Scottie Scheffler has become the new golf genius The American has won four of the six tournaments played to date, snatching Jon Rahm the number one in the world and has rounded off this start to the season with the ‘green jacket’ of the Masters in an exhibition of technique, power and dominance at the Augusta National Golf Club. The player has had no rival dominating the general classification since the second day. Regularity has been his main ally, signing cards under 71 goals in the four matchdays and always playing under par.
In this century, only Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh had managed to have a start to the season similar to a Scheffler who at 25 years old you have everything to become a golf superstar. Conservative, Catholic, married and from a family of potentials, the player got into the pocket of the Augusta public with his ability to not lose his composure. Only He did it on the last hole signing a double bogey that stained a card that would have been among the best of the day.
The second of the tournament was the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, who signed on the last day the best card of all time on Sunday with 64 strokes throughout the circuit. That strength allowed him to be on the podium, although remembering his first two complicated days when he had 73 hits.
For the first time in five years, Jon Rahm did not finish in the top-10 of the tournament by paying dearly for a rocky start to 2022, perhaps distracted by fatherhood and lack of confidence at times. The Biscayan He had his best card on Sunday with 69 hits, although he was penalized for a disastrous Saturday in which he used up to 77 points. His twenty-seventh position was not the best performance of a Spanish golfersince Sergio García surpassed him finishing 23rd playing from more to less in the tournament he won in 2017.
Who got all the possible ovations It was a Tiger Woods who played lame and who signed a great role in this tournament finishing as number 47. The ‘Tiger’ was seen limping in recent days after a promising start that placed him among the top 20. The veteran paid for the effort over the weekend with two bad cards of 78 shots, although he earned the respect of everyone by reappearing 14 months after an accident that almost killed him. Scheffler did not hesitate to pay his respects to the legend.