{"id":116328,"date":"2026-04-12T22:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/masters-augusta-mcilroy-loses-lead-tied-for-lead-with-cameron-young\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T22:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:48:54","slug":"masters-augusta-mcilroy-loses-lead-tied-for-lead-with-cameron-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/masters-augusta-mcilroy-loses-lead-tied-for-lead-with-cameron-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Masters Augusta: McIlroy Loses Lead, Tied for Lead with Cameron Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>McIlroy and Young Tie at the Top of the Augusta Masters: The Battle for the Green Jacket Intensifies<\/h2>\n\nAUGUSTA, USA \u2013 The Augusta Masters is heading towards an exciting final day, after a third round that redefined expectations. Rory McIlroy, who held a significant lead, saw his lead vanish, tying at the top with American Cameron Young.\n\nMcIlroy, defending champion, arrived on Saturday with a six-stroke lead, the largest recorded after 36 holes in the tournament&#8217;s history. However, his performance was affected, signing a card of 73 strokes (+1). A double bogey on the 11th hole and another on the 12th compromised his leading position.\n\nThe Northern Irishman finished the round with a total of -11, a figure also reached by Young, thanks to a brilliant round of 65 strokes (-7). Young achieved eight birdies and only one bogey, momentarily leading the tournament.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I knew it wasn&#8217;t going to be an easy day. The level of the rivals is very high. I wasn&#8217;t sharp from the start, but I still have a great opportunity.<\/p><cite>Rory McIlroy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe competition for the green jacket has intensified, with several contenders approaching the top. Sam Burns positioned himself one stroke off the lead (-10), while Shane Lowry was two strokes behind (-9), highlighting with a spectacular &#8216;hole-in-one&#8217; on the 6th hole.\n\nJason Day and Justin Rose positioned themselves three strokes back (-8), maintaining their aspirations for victory. Scottie Scheffler, world number one, starred in a comeback with a round of 65 strokes without bogeys, placing himself four strokes from the top (-7), after starting the day twelve strokes away.\n\nIn contrast, Spaniard Jon Rahm struggled and closed with 73 strokes (+1), accumulating +5, which significantly distanced him from the lead. Sergio Garc\u00eda also finished with +5.\n\nWith eight players separated by only four strokes, the Augusta Masters promises a final round full of excitement and competition.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIlroy and Young Tie at the Top of the Augusta Masters: The Battle for the Green Jacket Intensifies AUGUSTA, USA \u2013 The Augusta Masters is heading towards an exciting final day, after a third round that redefined expectations. Rory McIlroy, who held a significant lead, saw his lead vanish, tying at the top with American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[3417,163,12476,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-116328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-cameron-young","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-masters-of-augusta","11":"tag-rory-mcilroy"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}