Summary

  • Spieth falters late on but leads by one on -3

  • American led by four at one stage

  • Kaufman -2; Langer, Matsuyama -1

  • D Johnson, Willett, Day all level

  • McIlroy on +2 after a 77

  • Windy and tough pins on day three

Live Reporting

Tom Fordyce and Jonathan Jurejko

  1. Andrew Cotter
    BBC commentator live on BBC Two at Augusta

    "DeChambeau looks to all eyes the real deal. If a somewhat bizarre deal."

  2. Holding back the years

    Langer -2 and on 17th green

    Gossamer touch from the world's leading exponent of visors, and he'll have a 17-footer to move within two of Spieth and into outright second place. 12 years older than Jack Nicklaus when he thumbed his golden nose at history in 1986 and won at 46.

  3. Smylie culture

    -1 after 15, tied for second

    Wondering where Smylie Kaufman gets his handle from? His first name is actually Carter; the middle name which he bumps up the pecking order is a tribute to his grandmother's cousin, Smylie Gebhart, an All-American defensive end for Georgia Tech. 

  4. Bernhard Langer celebrates his first Masters title in 1985Getty Images

  6. Latest scores

    -5: Spieth (10)

    -2: Langer (15), Matsuyama (11)

    -1: Kaufman (14), D Johnson (14), Willett (12) 

    Par: McIlroy (10), Day (16)

  7. Spieth birdie chance

    -5 after 10

    Spirth with a 15-footer to go six under - has he given that enough? Not enough mustard on that hotdog, as you were, lead remains at three.

  8. McIlroy slides again

    Even par, five shots off lead

    No, never looked like it, curling short and left. Rory takes off his blue cap and ruffles his curls in ruminative fashion.

  9. Bernhard Langer winning The Masters 1993Getty Images

  11. Lee Westwood who is one over par after his round on 71: "The round felt very good, considering it was tougher than yesterday even. The front nine is tough, I think the back nine gives you scoring chances. 15, 16, 17 are all tough flags so will be interesting viewing later on.

    "I have given myself a chance to win going into Sunday. Hopefully I won’t be too far off the lead we’ll have to see and anything can happen at Augusta."

  12. Spieth birdie chance on 10

    Leads by three

    Sweetest of approaches by the 22-year-old, leaves him with a 15-footer. McIlroy safely on the green but with a long putt for par.

  13. Rory leaks left

    McIlroy in trouble on the 10th, deep into the trees down the left. He'll take a second off the tee, but only as a precaution - he has a shot here, if only a squirty one from behind a pine and back onto the fairway.

  14. Ken Brown
    BBC Sport commentator live on BBC Two at Augusta

    "My goodness this is amazing from Langer - 58 years of age."

    Bernhard LangerGetty Images

  15. Langer (-2 after 15)

    Uno, dos, tres! Bernhard is livin' la vida loca out there. Three birdies in a row for this old pro, the latest a confident roll into the middle of the 15th can. He's moved up to tied second!

    Bernhard is almost 60. He played his first Masters in 1982 - that's 11 years before Jordan Spieth was born. Age? No barrier.

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    Steve Tooker: 5:45am in Japan and the commentators appears to be wildly excited about Matsuyama - not that I can understand what they're saying!

  18. Ken Brown
    BBC Sport commentator live on BBC Two at Augusta

    "The breeze is just dying a little bit, just a fraction."

  19. Andrew Cotter
    BBC commentator live on BBC Two at Augusta

    "It is amazing Spieth is one under on that front nine, hitting it the way he has."

  20. Spieth (-5 after 9), McIlroy (-1 after 9)

    Spieth's putter is more accurate than an expensive sat nav system. He biffs it up the ninth slope...it can't...nope, it can't. Ball threatens to disappear down drain, but just holds out on the left lip. McIlroy lags his effort a little, but no drama to see here. Par for the Northern Irishman...two over at the turn.

    Jordan SpiethEPA