Masters 2025: Rory McIlroy, Bryson Dechambeau Showdown set on the “hid stage”

Augusta, him. – Augusta The national golf club was an electric factory on Saturday afternoon, so much that it felt like Sunday.

Clutch recordings.

Standing ovations.

And the roar. Oh, that roar.

Most of the big ones were for Rory McIlroy, who came out of the gate, drying 3s like Steph Curry and almost putting this 89. Masters in bed on the day early. Late eagle He gave McIlroy the commanding lead, putting northern Irish on the precipitation to become a sixth golfer to complete the Grand Slam career.

But Bryson Dechambeau didn’t want to let the patrons of Coronate McIlroy. Playing in the final pairing behind Mcilroj, which was kicked out by his other flat 666, Dechambea gained a profusional praise of his own, bird, the bird three of his last four holes, including the pumping colonel in the last for 69.

“You can get the cold in your body,” Dechambea said. “Do you only feel euphoria.”

And the best part? Tomorrow will do it all.

It’s at least hope.

There are still other names in it, but do not make a mistake, this is an effective double race: a sentimental favorite compared to the biggest shower. Opposite golf.

It is not difficult to guess who who is.

McIlroy, seven times in the top 10 on masters, but never the champion, he was bedding in his backy book a few reminders not to drive a wave of any momentum too long. He does not plan to look at his phone until Sunday evening, and he will probably fall asleep again while watching the season 3 “Bridgerton” or digest a few more chapters “accounting John Grisham.

Dechambeau doesn’t mind what still a few bite of the crowd energy. It won’t be scared to dive into your phone – after a long range, of course – and it will be a movie James Bond, not some romantic series on their television.

There are, however, one noticeable communion between two titans. When it comes to fire, no couple goes better. Nobody’s surprising, Dechambeau leads the field in a working distance through three rounds, on average 330.3 meters per try. McIlroy is right behind him, at 324.9 meters, more than 11 meters longer than the next best competitor.

The product of anxious energy, McIlroy even acquired several extra kilometers per club of club speed while warming up on Saturday. Then blew 330 plus the yard drives carried bunkers on each of the first two holes, starting a bird-era and 5 under five.

His six flat 3s to start the circle was the masters first – and the feat is so impressive that, when he reminded of that run in his pressure, McIlroy blinked quickly as he shook his head in disbelief.

Of course, McIlroy gave a couple back, no. 8 and 10, but after he crossed his second shot from 205 meters away from 15. Yard, and Rolling at 7-foot for eagle, McIlroy’s platoon was four shots, five recordings. While he led steps toward the nearby 16th T-shirt, McIlroy showered the applause from the patron, several of them on their seats, and even less thinking he still had anyone else.

But Dechambeau didn’t get ready to pull. Why should he? After all, he was the one who knocked down McIlroy last summer, after McIlroy’s a few missed a series with one of the most recent main history, in 4 meters to ask the winner, while McIlroy looked at the scoring agony.

McIlroy says, good luck, he has a short memory.

Dechambeau, however, has another American open trophy. And so, when he sewed no. 15 and 16 to return to McIlroy and reduced the deficit at three, Dechambeau has been confidently told himself, “I’m still here.”

While Dechambeau is loaded at the end of the finally on Sunday, his eyes were locked on the patrons sitting along the hills from PAR-3 16. Green, where he lowered his 10 bird. Not so fast, people. Two holes later, he poured into another bird from almost 50 feet to the reach of double digits. At 10 below, he is only two behind Mcilroj and another pair clean from Corey Connerers (70) in a solo third. No one else is better than 6 below.

As DECHAMBEAU capped for scoring, security warrants in the gallery all their hands, their hands that stretched to their borders, as some patrons pushed, just to caught a high conflict after hand, almost as if gathered something.

“Whenever I feel like feeding in a crowd, especially patrons, they give that energy, and that’s a cold feeling,” Dechambeau said.

It’s not cool is the player of Dechambea. So far, he struck only 59% of his greenery, including only nine on Saturday. Shots like 169 yards wedge on hill 14 who appeared 20 meters short? Unacceptable, and that is why DechamBeau turned off the area of ​​the tournament after the third round, pushing his ball in the balls on four figures.

When he finds that feeling from within where the club face closes the influence and does not exaggerate, then it will end.

As Dechambeau beat the balls, McIlroy may have already shot Netflix. Don’t change anything, McIlroy’s sports psyche, Dr. Bob Rotella, she told him these last few days. Even after that catastrophic finishing hour of the introductory circle of McIlroj, which included two double bogens in the last four holes.

“I talked about trying to chase a feeling,” Mcilroy said. “And if I can go home tonight and look in the mirror before I go to bed and be, So I want to feel when I play golfThat, it’s a victory for me. “

It’s not just a green jacket. Not yet.

Dechambeau was only 17 when 21-year-old Mcicroy was taking masters for four shots at this time. Never in this major, he does not know what was understood in this lack in such a handle, who closed on Sunday Sunday with 43 of these shots coming in the second nine. It cannot relate to what has since 13 has failed to be shots on the purchase. All Dechambeau knows the time to push the pedal down, guess each time in the best of his ability and chasing.

They both tasted the main fame, but McIlroy, now 35, is the one with the most scaring tissue, especially here. He knows how to dream of it on masters, then get hurt, maybe too much. So he can’t let him dream, not even a moment, until the last time falls on Sunday.

“I, just as much as anyone else, I know what can happen at the final day,” McIlroy said. “You know, I have a lot of experience. I came here to talk about the most complete version of myself as a golfer, and I just have to remind you and no matter what situation or scenario I find tomorrow I will be able to deal with it.”

McIlroy is ready to make this Omari another shot.

Dechambeau is ready to stop him.

The question is, are we ready?

“It will be an accelerated phase we had in a long time, and I was excited about that,” Dechambea said. “We both want to really win, really bad. … it will be an electrical atmosphere.”