AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had no doubts about this Masters, and neither did any one observing. He pulled ahead with impressive shots Sunday and poured it on alongside the again 9 at Augusta Nationwide for a 4-below 68 to assert his 2nd inexperienced jacket in 3 yrs.
Scheffler is only unstoppable at the moment, and he had aid from a faltering solid of contenders to make it search less complicated than it was.
He won by 3 pictures in 2022 with a meaningless 4-putt on the final gap. He won by 4 this time, allowing for the most pleasant uphill climb in golfing toward the 18th environmentally friendly.
Masters newcomer Ludvig Aberg of Sweden gave him his stiffest challenge, shedding floor with an strategy into the water on the 11th gap for a double bogey. Against a participant like Scheffler, those mistakes are not easy to get over.
Aberg closed with a 69 and was the runner-up.
The 27-year-aged Scheffler is the fourth-youngest player to have two green jackets. And he stretches his guide at No. 1 in the globe to concentrations not found because the prime of Tiger Woods. Scheffler now has a few victories versus the strongest fields in his last 4 commences. The other was a runner-up finish in Houston.
Woods closed with a 77 and concluded at 16-around 304, the greatest 72-hole of his vocation.
Scheffler mentioned he was in tears right before the ultimate round in 2022 when he experienced a three-shot direct likely for his initially main. His spouse, Meredith, gave him the assuring words and he sailed to victory. His spouse experienced to look at this 1 from dwelling in Dallas, in which she is anticipating the pair’s 1st youngster at the end of the month.
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