![]() He did everything in last year's majors but win: 2-9-T5-3. His window isn't closing yet – that's not even, um, close to happening – but it ain't getting any more open, either. He's been close to winning a fifth career major, with nine top-5s since 2014. He's been close to winning the Masters so many times, finishing in the top-10 in seven of the past nine years. He's been close to winning twice in the past month at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Match Play. No one else can touch that recent majors history. His worst finish in his past 10 majors is 21st. In Scheffler's past nine majors, he has finished among the top-8 six times. 1 player in the world and the Masters favorite. He made it to the semifinals and had good friend Sam Burns on the ropes, but let it get away. This year, Scheffler had won two of his previous four starts heading into the defense of his WGC-Match Play title two weeks ago. Scheffler had a near-repeat of last spring, when he rode a stretch of three wins in five starts into Augusta, where he memorably made it four of six with his first major victory. The 18 LIV golfers were also playing the week before in a 54-hole tournament in Orlando.Īny field changes or important news will be noted in the comments section below.Īnd with that, here are our rankings for the 87th Masters, broken down into seven groups: The Texas Open winner, if not already in the Masters field, would get the final berth. These rankings were determined before the completion of the Valero Texas Open, which took place the week before the Masters and included 11 golfers already qualified for Augusta. The better news for the golfers is that temperatures will be in the 70s and 80s and the wind is expected to be mostly single-digit light. The early weather forecast indicates there could be some rainy days ahead, beginning with the weekend before the tournament, plus the practice rounds and into the tournament itself. Two years ago, the tee at the par-4 11th was moved back 15 yards, making the hole play 520, and the tee at the par-5 15th was moved back 20 yards, making it 550. The change will put a whole new complexion on "Azalea," which annually has been the easiest hole on the course. The increase comes entirely on the par-5 13th hole, which is now 545 yards after the tee was moved back 35 yards. It has been particularly challenging to gauge their ranking, but they are interspersed throughout and not lumped together like the amateurs and legacy champions.Īugusta National is a par-72 that has been lengthened to a scorecard yardage of 7,545 yards. ![]() They all have played very little golf this year, with only three LIV tournaments and maybe a few other events outside of LIV. They qualified in at least one of five ways: as a former Masters winner, recent major winner, top-12 finisher in last year's Masters, qualifier for last year's Tour Championship - despite being ineligible to play - or being top-50 in the world rankings. Among those 74 are 18 golfers now with LIV Golf. ![]()
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