Rory McIlroy birdied six of the final seven holes on Friday evening to move to 12-under-par and take a six-stroke lead into the weekend at Augusta National.
The defending champion, looking to become the first back-to-back Masters champion since Tiger Woods in 2002, leads Sam Burns and Patrick Reed by six with 36 holes to play. McIlroy's European teammates Justin Rose, Shane Lowry and Tommy Fleetwood are a stroke further back at five-under.
Sam Burns will join the career grand slam champion in the final group on Saturday, with the last pairing out at 2.50pm local time. They'll follow the penultimate group of Patrick Reed and Justin Rose.
Take a look at all of the 2026 Masters tee times for the third round (Plus: here's how to watch The Masters 2026 free).
The Masters round three tee times:
(All times EDT)
- 9.31am: Kurt Kitayama, Alex Noren
- 9.42am: Charl Schwartzel, Rasmus Hojgaard
- 9.53am: Jon Rahm, Si Woo Kim
- 10.04am: Brian Harman, Corey Conners
- 10.15am: Sergio Garcia, Maverick McNealy
- 10.26am: Keegan Bradley, Viktor Hovland
- 10.37am: Justin Thomas, Gary Woodland
- 10.48am: Samuel Stevens, Adam Scott
- 11.10am: Marco Penge, Matt McCarty
- 11.21am: Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka
- 11.32am: Aaron Rai, Jacob Bridgeman
- 11.43am: Patrick Cantlay, Sungjae Im
- 11.54am: Dustin Johnson, Russell Henley
- 12.05pm: Harris English, Ryan Gerard
- 12.16pm: Ludvig Aberg, Scottie Scheffler
- 12.38pm: Collin Morikawa, Brian Campell
- 12.49pm: Nick Taylor, Matt Fitzpatrick
- 1pm: Hideki Matsuyama, Michael Brennan
- 1.11pm: Jake Knapp, Xander Schauffele
- 1.22pm: Ben Griffin, Max Homa
- 1.33pm: Chris Gotterup, Brooks Koepka
- 1.55pm: Jason Day, Cameron Young
- 2.06pm: Haotong Li, Kristoffer Reitan
- 2.17pm: Wyndham Clark, Tyrrell Hatton
- 2.28pm: Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood
- 2.39pm: Patrick Reed, Justin Rose
- 2.50pm: Rory McIlroy, Sam Burns
The Masters Saturday featured groups
- 9.53am: Jon Rahm, Si Woo Kim
- 11.21am: Jordan Spieth, Sepp Straka
- 12.16pm: Ludvig Åberg, Scottie Scheffler
- 1.33pm: Chris Gotterup, Brooks Koepka
How to watch round 3 of The Masters
- 12pm-7pm (Masters.com)
- 12pm–2pm (Paramount+)
- 2pm-7pm (CBS, Paramount+)
