The final round of the 2026 Masters is upon us and defending champion Rory McIlroy has a fight on his hands as he looks to retain his title.McIlroy finally ascended to the pantheon of golfing Grand Slam greats by getting his hands on a Green Jacket last year.McIlroy joined the Grand Slam club with Masters glory last yearGettyAnd the Northern Irishman looked to be cruising to another win 12 months on, establishing the biggest 36-hole lead in Augusta history at the halfway stage.However, a Saturday 73 has the let the chasing pack reel him in and McIlroy now goes into Sunday’s finale tied for the lead with American Cameron Young.Sam Burns, Shane Lowry, Jason Day and Justin Rose are all within three shots while Scottie Scheffler is lurking dangerously too.It all adds up to what should be an incredible final day of action as the first major of the year is decided.When is The Masters this year?The 2026 Masters Tournament is running from Thursday, April 9 to Sunday, April 12. It is taking place, as ever, at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.The action will get started at 2:06pm UK time on Sunday with the leading pair of McIlroy and Young not teeing off until 7:25pm.talkSPORT will have regular updates from Augusta throughout the week.McIlroy’s Masters win was hugely emotionalGettyTune in to talkSPORT through the website via the live stream or find us on DAB digital radio through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.Download and listen to all our live commentaries via the talkSPORT app.Visit talkSPORT BET for all the latest odds and bet boosts for every big event.Subscribe to our talkSPORT YouTube channel for news, views and analysis plus our regular goals show and for more, follow us on talkSPORT Facebook and talkSPORT X.The major championship will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK too. Coverage on Sky Sports Golf will start at 4:30pm while it will get going on Sky Sports Main Event from 7pm.Recent Masters champions2025: Rory McIlroy -112024: Scottie Scheffler -112023: Jon Rahn −122022: Scottie Scheffler −102021: Hideki Matsuyama −102020: Dustin Johnson -202019: Tiger Woods −132018: Patrick Reed −152017: Sergio Garcia −92016: Danny Willett −5McIlroy looks unstoppable at Augusta now the monkey is off his backGettyThe Masters 2026 leaderboard and tee timesThe latest leaderboard from Augusta can be found here.McIlroy and Young will resume on 11-under-par and will be paired together for the final round, teeing off at 7:25pm UK time.Burns is one shot back and is paried with Lowry (7:14pm) who will start again on 9-under.Day and Rose, both at 8-under, will be the third to last group out (7:03pm) while Scheffler will look to pile the pressure on the leaders as he heads out at 6:52pm.Below are the tee times for the final round…All times BST, USA unless stated, starting on hole 11406 Aaron Rai (Eng), Charl Schwartzel (Rsa)1417 Gary Woodland, Kurt Kitayama1428 Jon Rahm (Esp), Sergio Garcia (Esp)1439 Si Woo Kim (Kor), Rasmus Hojgaard (Den)1450 Keegan Bradley, Dustin Johnson1501 Denny McCarty, Coren Conners (Can)1512 Viktor Hovland (Nor), Justin Thomas1523 Alex Noren (Swe), Maverick McNealy1545 Adam Scott (Aus), Marco Penge (Eng)1556 Harris English, Samuel Stevens1607 Brian Harman, Jordan Spieth1618 Sungjae Im (Kor), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn)1629 Sepp Straka (Aut), Jacob Bridgeman1640 Chris Gotterup, Kristoffer Reitan (Nor)1651 Michael Brennan, Max Homa1713 Nick Taylor (Can), Matt Fitzpatrick (Eng)1724 Ludvig Aberg (Swe), Brian Campbell1735 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng)1746 Brooks Koepka, Wyndham Clark1757 Ryan Gerard, Xander Schauffele1808 Jake Knapp, Ben Griffin1830 Patrick Reed, Collin Morikawa1841 Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley1852 Scottie Scheffler, Haotong Li (Chn)1903 Jason Day (Aus), Justin Rose (Eng)1914 Sam Burns, Shane Lowry (Irl)1925 Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Cameron YoungOfficial prize money for the 2026 tournament has been confirmed with a record $22.5million purse up for grabs – the biggest in tournament history.The champion will pocket an eye‑watering $4.5m, with second place earning $2.34m.For comparison, last year’s purse sat at $21m, with $4.2m going to McIlroy as he completed the career Grand Slam.Reed is a former Masters champion and poses arguably the biggest threat to McIlroy at six-underGettyHow is the course looking for The Masters?Augusta National is a par 72 and will measure a maximum of 7,565 yards in length for the 2026 event.That yardage is up by 10 yards following a new tweak to the par‑4 17th hole, Nandina.The famous track has been steadily extended over the last few years and is now 130 yards longer than it was when Danny Willett won ten years ago.The weather in Georgia is set to be dry and warm throughout the weekend, meaning the course will play tricky with firm, fast greens and slick fairways.As ever, the world-famous par-3s of Golden Bell and Redbud will take centre-stage as will the treacherous run of holes at Amen Corner.The 495-yard par-4 Magnolia 5th was the most difficult hole last year, just ahead of the 18th finishing hole Holly.The four par-5s plus the short par-4 3rd hole were statistically the easiest five holes 12 months ago.The 11th hole has played the most difficult so far this week, just ahead of the fifth while the 7th and 18th have both been tough too.The 16th hole has played at exactly level par through the first three days.