L. Thompson cards first-round 73, tied for 94th

Round 3 of the Masters Tournament is slated to begin Saturday from Augusta National Golf Club as the world’s best players take on Augusta National Golf Club in the year’s first major championship. Scottie Scheffler takes a commading five-shot lead at the halfway point, tying the tournament’s record for largest 36-hole lead. Four of the previous five to amass such an advantage after the first two rounds have gone on to win. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action: Leaderboard Tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Click here for full coverage on Masters.com Television: Thursday-Friday, 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. ET (ESPN); Saturday, 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. (CBS) Radio: Thursday-Sunday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. ET (CBS Radio; Sirius 208, XM 92) (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio) For outside of the U.S., click here for GOLFTV powered by the PGA TOUR Stream: On the Range, Holes 4-6, Featured Group coverage, Amen Corner, and Holes 15 & 16 will be available to stream for views in the U.S. only via Masters.com (Starting times include: Thursday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m. ET) PGA TOUR LIVE Editor’s note: Augusta National Golf Club, which owns and operates the Masters Tournament, controls all digital streaming and broadcast rights to this event. PGA TOUR LIVE coverage will resume at next week’s RBC Heritage. MUST READS Round 2 review: The Masters Scottie Scheffler builds five-shot lead at the Masters Can Scottie Scheffler be stopped? Tiger Woods makes 22nd straight cut at Masters Tournament Dustin Johnson adds a hybrid for Augusta National The Masters also is a major for golf fashion Revisitng Tiger Woods’ historic victory in 1997 Book excerpt: When Tiger Woods proved the doubters wrong Nine Things to Know: Augusta National Golf Club Here comes Harry Higgs, right down Magnolia Lane Hideki Matsuyama helping Japan’s promising young stars Cameron Smith’s secrets to success at Augusta

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Ahead of the 2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, we got a look at what some of the PGA TOUR’s best have in their golf bags. Of course, tributes to Arnold Palmer abound, with plenty of pros turning up with custom gear and equipment companies proper honoring Mr. Palmer. In this week’s gallery, we take a look at all of that and more.  Odyssey Golf created both blade and mallet (pictured) putter covers featuring an iconic image of Palmer and his Cadillac convertible.  Bryson DeChambeau’s bag features “Arnie Camoâ€� in colors inspired by Palmer’s umbrella logo. Scott Brown will be putting this week with a Scotty Cameron prototype that has very similar stamping to a certain 15-time major champion’s wand… Phil Mickelson’s 64-degree wedge is stamped with his logo and, well, his approach to the game. A Mickelson thumb’s up fo this one!  Some Callaway staffers’ woods will feature the same image from the first photo and a Palmer umbrella ribbon.  The umbrella appears on a custom TaylorMade Pix golf ball as well. Also on the TaylorMade front: TM served up a custom putter cover that features the recipe for the drink that bears Palmer’s name.  Brendon Todd has custom Palmer-inspired covers (likely designed by Stitch Golf) for his woods and putter this week.  Can you name the movie the quote stamped on Lanto Griffin’s wedge is from, PGATOUR.com readers?  Ian “The Postmanâ€� Poulter has a custom putter cover that shows the years he has “deliveredâ€� Ryder Cup victories for Europe. 

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