{"id":116435,"date":"2026-04-13T04:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/mcilroy-loses-historic-advantage-at-augusta-leads-with-young-in-epic-final\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T04:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:59:21","slug":"mcilroy-loses-historic-advantage-at-augusta-leads-with-young-in-epic-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/mcilroy-loses-historic-advantage-at-augusta-leads-with-young-in-epic-final\/","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy Loses Historic Advantage at Augusta: Leads with Young in Epic Final"},"content":{"rendered":"AUGUSTA, U.S.A. \u2013 The Augusta Masters is heading for an electrifying finish, with Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young tied at the top after an exciting third round.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">McIlroy and Young: A Duel at the Top<\/h2>\n\n\nRory McIlroy, who arrived at Saturday&#8217;s round with an impressive lead, saw it vanish. After 36 holes, his lead was six strokes, the largest recorded in the history of the tournament.\n\nHowever, Saturday was a day of challenges. McIlroy signed a card of 73 strokes (+1), including a double bogey on the 11th hole and another on the 12th. Despite these setbacks, he managed to tie for the lead with Young, who had an outstanding round of 65 strokes (-7), with eight birdies.\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\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Fight for the Green Jacket Intensifies<\/h2>\n\n\nThe competition for the prestigious green jacket has intensified. Sam Burns is one stroke behind the leaders (-10), while Shane Lowry is two strokes behind (-9). Lowry achieved an impressive &#8216;hole-in-one&#8217; on the 6th hole, a highlight of the tournament.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jason Day and Justin Rose are positioned three strokes back (-8).<\/li><li>Scottie Scheffler, world number one, made a comeback with a round of 65 strokes without bogeys, remaining four strokes from the top (-7).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nOn the other hand, Jon Rahm and Sergio Garc\u00eda faced difficulties, closing the round with +5, moving away from the fight for the title.\n\nWith several players separated by a few strokes, the final round promises to be a spectacle full of emotion and surprises.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUGUSTA, U.S.A. \u2013 The Augusta Masters is heading for an electrifying finish, with Rory McIlroy and Cameron Young tied at the top after an exciting third round. McIlroy and Young: A Duel at the Top Rory McIlroy, who arrived at Saturday&#8217;s round with an impressive lead, saw it vanish. After 36 holes, his lead was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":116436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[3417,163,12476,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-116435","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\/116435","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=116435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}