The world #1 Scottie Scheffler has won his second Masters by four shots (-11), setting a host of tournament records along the way (listed below). He held out 24 year old major rookie Ludvig Aberg (-7) of Sweden, the first player to finish runner-up in his Masters Tournament debut since Will Zalatoris in 2021.
In a three way tie for third was Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa (-4). Those first five places were filled by PGA Tour players, with Australian Cam Smith and Bryson DeChambeau from LIV Golf sharing 6th spot (-2).
Other Aussies
Aussie Cam Davis had a great week, fading slightly in the final round after starting inside the top 10 after 54 holes. He finished T12 (+1) after a closing 75 (+3).
Min Woo Lee had a nice closing 69 after battling a cold for the week and he just couldn’t get things going. He shared T22 with a host of players including 2013 Champion Adam Scott.
Jason Day finished T30 with amateur Jasper Stubbs missing the cut.
Tiger Woods, five times Masters champion incredibly made the cut and finished in last place.
However it was all about Scott Scheffler, devout Christian, wife due to give birth any day and undisputed World #1. He celebrated his ninth PGA TOUR victory in his 120th start at the age of 27 years, 9 months. All nine wins have come since the start of the 2021-22 season, becoming the first player to win nine (or more) times on the PGA TOUR in the span of three seasons since Justin Thomas, won nine titles between 2016-17 and 2018-19.
Here’s a few more stats set during his win;
- Breaks a tie with Jon Rahm for the most wins since Scheffler joined the TOUR at the start of the 2019-20 season;
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Multiple titles at four different PGA TOUR events: Masters Tournament 2022, 2024
THE PLAYERS Championship 2023, 2024, Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard 2022, 2024 WM Phoenix Open 2022, 2023 - Second career major championship title (2022 Masters Tournament, 2024 Masters Tournament)
- Second major championship title in his 18th start in a major (2022 Masters Tournament, 2024 Masters Tournament)
- 88th player to win multiple men’s majors and first to accomplish the feat since Jon Rahm won the 2023 Masters Tournament
- Second Masters Tournament title in his fifth start at the Masters (2022, 2024)
- 18th player to win the Masters multiple times and first to accomplish the feat since Bubba Watson in 2014
- Fourth-youngest player to win the Masters Tournament multiple times
- Youngest players to win the Masters Tournament multiple times (25 years, 2 months, 21 days Jack Nicklaus 1965, 25 years, 3 months, 9 days, Tiger Woods 2001, 26 years, 2 days, Seve Ballesteros 1983, 27 years, 9 months, 24 days, Scottie Scheffler 2024
- Wins THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters Tournament in the same year
- Second player to win THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters Tournament in the same year, joining Tiger Woods (2001)
- Third to win THE PLAYERS Championship and the Masters Tournament multiple times, joining Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods
- Second win at the Masters Tournament after entering the week No. 1 in the FedExCup standings and Official World Golf
- Third consecutive year the winner of the Masters Tournament entered the week as the FedExCup leader (only three times in the FedExCup era)
- Seventh time the winner of the Masters Tournament entered the week as the No. 1 player in the Official World Golf Ranking
- Improves to 5-for-11 with the 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and 2-for-2 in majors
This week the PGA Tour moves to Harbour Town Golf Links, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Apr 18-21. LIV resumes at the Grange in Adelaide Apr 25-28 with our own Cam Smith the Australian headliner.