AUGUSTA, Ga. — Gusting winds paired with a firm-and-fast Augusta National have made for some pretty tough conditions this week at the 2024 Masters.
Saturday’s third round was no different, as seen by the scoring average of 74.31.
Of the 13 LIV Golf players in the field, five saw their weeks end early as they missed the weekend cut. Of the eight who advanced to the weekend, five lost positions, two remained the same and one even gained a little ground on the field of
From the top of the leaderboard to the bottom, here’s how all 13 LIV players have fared through three (or two) rounds at the 2024 Masters.
Bryson DeChambeau: 5th, 3 under
Bryson DeChambeau reacts after hitting a shot from the fairway into the cup on No. 18 for a birdie during the third round of the Masters Tournament. (Photo: Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Network)
DeChambeau took the first-round lead with a 7-under 65 but struggled to stay under par with gusting winds on Friday, where he shot a 1-over 73. He went even higher on Saturday with a 3-over 75 but dazzled the crowd by holing out for birdie from the fairway on the 18th. The former bulked-up bomber had missed the cut in his last two trips to Augusta National and has a best-finish of T-21 when he was the low amateur in 2016.
Cameron Smith: T-9, 1 under
Cameron Smith hits onto the no. 2 green during the first round of the Masters Tournament. (Photo: Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Network)
One of the most consistent LIV players in the field this week, Smith continued his streak of eight straight years making the weekend cut after solid rounds of 71-72 on Thursday and Friday and doubled down with another 72 on Saturday, but dropped a spot on the leaderboard.
Patrick Reed: T-16, 1 over
Patrick Reed reacts to missing a putt on No. 18 during the third round of the Masters Tournament. (Photo: Katie Goodale-USA TODAY Network)
The 2018 Masters champ was one of few players under par in Friday’s difficult conditions and was at even par after rounds of 74-70 to make the cut. A below-field average 73 on Saturday saw him drop a spot. Reed hasn’t missed the cut at Augusta National since his win and has three top 10s (with a T-4 last year).
Tyrrell Hatton: T-21, 3 over
Tiger Woods and Tyrrell Hatton line up their putts on the second green during the third round of the Masters 2024 Tournament. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)
Making his eighth start at Augusta National this week, Hatton made his fourth consecutive cut after opening rounds of 72-74 and was on track to finish under par on Saturday playing with Tiger Woods before a brutal four putt on the 18th green to shoot 73. His last three finishes? T-18/52/T-34.
Brooks Koepka: T-36, 6 over
Brooks Koepka plays a shot from a bunker on the second hole during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)
One of two runners-up last year, the five-time major winner has yet to win at the Masters and needed a big weekend if he was to win his first green jacket after rounds of 73-73 to start the week. That didn’t happen on Saturday as he shot a 4-over 76 to drop a few positions. Over the last five years at Augusta National, Koepka has a pair of T-2s (2019, 2023) and a T-7 (2020).
Phil Mickelson: T-36, 6 over
Phil Mickelson reacts to his putt on the second green during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament. (Photo: Michael Madrid-USA TODAY Network)
A three-time winner at Augusta National (2004, 2006, 2010), Mickelson was a runner-up alongside Koepka last year, his first top 10 at the tournament since he bagged T-2 back in 2015. He shot rounds of 73-75 to make the cut once again and only dropped a spot.
Joaquin Niemann: T-21, 3 over
Joaquin Niemann looks over his ball on the no. 2 green during the first round of the Masters Tournament. (Photo: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Network)
Niemann was one of three players to receive special invitations from Augusta National for this year’s tournament. He’s made five starts since 2018 and has now made the cut in his last four Masters appearances. After a 2-under 70 on Thursday, Niemann struggled with a Friday 78 but remained on the positive side of the cut line and then rose up the leaderboard with a 1-under 71 to move inside the top 25.
Jon Rahm: T-28, 5 over
Jon Rahm reacts after missing a putt on No. 17 during the second round of the 2024 Masters Tournament. (Photo: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Network)
The defending champion won’t become just the fourth player (Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods) to go back-to-back at Augusta National unless he has some serious weekend heroics and a few players fall into Rae’s Creek. He’s earned five top-10 finishes and has still never missed the cut at Augusta National, though he did flirt with the cut line this week. He shot even-par on 72 to remain at 5 over, but gained 16 spots on the leaderboard.
Missed cut: 6 over and worse
Sergio Garcia looks over his shot back onto the No. 1 fairway during the first round of the 2024 Masters Tournament. (Photo: Katie Goodale-USA TODAY Network)
Sergio Garcia: 7 over
Garcia’s lone major win came at Augusta National at the 2017 Masters, but he’s now missed the cut in five of his six starts since.
Bubba Watson: 10 over
The two-time Masters champion (2012, 2014) made his 16th appearance at Augusta National this week but exited stage left before the weekend with rounds of 74-80. Watson hasn’t finished inside the top 10 since 2018 (T-5) and has missed the cut the last two years.
Charl Schwartzel: 11 over
Another former champion turned trunk slammer, Schwartzel, the 2011 Masters champ, shot rounds of 74-81 in his 15th appearance at Augusta National. He finished T-50 at last year’s tournament.
Dustin Johnson: 13 over
The 2020 Masters champion will be leaving Augusta National early in his 14th start after rounds of 78-79.
Adrian Meronk: 14 over
Meronk missed the cut in his Masters debut last year and ejected early from this year’s tournament (and hit the canopy on the way out) with rounds of 78-80 to finish second to last.
