{"id":36068,"date":"2024-04-15T03:42:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T22:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/scottie-scheffler-leads-2024-masters-going-into-final-round\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T03:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T22:12:48","slug":"scottie-scheffler-leads-2024-masters-going-into-final-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/scottie-scheffler-leads-2024-masters-going-into-final-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottie Scheffler leads 2024 Masters going into final round"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The final pairing of the final round of the 2024 Masters is off the first tee. <\/p>\n

Leader Scottie Scheffler and Colin Morikawa each hit picturesque opening drives Sunday afternoon. If he wins, Scheffler will have won the Masters in two of the last three years. If Morikawa were to claim his first green jacket, it would be his third major championship and leave him a U.S. Open Title away from achieving the career Grand Slam.<\/p>\n

Cam Smith has closed to within five shots of Scheffler. He is -2 for the day and -3 overall through three holes. Farther down the leaderboard, Tom Kim carded a final round 66 to finish at +5 for the tournament.<\/p>\n

3:13 p.m. <\/h3>\n

Masters Debutant Ludvig Aberg birdied the second with a smooth 22-foot putt. Sitting at +600 on the live odds board, Aberg aims to become the first debutant to win the Masters since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. Shortly after Aberg and Max Homa birdied the second, Scheffler (+100) saved par on No. 2, maintaining his one-stroke lead over Morikawa and Homa. Xander Schauffele (+2500), now 1-under on his round, is another contender just four back of Scheffler.<\/p>\n

3:21 p.m. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

Scheffler (now -140 odds to win) birdies No. 3 and leads Morikawa (+400) and Homa (+500) by two shots. Ludvig Aberg (+700) has played well tee to green thus far in the final round but has missed a few putts and sits at -5 overall. Tommy Fleetwood (+4000) is 2 under par for the day through seven holes to join the party. He is now 3-under along with Bryson DeChambeau (+4000) who has birdied Holes 4 and 5 after bogeying two of the first three holes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

3:30 p.m. <\/h3>\n

Morikawa gets up and down at No. 4 to save par, while Scheffler (-105) fails to convert the par save. Now just one back from the world No. 1, Morikawa is +400 to win the Masters. Phil Mickelson finishes this year\u2019s tournament with a 2-over 74 round and 8 over overall, earning him the \u201cTop Senior\u201d honors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3:47 p.m. <\/h3>\n

Scheffler (-110) misses a shortish birdie putt on No. 5 but remains the leader by one shot over Homa (+400) and Morikawa (+330). Fleetwood (+8000) is trying to make a Sunday charge. He is 2-under for the day and 3-under for the tournament through 8. Tyrrell Hatton (+150000) is 5-under through 14 and 2-under for the tournament.<\/p>\n

3:57 p.m. <\/h3>\n

Defending champion Jon Rahm (+750 per tournament odds) concludes his trip at Augusta. The LIV superstar failed to get anything going this week and finished outside the top 40. Shortly after the conclusion of Rahm\u2019s round, Scheffler left his long birdie bid on No. 6 short. He remains one stroke ahead of Morikawa (+400) and Homa (+500). But Aberg (+400) just stuck his approach on seven; he\u2019s inching closer toward history.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

4:15 p.m. <\/h3>\n

Tree trouble for Scheffler on Hole No. 7 results in another missed green for the 2022 champion and, ultimately, a bogey. Scheffler (+115) is now tied with Morikawa (+360) and Aberg (+230). Morikawa has put himself consistently in position to score Sunday afternoon but has been unable to cash in on a handful of birdie putts. Homa (+550) is now back within a shot with Fleetwood (+9000) and DeChambeau (+5500) within 3.<\/p>\n

4:31 p.m. <\/h3>\n

Homa (+400) cleans up his short birdie putt on eight and now moves to 6-under-par for the tournament. He was briefly tied for the lead before Scheffler (-110), who has a bounce-back birdie or better percentage of 43% this season, and Morikawa (+230), who had not made a birdie since No. 8 yesterday, both birdied the 8th.<\/p>\n

4:48 p.m. <\/h3>\n

A three shot swing in the final pairing as World No. 1 Scheffler (-175) follows up his birdie on No. 8 with another on No. 9 while Morikawa (+1800) makes double bogey after failing to make it out of a greenside bunker. Aberg (+260) sits alone in second just a single shot behind Scheffler.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5:02 p.m. <\/h3>\n

After an untimely double bogey on No. 9, Morikawa (+2500) failed to bounce back with a birdie. The two-time major champion finds himself four back of Scheffler (-250), who just drained a seven-foot birdie putt for his third straight birdie. Meanwhile, Fleetwood\u2019s (+15000) nice 3-under round has him in solo fifth place.<\/p>\n

5:30 p.m <\/h3>\n

Pars are in short supply all of a sudden as the four players atop the leaderboard have each made a bogey or worse in the last 10 minutes. Aberg (+850) started the parade with a double bogey at 11. Scheffler (-550) followed with a bogey at 11. Morikawa (+9000) doubles No. 11 and minutes later Homa (+1100) double bogeys No. 12. Fleetwood (+15000) is the beneficiary as he is making pars and making up ground sitting now at -4 through 15 holes. Scheffler leads at -8. Aberg and Homa are tied for second at -5 followed by Fleetwood.<\/p>\n

5:41 p.m. <\/h3>\n

The carnage continues through Amen Corner; however, Scheffler (-500) was able to find the green on No. 12 and finish the hole with a par, maintaining a three-stroke lead over Aberg (+400) and Homa (+1200). After failing to convert the birdie attempt, the window for Morikawa (+20000) is closing. With just six holes to play, mistake-free golf is the recipe for the leading Scheffler.<\/p>\n

5:56 p.m.<\/h3>\n

Nobody is playing better late in the day than Fleetwood, but his putter has not heated up on the back nine as required if he is to put on the Green Jacket at day\u2019s end. With only No. 18 remaining, he sits at -4, five shots behind Scheffler (-750 to win) who just birdied the Par 5 13th Hole. Aberg has climbed back within striking distance and is 7-under through 14 following back-to-back birdies.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Saturday’s recap <\/h2>\n

The event kicked off Saturday with a thrilling start, chipping in for a birdie on the first hole. Scheffler (-115) rolled in a remarkable 34-foot birdie putt on the third hole to go up by two. The excitement was palpable, but unfortunately, the early round magic was short-lived.<\/p>\n

After the turn, Scheffler played holes 10 and 11 3-over par, finding himself two-back of the quartet at the top of the leaderboard at 6-under par: Collin Morikawa (+350), Max Homa (+750), Bryson DeChambeau (+2000), and Nicolai H\u00f8jgaard (+10000).<\/p>\n

Scheffler, though, gathered himself, summoned the magic few can, and joined the group atop the leaderboard with a lengthy putt on 13 for eagle.<\/p>\n

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With a win Sunday, Scheffler would put on the green jacket twice in the past three years and join a select group of 17 who have earned the title of Masters Champion at least twice in their careers.<\/p>\n

Yet, the golf world might have to sweat out more than just Scheffler\u2019s performance Sunday.<\/p>\n

Scheffler\u2019s wife, Meredith, is pregnant with the couple\u2019s first child and due at the end of the month. For the first time in Scottie\u2019s career, she could not make the trip to watch her husband compete in a major because her doctors advised her not to travel.<\/p>\n

Scheffler has vowed to leave \u201cat a moment\u2019s notice\u201d should his wife go into labor. He said the birth of their first child would trump any win he could earn on the golf course.<\/p>\n

If he stays through the whole competition, Scheffler will have to grind through a tough final round with many skilled golfers chasing him.<\/p>\n

There were four within four strokes, including two former major champions trying to chase him down.<\/p>\n

Morikawa\u2019s third-round 3-under-69 had him just one stroke back. With a win, Morikawa will win his first green jacket and third major championship. (He won the 2020 PGA Championship and 2021 Open Championship.)<\/p>\n

DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open winner, was within shouting distance of the lead after holing out from the fairway on 18 for birdie. The LIV golfer sits four back and his shot at glory is still alive.<\/p>\n

The saying \u201cno lead is safe at Augusta\u201d comes from the many Masters\u2019 winners who overcame larger than three-stroke leads on Sunday. Here are of the more notable comebacks in Masters\u2019 history:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  • In 1978, Gary Player was seven back, but a blazing 64 led him to win his third and final Masters.<\/li>\n
  • Nick Faldo\u2019s 1996 win over Greg Norman after his 67 helped erase a six-stroke deficit, earning Faldo his third Masters victory.<\/li>\n
  • Tiger Woods joined the others who overcame seven-stroke deficits to win the Masters for the fourth time in 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Likely the most memorable Masters chase-down was in 2016 when Danny Willet was down five strokes with just six holes left to play. With help from Jordan Spieth\u2019s quadruple bogey on 12, Willet went on to win the green jacket.<\/p>\n

    According to GolfWeek.com, the eventual Masters Champion has come from behind when trailing after three rounds 31 different times. However, Nick Faldo in 1989 was the last Masters Champion who started the round outside the Top Four and down by more than three strokes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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