AUGUSTA (REUTERS) – World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler held rock regular and cruised to a three-shot victory on the Masters on Sunday (April 10) whereas Cameron Smith’s Green Jacket hopes, like so many others, disappeared in a watery grave in Amen Corner.
American Scheffler began the ultimate spherical at sunny Augusta National with a three-shot benefit over Australian Smith and shortly noticed it chopped to at least one after two holes.
But the 25-year-old American didn’t panic, carding a one-under 71 to submit a successful complete of 10-under 278, three away from Rory McIlroy, to gather his first main title.
McIlroy had the spherical of the day by returning an eight-under 64 as the Northern Irishman made a stirring late cost in a bid to assert the elusive Masters title that will have allowed him to finish the profession Grand Slam.
The yr’s first main was poised for an exhilarating showdown between the planet’s two hottest golfers in Scheffler, winner of three of his final 5 PGA Tour begins, and Smith, who claimed golf’s unofficial fifth main on the Players Championship in March, headed out in the ultimate pairing.
That was the way in which the ultimate spherical unfolded till the par three twelfth in the guts of infamous Amen Corner when Smith, trailing Scheffler by three, put his tee shot into Rae’s Creek and took a triple bogey six, sending him down the leaderboard.
A rattled Smith by no means recovered, slumping to a one-over 73 to complete 5 again in a tie for third with Irishman Shane Lowry, who closed with 69.
