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Hideki Matsuyama's Four-Shot Lead Presents Two Potential Paths to History at the Masters

The final pairing at the Masters will tee off at 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, which gives Hideki Matsuyama about 19 hours to think about his four-stroke lead. Maybe he can spend some of that time watching Justin Thomas replays from Saturday. In order to win his first green jacket, Matsuyama needs to make sure that what happened to Thomas does not happen to him.

After a 77-minute weather delay, Thomas bogeyed Nos. 9 and 11 and birdied No. 12. He strode to the par-5 13th at 4-under, three strokes off the lead. Then he lost the Masters.

Justin Thomas frustratingly reacts on the 18th green.