Scottie Scheffler Masters Champion Secrets Revealed

Scottie Scheffler, the reigning Masters champion, is determined to keep the secrets of his success at Augusta National to himself as he bids to justify his status as the pre-tournament favorite and secure a second green jacket.

The world number one has been in scintillating form this season, winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational by five shots and then becoming the first player to win back-to-back Players Championship titles at Sawgrass. His only blemish was a short missed birdie putt on the final hole of the Houston Open, which cost him the chance of a third consecutive victory.

Scheffler’s triumph at the Masters two years ago was aided by a yardage book given to him by Ben Crenshaw’s former caddie, Carl Jackson, who had worked at Augusta National for an incredible 54 years. Crenshaw arranged a meeting between the pair as bad weather delayed the pre-tournament par-three contest, and four days later, Scheffler secured his first major title by three shots, despite a four-putt on the final hole.

“I’m not going to expand too much on Carl’s secrets in front of people, but it was my third Masters and I sat in the back of the caddie house with Carl,” Scheffler revealed. “Ben had suggested that I just sit down with him for a few minutes, and he gave me a yardage book that had some of where I think he called it grain is, where some of the slopes are. And it’s just a yardage book that has some arrows in it. (But) I’m not going to tell you where the arrows are pointing.”

Scheffler added that he always reviews the yardage book in the lead-up to the tournament, as “there is kind of some weird stuff that goes on around the golf course.”

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