Every day of Masters week is special, but Sunday stands alone as one of the great days on the golf calendar. In each of the last three years, Jordan Spieth has played in the final pairing in the final round at Augusta National, and there is no reason to think that will change this time around.

And certainly, Spieth plays a large part in my dream final pairings, but he’s not in all of them. Let’s look at how those twosomes would look if I got to choose, golfer by golfer, who would tee off last on Sunday at the 81st Masters. 

1. Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson -- They are polar opposites in so many ways stylistically, and yet both are trying to make a special kind of history this year. McIlroy is young and shredded. Mickelson is old (for a golfer) and, uh, not shredded. McIlroy is probably the greatest driver in golf history. Mickelson is maybe the worst of the top 25 golfers ever. Mickelson has Augusta solved. McIlroy does not.

It would be breathtaking to watch these two giants of the game, in such different places in their careers, duel on a Sunday for the grandest prize in golf. For McIlroy, it would mean the career Grand Slam and title of best European ever. For Mickelson, it would be a new record for oldest Masters winner ever (he’ll be 47 in June). For the rest of us, it would be a show that, no matter the winner, we wouldn’t soon forget. 

2. Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth -- We got this pairing in the final twosome on Saturday last year as Spieth left McIlroy wondering how to unlock the Augusta-shaped sphinx. An encore with Spieth’s redemption and McIlroy’s slam hanging in the balance would be delicious.

3. Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson -- Are you sensing a theme here? These are (probably) the two most beloved golfers currently at Augusta without Tiger Woods in attendance. Fred Couples is up there, too, but the idea of these two shooting a combined 132 on the last day at this course makes me all kinds of weak.

4. Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson -- No flights out of the Augusta airport for four hours late on Sunday afternoon, please.

5. Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas -- Two pals going heads up for their first major championship would be great, but two guys with their kind of star power would be even better. The dynamic between really close friends would fascinate. I still remember Spieth saying in 2014 that he and Bubba Watson were chatty until they hit No. 10, and then they didn’t talk much until it was all over. 

6. Sergio Garcia and Phil Mickelson -- The lost Ryder Cup match. It got buried by the absurdity of McIlroy vs. Patrick Reed, but these two monsters played one of the great Ryder Cup singles matches maybe ever. Mickelson trying to defend what is essentially his home turf against the demon-invaded Garcia would be outrageous theater. 

What you hope for in a final pairing is yin and yang. Two oversized heroes whose battalions are at odds with one another playing their greatest golf. McIlroy-Mickelson, it seems, would epitomize that ideology, but Mickelson-Garcia wouldn’t be far behind. 

7. Jon Rahm and Dustin Johnson -- It’s not really a rubber match since Johnson thwarted him in the first two editions, but I love that Rahm wants to take down the best en route to his plod to No. 1. 

8. Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson -- Run the 2016 Open Championship back on this side of the pond. Stenson has never finished inside the top 10 here, and Mickelson averages around a top-10 finish in years he makes the cut. So this seems unlikely, but it’s definitely on my list if I’m wishing. /

9. Lee Westwood and Sergio Garcia -- I said this during the Cubs-Indians World Series in 2016, I’ll say it again.

The two have combined for 40 (!) top 10s at majors without a single win. A final-round victory here would be a land of milk and honey for one and probably the end of the road for the other.

10. Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed -- Part II. On an even bigger stage. Put it in my veins.