For golf fans and casual sports fans tuning into The Masters, it’s impossible to miss the massive leaderboards dotted around Augusta National. But if you’re not familiar with this tournament’s scoring system, it can be difficult to understand what the red and black numbers mean next to each player’s name on the leaderboard.
The Masters leaderboard uses an over-under method of displaying scoring, meaning players’ starting scores relative to par are displayed to the left of their name. Then, a players’ cumulative score to par is placed subsequently after each hole under the column for that hole, giving a picture of how they gained and lost shots against par throughout their round.
It’s been a thrilling third round of The Masters with Rory McIlroy and Bryson DeChambeau trading the lead on multiple occasions. But the Northern Irishman has maintained a three-shot advantage going into the final day of action.
3:56 p.m.: McIlroy hits a towering iron into the green at the deceptively tough par-three sixth, then makes the putt to move to 12 under. DeChambeau, meanwhile, flirts with Rae’s Creek on the second hole and is forced to lay-up, missing the resulting two-putt from 20 feet.
McIlroy regains the lead on the 14th with a brilliant short wedge into the green, leaving himself six feet for an eagle. But a double bogey at the par-5 15th sends him into a tie with Corey Conners, Scottie Scheffler and Ludvig Aberg at 10-under.