article_snippet.sent: Jordan Speith is in prime position to win the Masters, maintaining the lead during the final round at Augusta.
article_snippet.sent: The 21-year-old has begun the last day of the hallowed tournament after setting a scoring record for 54 holes of 16 under par.
article_snippet.sent: Jordan Speith, pictured during Jordan Speith final round on Sunday, is in prime position to win the Masters, taking a four shot lead into the final round at Augusta Augusta .
article_snippet.sent: Spieth, who squandered a front-nine Masters lead on Sunday last year and settled for sharing second behind Bubba Watson, is the man to beat for the top prize of $1.8 million at the $10 million event. '
article_snippet.sent: The spotlight belonged to Spieth, who could break Tiger Woods' 1997 tournament record of 18-under 270 by shooting 69 in the final round.
article_snippet.sent: If he wins, Spieth would become the second-youngest winner in Masters history, five months older than Tiger Woods' when he won he first major in 1997.
article_snippet.sent: Spieth could also become only the fifth wire-to-wire winner in Masters history, joining Craig Wood in 1941, Arnold Palmer in 1960, Jack Nicklaus in 1972 and Ray Floyud in 1976.
article_snippet.sent: Spieth is the first player since Greg Norman in 1996 to own the outright Masters lead after each of the first three rounds, but Greg Norman squandered a six-stroke lead in making the greatest last-day collapse in major golf history and lost by five to Nick Faldo.
article_snippet.sent: No player in Masters history has ever reached 19-under at any stage of the tournament but Spieth flirted with Spieth Saturday, making four birdies in five holes to stand 18-under before a double bogey at 17 and a 10-foot par save at 18, and could threaten again Sunday.
article_snippet.sent: With 22 birdies through 54 holes, Spieth broke Woods' record of 21 in 2005 and is on pace to shatter Mickelson's Masters 72-hole birdie total record of 25 from 2001.
article_snippet.sent: But Spieth has not made the Masters a runaway.
article_snippet.sent: And Mickelson is still in position to potentially become the second-oldest winner in Masters history after Jack Nicklaus, who was 46 when his won in 1986.
article_snippet.sent: Mickelson has only one top-10 in his past 31 starts but it was a runner-up effort at last year's PGA Championship.
article_snippet.sent: Mickelson won the 2004, 2006 and 2010 Masters, as well as the 2005 PGA Championship and 2013 British Open.
article_snippet.sent: Should Mickelson win Sunday, Mickelson would match Faldo and Lee Trevino as six-time major champions.
highlights_snippet.sent: Has set a scoring record for the first 54 holes of 16 under par .
  