Masters 2016 leaderboard live: McIlroy closes in on Spieth on Day Three at Augusta

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Rory McIlroy ended day two of The Masters closely tailing rival, and defending champion, Jordan Spieth after an excellent round at Augusta National.

• Follow LIVE text commentary from Augusta as it happens
• Spieth remains top but dropped two shots to sit on -4
• McIlroy is now a shot off the lead after hitting -1 on the day
• Danny Lee and Scott Piercy tied in third place
• Justin Rose and Ian Poulter both had days to forget
• Bubba Watson only just made the cut but Phuil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler among those eliminated
• Ian Woosnam announced he's retired from the Masters
• Watson will be first to tee off this afternoon at 2.50pm (BST)
• Spieth and McIlroy play together as the last pair at 7.50pm
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• Read more: Everything you need to know about The Masters
• Read more: McIlroy keeps Spieth in sight with brilliant touches

Check out the leaderboard below for the latest standings...

DAY THREE TEE TIMES (all BST) (*USA unless stated)

2.50pm Bubba Watson

3.00pm Justin Thomas and Kevin Kisner

3.10pm Louis Oosthuizen (SA) and Patrick Reed

3.20pm Victor Dubuisson (Fra) and Webb Simpson

3.30pm Bill Haas and Larry Mize

3.40pm Anirban Lahiri (Ind) and Martin Kaymer (Ger)

3.50pm Charley Hoffman and Adam Scott (Aus)

4.00pm Matt Kuchar and Thongchai Jaidee (Thai)

4.10pm Henrik Stenson (Swe) and Hunter Mahan

4.20pm Romain Langasque (a) (Fra) and Harris English

4.40pm Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spa) and Ian Poulter (Eng)

4.50pm Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) and Keegan Bradley

5.00pm Cameron Smith (Aus) and Billy Horschel

5.10pm Justin Rose (Eng) and Jamie Donaldson (Wal)

5.20pm Emiliano Grillo (Arg) and Kevin Na

5.30pm Lee Westwood (Eng) and Paul Casey (Eng)

5.40pm Angel Cabrera (Arg) and Kevin Streelman

5.50pm Davis Love III and Jimmy Walker

6.00pm Chris Wood (Eng) and Brooks Koepka

6.10pm J B Holmes and Bernd Wiesberger (Aut)

6.30pm Berhard Langer (Ger) and Jason Day (Aus)

6.40pm Troy Merritt and Smylie Kaufman

6.50pm Dustin Johnson and Daniel Berger

7.00pm Shane Lowry (Ire) and Bryson DeChambeau (a)

7.10pm Danny Willett (Eng) and Sergio Garcia (Spa)

7.20pm Hideki Matsuyama (Jap) and Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thai)

7.30pm Brandt Snedeker and Soren Kjeldsen (Den)

7.40pm Danny Lee (NZ) and Scott Piercy

7.50pm Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy (NIrl)