By Ali Stafford in Augusta National
Last update: 11/04/22 12:33 a.m.
Scottie Scheffler receives the green jacket after his victory in Augusta
Scottie Scheffler got into a fight in the final round with Cameron Smith and overcame a backlog by Rory McIlroy to achieve a maiden big win at The Masters.
Scheffler saw his lead temporarily drop from three to one during an exciting last day at Augusta National, only to move away from the chase and record a fourth win in his last six starts.
The world number one put his last hole, but still scored one under 71 to end the week with 10 under and three away from McIlroy, who scored the best goal of his Masters career at the end of the day. . 64, while Smith had to settle for a share of third place next to Shane Lowry after a final round 73.
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Watch comrades Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa play for a bird out of the shelter in the 72nd hole!
Watch comrades Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa play for a bird out of the shelter in the 72nd hole!
Scheffler had to get up and down from the back of the green to face the rise of the hole, as Smith followed a 15-foot bird into the first taking advantage of the sideline to reduce the lead to one.
A two-shot swing in the third saw Smith make a splash and Scheffler enter from the green, restoring his lead overnight, with Smith firing another shot in the third when he failed to get up and to get down from a Greenside warehouse.
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Scottie Scheffler is looking for an incredible bird after he was found in the trees after his T-shirt in the third hole!
Scottie Scheffler is looking for an incredible bird after he was found in the trees after his T-shirt in the third hole!
Both players reached the seventh to move further away from the field, but missed opportunities to increase their position in the first eighth place, as McIlroy played alone in the tournament following a forward of nine 32, taking the bird in the tenth and rolling in the tenth. -foot in par-five 13th.
Scheffler – four clean-ups – started his nine-year back with a bang as Smith responded by losing six legs in the tenth by selling the next, with the Australian’s high hopes shattered when he found Rae’s Creek from the first 12th place. t-shirt and pick up a triple six.
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Cameron Smith’s hopes for a maiden title in The Masters collapsed in the famous 12th with a triple boom.
Cameron Smith’s hopes for a maiden title in The Masters collapsed in the famous 12th with a triple boom.
McIlroy’s hopes for a record-breaking lap ended when his ride found the trees in par-five 15th, forcing him to lie down and compromise on par, although an impressive hole in the bunker in par-four saw him last. once to set the club target at seven down.
Scheffler missed an opportunity for a five-legged bird in the first 13th, but drilled from a similar distance in the next for the first of the birds back with his back, beating the five net, with a square double bower in the last. are not enough to prevent him from securing the victory and further consolidating his position at the top of the world rankings.
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Lowry took advantage of both attachments in the back nine and finished last with five down, while Moricaua opened the McIlroy bird finish to 67 and finished the week in fifth place ahead of Will Zalatoris and Corey Conners.
Former world number one Justin Thomas reached level 72 to finish eighth in a draw with first-round leader Sungjae Im, while Tiger Woods made his first start since November 2020, lifting 78s. back at the weekend and finishing in 47th place.
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Tiger Woods completes his incredible return to golf after his car accident more than a year ago with the final lap 78.
Tiger Woods completes his incredible return to golf after his car accident more than a year ago with the final lap 78.
When are the other big ones this year?
Scheffler will now aim for further success at the PGA Championships on May 19-22, which will take place at the Southern Hills Country Club for the first time since Woods won there in 2007, with the US Open then taking place at The Country Club in Brookline. from 16-19 June. The men’s big season culminates in The 150th Open from July 14 to 17, with Woods confirming that he intends to present it at St Andrews, with all the big ones again live this year again at Sky Sports Golf.