The Latest: Bubba Watson gets windy 3rd round underway

The Latest: Bubba Watson gets windy 3rd round underway

Published Apr. 9, 2016 11:37 a.m. ET

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) The Latest from the third round of the Masters on Saturday (all times local):

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10:30 a.m.

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The third round of the Masters is underway, though the leaders don't tee off until Saturday afternoon.

Two-time champion Bubba Watson, who needed a Jordan Spieth bogey to make it to the weekend, was the first to start after making the cut with a 6 over 150. He parred the first two holes.

Spieth, the leader and defending champ, hits the course with Rory McIlroy at 2:50 p.m.

The temperatures were in the upper 50s in the morning. The forecast calls for sunny skies and a sustained breeze of 20 mph, still calmer than the 30 mph gusts in the second round

Only four players broke par and no one broke 70 for the first time since the third round of the frigid 2007 tournament.

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2:40 a.m.

Maybe one of these days someone other than Jordan Spieth will sit atop the leaderboard.

The 22-year-old Texan battled through blustery conditions Friday to take a one-stroke edge over Rory McIlroy, making Spieth the first player in the history of Augusta National to have the lead all to himself in six straight rounds.

He was on top from wire to wire a year ago, capturing his first green jacket in romp, and he's held the top spot through the first 36 holes this year.

Spieth says, ''I have two more days to give it everything I have, and that's what we'll do, just to try to keep myself right on top.''

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