Paired together in the opening two rounds, both golfers know how much a Masters victory means — for different reasons.
Golf — The Masters — Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia, U.S. — April 11, 2024 Scottie Scheffler of the U.S. shakes hands with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy on the green on the 18th hole after completing their first round REUTERS/Mike Segar AUGUSTA, Ga. — There was a moment Thursday afternoon when Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler stood beside each other and chatted. This was on the third green, with the Masters just a couple of hours old.
Any Masters field is divided into two groups: Those who have won here and therefore can return forever, and those who haven’t and are left to dream about getting to the other side. For the first group, the drive down Magnolia Lane can be soothing and freeing, because this is the site of a career-defining, life-changing triumph. For the second, that same drive can be suffocating and ulcer-inducing, because as the years tick by, the chances grow fewer.
By almost any measure, McIlroy is the more accomplished player. He leads Scheffler in major championships, four to one. He leads him in PGA Tour wins, 24-8. McIlroy, who has been playing golf around the globe since he was a teenager, has won 17 times on the Europe-based circuit now known as the DP World Tour. Scheffler can counter only with a pair of wins on the minor league Korn Ferry Tour. McIlroy has been the top-ranked player in the world for 122 weeks; Scheffler, for 82.be gaudier.
He laughed, because that can be a default mode. In just his fifth Masters, he knows both feelings. McIlroy is here for the 16th time, and it’s possible he has tried that many ways to approach his preparation. The plan this year: Come up for two practice rounds last week, compete at the PGA Tour stop in San Antonio — where he finished third — head home to Florida, and not get to Augusta until midday Tuesday.“I feel like I’ve done it quite a few different ways,” he admitted.
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