{"id":386208,"date":"2026-04-11T04:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/386208\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T04:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T04:57:15","slug":"rory-mcilroy-in-total-command-at-the-masters-takes-6-shot-lead-into-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/386208\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy in total command at the Masters, takes 6-shot lead into the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Rory McIlroy seized a commanding six-stroke lead at the \u2060Masters on Friday to leave a leaderboard packed with major title winners looking up at the defending champion as the tournament reached the halfway point.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">McIlroy is 12-under par heading into the weekend with Americans Sam Burns and Patrick Reed tied for second at six under and Englishman Justin Rose, Ireland\u2019s Shane Lowry and Britain\u2019s Tommy Fleetwood one further adrift.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">McIlroy came out all guns blazing and finished in spectacular fashion.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He birdied six of his final \u200cseven holes and brought out a huge roar from the patrons when he chipped in at 17, holding his club aloft in an electrifying scene.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIt was tricky. It was up and over,\u201d he said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t see the bottom of the flag, so all I saw were the patrons standing up on the grandstand like it had a chance, and it went in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bryson DeChambeau was among those who missed the cut in Augusta. Photo: Getty Images\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/60b9b01f-88f5-4b44-995e-98242806a6d9_06fd1e9c.jpg\" title=\"Bryson DeChambeau was among those who missed the cut in Augusta. Photo: Getty Images\"\/>Bryson DeChambeau was among those who missed the cut in Augusta. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Another birdie on the last delivered McIlroy the biggest 36-hole lead in Masters history on a sun-drenched day at Augusta National.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rory McIlroy seized a commanding six-stroke lead at the \u2060Masters on Friday to leave a leaderboard packed with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[181551,184082,85,46,102733,138874,78904,184083,183848,184081,184085,184084,105,174072,857],"class_list":{"0":"post-386208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-augusta-national","9":"tag-cameron-smith","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-justin-rose","13":"tag-liv-golf","14":"tag-masters","15":"tag-patrick-reed","16":"tag-rory-mcilroy","17":"tag-sam-burns","18":"tag-scottie-scheffler","19":"tag-shane-lowry","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-tiger-woods","22":"tag-tommy-fleetwood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}