World No.1 Scottie Scheffler Claims Second Masters Title

by | May 6, 2024 | Golf | 0 comments

The 27-year-old closed with a 68, collecting his second green jacket at Augusta National with a dominant display.

Tournament Details

Event:  The Masters Championship
Venue: Augusta National Golf Course
Date:    April 11 – 14, 2024
Purse:  USD. 20,000,000

World No.1 golfer, Scottie Scheffler, carded a closing 68 to finish 11 under par and four shots clear of Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg, with England’s Tommy Fleetwood, two-time major winner Collin Morikawa and Max Homa three strokes further back. The 27-year-old closed with a 68, collecting his second green jacket at Augusta National with a dominant display.

Scheffler held his nerve as his rivals stumbled around Amen Corner and responded magnificently when Åberg kept the pressure on, the 24-year-old again demonstrating his enormous potential on his major debut.

The American champion dominated a back-nine shootout to capture his second Masters Title. Scottie Scheffler’s lead, which had reached seven strokes a day earlier, had almost entirely vanished in the final round of the Masters. He led Cameron Smith by just one when he terribly mishit his drive on the third hole. His ball was closer to the concession hut offering pimento cheese sandwiches than the green or the fairway. 

But in this perilous moment, facing the type of mistake that has broken many past would-be champions at Augusta National Golf Club, Scheffler was playful with the crowd and elicited laughs before he swung. Even after that chip ended up well short of the elevated green, his steady and calm demeanor prevailed again: He sunk a chip for birdie to save his round.  

Åberg only turned professional in June last year, but quickly won on the DP World Tour, helped Europe regain the Ryder Cup in Rome – including a 9&7 win with Viktor Hovland over Scheffler and Brooks Koepka – and also tasted victory on the PGA Tour before the end of the season.

Scheffler has been in equally brilliant form in 2024, winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five shots and becoming the first player to secure back-to-back Players Championship titles seven days later.

That meant the 27-year-old had been made favourite for the Masters at the the kind of odds previously only offered for peak-era Tiger Woods and he duly took a one-shot lead into the final round.

A birdie on the third quickly doubled that advantage, but dropped shots on the fourth and seventh left Scheffler in a three-way tie for the lead with playing partner Morikawa and Åberg.

Homa’s birdie on the eighth made it a four-way tie, but dramatic and decisive changes were just around the corner.

Scheffler was inches away from spinning his approach to the ninth into the hole for an eagle and tapped in for the easiest of birdies, while Morikawa took two to escape from a greenside bunker to run up a double bogey.

Scheffler also birdied the 10th and was gifted some welcome breathing space when Åberg pulled his second to the 11th into the water to card a costly double bogey, an error repeated minutes later by Morikawa.

Scheffler failed to take full advantage as he also dropped a shot, but then saw another contender fall away as Homa was forced to take a penalty drop from bushes behind the 12th green.

Åberg refused to throw in the towel and birdied the 13th and 14th to seemingly keep the pressure on, only for the unflappable Scheffler to birdie the same holes, his approach to the 14th spinning down to tap-in range.

Another birdie on the 16th put the result beyond doubt and unlike in his first win in 2022, this time there would be no careless four putts on the 18th green.

Scheffler’s thoughts after securing his second Masters title in three years immediately turned to getting home as soon as possible to his wife Meredith, who is pregnant with their first child, but he also intends to keep challenging for the game’s biggest titles.

“I’m coming home; I’ll be home as quick as I can,” Scheffler said when asked if he had a message for his wife.

“I wish I could soak this in a little bit more, but all I can think about is getting home. It’s a very, very special time for both of us.

“I can’t put into words what it means to win this tournament again and really can’t put into words what it’s going to be like to be a father for the first time.

“I definitely will enjoy the birth of my first child, and my priorities will change very soon, so golf will be fourth in line, but I still love competing.

“I don’t plan on taking my eye off the ball any time soon.

Rory McIlroy carded a closing 73 to finish in a tie for 22nd on his 10th attempt to complete the career grand slam, with defending champion Jon Rahm a distant 45th following a final round of 76.

Leaderboard and Prize Money – Top 20

PosNameR1R2R3R4TotalPrize Money(USD)
1.Scottie Scheffler667271682773,600,00
2.Ludvig Aberg736970692812,160,000
T3Tommy Fleetwood727172692841,040,000
T3Max Homa677173732841,040,000
T3Collin Morikawa717069742841,040,000
T6Cameron Smith71727271286695,000
T6Bryson DeChambeau65737573286695,000
8Xander Schauffele72727073287620,000
T9Will Zalatoris70777269288540,000
T9Tyrrell Hatton72747369288540,000
T9Cameron Young70737273288540,000
T12Patrick Reed74707372289405,000
T12Matthieu Payon70737472289405,000
T12Adam Schenk73717273289405,000
T12Cameron Davis69727375289405,000
T16Sepp Straka73717472290310,000
T16Chris Kirk74756873290310,000
T16Byeong Hun An70737275290310,000
T16Nicolai Hojgaard67737476290310,000
T20Taylor Moore71757570291250,000
T20Lucas Glover71737275291250,000

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