Scottie Scheffler joined Tiger Woods within the file books with a shocking victory on the 2024 Masters.
World no.1 Scheffler held off a cost from Europe Ryder Cup star Ludvig Aberg to win by 4 photographs on 11-under-par.
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Challenges from Collin Morikawa and Max Homa pale at Amen Nook, as their fellow American Scheffler confirmed why he’s comfortably the very best golfer on the planet.
The unstoppable 27-year-old claims a second Inexperienced Jacket in three years and a 3rd victory in his final 4 begins.
A kind of wins got here on the Gamers’ Championship – golf’s unofficial fifth main – and Scheffler turns into solely the second participant in historical past to win at TPC Sawgrass and Augusta in the identical season, alongside Woods.
Scheffler, who’s anticipating a primary little one with spouse Meredith in weeks, can file a really historic season if this dominance continues.
When requested to ship his spouse a message from the Butler Cabin, he mentioned: “I’m coming house. I will probably be house as fast as I can. I like you and I’m coming house.
“You will make me cry. It’s a very particular time for us.
“I am unable to put it into phrases what it means to win this event once more and I am unable to put into phrases what it’ll be prefer to be a father for the primary time.
“I’m trying ahead to getting house and celebrating with Meredith, it has been a protracted week right here with out her.”
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Runner-up Aberg, in the meantime, was denied a chunk of historical past on the iconic golf course.
The Swede, who solely turned skilled in June 2023, was bidding to develop into the primary participant to win the Masters on their first look in a serious championship.
Englishman Tommy Fleetwood completed in a tie for third alongside Homa and Morikawa on four-under par.
“It was a pleasant spherical of golf,” Fleetwood mentioned. “In fact to get into any form of critical competition, I suppose I wanted a a lot decrease one and I wanted a couple of extra fireworks. However the golf course is not giving a lot away.
“I had a bogey-free spherical in the present day, which is wonderful, and I made so few bogeys all through the week, contemplating the situations, which is such a optimistic, and I did so many good issues.
“I feel I look again on it and scorable holes most likely value me. I did not actually birdie the par fives that a lot, so I will kind of look again on that and assume I might have completed higher there.
“However total I had a wonderful day in the present day. I actually loved being on the market. It is Masters Sunday and I had a bogey-free spherical so there’s not a lot to complain about.”
