Summary

  • Leader: -14 Reed

  • -11 McIlroy; -9 Fowler

  • -8 Rahm; -7 Stenson; -6 Fleetwood, Watson, Leishman

  • -5 Thomas, Spieth; -4 D Johnson

  • -3 Rose, Oosthuizen

  1. Selected leading scorers out on the coursepublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    -1 J Day (-3 after 7)

    level T Fleetwood (level after 1)

    +3 P Casey (-2 after 15)

    +4 T Woods (level after 10)

    +5 T Hatton (level after 13)

  2. Postpublished at 18:17 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    T Woods +4, I Poulter +7 (11)

    Tiger Woods breaks into a smile wider than Rae's Creek. Why? Because he's finally not had his ball swallowed up by the hungry hazard guarding the 12th green.

    The 14-time major winner plopped his ball into the drink on both Thursday and Friday, avoiding that fate today and celebrating with a little jig.

  3. Postpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    T Hatton +5, P Mickelson +7 (13)

    Phil Mickelson moves back down level with Ian Poulter after a bogey on 13, with playing partner Tyrrell Hatton also dropping a shot to go back level for the day.

  4. Postpublished at 18:10 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    T Woods +4, I Poulter +7 (11)

    Back out on the course, the cameras are focused on Mr Tiger Woods. The former world number one expects his birdie putt on the 11th to turn more than it does, leaving him looking bemused and with a tap-in for par. Woods and Augusta are all square after 11. Playing pal Poulter holes a tricky par putt to keep him off the bottom of the pile.

  5. Coming uppublished at 18:06 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Selected tee-times

    Around the same time that Manchester City will be crowned Premier League champions - in an hour or so - we'll be seeing the frontrunners head out of the Masters locker room.

    Here's a reminder of when the star names and title favourites will be teeing off:

    18:40: J Rose (Eng), B Watson (US)

    18:50: R Fowler (US), L Oosthuizen (SA)

    19:00: J Thomas (US), T Finau (US)

    19:10: J Spieth (US), D Johnson (US)

    19:20: H Stenson (Swe), R McIlroy (NI)

    19:30: P Reed (US), M Leishman (Aus)

  6. The Masters trophypublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    John Murray
    BBC Radio 5 live

    I've been inside the Augusta National clubhouse today where the the fire is blazing in the downstairs lounge on a rainy day outside. I was there to look at the permanent trophy which sits on a wooden pedestal in there, and is enormous.

    It has two bands of silver around the base on which the names of all the winners, their winning totals, and the runners-up are engraved. Understandably, given its size, it never leaves the club.

    Unfortunately I'm not allowed to take photos in there so you'll have to make do with this...

    Page in book showing Masters prizes
  7. 'Conditions are great'published at 17:59 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Shaun Micheel
    2003 US PGA Championship winner, BBC Radio 5 live

    The potential for mud balls is always a concern - but the players will like this weather.

    Cloudy usually means no wind, so you don't have to worry about the breeze getting up. I loved playing in these conditions.

  8. Postpublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    T Woods +4 (9)

    Here's a man who isn't in the red...

    WoodsImage source, BBC Sport

    The 14-time major champion went +1, +3 in his first two rounds... he's currently level par on Saturday.

  9. Postpublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Thirty-one players are out on the course now, with Tyrrell Hatton one of only 10 currently in the red.

    Fellow Englishmen Paul Casey and Matt Fitzpatrick are there alongside him - both on two under, as is perennial major contender (well, certainly between 2011 and 2016 if not so much recently) Jason Day.

  10. Postpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    T Hatton +4 (12)

    Tyrrell Hatton and his putter are friends again. The Englishman rattles in a birdie putt on 12, wiping out that bogey on 11 and going one under for the day.

  11. Postpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    W Simpson +2 (10)

    He's our first mover. Webb Simpson is a four-time PGA Tour winner but has not managed to get to grips with Augusta yet. The 32-year-old American has made the weekend for only the fourth time in seven attempts, only shooting under 70 once. He's trying to change that now though, knocking in four birdies already today.

  12. BBC coverage detailspublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Obviously you're aware of this live text offering. But just to mark your card for the rest of this evening...all of this can be accessed by this webpage, or go two screens and turn the radio on if that's more your thing.

    17:30-00:00 BST, extra coverage, BBC Red Button and online - currently with featured groups of Tiger Woods and Ian Poulter, and Tyrrell Hatton and Phil Mickelson.

    19:30-00:00, BBC Two

    21:00-00:30, BBC Radio 5 live

  13. Postpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    T Hatton +5 (11)

    Looks like Tyrrell Hatton wants a new putter. After missing a par putt on 11, he almost drops the short stick in the pond, then slams it into his bag as he walks off with his first bogey of the day. Back to level for the round.

  14. Postpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    I Poulter +7 (9)

    Woods' playing partner Ian Poulter is two over today after nine, racing a 35-foot birdie putt past the can just before the turn. Poulter is currently propping up the field, but isn't getting too riled out there.

    He didn't think he'd be here little over a week ago when he was 123rd after the opening round of the Houston Open that he needed to win to qualify. He did you know.

  15. Moody Mickelson?published at 17:39 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Alistair Bruce-Ball
    BBC Radio 5 live at Augusta National

    What is the collective noun for umbrellas? The golf course is awash with them and most of them are the standard issue Augusta green and white umbrellas which are selling for a pretty penny in the huge merchandise store.

    I don't own one but I was up by the clubhouse enjoying the shelter of the giant oak tree and I have to say Phil Mickelson didn't look particularly excited by the weather as he trudged his way to the first tee and that triple bogey seven down the first hole won't have improved his mood.

    You can listen to BBC Radio 5 live coverage from 21:00 BST.

  16. Postpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Mickelson +6 (10), Woods +4 (9)

    No-one is making any moves among the early starters. Not up anyway.

    Three-time champion Phil Mickelson sunk to the bottom of the leaderboard after a horror start of triple-bogey-bogey, recovering with five pars and then an eagle-birdie.

    His new BFF Tiger Woods joined him at the foot of newly-shorn board with opening bogeys on 1 and 2, also fighting back with a couple of birdies before the turn.

  17. Postpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    AugustaImage source, Getty Images

    However, for those just off the pace there are a few problems.

    1) Patrick Reed

    2) Marc Leishman

    3) The rest of the big names already hovering on the leaderboard

    4) The Augusta weather

  18. Postpublished at 17:33 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Tyrrell HattonImage source, Getty Images

    Hello! Today is traditionally the day when those with their eyes on the Green Jacket - and any other golfing prize - make their move.

    The penultimate day is where they are looking to set themselves up for one final-round push - and avoid falling out of contention...

  19. Postpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Moving houseImage source, Getty Images

    Today is Moving Day. What? No, you're not being evicted from your house/flat and have to lug boxes full of pans, photographs and potpourris in and out of a removal van.

    You don't have to move a muscle. Sit back, relax, grab a cheese pimento sandwich and watch the world's leading golfers try and make their big move at the Masters.

  20. Live text from 17:30 BSTpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Live text commentary will start here at 17:30 BST.

    In the meantime, click on the links at the top of this page to watch live pictures of Tiger Woods, Ian Poulter, Tyrrell Hatton and Phil Mickelson as part of our 'featured groups' coverage.

    Clips of today's action will also appear in this page.