Scottie Scheffler

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And if I win this golf tournament, then great; and if I don't, that's okay, too, because I did everything I could and I'm prepared and the rest isn't up to me.” A 40-foot birdie putt on the 70th hole proved to be the difference for Nicklaus, who won by one. Scheffler followed Thursday’s 69 with a 67 that was the low round on a difficult day. He won 30 times on the PGA TOUR, but one of golf’s modern Grand Slam events wasn’t one of them (he did win the Western Open when it was one of golf’s top events, however). The Scheffler and Burns families have spent their downtime during one of golf’s most stressful weeks playing board games. He arrived at the Masters having won three of his last five starts, becoming the first player in a quarter century to pick up his first three TOUR wins in such short order. He’s been victorious in both stroke play and match play and across the continent, conquering a variety of courses and setups. Scheffler played alongside Phil Mickelson in the first two rounds of last year’s Masters. This is Scheffler’s first Masters, as well, with Ted Scott on the bag. Success in the game is fleeting, so it’s important to capitalize on the hot streaks, and Scheffler may be riding one to his first major championship. Four of the previous five to amass such an advantage after the first two rounds have gone on to win. He is five shots ahead at the halfway point of the Masters, tying the tournament’s record for largest 36-hole lead.

On a wind-swept day at Augusta National that rendered some of the game's best players bereft, Scheffler dominated, all but mocking the golf gods.

To elude that little thicket with which he began, he started off with what he called a “great par on 4, great par on 5 and then a great par on 6.” Then he started a splendid tour of the middle parts of fairways. He would birdie No. 15 to reach 7 under, No. 16 to reach 8 under. With a voice so calm it might quell certain forms of anxiety, he said: “If I win this golf tournament, then great. He’s not sure how to explain the zoom but did say: “That’s a good question. Before Scheffler got going from No. 4 on, the day got going with carnage. Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley said Mickelson was invited but chose not to play. Then, on a Friday when Augusta National and its accompanying gusts were really mean to the world’s best players, Scheffler played a form of golf beautiful enough to make the eyeballs luxuriate. What has happened since with Scottie Scheffler, who has a five-shot headlock on the 86th Masters after a shining 5-under-par 67 in the second round Friday, counts as one marvel of a whoosh. He began that week ranked 15th in the world, a boffo ranking that doesn’t beguile the planet. Waters rippled from the wind. He reached 8 under par and led by those five shots over 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, 2019 British Open champion Shane Lowry and the deeply promising 24-year-old from South Korea, Sungjae Im. He won the Arnold Palmer on March 6, won the big match play thing in Austin on March 27, reached a gosh of a world ranking of No. 1 with that latter win and said, “I never really got that far in my dreams.”

Scottie Scheffler affirmed his status as the World No.. 1 with a Friday 67 that gives him a five-shot lead heading into the weekend of the Masters.

“It's nice to build up a little bit of a lead, but I'm not really going to be thinking about it tonight or anything,” he said. Scheffler began with bogeys on two of his first three holes, but he played his final 12 holes in six under par to pull away from the field. But he came out of the battle with hardly a scratch on him. Scheffler is running like a thoroughbred of late, winning three of his last five starts, including the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play two weeks ago that propelled him to World No. 1 in lightning speed. The nearly invulnerable effort, tied for low round of the day with Justin Thomas, enabled Scheffler to build a five-stroke lead at eight-under 136—matching the largest two-round lead in Masters history. We are only 36 holes into the 86th Masters, but Scottie Scheffler established his bona fides as the No. 1 player in the world on Friday with an exhibition of power and patience we should expect from the game’s top-ranked golfer.

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Four players hold a share of second at 3 under, including 2021 champion Hideki Matsuyama, 2011 champion Charl Schwartzel, Shane Lowry, and Sungjae Im. Scheffler ...

You've seen guys do it with a chance going into the back nine. Sequence has been the game of choice, and Sam Burns, who handed Scheffler a few early losses during practice round matches this week, says the recent whirlwind of success hasn't changed his good friend. "I've got a chance going into the weekend," said Woods. "Hopefully I'll have one of those light bulb moments and turn it on in the weekend and get it done. This marks Scheffler's third Masters appearance, though he played the course several times as an amateur. "I would say Tiger takes a lot of attention away from all of us," said Scheffler, "which I think is a good thing for us. As the golf world obsessed over Woods' every move this week, Scheffler welcomed that long shadow.

Scheffler is out to prove his world No. 1 ranking is no fluke at Augusta National.

A 63-year-old Larry Mize who averaged 230 yards off the tee this week beat a 28-year-old Bryson DeChambeau who averaged 310 yards off the tee at a golf course he once said played as a par 67 for him. He's missed his last six cuts worldwide and doesn't have a top 10 anywhere since last July. Danny Willett (the 2016 champion) shot 74 but still sits in the top 10. He matched Scheffler's 67 late in the day, birdied Nos. 14-16 and completely covered up his 76 from Thursday. He's legitimately in the mix, and after he gained 5.6 strokes on approach shots in Round 2, there's a path to contention on Sunday for him that does not seem inconceivable. After going out in 39, he churned his way to a 35 on the second nine and easily made the weekend. 6. Toughest test: The scoring average on Friday pushed to 74.6 mostly because of nightmarish gusting winds that were as lively as they were inconsistent. AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Perhaps it should not be surprising that the No. 1 golfer in the world, who has also won three of his last five tournaments, shot a 67 on Friday at the 2022 Masters and holds a five-stroke at the first major of the year. Watch live on CBSSports.com, the CBS Sports App and Paramount+. 3. Dustin Johnson is lurking: The grind was on for D.J. on Friday after two bogeys caused by horrific drives on Nos. 7 and 9 on the first nine. One of the storylines coming into the week was whether Scheffler was a true No. 1. D.J. knows the weekend is long, and he's simply trying to play his way into Sunday afternoon. Scheffler has quietly been a beast at majors over the last few years. The 25-year-old Scheffler's accelerated ride this week mimics his journey over the last two months.

New world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is off to a strong start at The Masters and has a faith-driven relationship with his caddie, Ted Scott.

Scheffler is among the favorites in just his third Masters appearance and is in position to keep his streak of top-20 finishes alive. “But having the God of the universe, the Creator, on your side just makes things a lot easier to deal with. I respect him a lot as a person, and I respect his work ethic as a caddie. Scheffler arrived at Augusta playing as well as anyone in the world with victories in three of the last six events he started. I think the environment out here on tour is pretty cool when it comes to that kind of stuff.” Scheffler and Scott first met through a Bible study about a year before they teamed up.

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He earmarked $50,000 to the Triumph Over Kid Cancer Foundation. His donations have not stopped, and he has partnered with Mecklin to create a program that brings kids battling cancer into golf. And now Scheffler’s ascension coincides with Masters week, the week Mecklin and James held sacred. Now 30, Mecklin—who was inspired by James to dedicate her life to pediatric care—is amazed that Scheffler has remained true to who he is in spite of the new heights he’s reached. “I think Scottie respected how James was trying to live his life, to have fun and get good at a sport he enjoyed while trying to deal with cancer and trying to help others with cancer. I like to think as touched as James was by the support, people liked being around him because he was a constant inspiration. "He would come down on Friday and be right back in Austin the next day, but he wanted to do what he could to keep the memory of James going.” And through his education and golf and treatments James continued to spread the word on his mission, annually holding a golf scramble that doubled as a toga party to raise funds to battle the disease, an event Scottie never missed. Shortly after he was told the end was near. In college we would fire up our computers and stream it in the back of class,” Mecklin says. “He spent most of his time at the local golf course.” “I’ve never seen them so happy,” Mecklin says. The surgery replaced 40 percent of his femur and 20 percent of his tibia with metal.

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He was inspirational.” “I don’t want to put words into Scottie’s mouth but I’d like to think that James had a really positive impact on him. "James would say to me, ‘I only have so many days, months, years to live, and I’m trying to make the most of what I can with my time. He also met Scottie. He had only just turned 13. “They met through golf.

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Scheffler birdied his last two holes before he made the turn, and scored a par at No. 10. That would prove difficult for Scheffler after a rough start to the hole. However, Scheffler was able to recover quickly and had an opportunity to putt for birdie. However, Scheffler was once again able to overcome the set back, and knock in the ensuing putt for par. Scheffler has been steady throughout the round and continues to make clutch putt after clutch putt, as he makes his approach to No. 18 green. Spieth took an early jump on No. 2 with a birdie and looked to be in the groove early. Spieth will look to make a surge up the leaderboards in round two after a shaky round one. Meanwhile, Scottie Scheffler had a strong first round, entering day two at -3 and in a tie for third. After a bogie on No. 12, Scheffler was able to get a shot back on No. 13 with a birdie. Scheffler had an opportunity to grab a two-shot lead but missed his birdie par on No. 9. With the projected cut at +4, Spieth has little room for error. Now, he will look to continue his momentum into Saturday and further stretch his lead.

Scottie Scheffler leads by three shots from Cameron Smith going into the final round of the Masters at Augusta.

The Australian reached five under for his round at the 15th, giving a seven under total, before handing a shot back to the course on the par three 16th. Shane Lowry berated his caddie en route to a bogey at the 13th that shuffled him back to three under. The Irishman lies two under after a 73. Thomas, who signed for a 72 and one under total, must continue to rue his opening round of 76. It is to be remembered even playing in this Masters, let alone for 72 holes, is a remarkable achievement given the scale of his injuries after a car crash 14 months ago. The 28-year-old slipped back to even par at the 14th and collected shots at the 16th and 18th before a painful bogey at the last. Justin Thomas moved from one to three under par within a trio of holes. The greens were to bother Woods all day, with 36 putts included in a 78. As Scheffler dropped shots at the 14th and 15th, heads turned. Scheffler had birdied the 2nd and 3rd to move to double digits under par. His tee shot to the par five was wayward but rebounded from a tree and into semi-rough. Scheffler, playing in Schwartzel’s company, had no cause to feel threatened at all as Schwartzel holed out for a bogey.

Scottie Scheffler posted a 1-under-par 71 on Saturday and watched his lead shrink to three shots during the third round of the Masters at Augusta, Ga.

Meanwhile, Scheffler landed in a bunker at the par-3 12th and couldn't save his par as he slipped to a three-shot lead. His third shot landed just over the green, leading to an up-and-down for bogey. A few groups ahead, Smith made his move with birdies at Nos. 10, 13 and 15. His approach landed just past the pin, and he watched as it slowly spun back to the cup. He had a bogey at the fourth hole. He now has won three of his past five tournaments and has his sights on the biggest victory yet.

Scheffler's lead fell from five strokes to three after he had four bogeys on the back nine on Saturday at Augusta National.

He missed the five-foot par putt but made up for it with birdies at No. 6 and No. 8, the latter of which pushed him to 11-under and gave him a six-shot lead. If he wins the Masters, he’ll be the first player to make the Masters his first win after becoming the world’s No. 1 since Ian Woosnam did it in 1991. With Scheffler back to 11-under and up five shots, he squandered a chance to maintain or build on that lead. He wrapped up the front nine with a par at the par-4 ninth. At 15, Scheffler played cautiously and his third shot found the green, but above the hole, leaving him about 30 feet for birdie. Briefly, Scheffler’s lead fell to three shots after Smith played the 15th hole perfectly and made a birdie. Scheffler played with an utter unflappability on the front nine, playing in the final group with Schwartzel. He also continued his mastery of Augusta National’s risk-reward par-5s. The list of players that have done it before include Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and fellow Longhorn Jordan Spieth, who held the 36-hole lead on his way to his 2015 championship. Instead, Cameron Smith will play with Scheffler on Sunday after shooting a 4-under 68 and finishing three shots back. He decided to take an unplayable lie and a drop, which put him playing his third shot off pine straw about 250 yards away from the green. He chose to putt off the fringe and rolled it to about three feet and made an incredible bogey. His ball was surrounded by branches and Scheffler discussed his options with a rules official.

Scottie Scheffler leads Cam Smith by three shots after 54 holes, and both players have proven themselves to be the best players in the game at this moment.

“This is a lot more fun than a lot of the starts I’ve had in major championships, especially around this golf course.” “For six weeks, Scottie has been incredible,” said Kevin Kisner, who lost to Scheffler in the recent World Match Play final. Scheffler birdied the second and third holes and temporarily widened his lead to six. He teed off with a big lead Saturday and missed the first green to the left. He is the only player in the field who has shot under-par scores in each round. He may be the player to beat, but three shots are nothing given the hazards of the back nine on Sunday. Does Scheffler seem worried about that? As he was about to play a delicate pitch, a car alarm began honking somewhere in the distance beyond the Augusta National boundary. All week, at least until the last six holes Saturday, the Masters looked as if it was going to be his fourth victory in six tournaments. After he took a drop, he ripped a long-iron shot just over the green and two-putted from the fringe for a consolation it-could’ve-been-much-worse bogey. The 3-iron that followed was like most of his iron shots Saturday—flush and on-line. Scheffler, a young Texan, has won three of his last five events and vaulted to No. 1 in the world rankings. Scheffler began the third round with a five-shot lead and had been playing near-flawless golf.

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I just know the shot that I see and try to hit it, and after that it's not up to me.” Through 54 holes this week, Smith has 16 birdies and Scheffler 17. “The rest isn't up to me,” Scheffler said. And so that's something I've worked on, just being focused, and committed to each shot.” History suggests Scheffler controls his own destiny, but things can always go wrong. “He was 100 percent correct.

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"Then with the coldness it kind of evened out. Weather hasn't been this cold and then all off sudden to turns into a Scottish type of weather," Lee said. Scheffler's 71 -- including a dramatic bogey on the last after the American found the trees off the tee and needed to take an unplayable penalty stroke -- left him at nine under for the tournament.

Masters leader Scottie Scheffler hit a wild tee on the 18th hole Saturday. For rules buffs, that's when things got really interesting.

Three-iron in hand, he morphed back into the world’s hottest golfer and laced a shot up to the left side of the green, his ball running by the back-left pin and just off the back of the green. When Scheffler had identified a suitable spot on which to drop, he dropped his ball from knee-level but it kicked into an area that was closer to the hole. Scheffler’s ball was close enough to the bed of needles by the fairway to take his drop there. Scheffler asked the official if he could move pine needles — which are loose impediments — in the intended area of his drop. … I was a bit of a hothead I think in high school and college, so to be able to just stay patient and realize mistakes are going to come, and winning golf tournaments out here is not easy. A return to the tee could have easily resulted in a double-bogey 6 for Scheffler, which would have cut his 54-hole to just two. If it didn’t turn up in the three minutes permitted under the rules, Scheffler would have had to return to the tee and play his third. The resulting spot gave him both a clean lie and a clean look at the green. Scheffler’s ball disappeared into the pines and descended into a snarl of bushes and branches below. The good news: the ball turned up. He wasn’t leading by seven, as he had been when he made the turn on this Masters Saturday, but he still enjoyed a four-shot advantage when he stepped on to the 18th tee. Up ahead of him, Cameron Smith had already signed for a four-under 68 that had moved him to six under for the tournament.

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Yet Scheffler did what many of his fellow competitors before him couldn’t do with his next shot: He hit a gentle chip that stayed up on the top tier of the green, nestling it to two feet. When Scheffler took his drop, it rolled outside the two clublengths, requiring a second drop. • Could he move some of the pine needles before he dropped the ball? And then all I was trying to do was figure out how I was going to get it on the green for my third shot. It would be his third shot after adding the unplayable penalty. His ball rattled in the trees left of the fairway only 220-some yards up the hole.