2012 Masters: Day fourLive

Hanson on tee at eight and he's carved one straight into some poor patron's mooey - no bounce, took that one full in the face, staggers a few yards before hitting the canvas. Nasty. Harrington misses his par effort on nine, the three-time major winner falls to five under - if he makes that nasty one coming back. Oosthuizen pars the eighth to retain his lead... Kuchar has mown one into the crowd on the ninth, Watson has missed that birdie putt on eight...

Oosthuizen's second on eight comes up just short and right and Bubba drills his second to within 40 feet of the front of the dancefloor. Peter Hanson for birdie on seven... didn't hit it, stays seven under, but still very much in the hunt. Silver Cup news - Patrick Cantlay of the United States, despite a nine today, has usurped Matsuyama of Japan, who at one stage had a 10-shot lead. Mickelson's birdie putt on seven slides by...

Kuchar with his third into the par-five eighth and he's left himself with a very makeable birdie putt. Mickelson has stiffed his approach to within 10 feet on seven - his usual fixed grin has given way to the crazed look of a man who is half an hour late for a very important interview. Great clutch par putt on 10 from Poulter, he stays five under, Kuchar misses that birdie putt to stay seven under.

McDowell of Northern Ireland on 18 - in for a 68 and two under overall. As Hazel has just said, it's warming up to be one of the great Masters. Perceptive woman, Hazel. Par for Westwood on nine, he needs a minor miracle to win this from here.

Hanson and Mickelson both make par at the par-three sixth - bit timid from the Swede, signs his knees are perhaps knocking a bit. And I don't blame him. Padraig has to make do with a five on eight, the Irishman stays three off the lead around the turn - has he got the turn of pace to skin those ahead of him round the final bend. "Thank you, mud," cries Poulter as his approach on 10 leaks into a bunker.

Oosthuizen with a sweet approach to about six feet on seven, Bubba's had to hack out sideways onto the fairway. It's as much about who's got the balls as who's got the best swing, which is a touch for Bubba, because he swings it like he's got a lasso in his hands. Some recovery from Bubba, could still make par from there.

Many thanks Stephan, tremendous job. Ben Dirs here and you join me as Westwood finds the front of the eighth green with his third having found foliage with his second. Drop a shot there and the Englishman is pretty much dead, you'd have to think.

Right then, after the drama of the last hour, I need a lie down. Here's Ben Dirs to talk you through the closing stages of the tournament, and to crown the 2012 Masters champion.

"Nobody has ever shot a triple bogey and won the Masters. Mickelson has had two now this week."

King Louis, you are intent on making me look silly. From the fringe, downhill, he holes a putt that curves left to right to hold par and stay two shots ahead.

Australia's Adam Scott, after hitting a hole-in-one on the 16th, told BBC Sport: "It was just one of those days. I was playing nicely but there was not a lot going on. I couldn't see it going in. And that [chip in on 17] was just complete luck. I was in an awful position. Everything was going my way and it was a fun way to finish this week."

Oosthuizen, putting off the green at the back of the sixth, leaves his ball short of the ringe and looks certain to drop another shot. Watson rolls his putt from a similar place to within a foot and will par.

Terrible miss from Harrington, sliding to the left of the hole from no distance. He really needs to hole those birdie chances if he's going to challenge. At the par-three sixth, both Oosthuizen and Watson send their tee shots through the green.

Padraig is flying now, his approach at the seventh goes to within three feet and leaves him with the chance to join Watson and Hanson on seven under. The leaders teed off just over an hour ago, but the board is unrecognisable. "Bewildering," says Hazel Irvine. You can't disagree with the Irvine.

Tiger Woods on BBC Sport after finishing on five over following a 74: "It's not been very good. I didn't hit the the ball very well, my short game was great but I made a bunch of par putts and didn't have many birdies.

"I didn't drive or hit irons very well and need to work on that. Unfortunately, I get out there and don't trust it.

"It's tight right now, there are lots of guys in contention. The pins are very lenient today, there will be some good scores and someone will get hot and make a run."

On BBC Radio 5 live: "In light of what has happened in the last 90 seconds perhaps [Mickelson] should have [taken an unplayable]. He's in danger of taking himself out of contention on just one hole."

Mickelson is right in the trees searching for his ball. In his all beige outfit he looks like a big game hunter. "I can't see if it's my ball or not," he says. Now we have positive identification. "That looks unplayable to me," says Peter Alliss.

Question: Does anyone know why it's called an albatross?

Hanson found a fairway bunker on the third, his approach pitched on the front of the green, rolled back and is about 40 yards from the hole. Mickelson, from 75 yards, drills in low and spins the ball back down the slope. He'll have a putt of around 15 feet for birdie.

Oh dear, this really could be King Louis's day, he's holed his par putt at the third. A great effort to save par from where he was. Hanson misses his birdie putt on two, that's a five-five start for the Quiet Storm from Sweden.

Hanson and Mickelson have both found the green and will have birdie putts. Oosthuizen chips past the pin on three and will have a tough putt for par.

Harrington, at the par-three third, finds the bunker to the right of the green. Oosthuizen, heart probably still pumping after the albatross, goes through the back of the green at the third and looks likely to drop a shot.

Apart from Sarazen and now Oosthuizen, there have only been two other albatrosses (is that right, is that the plural of albatross?) in Masters history. The others were Bruce Devlin in 1967 at the 8th and Jeff Maggert in 1994 at the 13th.

Harrington misses a birdie putt at three to stay five under. More roars behind him, as Kuchar's approach leaves him a tap-in for birdie. He's set to go to six under. Penny for the thoughts of Mickelson and Hanson right now, they've only played one hole but already find themselves two back.

At the 1935 Masters, Gene Sarazen hit the 'shot heard around the world', an albatross at the par-five 15th. He went on to win the tournament in the play-off. If that was the shot heard around the world, then what has King Louis just done?????

"Just a nice solid swing, nothing fancy", that's what Hanson's caddie tells him on the first fairway. He's off the green on the right, and will have to get up and down in two for par. Mickelson next, further to the right on the fairway and from 164 yards, is safely on the green and will have a downhill putt for birdie.

On Thursday morning Phil Mickelson turned up seven hours before his tee time to watch honorary starters Gary Player, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus hit the opening shots of this year's tournament. It was a move that clearly impressed Player, who said on BBC Two: "That was the finest gesture I've seen by any young player. it was a great gesture and sign of appreciation."

Hanson with the honour - that man has meaty forearms. He's down the middle. Mickelson is announced, cheers follow. Lefty's tee shot, met with hollers from the patrons, is on the fairway. They're off. Elsewhere, on two, Harrington, from the bunker, gets his chip to within six feet of the hole and will have that for a birdie. Oosthuizen misses his birdie putt at the first.

Three-time Masters champion Gary Player on BBC Two: "Anyone six or seven behind has to believe they can win. I was seven behind when I won in 1978 but shot a 64 to win by one."

Huge ovation for Lefty Mickelson as he approaches the first, Hanson is right behind him. Here we go....

Three-time Masters winner Gary Player on fellow South African Louis Oosthuizen on BBC Two: "His putting has been suspect but watch his swing, it's perfect."

Second last group, Louis Oosthuizen and Bubba Watson, are off on their way. The South African, green shirt, white trousers, is down the middle off the tee. Watson, who so many of you are talking about on Twitter, is right after him.

Tiger, after his birdie at 12, fires his second at the par-five 13. "Get up a little," he cries. It didn't. It's wet. Another one in Rae's.

"Mickelson should be red hot favourite but you never know in sport. Mickelson has the experience but he'll be nervous. Hanson - no reason why he can't win. But there's no reason why someone can't do a Bo Van Pelt."

Luke Donald talking to Michael Vaughan on BBC Sport after shooting a 68 to finish on three over: "At least I'll be leaving this place with positive thoughts. The margins are so small here and I was playing catch-up from the first round, but I played well today.

"The course is still very manageable. If you are on your game you can make plenty of birdies, but if you are little off you are going to struggle. But I expect some good numbers later. It's hard to bet against Phil, as much as I would like Peter to do well."

Padraig Harrington is under way, but from the fairway on the first he's trickled off the back of the green. Bubba Watson is on the range. Dressed all in white and brandishing his pink driver, he really does look like an ice-cream man.

More from Olazabal: "There are certain holes when you can be aggressive. The flag on one is difficult to get to but on the back nine you can attack. Thirteen is inviting and 15 and 16 are good holes to attack. Phil [Mickelson] likes this place, knows it very well and knows when to attack and that's the reason I think he has a better chance."

European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal, the last European winner at Augusta in 1999, on BBC Two: "It's going to be a difficult for Peter [Hanson]. It's always hard to sleep when leading this tournament and the first few holes are going to be cruicial. One, four, five and six are tricky. It needs a steady start and anyone within five shots are in with a chance of winning."

Peter Hanson and Phil Mickelson are side by side are the practice range, Hanson all in black bar a white visor and white shoes. Mickelson is in a sort of biege - a bit like the New Zealand cricket team when they first started wearing pyjamas.

Lovely chip from Westwood leaves him with a six-footer for par at the first.

Westwood finds trees off the tee at the first. He can only lay up and will have to get up and down in two to save par. Tricky. Lawrie is on the green.

Lee Westwood and Paul Lawrie, four under and three under respectively, are just getting their final rounds under way. You might have heard this, but the caddy of the winner of the last three Masters on Easter Sunday has worn bib number 53. Westwood's caddy? 53. Nice omen, but only two of the 21 winners have come from outside the final group on the last day.

Thanks Ben. BBC Two's coverage is just beginning, and you'll also find it at the top of this page. It's Easter Sunday, a Bank Holiday Monday tomorrow. Nothing to do but settle in and watch the ding-dong for the Green Jacket. If you know people that aren't interested in the Masters his evening, you probably want to consider not being friends with them any more.

Tiger Woods was out in 37 and he's just bogeyed the 10th to fall back to five over. What is to be done with Tiger's swing? McIlroy also in freefall, he's down to four over after eight. At the start of the week, Sports Illustrated went with: Tiger v Rory - 'the only story in golf'. If that's so, the first chapter was awful.

Bo van Pelt completes a round of 64, only one off the course record (Greg Norman '96; Nick Price '86). Four birdies and two eagles for the 36-year-old, he finishes one under and has the clubhouse lead. Couples with a birdie on two, Freddie back to three under par.

The dust-up for the Silver Cup has gone from decidedly lukewarm to hot, hot, hot - Patrick Cantlay eagled 15, birdied 16 and is eight over; Hideki Matsuyma, meanwhile, is in freefall, double-bogeying five and bogeying six and seven to be six over. Furyk lets a shot fo at four and drops back to level.

Fowler's eagle effort slides six feet by, he'll struggle to make birdie coming back. For those tweeting in to point out orange is the colour of Rickie Fowler's college, yes, I think most of us are aware of that.

The first players are in the clubhouse: amateur Kelly Kraft will be delighted he made the weekend, not so much about that final round of 80, and especially that triple-bogey on 18. Better for former Open champion Stewart Cink, a round of 68 for eight over overall. Re: Ryan McBurney (see below): Shawshank Prison's sewage pipe runs into Rae's Creek, hence the escaped convict currently playing Amen Corner.

Thomas Bjorn is putting a decent round together, the Dane is four under for his round after a birdie at 15. Plenty of birdies and eagles out there, I'd strongly suggest you start strapping yourselves in...

Here's England's Ross Fisher on 12, he's had three bogeys in a row on this hole and can't find the green again. Sad news on Patrick Cantlay - not that sad, it is only golf, after all - he's had a nine on the par-five 13th to plummet down to nine over par and pretty much hand the Silver Cup to Japan's Matsuyama. Have a look at Rickie Fowler - as is his wont, he's all in orange on the final day, striding the Augusta fairways looking like a deconstructed satsuma.

Paul Lawrie, remember, came from 10 shots back to win the Open Championship at Carnoustie in 1999, and he's only six shots back today. Back in '99, Jean van de Velde blew a three-shot lead on the final hole - no Frenchmen ahead of him today, but plenty of water...

Not sure why our American friends call an albatross a 'double-eagle' - surely a 'double-eagle' would constitute a hole in one on a par five, which would be pretty much impossible even round Risebridge Golf, Lake Snorkeling and Country Club in Romford. PGA champion Keegan Bradley, playing in only his second major, is two under for his round after eight...

Silver Cup news, anyone? As it stands, Japan's Hideki Matsuyama looks like he's already chugging from it, although... Kelly Kraft might be 14 over, but Patrick Cantlay of the United States is two under for his round through 10 and five under overall, only four behind Matsuyama, who is yet to start... scratch that, he's just bogeyed the first...

For anyone thinking Peter Hanson has rather come from nowhere, I'm afraid I have to tell you you're wrong, which I never like doing: going back to October 2011, the burly Swede has had eight top 10s in 14 starts, including third at the Hong Kong Open, fourth at the Dubai World Championship, tied second at the Qatar Masters and tied fourth at the WGC-Cadillac Championship. Have. Some. Of. That.

Denmark's Thoma Bjorn, playing in his first Masters since 2006, is enjoying himself on this final day, he's two under for his round after 10 but doesn't hit his very makeable birdie attempt on 11. Stays five over.

World number one Luke Donald is three under for his round after 10 holes and showing us what might have been...

Luke Donald pars the ninth, and he will shortly be coming into view on Amen Corner. Meanwhile, back on the first tee, great mates Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell are about to get going. Playing with pal Sergio Garcia didn't serve Rory too well yesterday, to talk you through the start of Little Mac's round, and the rest of the action over the next couple of hours, here's Ben Dirs.

I have an apology to make - I've been making promises that I simply can't keep. A few of you have asked where the Red Button coverage of Amen Corner is, as you have been greeted by MotoGP. If you are a Freeview viewer, Amen Corner will follow the MotoGP at 2100. Have no fear though, you can follow the live pictures right here, right now.

Chris, (non-major winner), Beaconsfield, on 81111: "Incorrect from Rusty at 16.43, Christa Johnson won the LPGA in 1997."

The first group out have reached Amen Corner. Both Stewart Cink and Kelly Kraft have had to chip in from the edge of the green and face putts for par.

Now then, if you manually refresh the page, you will see that live coverage from Amen Corner is about to begin.

Colin in London, on 81111: "Considering the General Lees got wrecked after each jump, I can't see how Bubba's got the first one. I think someone saw him coming!"

OK, not long to go now before you can see live coverage of Amen Corner both here, and on the Red Button. 1630 if you need reminding. Also, some big names will be teeing off in the next hour or so. They might be a long way down the leaderboard, but the likes of Woods, McIlroy and McDowell will be licking their lips at some of the scoring we've seen so far today.

Just having a look at Bubba Watson's Twitter page - he says he's the owner of General Lee 1. Really no idea what that could be.

Lee Westwood, on his level-par round of 72 yesterday that left him five shots off the lead: "I wasn't striking it properly. I hit it short, so that makes this golf course tough. It was a good scramble to get around in 72. I'm only five back. It's not as close as I'd like, but there's a chance."

Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who starts the final round five off the lead: "It's just fun to go out and try and make birdies and save myself from impossible situations. I'll have a good time on Sunday. I'm going to try to stay patient in the beginning. If you are within three or four shots entering the back nine, you are always going to have a chance."

"I can see Hanson and Mickelson, as playing partners, moving ahead of the chasing pack. Mickelson is like an older McIlroy, he can hit any shot at any time and has the confidence to do so."

Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington, who begins day four five shots behind Hanson: "I definitely think there's cycles in this game. When I look at major winners over time, certainly multiple winners, they never all won them together; it took them 10, 15, 20 years to win them."

There's a lot of love for Mickelson out there. Is there anyone who thinks that Lefty won't be slipping on a fourth Green Jacket this evening?

"I really do feel that Mickelson is the man to beat, when you're going for a fourth Green Jacket and you know that Augusta is made for your game, then you can go into the final round with huge confidence."

Lefty Mickelson began on Thursday by shooting 37 on the front nine, but completed his surge up the leaderboard yesterday with only 30 strokes on the back nine. "When I look back at this tournament I'll look at Thursday," said the three-time Masters champ. "At some point I'm going to get hot here but I've got to be in a position to move up the leaderboard, not just get into the weekend. The way I fought back Thursday made that possible."

Hanson, the man from Trelleborg, was part of Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team in 2010 and has previously had four wins on the European Tour. His best finish at a major came at last year's US Open, when he tied for seventh. After firing a 65 yesterday, he said: "It's going to be tough. It's a new situation to me. I'll try to do the normal stuff. I've got my two kids here and my wife, so just try to stay in the house and cook in, and like I said, I probably won't be watching a lot of Golf Channel or stuff. Just trying to stay away from all that and try to get as much sleep as I can and try to be ready."

By perusing those tee times, you'll see that world number one Luke Donald is about to start his final round on seven over par. In the groups ahead of him, Edoardo Molinari has picked up a shot at the second to move to eight over.

1900 Lee Westwood (Eng), Paul Lawrie (Sco)

1910 Padraig Harrington (Irl), Henrik Stenson (Swe)

1920 Matt Kuchar (US), Hunter Mahan (US)

1930 Louis Oosthuizen (SA), Bubba Watson (US)

1940 Peter Hanson (Swe), Phil Mickelson (US)

You can see a full list of all the tee times here.

OK, so you're up to speed with what happened yesterday, and now both of you want to know what time the leaders will be taking to the course on this Easter Sunday. I'm a good bloke, so I'll tell you....

And, to compliment your reading, I have some action for you to watch. Cast your eyes to the top of the screen and you'll see Lefty Mickelson tear up the back nine, some Hanson magic, Padraig Harrington haul himself into contention and erm, Rory McIlroy hugging Sergio Garcia.

So Saturday was moving day, and moving is what happened. None of the second-round leaders managed to stay at the top of the scoreboard, allowing the likes of Hanson, Mickelson and Oosthuizen to move closest to the Green Jacket. Have a read of Rob Hodgetts' report, then see why Rob thinks Lefty Mickelson is the man to beat today.

Yes, I'd like you to keep me company through the early stages of this final round. You can tweet me using the hashtag #bbcmasters, or text on 81111 (start your message with the word golf and please put your name on).

Those early risers have already taken to the course at Augusta, Kelly Kraft and Stewart Cink got the final round up and running at 1420 BST. I'll be keeping you in touch with their progress along with that of all the other morning starters, but I'll be also looking back at last night and ahead to this evening's action, and I'll need your help...

Yes, at the moment it's a picture of tranquillity on Magnolia Lane, the early risers going about their business somewhere off in the distance. It can't last though, this picture of suburban American bliss. Later, the neighbours will tear down the picket fences to get what Hanson has got. Let battle commence.

The challengers will all pour down Magnolia Lane. Some are already too far away, the likes of Woods, Donald and McIlroy have big weapons, but where they moved to on day three is barely visible from Hanson's mansion. It's the nearest neighbours that he is most wary of - Watson, Kuchar, Oosthuizen and most of all, Mickelson.

That man is the Quiet Storm, Peter Hanson. The Swede currently resides in the house at the end of the cul-de-sac. It's the most grandiose home on the whole street, the one that, come tonight, will have a Green Jacket hanging in the wardrobe. The back garden is the Augusta National. Hanson peers out of a front window and surveys the scene. He knows he's got work to do to keep hold of this castle, later today the tanks will be on his front lawn.

If yesterday was moving day in Augusta, all white vans, burly men and boxes that say "this way up", then the residents of Magnolia Lane have had their first, and possibly only, nights in their new homes. Of course, all but one would like to move again, just the one player is happy in his new abode.