Masters 2024: Scottie Scheffler makes history, rockets up golf rich list

The Masters champion has been crowned, with the winner making history after holding off his rivals who collapsed in the final around.

Scottie Scheffler has reinstated his status as the best golfer in the world, winning the Masters for the second time in a dominant four-shot victory.

The World No. 1 was the short priced favourite and was the frontrunner after shooting 6-under in the first round.

He held ground in the middle rounds and had five birdies in the final round to run away with victory at Augusta National.

Scheffler shot an ice-cold round of 68 and finally showed emotion on the 18th green, removing his cap and celebrating in jubilant scenes as tears welled in his eyes.

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Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg made a run up the leaderboard with three birdies on the front nine, but couldn’t challenge Scheffler on the home stretch.

Aberg, 24, shot a final round 69 to finish second at 7-under ahead of Collin Morikawa, Max Homa and Tommy Fleetwood.

Aberg, Morikawa and Homa came unstuck on the 11th and 12th holes, but Scheffler had par on both before cruising to victory with three birdies on the back nine.

Scottie Scheffler has won his second green jacket. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)

The hottest golfer since Tiger Woods. Jamie Squire/Getty Images/AFP/

The 27-year-old becomes just the 18th player to win multiple Masters title, adding a second green jacket to his maiden major title in 2022.

Scheffler joins Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros and Horton Smith as the only players to win multiple Masters titles before turning 28.

The victory continues Scheffler’s incredible form in 2024 that’s seen him win the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship.

Scheffler’s earnings in his six-and-a-half years of being a pro golfer are A$127 million, placing him behind only Woods, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Justin Thomas for career earnings.

Remarkably, a second place at the Houston Open is Scheffler’s worst result in his past four tournaments.

Woods faded to finish 60th at 16-over par, his worst ever score at the Masters.

Australia’s Cameron Smith shared sixth with Bryson DeChambeau on two-under overall.

8.10am - Scheffler cruising

Scottie Scheffler is cruising to victory on the back nine, recovering from a bogey on the 11th hole with birdies on the 13th and 14th to maintain a three-shot lead.

Ludvig Aberg birdied the same two holes two move into clear second place at 7-under.

7.30am - Homa falls, Scheffler’s to lose

The Masters is Scottie Scheffler’s to lose now after his rivals fell away in brutal fashion on the 11th and 12th holes.

Max Homa survived the par-4 11th hole only to unluckily lose his ball in a hedge just off the edge of the green in the par-3 12th.

That shot Scottie just hit into 12—the exact same shot Tiger hit into 12 in 2019 after everyone had made a mess. Stone-cold. Curtains.

— Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) April 14, 2024

He had to take a drop and double bogeyed the hole. Scheffler now has a three-shot lead.

Scottie Scheffler is cruising to his second green jacket. Photo: Andrew Redington/Getty Images/AFP.

7.25am - Single hole ruins contenders, 45-year first

Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg started the day aiming to become the first player since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979 to win the green jacket on his Masters debut.

The 24-year-old started well with three birdies on the front nine, but it all came undone on the 11th hole when his approach shot trickled into the water, resulting in a double bogey.

Two-time major winner Collin Morikawa made exactly the same mistake on the 11th, with the front left pin placement causing some trouble.

Morikawa yelled out “God, sh*t” in anger as he saw his ball go into the water.

Barstool Sports’ Dan Rapaport wrote on X: “In 2019, it was the 12th that separated the contenders from the guys who’d fade away. In 2024, it was 11.”

Scottie Scheffler has moved to 9-under, opening up a two shot leader on Max Homa.

Ludvig Aberg's hole goes into the water on the 11th. Photo: Fox Sports.

7am — Morikawa disaster after huge Scheffler moment

The crowd erupted when Scottie Scheffler came agonisingly close to an eagle on the ninth.

The American’s long-range approach on the par four hole rolled just centimetres wide of the cup. His easy tap in gave him back an outright lead over the field.

Alongside him playing partner Collin Morikawa may have just blown his chances with a double bogey on the same hole.

“Morikawa has just gone from co-leader to three behind in the blinking of an eye, leaving him having to chase on the back nine now,” Sky Sports commentator Ali Stafford said.

“Scheffler’s brilliance gives him the lead heading into the back nine. The world No 1’s momentum is building now.”

6.15am — Tiger Woods put out of his misery

He wore his trademark red shirt for the final round of the Masters and drew packed crowds but this was a Tiger Woods morning matinee show at Augusta with Sunday’s real blockbuster still hours away.

Woods showed his body simply isn’t up to the demands of competing with the best players in the world across 72 holes.

A 10-over par 82 on Sunday wrecked any chance of a final-round charge and when he triple bogeyed the fifth on Monday morning and followed with a bogey at six, there was the risk of Woods venturing into embarrassing territory.

But showing all of his professional pride, deep course knowledge and still sharp technique, Woods steadied the ship with pars until another bogey on the 15th as he cared a five-over 77.

He left the 18th green to a huge ovation from the crowd but also in last position on the leaderboard, 16-over for the tournament.

Tiger Woods was dead last. Andrew Redington/Getty Images/AFP.

His a 16-over 304 was his highest 72-hole score in a career that spans three decades.

AP reports Woods’ previous high was 302 at the Memorial in 2015 following a career-worst 85 in the third round. He has only failed to break 300 one other time at the Masters was two years ago when he shot 78-78 on the weekend and finished at 301.

“It doesn’t take much to get out of position here. Unfortunately, I got out of position a lot yesterday and a couple times today,” said Woods, who was nonetheless pleased with his effort over the four rounds.

His battle through 23 holes on Friday to make the cut for a record 24th time at the Masters, was evidence that his competitive spirit remains as strong as ever but his collapse came in the third round with his Masters-worst 82.

“It was a good week. It was a good week all around,” he said. “Coming in here, not having played a full tournament in a very long time, it was a good fight on Thursday and Friday. Unfortunately yesterday it didn’t quite turn out the way I wanted.”

As he tends to his aches and pains over the coming days, the 48-year-old may ponder if it is really worth putting himself through the physical torture of what for him has become an endurance test.

But, as yet, he shows no indication of being ready to call it a day, saying his plans include the next three majors.

“I’m going to do my homework going forward at Pinehurst, Valhalla and Troon... that’s kind of the game plan,” he said.

“Just keep lifting, keep the motor going, keep the body moving, keep getting stronger, keep progressing. Hopefully the practice sessions will keep getting longer.” Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of Woods’ first appearance at the Masters, as an amateur in 1995 when he finished 41st.

5am — Leader tees off with pack breathing down neck

World number one Scottie Scheffler teed off with a one-stroke lead over playing partner Collin Morikawa, a two-time major winner, in Monday morning’s last group of the final round at the Masters.

Augusta National’s lightning-fast greens were already testing the world’s top golfers as the leaders began to face the pressure of career-defining shots on the famed 7,555-yard layout.

The champion’s green jacket and a record $3.6 million top prize were up for grabs, with 2022 Masters winner Scheffler in the lead at 7-under, Morikawa on 6-under and their US compatriot Max Homa third on 5-under in quest of his first major title.

Scheffler, the oddsmakers’ top choice, could match 15-time major champion Tiger Woods as the only players to win the Masters twice while atop the world rankings.

Tiger Woods still gets a crowd. Photo by JAMIE SQUIRE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.

At 27, Scheffler would be the fourth-youngest multiple Masters winner after Woods, Jack Nicklaus and the late Seve Ballesteros.

Scheffler, who hasn’t played a round over par since last August, would have the second-fewest Masters starts for any two-time winner with five. Only Horton Smith needed fewer by capturing two of the first three Augusta titles in the 1930s.

Morikawa, 27, chases another major crown after the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 British Open, and a Masters win would leave him seeking the career grand slam at June’s US Open.

Only Nicklaus among those to win all four titles captured the first three legs of the career grand slam at a younger age than Morikawa should he triumph.

Morikawa captured the 2021 DP Tour World Championship at Dubai but since then his lone win came last October in Japan at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship.

Homa’s only top-10 effort in 17 prior major starts was a share of 10th in last year’s British Open.

Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg was on 4-under and three off the pace in his first major appearance.

Aberg could become the first player to win the Masters in his debut since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979 and the first player to win his major debut at Augusta National.

Homa and Aberg both opened with pars.

Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 US Open champion, holed out from 77 yards at the 18th on Saturday and began four adrift on 3-under.

But the LIV Golf standout opened with a bogey, sending his approach over the first green and missing a 34-foot par putt to stumble back.

That left the top contender among eight players from Saudi-backed LIV who made the cut as 2022 British Open winner Cameron Smith, an Australian who reached 3-under when he blasted out of a bunker for eagle at the par-5 second hole.

— with AFP

Originally published as Masters 2024: Scottie Scheffler makes history, rockets up golf rich list