Scottie Scheffler has picked up where he left him in the Masters.
Scheffler, 28, won the Masters in 2022 and 2024 and began his search to win the main tournament for the second consecutive year on Thursday.
Scheffler was 1 low when he entered the 3 room hole. Scheffler hit its exit blow in the center of the green, but 60 feet from the hole.
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Scottie Scheffler reacts after putting the second green during the first round of the Masters tournament on April 10, 2025. (Images of Michael Madrid-Imagn)
The defending champion did not flinch. Scheffler hit the hill on the back of the glass with some speed for the Birdie.
The Birdie put it 2 under a couple around four holes to start its first round.
At the time of this writing, Scheffler is 3 under a torque to 12 holes, and is tied second as he follows Tyrell Hatton for a single blow.
Patton Kizzire crawls into bushes to align a shot after a rebel path during the masters
Scottie Scheffler observes her exit blow to the fourth hole during the first round in the Masters, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo AP/David J. Phillip)
Scheffler seeks to be the fourth golf to win the masters in consecutive years. Jack Nicklaus won in 1965-66, Nick Fald in 1989-90, and Tiger Woods, the last to do so, in 2001-02.
With his victory last year, Scheffler joined Horton Smith as the only two golfers to win his first two masters victories in five or less openings. Scheffler has never finished outside the Top 20 in its five master’s openings.
Scottie Scheffler and her caddie, Ted Scott, walk along the first street during the first round of the Masters on April 10, 2025. (Peter Casey-Imagn images)
After a historically good 2024 season, Scheffler has not yet registered a victory so far on the PGA tour this year. In spite of that, it has three best results among the 10 best, one of which was a draw for the second in its most recent tournament at the Texas Children’s Houston Open.
Scheffler lost some tournaments to start the season due to a strange hand injury he suffered while preparing Christmas dinner.
