Woods went into the opening day two shots off overnight leader Francesco Molinari, with the Italian sitting clear on -13. But as the reigning Open champion wilted under the pressure of leading at Augusta, Woods surged into the lead to move clear on -14 with two holes to play. Despite the chasing pack of Dustin Johnson, Xander Schauffele and Brroks Koepka all reaching the clubhouse on -12, there was no stopping Woods.
Waling up the 18th to one of the biggest ovations Augusta has ever witnessed, Woods saw playing partners Molinari and Tony Finau whole out to complete their strong performances, and despite failing to make par on the last to drop to -13, he sealed possibly the most incredible victory seen at The Masters. Follow the live reaction below.
Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's final round at The Masters, which has been brought forward by five hours as the threat of heavy thunderstorms loom large later in the day.
It’s a rather compact playing schedule today as the course officials try and get everyone round before the looming thunderstorms hit in the afternoon.
As a result, the players will be grouped in threes and both holes One and Ten will be used as starting holes.
Here’s a look at the tee times of some of the big names and those will could potentially be in with a shout at claiming the Grean Jacket at the end of the day. An * denotes a group starting at the Tenth hole.
If anyone can claim home team advantage at Augusta this year it's this man:
Tiger Woods.
Over 10-years without a major victory means the crowd cheers his every shot, his every putt, his every step towards a fifth Masters win.
Tiger is in a familiar position on Sunday, the last group with Finau and Molinari, but an earlier start time due to inclement weather may play a part.
"Usually the reward for playing hard and doing all the things correctly, you get a nice little sleep-in come Sunday, but that's not the case,"Woods said.
"We've got to get up early and get after it. It will be interesting to see if that wind comes up like it's forecast - 15-20mph around this golf course is going to be testy."
For his last three rounds Woods has shot 205. This is the fifth time Tiger has shot 205 or fewer after three rounds at the Masters.
He's won the previous four.
Tiger's major form has slowly been creeping back to it's best with a final day lead at the Open and a runners-up finish at the US PGA in 2018. Could the Masters be the major to put Tiger back on top?
"It's been a while since I've been in contention here, but then again the last two majors counts for something," he said.
In 2006, Francesco Molinari stepped out onto Augusta National for the very first time. His older brother Edoardo had won the U.S. Amateur in 2005 and had qualified for the Masters so naturally Francesco caddied for him.
Waiting on the first tee was the then Masters champion who played the first two rounds with Edoardo, a certain Tiger Woods.
Fast forward 13-years and Francesco is back at Augusta, this time with a two-shot lead and one round to play. In two hours time he'll step out onto the first tee where his closest rival for the Green Jacket will be waiting for him, a certain Tiger Woods.
It's fairy-tale stuff for Molinari who's having the best 12-18 months of his professional career, with a victory at The Open and a record points haul at the Ryder Cup.
He led the field at the start of the third round and two birdies on the front nine yesterday kept him in touch of a prolific Tony Finau.
A run of four birdies in a row from the 12th pushed him in front on the field and a par save made it his second bogey-free round of the week.
Consistency is the key for Molinari who has now gone 43 holes without dropping a shot at the Masters. Last July he did not make a bogey in his final 37 holes at The Open where he again played with Woods in the final round.
Molinari, who also beat Woods three times alongside Tommy Fleetwood in the 2018 Ryder Cup, said: "I wish I only had to worry about him but there are a few more that are going to try to shoot a low round so it's going to be exciting
"I played slightly better on Friday but mentally I was very good. There were two big putts on four and five to save pars and I played the back nine as well as I've played it. And then there was a good par save on 18, it was nice to keep another clean scorecard."
Aaron Wise (-2) chips in close on the first to leave himself a putt for par. Marc Leishman (-2), off the back of the green to the left, chips onto the green but is too light with the chip and the ball rolls of the green back to him. Si Woo Kim (-2) on in three from out of the bunker.
Kim (-2) escapes with a par at the first after finding two bunkers, Leishman (-1) makes bogey after his third shot error, Wise (-2) rolls his par in as well.
Up next on the first is Englishman Matthew Fitzpatrick. After a horrendous first round, were he went 6-over par, he's responded with 5-under and 4-under rounds to find himself at -3 for the week.
With him are Kevin Tway (-3) and Patton Kizzire (-3), both of whom, led the Masters at some point this week.
Marc Leishman fires his drive on the second way right into the woods. He's fully immersed in the shrubbery and just needs to find the fairway with his second shot.
Bogey for Tway (-2), par for Fitzpatrick (-3) and birdie for Kizzire (-4) on the first. To have any chance these guys will have to post 63, 64 or 65 today.
Bryson DeChambeau, who led the Masters on Day Two, double-bogeys the tenth, his first hole, and moves to even for the tournament. It's been a big drop off for Bryson who hit the 7-under mark earlier in the week.
3 men attempt the par-3 12th 'Golden Bell', amateur Hovland (-2) makes par but the tricky pin position claims two bogeys. Stanley and Hoffman drop to (-1).
