Zach Johnson makes stunning third round Masters charge

Zach Johnson turned backmost clip for a day. 

Johnson, who past won a awesome title successful 2015, enjoyed a throwback 3rd information Saturday astatine nan Masters.

He changeable 6-under to get to 4-under done 54 holes and climb up to tied for 10th place wide arsenic he walked disconnected nan 18th green.

The 49-year-old Johnson won nan Masters successful 2007 for nan first of his 2 profession awesome championships (2015 British Open).

His winning score of 1-over that acold and windy play is portion of a three-way necktie for nan highest people by a champion astatine Augusta National making love to 1934. 

Johnson sewage connected a rotation Saturday that included an eagle connected nan 2nd spread and six birdies successful an eight-hole span correct earlier his bogey connected 17.

Johnson changeable 72 and 74 complete nan first 2 rounds, respectively, to make nan trim connected nan number earlier cleaning up pinch a 66 connected Saturday playing alongside Jon Rahm.

How improbable was Johnson pushing his measurement up nan leaderboard?

The 12-time PGA champion entered nan Masters tied for nan 84th best likelihood to win, according to BetMGM.

Saturday’s 66 was Johnson’s best-ever single-round people astatine Augusta successful 21 appearances, including nan 4 rounds which brought him a greenish jacket.

The 2023 Ryder Cup skipper topped Rahm by 4 shots.