Posted April 9, 2016, 4:30 pm
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Larry Mize cools off quickly after hot start

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Larry Mize walks off No. 6 with a bogey. "It was all downhill after those first three holes," the 1987 Masters winner said. "It's playing very hard today. In all my years here I don't ever remember having three days in a row like this."

Larry Mize dropped his putter, raised both arms in disbelief and received congratulations from playing partner Bill Haas.

After sinking a 62-foot birdie putt on No. 3, he deserved it.

“If you guaranteed me a two-putt, I would’ve picked it up,” Mize said. “I was trying to get the thing close and somehow it found the hole.”

Mize carded just two birdies in his opening two rounds but began Saturday with three in a row. He drained a 44-footer on No. 1 and a 13-footer on the par-5 second. Add the one on No. 3, and the 1987 Masters champion tallied a combined 119 feet in putts his first three holes.

“The putter was clicking early but I still wasn’t hitting the ball great,” Mize said. “Overall, my short game wasn’t very good after those first three holes.”

After starting hot, Mize quickly cooled with bogeys on his next four holes. The Augusta native shot 78 in windy conditions, with 40 on the second nine, and is 11-over heading into Sunday.

“It was all downhill after those first three holes,” Mize said. “It’s playing very hard today. In all my years here I don’t ever remember having three days in a row like this. Usually, we might have one windy day but never three straight.”

After having no three-putts Friday, Mize had two Saturday. Asked what part of the course is playing the most difficult, Mize said, “The first 18 holes. I mean, the first hole was dead into the wind, and it stayed really tough all day. Amen Corner is always the hardest with the wind but the entire course is unbelievably tough right now.”

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SLIDESHOW: Third Round Action

Hole By Hole Scores
Round 3
Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
Rnd	3	4	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	38	4	6	3	4	4	6	3	5	5	40	78
Tot	4	3	2	3	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	+11


Round 2
Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
Rnd	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	37	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	36	73
Tot	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	+5


Round 1
Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36	72
Rnd	4	5	5	3	4	3	4	5	4	37	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	39	76
Tot	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	+4

Masters Record

Year	Place	Score	Round				Money
Year	Place	Score	1	2	3	4	Money
2015	T80	+7	78	73			$ 10,000
2014	51	+16	74	72	79	79	$ 22,680
2013	T62	+5	73	76			$ 10,000
2012	T65	+7	76	75			$ 10,000
2011	T82	+6	73	77			$ 10,000
2010	T49	+4	76	72			$ 10,000
2009	T30	-1	67	76	72	72	$ 46,575
2008	91	+14	77	81			$ 10,000
2007	90	+17	83	78			$ 10,000
2006	T42	+8	75	72	77	72	$ 25,900
2005	T74	+9	78	75			$ 5,000
2004	T58	+6	76	74			$ 5,000
2003	T58	+8	78	74			$ 5,000
2002	T46	+4	74	74			$ 5,000
2001	T59	+4	74	74			$ 5,000
2000	T25	+4	78	67	73	74	$ 37,567
1999	23	+2	76	70	72	72	$ 41,600
1998	T58	+8	73	79			$ 5,000
1997	T30	+6	79	69	74	72	$ 17,145
1996	T23	+3	75	71	77	68	$ 25,000
1995	T56	+3	76	71			$ 1,500
1994	3	-6	68	71	72	71	$ 136,000
1993	T20	E	67	74	74	73	$ 17,000
1992	T6	-7	73	69	71	68	$ 43,829
1991	T17	-5	72	71	66	74	$ 18,920
1990	T14	E	70	76	71	71	$ 20,650
1989	T26	+5	72	77	69	75	$ 8,240
1988	T45	+16	78	71	76	79	$ 3,400
1987	1	-3	70	72	72	71	$ 162,000
1986	T16	-2	75	74	72	65	$ 12,000
1985	T47	+10	71	75	76	76	$ 2,115
1984	T11	-4	71	70	71	72	$ 13,200

Larry Mize cools off quickly after hot start

Masters Record

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