Sunday 9 April 2017 01:41, UK
Sergio Garcia has his sights set on a first major title as contenders on a packed Augusta leaderboard including Rickie Fowler and Adam Scott aim for Masters glory.
After a thrilling Saturday a healthy mix of major winners and those targeting a breakthrough at the highest level moved into contention for the Green Jacket.
Sixteen players are within six shots of the lead held by Garcia and Justin Rose at six-under-par and a memorable Masters Sunday is in store.
Here's what the contenders have to say before the drama unfolds - including Garcia who is aiming to emulate his idols Seve Ballesteros and Jose Maria Olazabal on the day that Ballesteros would have celebrated his 60th birthday.
"[Seve] and Olazabal, I said it, I think it was yesterday, they were both my big idols growing up, so it means a lot.
"I don't want to get ahead of myself, but it would mean ‑ I don't even know how much it would mean to be able to join both of my idols as a Masters winner, it would be nice to have a chance and hopefully do it.
"Jose sent me a beautiful message on Wednesday night, and he has a good touch when it comes down to those things. It really meant a lot.
"It was fun to play well again, to go through a Saturday at the Masters with a chance at winning, and, you know, to be up there going into tomorrow.
"There's nothing wrong with Augusta. I think that the main thing that has improved is the way I'm looking at it the last, probably, two or three years, and obviously this year.
"I think it's the kind of place that if you are trying to fight against it, it's going to beat you down. So you've just got to roll with it and realise that sometimes you're going to get good breaks, like has happened to me a few times this week and sometimes you're going to get not‑so‑good breaks."
"This is the best I have felt in a major, no question about it."
"I put myself in position pretty much all day, I would have liked to have got the one up‑and‑down on 14 and then liked to have made birdie on 15.
But the swing on 16, it happens, it was a bad one. I was able to regroup and make a couple pars coming in, two birdie looks. I'm two back, I've been playing good golf and I'm really happy with where I'm at.
"Everybody knows with this back nine anything can happen, you can make birdies, eagles, bogeys.
"So it's the same game plan on the front, play solid golf and see where I need to attack on the back nine. Hopefully, I've got a chance coming up 18.
"I'm playing good golf, and if I play my game tomorrow, I think I got a good chance."
"I think you take a little bit of all of those things, past victories or past Masters.
"Playing in the Ryder Cup last year under a lot of pressure, you take little pieces of all those things and kind of carry them with you and just hope something along the line helps and makes a difference.
"I don't really like to enter rounds with an idea or a number. So many things can happen throughout a day and the course can be so volatile.
"You can go up and down and three or four spots the right direction or the wrong direction very quickly on the back nine. What you want to do is be within a couple of shots on the back nine, that gives you a chance.
"You can make some birdies and make some moves. And other guys can make mistakes. Just trying to hang around, play a good, solid front nine and see what happens the back nine."
"I played a really good solid round of golf with no bogeys and it is hard to complain about that around here but I hit a couple of putts that defied gravity.
"Everything felt good and I wish I finished one or two better but so does everyone.
"I am in a good spot to sneak up on them on the front nine tomorrow and then play nine holes under pressure which isn't a bad spot to be in.
"It's a nice feeling but to get another will get the juices flowing, it's important for me in my position to be in the hunt when I stand on the 13th tee and string a few good shots together. It's exciting to think about, I can't wait to play and my game is great shape."
"This back nine at Augusta really just gives itself to really a lot of birdies and a lot of drama.
"So, where I am now, 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.
Asked "what do you think you have to do tomorrow?" - "Probably what I did last time - shoot 66 and finish with four birdies in a row, which would work.
