AUGUSTA, Ga. >> Scottie Scheffler made one last birdie and let out one big exhale Saturday on a wild day of charges and collapses at the Masters, giving him a 1-under 71 and a one-shot lead over two-time major champion Collin Morikawa.

Scheffler began by chipping in for birdie from across the first green. He finished with an 8-foot birdie putt that caught just enough of the right side of the cup.

Everything in between was bonkers, right to the very end. Bryson DeChambeau drove into the right trees on the 18th, pitched out to the fairway and then holed out from 77 yards for a most unlikely birdie that might have salvaged his chances.

Six players had at least a tie for the lead at one point.

There was a five-way tie for the lead on back nine. Morikawa looked to break out of the tie when he had a long eagle putt on the par-5 13th. He three-putted for par, and then the other four players all made bogey.

Max Homa has gone 32 holes without a birdie and he was only two behind. Xander Schauffele has gone 25 holes without a bogey, and that goes a long way. He was five back.

Augusta National didn’t need a ferocious wind to be wildly entertaining. The course was tough as ever, with a wind that would have felt scary if not for the day before.

Scheffler was at 7-under 209 as he goes for a second Masters green jacket and tries to extend a dominant stretch that includes two wins on tough courses and a runner-up finish in his last three tournaments.

“It’s nice to have that experience, but going into tomorrow, that’s really all that it is,” he said. “And I can reflect on some of that stuff from that round, and this is a position I’m very familiar with. I’m excited for the challenge of going and trying to win the golf tournament tomorrow.”

Morikawa made two tough pars to finish off a 69, making him the only player to break par all three days at this Masters. Not bad for a someone who only found a swing key on Monday, switched putters after the first round and has had a top 10 since the first week of the year.

“If you asked me at the beginning of the week I’d be one back heading into Sunday, I would have taken that any time,” Morikawa said. “You give yourself a chance with 18 holes left, that’s all you can really do.”

Another shot back was Homa (73), whose last birdie was on the fourth hole of the second round. He has made 32 pars in his last 36 holes. Eight players were separated by five shots going into the final round, where the greens are likely to be even faster, crispier and more frightening.

Tiger Woods was not among them. Neither was Rory McIlroy.

Woods, having made his Masters record 24th consecutive cut on Friday, started the third round seven shots out of the lead and hopeful of at least making his massive following think there might be more magic left in that battered 48-year-old body.

Instead, Woods posted his highest round in three decades playing the majors. He shot an 82, the third time he has failed to break 80 in a major, and the first since the 2015 U.S. Open.

“Just hit the ball in all the places that I know I shouldn’t hit it,” Woods said.

McIlroy came to the Masters thinking this might be the year he finally got the last leg of the career Grand Slam. All he could muster was a 71 that left him 10 shots behind with 20 players in front of him.

There were no shortage of challengers.

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DETROIT >> The Twins’ lineup is missing three of its starters. The Twins’ bullpen is missing some of its top arms. The Twins’ rotation depth has been tested by injury, too.

It’s an unenviable situation to be in at any point but especially this early in the season. With star shortstop Carlos Correa the latest to land on the injured list, the Twins are well aware of the fact that it’s going to take contributions from up and down the roster to fill his absence.

That’s exactly what they got on Saturday, using a pair of full team efforts to take both games off a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. The Twins won the first game 11-5 in 12 innings behind a career day from Joe Ryan and an impressive showing from Ryan Jeffers. Minnesota followed it up by taking the second game 4-1 behind six solid innings from their 27th man, Simeon Woods Richardson, and a couple home runs.

Jeffers, who reached base three times in the second game of the doubleheader, spent most of the first on the bench. But when he did get his opportunity, he did his best to will the Twins to victory.

His pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning tied the first game. His RBI single in the 11th then gave the Twins the lead, and after they lost that lead, his battle through a 12-pitch at-bat ended up with a ground ball towards third that got past Zach McKinstry and resulted in three runs scoring.

“Sick,” Ryan said. “He works so hard and he loves those big moments and delivers often. … It was just great to see him have more success.”

His eighth-inning home run meant that Ryan, whose stuff was near its best, was not tagged with a tough-luck loss as it appeared he would be. The Twins’ starter struck out a career-high 12 batters, fanning all nine of the Tigers in the starting lineup during his start.

He was constantly ahead of the Tigers, pounding the strike zone and collecting 20 swing-and-misses in his effort.

“Just wanted to attack the zone and yeah, be competitive and got good results,” Ryan said.

But he left trailing after giving up a two-run home run in the first inning to Kerry Carpenter — both runs were unearned after third baseman Jose Miranda made a throwing error earlier in the inning —  and another run in the sixth, his final inning of work. The bullpen took over from there, giving up two runs (though none earned) in the final six innings of work.

Woods Richardson, making just his third career major league outing, helped give the bullpen a bit of a rest in the second game, throwing six strong innings. He gave up just a run and retired the last 14 batters he faced.

He got just enough support, using a Byron Buxton sacrifice fly and home runs from Edouard Julien and Willi Castro to help send the Twins to their second win of the day.

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A $10,000 reward has been offered for information about the disappearance of a Blaine woman 30 years ago.

A $10,000 reward has been offered for information about Tamara Bradley, of Blaine, who disappeared 30 years ago. (Courtesy of Therese Olsen)

At the time Tamara Bradley disappeared in 1994, she was 30 years old. She left a 5-year-old son, who is now 35.

Bradley’s sister Therese Olsen believes that Bradley was murdered and now is asking the public for help in finding her sister’s remains so there can be some form of closure.

“Our mom kept vigil for Tamara every day of her life until she passed away (in December 2019),” Olsen said. “For nearly 30 years, Tamara’s killer has lived a life of relative freedom while she was denied hers. Without a body, there can be no closure, only futile hope. The emotional pain we endure is a form of psychological torture.”

Olsen gave the following details of her sister’s disappearance:

On Friday, Sept. 30, 1994, Bradley left work. A colleague who saw her said the 30-year-old was in a good mood and had talked about her plans to look for housing in Stillwater over the weekend.

On her way home from work, she stopped on her normal route along East River Road in Fridley to buy cigarettes at a convenience store. This was the last known sighting of Bradley.

Her 5-year-old son spent weekends with his noncustodial father in Blaine. On Friday afternoons, Bradley would swing by and visit her son, who was with his father’s family. But on that Friday, she never arrived.

On Sunday, Oct. 2, she didn’t pick up her son as scheduled. When Bradley’s mother found out, she called hospitals and impound lots looking for Bradley or her car. On Monday morning, their mother called Olsen. She was distraught and said, “Terri, I can’t find Tami.”

“It’s the kind of phone call you never want to get,” Olsen said. “My sister vanished and inexplicably left behind her 5-year-old son who was in the care of his noncustodial father. As details began to emerge, it quickly became clear to us that Tamara was a victim of foul play and there were suspects and witnesses.”

Bradley was officially reported missing on Monday, Oct. 3, 1994.

The next day, Bradley’s silver 1988 Buick Century Custom sedan was found “suspiciously parked in a tow-away zone in front of the Minneapolis Greyhound Bus Terminal, where it could easily be stolen,” Olsen said.

When Bradley’s car was found, her sister said, the doors were unlocked, the keys in the ignition with her house keys on the same keyring, three paychecks and a child-support check were on the dashboard and the driver’s seat was fully extended back.

“To accommodate a tall person,” her sister said, noting that Bradley was 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighed 135 pounds.

“She wasn’t the last person to drive her car,” Olsen said.

Bradley’s bank card was “found on the walkway of the Camden Bridge (in Minneapolis) that crosses the Mississippi River.”

“There is no evidence that Tamara bought a bus ticket and got on a Greyhound bus. There is less evidence that Tamara left of her own accord,” her sister wrote.

Bradley worked in accounting at Federal Foam Technologies.

The CEO and president of the company, Wyman Smith, offered a $10,000 reward for information leading “to the recovery of Tamara’s remains or the filing of criminal charges against any person(s) involved in her disappearance.”

“This year marks the 30th anniversary of her disappearance and foul play is suspected,” Smith wrote, saying Bradley was a valued employee of his company.

Noting that Bradley’s son grew up without knowing his mother, Smith wrote that “Tamara’s family believes there are people who know the circumstances around Tamara’s suspicious disappearance and where her remains are located.”

Police say her disappearance is still considered an active missing-persons case.

“Tami Bradley was reported missing after not returning home from work almost 30 years ago,” wrote Capt. Mark Boerboom, public information officer with the Blaine Police Department.

The department has “revisited the case file and reached out to other experts for outside examination several times over the years,” he said.

Any information “even if you think the information may not be important, could help in finding Ms. Bradley,” he said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Orin Christensen at 763-717-2665 or email ochristensen@blainemn.gov, or submit your tip through crimestoppersmn.org.

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