Masters 2024 final round as it happened: World No.1 Scheffler surges to second green jacket, Smith best Australian

Here’s how the 88th Masters tournament finished:

-11: Scottie Scheffler (USA)
-7: Ludvig Aberg (SWE)
-4: Tommy Fleetwood (ENG), Max Homa (USA), Collin Morikawa (USA)
-2: Cameron Smith (AUS), Bryson DeChambeau (USA)
-1: Xander Schauffele (USA)

That’s all for us this morning as world No.1 Scottie Scheffler won his second Masters in three years, surging away from the field on the back nine to beat Sweden’s major debutant, Ludvig Aberg, by four shots.

Cameron Smith was the best of the Australians in a tie for sixth.

As for Scheffler, he started the week wondering whether he would have to withdraw from the tournament if wife Meredith went into labour with their first child back in Texas. Instead, the pain was written all over the face of his rivals as they failed to keep pace.

Golf’s dominant force has just underlined that on the sport’s biggest stage.

Until next time, adios.

It’s far, far too early to talk about a Tiger Woods-like effect, but Scottie Scheffler seems to have a significant hold over the rest of the golfing world at the moment.

That is his second Masters win and second major overall, but at just 27 with plenty of years left in him, he only has to hold his form to win more in the coming years. His iron play is generally superior to anyone else out on tour at the moment.

And it was certainly a good week for the PGA Tour loyalists, with Scheffler heading a leaderboard dominated by those who have spurned the LIV Golf megadollars.

Australia’s Cameron Smith and the United States’ Bryson DeChambeau were the best of the 13-strong LIV contingent, finishing tied-sixth at two-under - nine shots behind Scheffler - but apart from Bryson’s strong opening round, none really looked a threat.

Scottie Scheffler receives the green jacket.Credit: AP

Sydneysider Cameron Davis will score an automatic invite back to The Masters next year after finishing tied-12th following his final round three-over 75.

That par he made on the last hole from the greenside bunker was crucial, allowing him to squeak into a share of 12th, after a double bogey disaster on 17. He will be much better for his second experience at Augusta National and vying for a Presidents Cup spot later this year.

Cameron Davis (right) will be back at The Masters again next year.Credit: Getty

The world No.1 has received his green jacket from last year’s winner, Jon Rahm, in the traditional Butler Cabin ceremony featuring Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley.

Scottie Scheffler was quite clear that he would withdraw from the tournament if wife Meredith went into labour during the event, but needn’t have worried. He will fulfil his presentation duties and then head back to Texas for the birth of their first child.

“I’m coming home,” Scheffler said. “I’ll be home as quick as I can. I love you and I’m coming home.

“You’re about to make me cry in Butler Cabin. It’s a very special time for both of us and I can’t put it into words what it means to win this tournament again, and I really can’t put it into words what it means to be a father for the first time.

“I’m looking forward to getting home and celebrating with Meredith. It’s been a long week without her.”

Scottie Scheffler wins his second Masters.Credit: Getty

Cameron Smith (-2) has described his week at Augusta as “frustrating” despite shaking off a bad bout of food poisoning last week for another top-10 finish at The Masters.

His one-under 71 was good enough for tied sixth, but a final round when he had one eagle, one bogey and a remarkable 16 pars left him pondering what could have been.

“I think it’s a creative golf course and I’d like to think I play my best golf when I’m creative,” Smith told Fox Sports.

“There’s so many shots that you get around here that you don’t get the rest of the year. It’s just such a cool place.

“It’s just a frustrating week, I think. I can’t really say much more than that. I hit the ball how I needed to and put the ball in the right spots on the greens. It was very frustrating.

“I feel like that’s as good as I’ve played around here.”

Scottie Scheffler’s caddie, Ted Scott, has earned a rare piece of Masters history himself.

Scott, a devout Christian, was partly lured to Scheffler’s bag through the pair’s Christianity, and is no stranger to winning at Augusta National.

He was carrying Bubba Watson’s clubs when he won The Masters twice in three years in 2012 and 2014, and has now done it with Scheffler in 2022 and 2024.

Who’s to say he won’t be back here again in 2025?

Scottie Scheffler and caddie Ted Scott.Credit: Getty

There’s going to be a neat little anecdote to be told for years to come in a few minutes when Scottie Scheffler heads to Butler Cabin to receive his green jacket.

As is custom, the previous year’s winner will present the jacket to the winner. In 2023, having won the event the previous year, Scheffler put it on Jon Rahm. But this year, Rahm is handing it straight back to him.

Just goes to show how dominant Scheffler, 27, has been in the last few years.

And to imagine on the final morning of the 2022 event, he cried like a baby in front of wife Meredith as he came to grips with the enormity of having a three-shot lead on Masters Sunday. There were no such nerves today.

How many more of these can he win?

The world No.1 has done it again, cruising to a four-shot win from Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg at Augusta National for his second green jacket in three years.

He started the week not knowing if he would finish the tournament with wife Meredith heavily pregnant and due any day now, started the day one shot ahead, was in a share of the lead with three other players after seven holes, and then put his foot to the floor to dominate his rivals, helped by a magical approach into the ninth hole which almost resulted in a hole-out eagle.

Scottie Scheffler is clearly the best player on the planet at the moment - and by a distance.

Scottie Scheffler celebrates on the 18th green.Credit: Getty

Scottie Scheffler has played out of the fairway bunker and left his approach a little short and right of the green. He will have an uphill chip from below the hole for his third, and with a four-shot buffer he can probably afford to play it like an 18-handicapper from here and still win The Masters.

His chip is an absolute beauty, skipping to within two feet of the hole. He’s about to tap in for his second green jacket in three years.

Scottie Scheffler is in the fairway bunker on the 18th hole as he makes the long, uphill walk to greatness. I’ve walked up the 18th at Augusta, too, and let me tell you there was nothing great about my gait.

Only one more decent swing, you think, and he’ll be home. And mind you, it’s tricky tee shot through a narrow chute on 18. It’s not as narrow in real life as it looks on television, but still scary.

Ludvig Aberg has saved par from the greenside bunker on 18 to finish with a three-under 69 and at seven-under overall. He will finish a clear second. What a debut major for the 24-year-old from Sweden, who only really had one bad swing today, which led to a water ball and double bogey on 11.

Meanwhile, it’s been one of those days for Collin Morikawa, who skewers his drive way right into the trees on 18, and hilariously has to play the ball backwards to get back on the fairway. They’re all human after all.

Scottie Scheffler on the 18th tee.Credit: Getty