Player of the Week: Scheffler Reigns Supreme At the Masters
Scottie Scheffler's Stats Are Dominated By Two Masters Wins In The Last Three Years
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler On A Roll After Winning His Second Masters Title
When Scottie Scheffler won the 2022 Masters title, he was the 10th different champion in the last 10 tournaments. Now he has won two of the last three titles at one of the most prestigious events and that headlines Scottie Scheffler’s stats.
A quick look at the records will show that since Tiger Woods won back-to-back Masters titles in 2001 and 2002, only Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, and now Scheffler have to the tournament twice in a span of three years.
Scheffler is entered in the RBC Heritage Event, and he leads the way with +600 odds to have a bogey-free opening round as he looks to make more PGA golf news.
When it comes to the golf bets this week, he is priced at +400 to win the RBC Heritage, with the next closest challenger being Patrick Cantlay at +1400.
Scheffler has -150 odds to win at least two majors in 2024 with Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm the next closest at +3000.
Scheffler has +500 odds to win three of the four majors and is at -500 to make the cut at all four majors. Scheffler is the clear favorite in the PGA Championship outrights at +400, followed by Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm at +1200.
Keep on reading for more on Scottie Scheffler after he earned Player of the Week recognition for his championship showing in Augusta.
Leaving No Doubt
When Scheffler won the Masters in 2022, he shot 67 in the second round to move into the lead.
Not even Rory McIlroy shooting a 64 in the final round was able to put much pressure on Scheffler as he had a 10-under-par score of 278 to win the tournament by three shots.
When looking at Scottie Scheffler’s stats, he took control this year with a score of 66 in the first round, only a shot behind Bryson DeChambeau.
Scheffler was tied with DeChambeau and Max Homa for the 36-hole lead of 6-under 138.
Scheffler picked up two shots on Homa and four on DeChambeau in the third round with Collin Morikawa moving within a spot of Scheffler.
Double bogeys by Morikawa on holes No. 9 and 11 ended his title hopes, while Scheffler had six birdies in a span of nine holes.
He led by at least three shots for the final eight holes, and a final-round score of 68 enabled Scheffler to win the tournament by four shots.
“It’s hard to put into words how special this is,” Scheffler said after winning his second title at the Masters. “It’s been a long week, a grind of a week. The golf course was so challenging, and to be sitting here wearing this jacket again and getting to take it home is extremely special.”
Title Run Almost Didn’t Happen
Scheffler made it clear that he was ready to withdraw from the Masters at any point if he got word that his wife Meredith went into labor.
That never happened, but he was on alert for all four days of the tournament.
“I definitely have a way to get home pretty quickly,” Scheffler told the media after the third round. “We have somebody here that has access to the cell phone.
“I’ll be available to go home then whenever I need to.”
A Look At the Numbers
Scheffler is currently sitting atop the PGA rankings but that is not the only No. 1 spot he is holding when looking at Scottie Scheffler’s stats.
Scheffler leads the PGA Tour with a scoring average of 68.8, more than a shot better than Xander Schauffele. It has helped Scheffler make the cut in each of his nine events this season and finish in the top 10 eight times in 2024.
His birdie average of 5.43 is also first with Byeong Hun An holding down the No. 2 spot at 4.89.
He has hit greens in regulation 74.6% of the time and that also is the best mark on the tour.
How He Got Here
The 27-year-old New Jersey native went to qualifying school to land a spot on the Web.com tour in 2019 and a year later he was the PGA Rookie of the Year thanks to a fourth-place finish at the PGA Championship, and in the same month, he shot a 59 at The Northern Trust.
Scheffler’s first PGA Tour title came at the 2022 Phoenix Open in a playoff against Patrick Cantlay. That was one of his four titles in 2022.
He won the Phoenix Open in 2023, his second straight win at that tournament, and then captured the first of back-to-back titles at The Players Championship.
Speaking of going back-to-back, he won the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five strokes in May and a week later added his second straight title at The Players Championship.
He also has second-place finishes at the 2022 U.S. Open and at the 2023 PGA Championship. The best could be yet to come for Scheffler.
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