AUGUSTA, Ga. — On Sunday morning before the final round of the Masters, Scottie Scheffler felt overwhelmed again.
Two years ago, he was seeking his first major title and wasn’t sure if he was ready for that breakthrough. He felt anxious and broke into tears before his wife Meredith’s calming presence helped him find an inner peace that led him to victory. Two years later, Scheffler was in position to win another green jacket but this time Meredith was back home in Dallas awaiting the birth of their first child later this month. So, Scheffler sat around with some of his best childhood friends, who stepped in to deliver the words he needed so he could overcome his biggest foe: himself.
“I told them, I wish I didn’t want to win as badly as did I or as badly as I do. I think it would make the mornings easier,” Scheffler recounted. “But I love winning. I hate losing. I really do. And when you’re here in the biggest moments, when I’m sitting there with the lead on Sunday, I really, really want to win badly. And my buddies told me this morning, my victory was secure on the cross. And that’s a pretty special feeling to know that I’m secure for forever and it doesn’t matter if I win this tournament or lose this tournament. My identity is secure for forever.”
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Scheffler’s reputation as the best player in golf keeps growing as he turned in another dominant performance, winning for the third time in his last four starts and claiming his ninth career PGA Tour title. He made seven birdies, including six in a nine-hole span, to shoot 4-under 68 at Augusta National Golf Club and win the 88th Masters by four shots over Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg.
Augusta National always brings out the brilliance in the game’s preeminent players – from Arnold Palmer to Jack Nicklaus to Tom Watson and Tiger Woods – and makes their greatness shine. The course also can expose any weakness and has a way of separating good from great golf. Rory McIlroy has yet to produce the goods at the Masters but he’s experienced stretches of brilliance during his career and game recognized game as he touted Scheffler’s remarkable run.
“Not a lot of clutter,” McIlroy said of Scheffler’s mental approach. “The game feels pretty easy when you’re in stretches like this.”
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