Paige Spiranac might hardly comprise her pleasure Saturday with the stage set for an epic Masters conclusion between Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau.
Taking to X, the longtime golf influencer, 32, flashed her pearly whites in a brand new picture after McIlroy and DeChambeau completed atop the leaderboard at 12-under and 10-under, respectively, following Saturday’s third spherical at Augusta Nationwide.
“Mood when you get to watch Rory and Bryson in the final group tomorrow at The Masters,” Spiranac wrote alongside the smiley snap.
McIlroy, 35, and DeChambeau, 31, are chasing their first Masters wins, with the Northern Irishman seeking to full golf’s grand slam.
McIlroy, a four-time main champion, stormed again into the competitors Friday with a bogey-free 66 within the second spherical after melting down throughout two of the ultimate 4 holes Thursday.
He double-bogeyed on holes No. 15 and No. 17 to shut out the opening spherical with a good 72.
McIlroy dialed it up once more Saturday when he shot six consecutive 3s to open the third spherical. He bogeyed on gap Nos. 8 and 10 earlier than carding a 66 to put him because the solo chief.
As for DeChambeau, the reigning U.S. Open champion who bested McIlroy at Pinehurst final summer season, he posted a 69 on Saturday, making birdie six occasions whereas bogeying three.
The LIV Golf star, whose finest end at Augusta was in 2024 when he tied for sixth, mentioned Saturday he “couldn’t ask for anything more” with the ultimate spherical.
“It’ll be the grandest stage we’ve had in a long time and I’m really excited for it,’’ DeChambeau said. “We both want to win really badly. It’s going to be electric out there.”
Months earlier than the Masters started, Spiranac — who has been residing it up at Augusta this week — advised The Publish that McIlroy was her choose to win this 12 months’s inexperienced jacket.
“I say this every single year, but Rory is going to win the green jacket,” she mentioned in February. “It will hit one year, I swear, I promise.”
McIlroy and DeChambeau will tee off at 2:30 p.m.
