Scottie Scheffler may not have been caught anyway, but Ludvig Åberg, Max Homa and Collin Morikawa sped up his coronation.
Scottie Scheffler hit a massive drive at the 9th hole and had 102 yards to the pin. Near the green, a radio broadcaster wearing an antenna backpack stepped away from the gallery seats to give his report into the microphone. “Is there anyone in the world better than this guy from 102?” he asked in a thick Australian accent.
“You can’t miss it over there,” Morikawa said of his tee shot, “and you can’t leave it in the bunker.” Morikawa has not been on a roll this season. His last three finishes were missed cut, 45th and 75th. A putter switch in mid-Masters seemed to ignite him but Sunday, like most of the week, he still couldn’t get birdie putts to drop.
A bogey at the 18th dropped Morikawa from solo third to a three-way tie with Homa and Tommy Fleetwood. But Morikawa is now stoked for the next three majors, starting with next month’s PGA Championship. “I thought I handled myself great, I didn’t feel like I blinked,” said Homa, a former NCAA champion from the University of California and one of the American stars of last year’s Ryder Cup defeat. “I would have loved the ball on 12 not to go into a foot of ivy. But I hit a good shot and I did that all weekend. I just didn’t make any putts.”
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