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🏌🏻 What's In Winner Scheffler's Bag?
Plus: How to improve ground force
Good morning. Scottie Scheffler cruised to victory for his 2nd Masters title at the Augusta National.
Check out the equipment he used and the complete prize money breakdown.
And, we nailed our top picks to bet on:
Scheffler to win the tournament ✅
Schauffele (8th) to finish in the top 20 ✅
Today's Trivia: Scottie Scheffler is now only the 2nd player to win at both Augusta National and TPC Sawgrass multiple times. Who is the first? Answer at the end of the email.
⛳️ This Day In History: On this date in 1979, Fuzzy Zoeller won a two-hole playoff in the 43rd Masters, making a birdie on the difficult 11th hole, beating Ed Sneed and Tom Watson.
ALBATROSS
Sensational Scheffler Wins 2nd Masters Title
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With seven birdies in his final round, Scottie Scheffler secured his second Green Jacket in three years as legendary broadcaster Verne Lundquist bid an emotional goodbye to the Masters.
🏆 Scheffler Invincible: Scottie Scheffler's 72-hole total of 11 under par gave him a four-stroke victory in the 88th edition of the Masters. He has now joined an illustrious list of two-time Masters Tournament champions including Seve Ballesteros, Ben Crenshaw, Ben Hogan and Tom Watson.
Ludvig Aberg ended as runner-up while the trio of Collin Morikawa, Max Homa and Tommy Fleetwood finished T-3.
🚫 Tiger's Worst: Tiger Woods posted a 10-over 82 on Saturday - his career-worst round at Augusta National. While it was not as bad on Sunday, Woods did finish last (60th) among all those who made the cut.
He shot a 77 in the final round to finish a tournament for only the second time since the start of 2023.
🚀 Aberg On The Rise: Ludvig Aberg was simply sensational on his Masters debut and finished runner-up - the best finish of all-time at the Masters by a Swedish player.
Aberg only turned professional last June but has since won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour.
📌 Low Amateur: Ohio State graduate student Neal Shipley was the lone amateur to make the cut this weekend and to top it off, his playing partner for the final round was Tiger Woods. Shipley eventually did better than Tiger and finished T-53.
Shipley is only the second player from Ohio State to earn low amateur honors at the Masters - the other person being a certain Jack Nicklaus!
⏳ Lundquist's Farewell: CBS broadcaster Verne Lundquist made his final Masters call Sunday afternoon, his 40th one on the mic.
Lundquist, 83, has voiced several iconic moments at Augusta National, including Tiger Woods' chip-in birdie from behind the par-3 16th green in the 2005 final round, en route to a playoff victory over Chris DiMarco.
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EAGLE
Caddie Tedd Scott’s Earnings Surpass Most Pro Golfers
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Scottie Scheffler's caddie, Tedd Scott, picked up his third six-figure paycheck of 2024 at the Masters. His earnings for the season exceed those of most PGA Tour golfers so far this year.
⛳️ 4th Masters Win: Tedd Scott has now won the Masters for the fourth time as caddie - twice with Bubba Watson (2012,2014) and twice with Scottie Scheffler (2022,2024).
He overtakes Jim 'Bones' Mackay in Masters wins, and joins Nathaniel Every and Tiger Woods' former caddie, Steve Williams, on four Masters victories.
💰 Earnings Exceed $1.5 Million: Scott bagged $400,000 at Bay Hill, $450,000 at TPC Sawgrass and another $360,000 at The Masters. Those three wins equal $1.21m and that's not taking into account the other six starts this year.
His earnings have surpassed $1.5m already this year, which is $315,000 more than the season average on the PGA Tour.
LOCKER ROOM
What else is making news
Hovland Withdraws: Viktor Hovland withdraws from this week’s RBC Heritage after missing cut at Augusta National.
LIV Golf: Check out how all 13 LIV Golf players fared at the 2024 Masters at Augusta National.
Record: Scottie Scheffler becomes the first betting favorite to win the Masters since 2005.
Farewell: CBS Sports executive Sean McManus signs off from an illustrious career at Masters.
Tyrrell Hatton: LIV Golf's Tyrrell Hatton finished inside the top 12 to pick up an invite into next year's Masters event.
TV Ratings: ESPN’s Masters second-round coverage on Friday had an average viewership of 3.6 million, up 69 percent from 2023.
BIRDIE
These Are The Most Iconic Moments @ Masters' Butler Cabin
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The Butler Cabin at Augusta National has been the setting of many memorable moments throughout the history of the Masters - it is where the winner officially receives his Green Jacket and gets interviewed for the first time post victory.
To commemorate the 60th year that the Butler Cabin has been a part of the Masters, here are five of the most iconic (and awkward) moments at the historic Augusta property.
📸 Woods and Mickelson Trade Green Jackets: In the 2000s, no rivalry in golf was greater than the one between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
Their rivalry was laid bare when the pair traded green jackets in 2005 and 2006 - 2004 Masters champ Mickelson was tasked with fitting the green jacket onto Woods’ shoulders in 2005, only for Woods to return the favor the next year when Mickelson won again in 2006.
📸 Sad Spieth: In one of the biggest meltdowns in Masters history, defending champion Jordan Spieth blew a five-shot lead with nine to play in 2016 to hand the title to Danny Willett.
Spieth’s disappointment was written all over his face as he went on to hand over the Green Jacket to Willett.
📸 Watson's Missed Handshake: Bubba Watson’s first Masters victory in 2012 ended with one of the most awkward moments at the Butler Cabin.
Augusta National chairman Billy Payne offered a congratulatory handshake to Watson but then took his hand away at the last second, leaving Watson hanging.
📸 How Tall Are You? When Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters title in 1983, then-Augusta National chairman Hord Hardin was tasked with asking the Spaniard the first question in the Butler Cabin.
And Hardin's strange question was: "How tall are you?"
📸 Nicklaus Becomes The First Champion: In 1965, Jack Nicklaus became the first champion to be interviewed in the Butler Cabin after winning his second Masters title. Both Nicklaus and Woods have the record for most interviews in the Butler Cabin at five a piece.
DRIVING RANGE
Best Drills To Improve Ground Force
In this video, we share 3 drills that'll help you improve your ground force to have longer drives at the range.
Trivia Answer: Tiger Woods.