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Scottie Scheffler Wins 2024 Masters, Earns $3.6M in Prize Money

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After entering the last circular in a three-way tie for first place, Scottie Scheffler cruised to a four-shot triumph over Ludvig Aberg in the 88th Masters tournament. His 68 won the contest and was worth$ 3. 6 million, upward$ 360,000 from last year when Jon Rahm won. Scheffler is now the best athlete on the planet right now thanks to the win. He comes in first place in the Official World Golf Rankings, and this was his third victory in four games; he came in second in the one he did n’t finish. He earned$ 12. 6 million over those four activities, including$ 4. His participation in the Players Championship in March earned him$ 5 million. Scheffler was a Tiger-like favorites at +450 to get the Masters, away of Rory McIlroy and Rahm at +1100, according to FanDuel. Scheffler won the Masters in 2022, and at 27, he is the fifth youngest to possess two green coats after Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Seve Ballesteros. This year’s tournament paid out a record$ 20 million in prize money, up$ 2 million from last year and 74 % from the$ 11. 5 million for the 2021 occasion. Aberg of Sweden was winning his first major championship and making$ 2. 16 million, while a pair of players—Tommy Fleetwood, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa—finished tied for third and earned$ 1. 04 million each. Tiger Woods broke his connect with Fred Couples and Gary Player at the Masters for a report 24th right time. However, Woods struggled over the weekend, posting scores of 85 and 77 to accomplish +16. His four-round score of 304 was his highest 72-hole complete in any competition since he became a professional in 1996. When he was paired with 23-year-old Neal Shipley, the only professional to make the cut, he still drew big cheers from the crowd after every killed on Sunday. Woods came in previous among the 60 people who made the cut. The PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour are still negotiating on a consolidation of their business functions as The Masters took place. LIV Golf is expected to make the announcement this week that Katie O’Reilly, a long-time sports aficionado, did meet its administrative staff after serving as the Philadelphia 76ers ‘ general income agent. The PGA Tour forbids LIV golf from competing on the course, but the main competitions take place outside of its purview. For the first time since the British Open in July, the Masters brought the best golfers to the same program. Eight of the field’s 13 LIV golf made it to the finish line. The best winners, who were tied for sixth, were Cameron Smith and Bryson DeChambeau, who earned$ 695,000. Phil Mickelson added$ 72,500 to his Masters full profits, which is$ 9, to finish in a link for 43rd place. 85 million in 31 images and highest of all time. It’s almost$ 200,000 forward of Tiger Woods’ job count. LIV and PGA golf will then return to their respective competitions and hold a meeting there in Louisville, Ky. next month. , for the PGA Championship. They will all be chasing Scheffler. 

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