a makeable par putt. 

"It was huge," Spieth said of his final par.