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☆ Unflappable Scottie Scheffler clinches second Masters title with virtuoso display
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Scottie Scheffler clinched his second Masters title in style on Sunday, cementing the American’s status as the preeminent force in men’s golf. I love you,” Scheffler replied when asked by Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley if he had a message for his wife. The ball was still amongst the shrubbery when Scheffler rolled in for par on the same green shortly after, extending his lead to three. His first Masters triumph had ended in a shaky – albeit inconsequential – four-putt, but there were no such blips this time round. After a standing ovation on his walk to the 18th green, Scheffler signed off with a simple putt for par.

Persons: Scottie Scheffler, Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg, Scheffler, Meredith, “ I’m, I’ll, ” Scheffler, Fred Ridley, “, can’t, ”, Brooks Koepka, Scheffler toasts, Warren Little, Woods, Åberg, –, Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros, Tiger Woods, ” Woods, ” Åberg, Fuzzy Zoeller, Europe’s, Andrew Redington, Max Homa, Collin Morikawa, England’s Tommy Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy’s, Spain’s Jon Rahm, Ominously, Morikawa, Homa, Mike Segar, Rahm, Jamie Squire, Aberg, Ted Scott Organizations: CNN, Augusta National, Augusta, Golf, PGA Championship, RSM, Getty Locations: Butler, Augusta, Rome, Homa

☆ Wyndham Clark wins Pebble Beach Pro-Am after just 54 holes as heavy storms cut tournament short
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —American golfer Wyndham Clark was declared the winner of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after just 54 holes on Sunday, as heavy storms over the Monterey Peninsula led organizers to end the tournament early. Yet despite improved forecasts for Monday morning, the result was declared with 18 holes still to play “in accordance with PGA Tour regulations,” according to a statement from the PGA Tour Rules Committee on Sunday night. Fallen portable toilets at Pebble Beach on Sunday. Ryan Sun/APHaving gone six years without a PGA Tour triumph since turning pro, victory marks Clark’s third on the circuit in the space of nine months. Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesThe tournament is the first on the PGA Tour to be reduced to 54 holes since 2016, when the Zurich Classic of New Orleans was shortened due to similarly inclement weather.

Persons: Wyndham Clark, Clark, Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg, “, Ryan Sun, ” Clark, It’s, Ezra Shaw Organizations: CNN, Reigning, AP, Getty, PGA, Zurich Locations: Monterey, Monterey County, Beach, Orleans, California, Los Angeles

☆ Wyndham Clark shoots course record 60 as he takes the lead at Pebble Beach Pro-Am
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —American golfer Wyndham Clark shot a course-record 60 as he moved into the lead at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am after three rounds. Clark’s historic round at the famous links course in California included two eagles and nine birdies, giving him a one-shot lead ahead of Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg. It would have been the 13th sub-60 round in the history of the PGA Tour. “Then obviously making all of those putts out of the ordinary was also pretty awesome.”Clark shot the lowest round of his career at Pebble Beach. Åberg dropped off the top of the leaderboard but is only one shot behind Clark going into the final day after a third-round 67.

Persons: Wyndham Clark, Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg, putts, ” Clark, Tracy Wilcox, Clark, Tom Kite, David Duval, Patrick Cantlay, Matthias Schwab, Hurly Long, “, Åberg, France’s Matthieu Pavon, USA’s Mark Hubbard, Belgium’s Thomas Detry Organizations: CNN, PGA, PGA Tour, week’s Farmers Insurance Locations: California, Pebble Beach

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