The American Scottie Scheffler, who two weeks ago snatched the number one in the world from the Spanish Jon Rahmwas proclaimed this Sunday champion of the Augusta Masters (Georgia, USA), the first “major” of his career.
Scheffler took the lead on Friday and today he finished off his victory brilliantly by finishing the tournament with 10 under par (-1 on the last day).
Only 25 years old Scheffler took 3 hits in the tournament total against Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroywho finished second in Augusta after delivering this Sunday an extraordinary card of 64 strokes (-8)
Australian Cameron Smith closed on Saturday 3 shots away from Scheffler, but on the last day it went from more to less and ended up deflating after the equator of his participation this Sunday (-5 in total).
Scheffler is going through an excellent moment of form since, before his victory in Augusta, he had already won three tournaments this year: The Phoenix Open (first career title), the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play golf.
This impressive ascent of the circuit in just two months has reached its climax in Augusta, where the other great protagonist in the last days It was Tiger Woods.
Five times champion of the Masters and after 14 months out of the circuit due to a very serious road accident, Woods closed his comeback with +13.
The Spaniards were not lucky in Augusta: Sergio García finished with +3 and Jon Rahm, who played this Sunday with Tiger Woodsended up with +4.