Two back-nine double bogeys end Molinari's chances at the Masters

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Francesco Molinari wouldn’t have minded a bogey. In fact, he said playing 49 holes in a row at this Masters without making one, he was waiting for that first bogey.

“So the streak would be over,” Molinari explained, “then those things that you know the back nine, it’s going to happen sooner or later. I was hoping to get it out of the way pretty soon.”

The run ended at the 12th hole on Sunday, the devilish par-3 over Raes Creek, but with a double-bogey not a bogey, dropping Molinari from the lead he had held since the front nine Saturday and into a tie with Tiger Woods. And then his chances ended with another double bogey at 15.

So the British Open champion who seemed comfortably…