Rory McIlroy (Even par)

Tee time: 1:55 p.m.

Age: 27

World golf ranking: 2

Best Masters finish (year): Fourth (2015)

Best 2017 finish: Second at the South African Open

McIlroy would seem a long way back, and as well as he has played this week, he just hasn’t gotten many putts to fall. A double bogey at the seventh hurt him on Saturday. Yet, given this is his ninth Masters, he has the requisite experience needed to go out earlier than the leaders and shoot a low number. He is known for the final-round 80 he produced when leading the 2011 Masters headed into Sunday. But his final rounds the last four years have been 69, 69, 66 and 71.

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McIlroy says: “I’m going to need my best score around here, 65 — something like that, if not lower, to have a chance tomorrow.”

Lee Westwood (1 under)

Tee time: 2:05 p.m.

Age: 43

World golf ranking: 54

Best Masters finish (year): Second (2010), tied second (2016)

Best 2017 finish: Tied second at the Abu Dhabi Championship

Among the best players in the world — and maybe in history — to have never won a major, the common narrative is that Westwood is running out of time. But his results in recent years don’t really suggest that. Since 2008, he has nine top-three finishes in majors, and that includes his tie for second at Augusta a year ago. His putting has normally been the culprit, but he rebounded from his second-round 77 with a 68 on Saturday to put himself just five back of the lead.

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Westwood says: “I’ve got half a chance if I can get a roll going on the front nine.”

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Thomas Pieters (1 under)

Tee time: 2:05 p.m.

Age: 25

World golf ranking: 35

Best Masters finish (year): Masters debut

Best 2017 finish: Tied second at the Genesis Open

The European Ryder Cup hero has acquitted himself well in his first Masters, and might well be in contention if not for three double bogeys — on the 12th and the 18th on Thursday, and then on the 11th Saturday that was a significant factor in a 75.

Pieters says: “I just like to get within three shots on a Sunday afternoon, three or four shots. Then you really give yourself a chance. So it’s a bit bold to say that you want to come here and then you don’t do it, and you look like a fool. If I just get in contention on Sunday afternoon, that’s all I want.”

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Charl Schwartzel (2 under)

Tee time: 2:15 p.m.

Age: 32

World golf ranking: 29

Best Masters finish (year): Win, 2011

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Best 2017 finish: Sixth, Valspar Championship

Schwartzel has to be buoyed by his birdie-birdie-birdie-birdie finish to win six years ago, the only time such a feat has been accomplished. More important in the moment is his 68 on Saturday, which thrust him up the leader board. He played the last 14 holes without a bogey in the third round — including an eagle at 15. He played the par-5s in 5-under on Saturday. Do that again on Sunday, and he could contend.

Scwhartzel says: “This back nine at Augusta really just gives itself to a lot of birdies and a lot of drama. So where I am now, I’m definitely within a shot and if I keep swinging like I am, you never know. You get on a run and you can make a scare up on the board.”

Adam Scott (3 under)

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Tee time: 2:15 p.m.

Age: 36

World golf ranking: 9

Best Masters finish (year): Won, 2013

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Best 2017 finish: Tied third, Singapore Open

This is probably the stealthiest appearance on the leader board from a player who could actually win. Scott has 11 top-10 finishes in majors since 2011. He hasn’t finished under par here since he beat Angel Cabrera in a playoff four years ago, but he shot back-to-back 69s on Friday and Saturday and is in position now.

Scott says: “It’s not easy to do, it seems these days, to protect that lead. That’s where I have a little advantage to sneak up on them on the front nine and then I only have to deal with nine holes of pressure.”

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Ryan Moore (4 under)

Tee time: 2:25 p.m.

Age: 34

World golf ranking: 38

Best Masters finish (year): Tied 12th (2015)

Best 2017 finish: Third, SBS Tournament of Champions

Moore came into this year’s Masters having missed two of the previous three cuts. But he shot his second straight 69 on Saturday to move into contention. Though he has won five times on the PGA Tour, he has an abysmal record in major championships: two top-10 finishes in 35 tries, and none better than a tie for ninth.

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Moore says: “The course can be so volatile, you can go up and down three or four spots in the right direction or the wrong direction very quickly on the back nine. And watching it throughout history, what you want to do is be within a couple shots on the back nine. That gives you a chance.”

Charley Hoffman (4 under)

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Tee time: 2:25 p.m.

Age: 40

World golf ranking: 52

Best Masters finish (year): Tied ninth (2015)

Best 2017 finish: Tied second, Arnold Palmer Invitational

Hoffman came into this tournament having missed six of 12 cuts on the PGA Tour this season, which dates back to last fall. But he appears to love Augusta National even though, as a journeyman, this is just his fourth appearance here. Still, in 15 Masters rounds heading into Sunday, he has shot in the 60s four times. He might have done so again had he not rinsed his tee shot at the par-3 16th on Saturday while he was leading, a shot that resulted in a double bogey that has him two behind.

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Hoffman says: “I’ve been in the lead for 36 holes and more than that — almost all day today — and I’m playing good golf. If I play my game tomorrow, I think I’ve got a good chance.”

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Jordan Spieth (4 under)

Tee time: 2:35 p.m.

Age: 23

World golf ranking: 6

Best Masters finish (year): Won (2015)

Best 2017 finish: Won, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

It’s worth remembering a couple of things about Spieth’s young Augusta career: his worst finish here is a tie for second (twice, in both 2014 and 2016), and he has never entered the final round in his current position, which is trailing. Previously, he shared the lead with Bubba Watson in 2014, then led by himself in 2015 and ’16. His one bit of inexperience has shown with a couple of large numbers — the quadruple bogey 7 he recorded on the par-3 12th last year, which cost him the tournament, and the quadruple bogey 9 he put up on the par-5 15th in the first round this year, which leaves him trailing rather than leading entering the final round now.

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Spieth says: “I didn’t know going into my first if I would have five chances in my life. So it’s awesome. And at the same time, I’ve been on both sides of it now, and I like the winning side better. So I’m certainly going to go for broke tomorrow.”

Rickie Fowler (5 under)

Tee time: 2:35 p.m.

Age: 28

World golf ranking: 8

Best Masters finish (year): Tied fifth (2014)

Best 2017 finish: Win, Honda Classic

Since Fowler ran through the 2014 majors with four top-five finishes, including runner-up to Martin Kaymer at the U.S. Open and Rory McIlroy at the British Open, he’s hardly sniffed a title. He also melted down at last year’s Masters, opening with an 81. But he seems to have righted himself here, and is playing with a confidence that has eluded him in recent majors.

Fowler says: “How I feel physically, mentally, from how my game feels, how I feel just about life — I feel great on the golf course. It feels like I’m right where I’m supposed to be. It doesn’t feel out of place.”

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Justin Rose (6 under)

Tee time: 2:45 p.m.

Age: 36

World golf ranking: 14

Best Masters finish (year): Tied second (2015)

Best 2017 finish: Second, Sony Open

Rose is familiar with being around the lead at Augusta, having led after the first round in 2004, 2007 and 2008 — and into the weekend that first year. His best scoring tournament came two years ago, when he fired four subpar rounds and finished 14 under but ran into the buzz saw that was Spieth. His 67 on Saturday was the low round of the day, and matched his low for his career at Augusta, but it was defined by a flawless back nine — a 31, with five birdies and no bogeys.

Rose says: “I’m certainly not getting ahead of myself. Tomorrow is a huge day. I have an opportunity. That’s all you want, but really it starts on the back nine on Sunday.”

Sergio Garcia (6 under)

Tee time: 2:45 p.m.

Age: 37

World golf ranking: 11

Best Masters finish (year): Tied fourth (2004)

Best 2017 finish: Win, Omega Dubai Desert Classic

Garcia has seemed like a major contender for years, yet if you would have picked a major to become his first, the Masters might have seemed like the worst bet. He has five top-10 finishes in the U.S. Open, 10 in the British Open, four in the PGA Championship — and three in the Masters. His scoring average at Augusta heading into this Masters: 72.94, almost a full stroke over par. Yet this year, he already has three rounds under par — a feat he has pulled off in only two of his previous 18 Masters.