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If all the victories remain engraved in the prize list of a champion, some have more flavor than others.
A year ago almost to the day, Scottie Scheffler won the Augusta Masters.
A first, necessarily special.
“
I dreamed of participating in this tournament
, he confides.
I cried the first time I received my invitation in the mail.
And I cried like a baby again before the last lap that allowed me to win…
”
Green jacket
With a total score of - 10, the former student in Dallas won the 86th edition of the masters tournament with three strokes ahead of Rory McIlroy (- 7), author of a last card (64) of 'anthology.
A last stand that gave even more color to the American's green jacket.
“
That win was an accomplishment
,” recalls Scheffler.
On an emotional level, it is very strong.
Winning at Augusta is truly a very special moment in my life
.
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Unknown to the public, the adopted Texan then signed an unprecedented series for a player who had never won any trophy on the PGA Tour before.
Four successes in six tournaments.
A report inspired by the repeated exploits of the young Tiger Woods of the great era, his idol?
"I remember watching the highlights of his victory at Augusta in 1997. He was flying over the tournament
...
"
After this series, Scheffler then became world number 1 when he crowned the match-play world championship, at Austin, near his home.
He seemed alone on top of the world during this magical spring of 2022.
Back to boss
Twelve months have passed and the college friend of Jordan Spieth (his teammate at the University of Texas, winner of the Masters in 2015) is back in the promised land of Augusta National Golf Club.
The big Scottie (1.91m for 91 kg) returns there as a boss.
A few weeks ago, his victory at the Players Championship in Ponte Vedra, Florida, allowed him to regain the chair of world ranking leader, in which the Spaniard Jon Rahm managed to settle for a while, then the Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, authors of a thundering summer and fall of 2022.
A welcome return to the top for the American, who had started strong again in 2023, winning at the Phoenix Open in February.
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Despite the title of match-play world champion lost in the semi-final against future winner Sam Burns this year, Scottie Scheffler continues to panic the counters.
He thus overtook the charismatic Dustin Johnson (winner of the 2020 edition of the Masters) and Bryson DeChambeau, who left to glean millions of dollars on the LIV Golf Series, but who are present this week in Augusta along with sixteen other members of the Dissident League.
These two have 5 wins in their first 100 PGA Tour events, while Scheffler has 6 in 98 starts.
Enough to leave him with hopes this week, at the time of defending his title at the Masters, from Thursday against the talent of McIlroy, Rahm or the Australian Cameron Smith and the Americans Collin Morikawa or Cameron Young,
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