Masters live leaderboard: Round 4 updates, highlights as Rose leads McIlroy – USA Today

The 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club is entering its final flourish with a constantly changing leaderboard headlined at the moment by Rory McIlroy.
The Masters leaderboard is a promising list of some of golf’s brightest stars. There is simply no shortage of potential drama and enthralling storylines. McIlroy, looking to cap off a career grand slam and win his fifth major title, ended the day on Saturday 12-under par and had a two-shot lead. While McIlroy had a five-stroke lead at one point, Justin Rose’s nine birdies have put the pair in a deadlock alongside Ludvig Aberg with very little left to play.
Bryson DeChambeau, Jason Day and, of course, defending champion Scottie Scheffler, highlight a wealth of talent across the leaderboard.
With only the back nine left to play at Augusta, USA TODAY Sports will have in-progress updates on what will surely be an unforgettable close to the 89th Masters.
Here’s the current Masters leaderboard for Sunday’s final round:
You can get the latest leaderboard updates here.
After a shaky Amen Corner, Rory McIlroy delivered a beautiful second shot on the Par-5 15th. Laying on the left side of the fairway, McIlroy drilled a picturesque draw that bounced softly on the green and rolled to within 15 feet of the hole.
McIlroy eagled the hole earlier in the tournament and now has an opportunity to do so again. An eagle here would give him a massive advantage as Aberg and Rose have only two holes and one hole left to play respectively.
Nine birdies for Justin Rose on the day! That’s a phenomenal outing for anyone, but to do it at the Masters is something special. While Rory McIlroy is not having a bad day, just 1-over through 13, he finished Amen Corner with an untimely double bogey.
What was a five-stroke lead for McIlroy just four holes ago has evaporated entirely. Will McIlroy overcome? Or will Rose’s hot hand earn him the win?
The double bogey on 13 was McIlroy’s second of the day and fourth of the tournament. Nobody has ever won the Masters with more than three.
Entering the day seven shots behind the leader Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose has put his subpar second and third rounds behind him. Through 15 holes, Rose sits at 5-under for the round. With McIlroy struggling amid Amen Corner, Rose could be in a position to sneak into the lead down the stretch.
Back in 2011, McIlroy had an opportunity to win the Masters, holding a four-stroke lead heading into the final round. However, McIlroy fell apart, allowing Charl Schwartzel to secure the win. McIlroy really fell apart at Hole 10, and fans were worried history was going to repeat itself today.
After a solid tee shot, things did not look great for McIlroy (or at least that’s what fans thought). His shot on the fairway, was perfect, lining him up for a birdie opportunity. Something must not have felt right for McIlroy, as he let go of his club after his swing, signaling that he was unhappy with the shot. Clearly, he was fine with it after seeing where it landed, though. All McIlroy needed was a mid-range putt for birdie, which he nailed, bringing him to -14, four strokes up on the rest of the field.
Any demons McIlroy may have had from 2011 are surely in the rear view mirror at this point.
Justin Rose has been a bit of an afterthought at the Masters after holding the lead through two rounds. However, he’s showing that he’s not done quite yet in the final round. A long putt on 12 gave Rose his fourth birdie over his last six holes, pushing him to 9-under for the weekend and 4-under for the day.
Rose is now tied with Bryson DeChambeau and Ludvig Aberg for second on the leaderboard. While his round will end before most other golfers in the top-10, he could give McIlroy a run for his money if his level of play holds up.
After starting his day with three pars and a bogey, the reigning Masters champion has found his stroke and is creeping up on the leaderboard, peeking into the top-five even.
Scheffler birdied holes 5, 7, and 8 to bring to him -7 for the tournament. The final birdie came on a 20-foot putt. Most people would assume this is a two-putt, but for Scheffler, it’s just another Sunday.
Scheffler also had an opportunity to birdie 9, but wound up pushing his putt and settling for par. A birdie there would’ve tied him with Aberg for third at -8.
After starting the day at 6-under, Ludvig Aberg is quietly having a very good final round. He birdied the first hole and then shot four straight pars before recording another birdie. It isn’t flashy, but it’s the type of consistent play that gives Aberg a shot at a championship if McIlroy and DeChambeau collapse. After all, Aberg finds himself just one shot back of DeChambeau currently.
The start of the final round got off to about as bad a start as possible for McIlroy, but a mid-length putt on 3 put him at -11. He’s still not where he was at the start of the day, but at least we’re seeing flashes of the golfer we’ve seen all weekend.
DeChambeau meanwhile, bogeyed the hole, giving McIlroy the lead for the time being.
Has the pressure already gotten to Rory McIlroy? It’s far too early to say for sure, but the Masters’ third-round leader gave back all of his advantage on the opening hole by carding a double-bogey 6 on the 445-yard par 4.
McIlroy drove his tee shot into the same bunker he cleared in Saturday’s third round, then hit short of the green with his second shot. After flying the green with a wedge, McIlroy two-putted for a double to drop him back to 10-under for the tournament.
DeChambeau got up and down from in front of the green for par, putting the two tied heading to the second tee.
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Rory McIlroy has not won the Masters yet. And what he’ll face when he wakes up on Sunday is nothing less than the most challenging, and perhaps most important, round of his career.
Because when he walks off the 18th green and toward Augusta National’s white clubhouse with its famous cupola framed by a crisp late-afternoon dusk, McIlroy will either be Greg Norman chasing something here he might not be destined to have or a forever member of golf’s pantheon, reserved for the handful of human beings who did something that makes them something close to immortal. – Dan Wolken
Read Dan Wolken’s full column
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tradition or tribute?
Augusta National sided with the latter for the final round of the 89th Masters Tournament.
On the 50th anniversary of 1975, the pin placement on the 16th hole — located Sunday in the back right corner — will be similarly placed to where Jack Nicklaus famously holed his 40-foot birdie putt.
In recent years, including when Tiger Woods holed his chip in 2005, the Sunday pin on No. 16 has been located on the bottom left portion of the green. –  Doug Stutsman, Golfweek
Live coverage of the fourth round will be broadcast on CBS, beginning at 2 p.m. ET, with early coverage on CBS Sports Network and Paramount+, starting at 10 a.m. ET.
The 2025 Masters can also be streamed via Masters.com or the Masters App, with particular feeds available for featured groups and featured holes at Augusta National Golf Club. The tournament can also be streamed on CBSSports.com, CBS Sports app (TV provider or Paramount+ with Showtime login required) and with Fubo, which is offering a free trial to new subscribers.
Bryson DeChambeau ended his third round at the Masters with an exclamation point.
DeChambeau capped off Saturday at Augusta National by sinking an unbelievable 48-foot putt from off the green to record a birdie on hole No. 18, bringing him to 10-under on the tournament and only two strokes behind leader Rory McIlroy.
DeChambeau caught fire as the round wrapped up and birdied three of the final four holes to take sole possession of second place and secure his place in Sunday’s final pairing. The putt on No. 18 was reminiscent of his birdie on hole No. 1, where he hit a 45-foot putt to open the third round on Saturday. – Cydney Henderson
Bryson DeChambeau, 31, is playing in his ninth Masters. His best finish came last year when he was tied for the lead after 36 holes and finished tied for sixth.
The course at Augusta National seems to be open to some low rounds today, judging from the way some of the earlier golfers have started.
Hideki Matsuyama, who began the day at 4-over, carded four birdies on the opening nine to get to even par. On the back nine, Matsuyama added three more birdies before bogeying the 18th for a round of 6-under 66.
And Brian Campbell (5-over through 54 holes) had a six-hole stretch from No. 7 to No. 12 that included five birdies to get him back to even par. Campbell played his final six holes in 1-over for a 68.
One of the most iconic moments in Masters history happened in the final round of the 2005 Masters when a young Tiger Woods — who had already won three green jackets — was in search of his fourth.
Woods, then 29, had a one-shot lead over Chris DeMarco when he stepped to the tee of the par 3 16th hole. Playing first, DeMarco hit his shot to the middle of the green, while Woods went long and left, leaving him with a difficult lie right at the edge of the greenside rough.
But Tiger being Tiger, he was able to delicately chip his ball up the hill, make it check up … and then have it roll ever so slowly down toward the flag.
We all know how that turned out as time seemed to stand still while Woods’ ball hung on the edge of the cup. The call from CBS announcer Verne Lundquist cemented it in Masters lore.
A decade since winning his last major title, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland will play in the last group of the day in Sunday’s final round of the Masters.
McIlroy will be paired with Bryson DeChambeau — who edged McIlroy by one shot in the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst.
This will be the first time they’ve ever played in the same grouping in a major championship. The duo is scheduled to tee off at 2:30 p.m. ET in what should be a duel for the ages.
Winning the Masters is a feat of its own, as it comes with that signature green jacket and a forever spot in the clubhouse at Augusta National as an honorary member, but winning the career Grand Slam is an even more challenging one for a golfer.
A win today in the 2025 Masters will add Rory McIlroy‘s name to a prestigious group of golfers who have accomplished one of the hardest feats in the sport. With his victories in the 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 British Open and 2012 and 2014 PGA Championship, McIlroy could become just the sixth man in history to win all four majors, joining:
Winning the Masters Tournament is about more than money for the best golfers in the world. There’s a green jacket that comes with it too, of course. But the prestige of being crowned champion during the season’s first major at prestigious Augusta National Golf Club lasts forever, and the lifetime exemption to play in the Masters each winner earns serves as proof over the years.
There’s nonetheless still a lot of money at stake for the contenders this weekend, even though the TV announcers aren’t allowed to talk about it. The Masters revealed Saturday that this year’s purse will be $21 million, with the winner on Sunday earning $4.2 million. That’s an increase from last year’s record amount, when there was a total payout of $20 million for the golfers who made the cut and defending Masters champion Scottie Scheffler earned $3.6 million for winning his second green jacket. – Mark Giannotto
It should be a nearly perfect day for golf. The Weather Channel is projecting a high of 71 degrees on Sunday with “mostly sunny” skies. Wind is expected to be at about 5 mph and there’s only a 2% chance of rain.
If the players don’t go low on Sunday, it won’t be because of the conditions.
Brian Campbell will be the first golfer to tee off on Sunday, at 9:40 a.m. ET. He will be followed by Hideki Matsuyama and Akshay Bhatia at 9:50 a.m. ET.
Here are the tee times and pairings for Sunday’s final round:
All times Eastern.
All odds via BetMGM following third round action on Saturday.
The traditional Augusta National staples will all cost the same as they did last year. In fact, the price of the egg salad and pimento cheese sandwiches hasn’t gone up since 2002.
Beverages, too, remain the same as last year.
Augusta National also serves a special wheat ale called “Crow’s Nest,” which replaced Blue Moon ale in 2021 and also sells for $6.00.
Check out the full list of items on the Masters menu.
Amen Corner, a term first introduced in 1958 by sportswriter Herbert Warren Wind, refers to a three-hole stretch at Augusta National renowned for its significant influence on the outcomes of the Masters Tournament each year.
Amen Corner consists of holes 11, 12, and 13, which have a pond sitting to the left of hole 11. Rae’s Creek runs in front of the 12th hole and alongside the fairway in front of the green at the 13th hole.
The 12th and 13th holes feature two bridges, named after past champions Gene Sarazen and Ben Hogan.— Elizabeth Flores
Rory McIlroy has a two-shot lead on Bryson DeChambeau following a strong showing in the second and third rounds. His 12-under par leads a packed leaderboard headlined by DeChambeau (-10) and Corey Conners (-8).
Jason Day, Justin Rose and Scottie Scheffler are just inside the top 10 and start Sunday 5-under par.
Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Jon Rahm are among seven LIV golfers who made it to the weekend at Augusta National after surviving the cut at 2-over on Friday.
The seven LIV golfers who remain in the field at the 2025 Masters entering Sunday’s final round:
Experts from Golfweek and the USA TODAY Network had thoughts on long shots before the 2025 Masters began. Here is who they picked.
The Masters is played every year at Augusta National Golf Club, widely considered one of the top courses in the sport. Augusta National is located in Augusta, Georgia, which sits on the state’s eastern border with South Carolina.
Of the four major men’s tournaments, only the Masters has been played at the same course every time, with the 2025 tournament the 89th edition. — Jason Anderson
Augusta National Golf Club has just two courses (or one-and-a-half, depending on how you look at it). The Masters will take place on the club’s legendary 18 holes, while Wednesday’s Par 3 competition took place at the nine-hole Par 3 course. — Jason Anderson
The good news is that there are no greens fees, meaning that the cost to just drop in and play a round is $0 … if you can get on the course.
That’s where the bad news comes in: Augusta National is a private club, and the only ways to actually tee off without an altercation with club security are by being a member (or a guest of one), being an employee of the club, or by becoming one of the world’s best golfers and qualifying for the Masters or the Augusta National Women’s Invitational as a professional. — Jason Anderson
If you’d like to land a membership at Augusta National Golf Club, you’d better start networking. There is no application process, with membership an invite-only process. The club has a long history of privacy, and while many reports have listed the total number of members around 300, there is no exact number confirmed by Augusta National.
Once you secure the remarkably exclusive invitation, you’d better make sure you can afford to actually accept it. A range of reports over the last 15 years have placed the initiation fee at somewhere between $40,000 and $300,000, while annual dues are estimated to run between $4,000 and $30,000. — Jason Anderson
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