2024 The Masters at Augusta National

(photo courtesy of ESPN.com)

From Thursday, April 11, through Sunday, April 4th, Augusta National hosted their annual Masters tournament. The Masters is known as one of, if not the, best tournament in the game of golf, with the winner going home with the $3.3 million and the famous Green Jacket.
​by Jayden Barwick

From Thursday, April 11, through Sunday, April 4th, Augusta National hosted their annual Masters tournament. The Masters is known as one of, if not the, best tournament in the game of golf, with the winner going home with the $3.3 million and the famous Green Jacket.

Conditions
This was one of the windiest Masters in years, reaching up to 43 miles per hour on Friday. Sand from bunkers pelted players and spectators. This made it extremely difficult for players to post really low scores, especially Friday. Players struggled to decipher the direction as the wind was curving around the trees, which caused lots of trouble.

(photo courtesy of Golf Digest)

Winner
Scottie Scheffler claimed his 2nd win at the Masters, posting a total score of 11 under par. He proved why he is ranked #1 in the world by winning by a margin of 4 strokes and 20 birdies. This win was more than just golf for Scheffler though. When Scheffler won, he told his pregnant wife, “I’m coming home” just before he got emotional. The next closest score to Scheffler was Ludvig Aberg, who ended at 7 under par. This was Aberg's first Masters tournament and first major tournament. He is likely to be a name to remember. (Masters.com)

​DeChambeau Struggles Late
Bryson DeChambeau went out and shot a very impressive 65 (7 under) in the first round of the tournament. He made Augusta look really easy and had high hopes going into the last 3 rounds of the tournament. Then, DeChambeau shot one over par in the second round, but still stood tied in first. Everything fell apart in the 3rd round as he posted a final score of 3 over par. To end his Masters, he shot 1 over par making him fall all the way to 6th place. This isn’t the first time DeChambeau has struggled at Augusta. His last two trips, DeChambeau missed the cut, and his best finish was T21 back when he was an amateur.

Leaderboard
In short, Scottie Scheffler was able to pull out the victory at Augusta National. He was able to walk away with 3.3 million dollars and the Green Jacket. On the other hand, Bryson Deshambeu was not able to get over his Masters struggles. Lasty, this is how the rest of the cut scored.

1 Scheffler -11

2 Aberg -7

T3 Fleetwood -4

T3 Homa -4

T3 Morikawa -4

T6 Smith -2

T6 DeChambeau -2

8 Schauffele -1

T9 Zalatoris E

T9 Hatton E

T9 Young E

T12 Pavon +1

T12 Reed +1

T12 Schenk +1

T12 Davis +1

T16 Straka +2

T16 Kirk +2

T16 An +2

T16 Hojgaard +2

T20 Moore +3

T20 Glover +3

T22 Bradley +4

T22 Lee, M.W. +4

T22 English +4

T22 Scott +4

T22 McIlroy +4

T22 Niemann +4

T22 Fitzpatrick +4

T22 Cantlay +4

T30 Kim, T. +5

T30 Day +5

T30 Kim, S.M. +5

T30 Poston +5

T30 Fowler +5

T35 Kitayama +6

T35 Villegas +6

T35 Bhatia +6

T38 Henley +7

T38 Conners +7

T38 Matsuyama +7

T38 List +7

T38 Fox +7

T43 Mickelson +8

T43 Lowry +8

T45 MCcarthy +9

T45 Olazabal +9

T45 Koepka +9

T45 Theegala +9

T45 Rahm +9

T45 Willett +9

51 Murrray +10

52 Cole +11

T53 Hadwin +12

T53 Shipley (A) +12

T55 Knapp +13

T55 Van Rooyen +13

T55 Finau +13

T58 Singh +14

T58 Olesen +14

60 Woods +16