Masters 2024: Scottie Scheffler emotional after winning second Green Jacket

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler says his fierce willpower to win means he’ll proceed to chase victories regardless of admitting golf is about to turn out to be much less of a precedence in his life.

Scheffler secured a four-shot victory over Sweden’s rising star Ludvig Aberg at Augusta National on Sunday.

Between now and subsequent month’s main, the US PGA Championship, Scheffler and his spouse predict their first little one.

“I’m not going to intentionally take my eye off the ball,” stated the American.

“I still love competing. I love winning. I hate losing.”

Golf, nonetheless, was not his essential focus after winning a second Green Jacket, the 27-year-old’s ideas as a substitute turning to his closely pregnant spouse Meredith, who stayed at house in Texas

“All I can think about is getting home. It is a special time for us,” stated the world primary.

“I’ll go house, soak on this victory and benefit from the delivery of my first little one. I’m wanting ahead to celebrating with Meredith – it has been a protracted week with out her.

“My priorities will change very quickly. My son or daughter would be the essential precedence, together with my spouse, so golf will now be in all probability fourth in line,” he added, earlier than referring to function his Christian religion performed in his victory.

It was Scheffler’s third win in his previous 4 tournaments and his second main, so as to add to his 2022 Masters victory.

Since winning that first Green Jacket, Scheffler has been the world’s finest participant and all through 2023 was peerless in virtually all metrics, with solely well-documented placing struggles stopping him from changing extra of his 18 consecutive top-12 finishes into wins.

That modified in March when he received the Arnold Palmer Invitational after which turned the primary participant to win successive Players Championship titles – and he carried that type into the Masters.

The victory sees Scheffler be a part of Tiger Woods as the one gamers to win each the PGA Tour’s flagship Players title and the Masters in the identical season.

His caddie, Ted Scott, who received this title in 2012 and 2014 with Bubba Watson, described Scheffler as “a unique type of particular”.

“When he referred to as me, I had no thought he was that good,” said Scott. “He would not actually have a weak point.”

Scheffler held off the problem of Aberg, who was attempting to turn out to be the primary debutant to win the Masters since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979, and fellow Americans Collin Morikawa and Max Homa within the ultimate spherical.

Aberg is having fun with a meteoric rise within the sport, having solely turned skilled 10 months in the past. Since then, he was received occasions on each the PGA Tour and DP World Tour and performed a key function in Europe’s Ryder Cup victory over the United States in Rome.

Remarkably, this was his first look in a a significant championship.

The 24-year-old briefly tied Scheffler for the lead after an outstanding birdie putt on the ninth gap, solely to see his hopes dashed when he discovered the water on the 11th.

Despite that double-bogey setback, he recovered to birdie the 13th and 14th and end three away from these in third.

“I used to be very nervous, shaking slightly bit on the primary tee,” stated Aberg.

“We knew that hitting it within the water on 11 wasn’t superb, however we additionally simply saved enjoying. That’s what me and my caddie Joe [Skovron] and our staff has been attempting to work on. Just preserve enjoying it doesn’t matter what occurs.

“Everyone in my place needs to be a significant champion, needs to be world primary and I’m no completely different.

“It’s been that means ever since I picked up a golf membership. This week solidifies [that] plenty of these issues are there.

“Scottie is an unbelievable player and he’s proven it again and again. He makes us better – and he makes you want to beat him.”