Tiger Woods wins The Masters to complete one of sport’s greatest comeback

Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's final round at The Masters, which has been brought forward by five hours as the threat of heavy thunderstorms loom large later in the day.

Here’s where we stand this morning.

Francesco Molinari has a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods and Tony Finau.

Three-time major winner Brooks Koepka lies a shot further back, with Ian Poulter and Webb Simpson four shots off the lead.

Leader Board Update: Leader -13

Molinari -13 (66)

Finau -11 (64)

Woods -11 (67)

Koepka -10 (69)

Simpson -9 (64)

Poulter -9 (68)

Kuchar -8 (68)

Harding -8 (70)

Schuffele -8 (70)

Oosthuizen -8 (71)

D. Johnson -8 (70)

It’s a rather compact playing schedule today as the course officials try and get everyone round before the looming thunderstorms hit in the afternoon.

As a result, the players will be grouped in threes and both holes One and Ten will be used as starting holes.

Here’s a look at the tee times of some of the big names and those will could potentially be in with a shout at claiming the Grean Jacket at the end of the day. An * denotes a group starting at the Tenth hole.

Selected Tee Times: 

12:52pm - McIlroy, Bradley, Woodland*

1:03pm – Speith, Fleetwood, Conners

1:25pm – Thomas, Mickelson, Rahm

1:47pm – Oosthuizen, D. Johnson, Fowler

1:58pm – Kuchar, Harding, Schauffele

2:09pm – Koepka, Simpson, Poulter

2:20pm – Molinari, Woods, Finau

One of the rounds of the week came yesterday by American Tony Finau.

He went after the course early on with three successive birdies before another on the sixth and an eagle on the eighth took him to 9-under.

He then birdied the two par-5's on the back nine to move to 11-under and post the lowest round of 64 and a rather low scoring day.

He held the clubhouse lead until Tiger Woods joined him at 11-under and Francesco Molinari nipped in with a two-shot lead at 13-under.

His best finish at the Masters came last year when he placed in 10th but can he cause an upset and take the Green Jacket on Sunday?

If anyone can claim home team advantage at Augusta this year it's this man: 

Tiger Woods.

Over 10-years without a major victory means the crowd cheers his every shot, his every putt, his every step towards a fifth Masters win.

Tiger is in a familiar position on Sunday, the last group with Finau and Molinari, but an earlier start time due to inclement weather may play a part.

"Usually the reward for playing hard and doing all the things correctly, you get a nice little sleep-in come Sunday, but that's not the case," Woods said.

"We've got to get up early and get after it. It will be interesting to see if that wind comes up like it's forecast - 15-20mph around this golf course is going to be testy."

For his last three rounds Woods has shot 205. This is the fifth time Tiger has shot 205 or fewer after three rounds at the Masters.

He's won the previous four.

Tiger's major form has slowly been creeping back to it's best with a final day lead at the Open and a runners-up finish at the US PGA in 2018. Could the Masters be the major to put Tiger back on top?

"It's been a while since I've been in contention here, but then again the last two majors counts for something," he said.

In 2006, Francesco Molinari stepped out onto Augusta National for the very first time. His older brother Edoardo had won the U.S. Amateur in 2005 and had qualified for the Masters so naturally Francesco caddied for him.

Waiting on the first tee was the then Masters champion who played the first two rounds with Edoardo, a certain Tiger Woods.

Fast forward 13-years and Francesco is back at Augusta, this time with a two-shot lead and one round to play. In two hours time he'll step out onto the first tee where his closest rival for the Green Jacket will be waiting for him, a certain Tiger Woods. 

It's fairy-tale stuff for Molinari who's having the best 12-18 months of his professional career, with a victory at The Open and a record points haul at the Ryder Cup.

He led the field at the start of the third round and two birdies on the front nine yesterday kept him in touch of a prolific Tony Finau. 

A run of four birdies in a row from the 12th pushed him in front on the field and a par save made it his second bogey-free round of the week.

Consistency is the key for Molinari who has now gone 43 holes without dropping a shot at the Masters. Last July he did not make a bogey in his final 37 holes at The Open where he again played with Woods in the final round.

Molinari, who also beat Woods three times alongside Tommy Fleetwood in the 2018 Ryder Cup, said: "I wish I only had to worry about him but there are a few more that are going to try to shoot a low round so it's going to be exciting

"I played slightly better on Friday but mentally I was very good. There were two big putts on four and five to save pars and I played the back nine as well as I've played it. And then there was a good par save on 18, it was nice to keep another clean scorecard."

It's a beautiful morning at Augusta. The leaders tee off in just under two hours but the day starts now.

Wise, Leishman and Si Woo Kim start on the 1st.

Stanley, Hovland (A) and Hoffman tee off on the 10th. 

The Sunday pin positions at the Masters are notoriously difficult, here's a look at where they're positioned today:   

Aaron Wise (-2) chips in close on the first to leave himself a putt for par. Marc Leishman (-2), off the back of the green to the left, chips onto the green but is too light with the chip and the ball rolls of the green back to him. Si Woo Kim (-2) on in three from out of the bunker.

Kim (-2) escapes with a par at the first after finding two bunkers, Leishman (-1) makes bogey after his third shot error, Wise (-2) rolls his par in as well.

The first hole of the day is done.