How Scottie Scheffler won the 2024 Masters at Augusta National

Scottie Scheffler won the 2022 Masters by three shots.

He won the 2024 Masters by four shots.

Before Sunday, nobody had ever won the Masters by three or more twice in a three-year span.

Until Scheffler.

Jon Rahm

Brooks Koepka

Collin Morikawa

Tony Finau

Tommy Fleetwood

Sat alongside the champion in Butler Cabin was Neal Shipley - the 23-year-old amateur who made the cut, claimed the Silver Cup and finished +12 for the championship.

That was four shots ahead of his playing partner for the final round, five-times champion Tiger Woods on his 100th Masters round. Here's Shipley:

💬 “This week is one of the best weeks of my life. One I'll remember forever, especially being able to play alongside Tiger and just the whole week in general. The members were phenomenal.”

Solo second-place finishers by Masters rookies since Fuzzy Zoeller’s win in 1979:

1982 Dan Pohl

2021 Will Zalatoris

2024 Ludvig Aberg

Four players in that span have finished T-2, all of those since 2014.

As for the golf, Scottie Scheffler gave credit to the pressure he was put under by Ludvig Aberg earlier in the final round.

It all came together in the end, hey Scottie?

💬 “I did my best to stay calm out there. I tried to stay patient on the course and was able to make some key shots and key putts to keep my round going.

“And you know, Ludwig played great and he made a good move with me there on the back nine. I was fortunate to hold him off towards the end.

“I hadn't hit many good iron shots, which is a bit unusual for me. I hit some good ones but they weren't really ending up where they were supposed to. And so, I had that bogey on seven and a nice birdie putt on eight, then going to nine it was nice to get that feeling of hitting a really well-struck shot. It set me up to have a really nice back-nine.”

The ceremony in Butler Cabin has taken place. Jon Rahm has handed Scottie Scheffler his second green jacket.

And before it happened, the champion spoke - beginning with a word for his expectant wife Meredith. The pair are set to become parents in the coming weeks. Here's Scheffler:

💬 “I’m coming home. I'll be as quick as I can. I love you and I'm coming home. That's all.

“It's pretty sweet. Yeah, you’ll make me cry here in the cabin. It's a very, very special time for both of us. I can't put it into words what it means to win this tournament again. I really can't put it into words what it's going to be like to be a father for the first time. So I’m looking forward to getting home and celebrating with Meredith. It's been a long week here without her.”

Collin Morikawa said “greed got the best of me” during the final round of the Masters, leading to a pair of double bogeys that pushed him out of contention.

Morikawa had doubles on Nos. 9 and 11, going from a tie with Scottie Scheffler to five shots back. Morikawa ended up finishing his round at 4-under, tied with Tommy Fleetwood and Max Homa for third place.

“We put a lot of pieces of the puzzle together this week, but after watching Scottie this week, I know what to do if I really want to close this gap on what he's doing and how impressive he's playing,” Morikawa said.

Max Homa’s chances of winning the Masters were lost on the 12th hole at Augusta National, when a hard, heavy bounce pushed the ball into a foot of ivy. Homa double-bogeyed it and shot a 73 on Sunday to finish at 4-under, tied for third place in his Masters.

“It didn't feel fair. I hit a really good golf shot, and it didn't feel fair. I've seen far worse just roll back down the hill,” Homa said. “Yeah, the professional answer is these things happen.”

This is still a breakthrough moment for Homa, who has never contended in a major and hung around for all four days at this Masters. Homa seemed to understand that perspective to it, even if it does hurt to be in a share of the lead on the front nine on Sunday and lose it.

Asked what it’ll feel like tomorrow, Homa said: “I haven't drank in a really, really, really long time, but I've been planning it for Sunday after the Masters, so probably not great. It'll be all right.”

• First player in history to win the Masters by three or more strokes twice in a three-year span (fifth to do it overall).
• Fourth-youngest ever to win the Masters a second time (behind Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Seve Ballesteros).
• Fewest career starts needed to win second Masters (five) since 1936 (Horton Smith won two of the first three editions ever contested)
• Second player to win the Players Championship and Masters in the same season (Tiger Woods in 2001).
• Second player to win multiple majors as No. 1 ranked player in the world ranking (Woods, 11 majors as No. 1).

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler has been stating his claim as the No. 1 player in the world for three years. Sunday, Scheffler declared himself the dominant force of his era.

Scheffler, 27, won the Masters by four strokes over a star-studded leaderboard for his second green jacket in three years. He becomes the fourth-youngest golfer to win the Masters twice, following Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros and Tiger Woods. He joins Nicklaus and Woods as the only three players with two Players Championship wins and two green jackets.

For some time on a picture-perfect Sunday afternoon at Augusta National, it appeared an all-time race for the Masters championship was coming into form. The four men playing in the last two groups — Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, Max Homa and Ludvig Åberg — were all tied at 6-under at one point on the front nine.

But then Scheffler, who shot a final-round 68, put his foot down, and everyone else got out of the way.

Tommy FLEETWOOD (-4) 69

The Englishman gave it everything and earned his best Masters finish in eight attempts. Sooner after finishing up, he spoke to Sky Sports:

💬 “I hung in there pretty well. I made very few bogeys throughout the week considering the conditions and did a lot of good stuff.

“I would have loved to score better on the scorable holes. The par fives. When I look back, that will have let me down.

“Each time at Augusta, you're always learning things about the golf course. I've always felt it's somewhere I should play well. It's just taken me a while to actually get up to the very top end the leaderboard.”

This Masters Sunday was not just about crowning a new champion but also saying farewell to an iconic broadcaster.

Verne Lundquist, broadcasting from his usual spot at the par-3 16th, said goodbye after his final call at Augusta National. Before the tournament, Lundquist said that this year’s Masters, his 40th call at Augusta National, would be his last.

His final words?

“It’s my honor.”

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8: Xander SCHAUFFELE (-1) 73

Some had hoped it would be Schauffele atop the leaderboard at this point, but a bogey five on 18 leaves the 30-year-old with a relatively disappointing final round of 73.

He's eighth in the clubhouse.

1: Scottie SCHEFFLER (-11) -4 thru 16

The 2022 champion is putting on a show now. That's a third birdie in four holes for the lead - and his lead to out to four shots.

On the same hole, Morikawa claims his par on the par-3 16th.