{"id":71469,"date":"2026-04-11T19:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/cameron-young-reels-in-rory-mcilroy-with-pack-on-their-tails-for-masters-finale\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:55:53","slug":"cameron-young-reels-in-rory-mcilroy-with-pack-on-their-tails-for-masters-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/cameron-young-reels-in-rory-mcilroy-with-pack-on-their-tails-for-masters-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Young reels in Rory McIlroy with pack on their tails for Masters finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>McIlroy\u2019s 73 leaves him tied on 11 under after Young\u2019s 65<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Lowry, Rose and Scheffler among nine within five shots<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rory McIlroy began this Masters in the company of Cameron Young and will finish it in the company of Cameron Young. McIlroy arrived at this tournament as the holder of the Green Jacket. By Sunday night he will \u2026? Goodness only knows. Day three proved predictions are a fool\u2019s errand at the Masters.<\/p>\n<p>Such drama played out at Augusta National on Saturday that by close of play it was extraordinary to see McIlroy\u2019s name still atop the leaderboard, albeit now with Young for scoring company. Both are 11 under par. From holding a six-shot lead at the start of the round \u2013 and eight over Young \u2013 McIlroy inexplicably wobbled. His 73 was one involving intense struggle. \u201cI knew today wouldn\u2019t be easy,\u201d said McIlroy. \u201cI didn\u2019t quite have it today. I\u2019ll need to be better tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/apr\/12\/cameron-young-reels-in-rory-mcilroy-with-pack-on-their-tails-for-masters-finale\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIlroy\u2019s 73 leaves him tied on 11 under after Young\u2019s 65 Lowry, Rose and Scheffler among nine within five shots Rory McIlroy began this Masters in the company of Cameron Young and will finish it in the company of Cameron Young. McIlroy arrived at this tournament as the holder of the Green Jacket. By Sunday &#8230; <a title=\"Cameron Young reels in Rory McIlroy with pack on their tails for Masters finale\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/cameron-young-reels-in-rory-mcilroy-with-pack-on-their-tails-for-masters-finale\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Cameron Young reels in Rory McIlroy with pack on their tails for Masters finale\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}