Scottie Scheffler ripped off seven birdies at the final round of the Masters on Sunday, including six over a nine-hole stretch, as he pulled away from the field to win his second green jacket at Augusta.
He finished 11-under par for the tournament and four strokes ahead of Ludvig Aberg, who placed second.
Scheffler was one of the biggest favorites to win the tournament in recent memory, as the 2022 winner came into the event at +450. Per SportsOddsHistory, those were the shortest odds to win the Masters since Tiger Woods was at +350 in 2013.
It was Scheffler’s second Masters victory in three years, a feat last accomplished by Bubba Watson, who won it in 2012 and 2014.
Scheffler made his move around the turn on Sunday. He made a nice putt at the eighth, then stuck his approach to a couple of feet for a tap-in at the ninth.
The world’s top-ranked player, who is widely considered the best ball-striker in the game, then gave himself another good look at the 10th and got that putt to go to reach 9 under for the championship.
Scheffler had been in a four-way tie for the lead at the eighth hole. By the 11th hole, he was starting to eye a victory.
Aberg and Collin Morikawa found the water at the par-4 11th just minutes apart on Sunday, and two of the closest pursuers to Scheffler suddenly found themselves falling out of contention.
Meanwhile, Tiger Woods finished the Masters with a record he could do without, walking off the course with a 16-over 304, his highest 72-hole score in a career that spans three decades.
Woods’ previous high was 302 at the Memorial in 2015. He has only failed to break 300 one other time at the Masters two years ago when he shot 78-78 on the weekend and finished at 301.
Despite the score, Woods called it a “good week” and said he’s going to begin preparing for the other three majors including the PGA Championship in May, the U.S. Open in June and the British Open in July.
“This is a golf course I knew going into it, so I’m going to do my homework going forward at Pinehurst, Valhalla and Troon,” Woods said. “But that’s kind of the game plan.”
Overall, he wasn’t unhappy with how he played.
“Coming in here, not having played a full tournament in a very long time, it was a good fight on Thursday and Friday,” Woods said. “Unfortunately (Saturday) didn’t quite turn out the way I wanted it to.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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