“There’s a sense that he’s kind of come out of nowhere…but I would say that extraordinary success is sequential, not simultaneous…I don’t know if this is a hot streak as much as it is the beginning of an era.” – Brandel Chamblee on Scottie Scheffler
“It’s rare you produce your A game in the heat of pressure, and you do have to rely on your B and C game at times. Tiger was fantastic at it, and I think we saw that today. A lot of credit to Scottie Scheffler.” – Paul McGinley on Scheffler’s final round performance
“Mistakes are a part of his fabric, and today he made too many of them. At this elite level, sometimes it’s going to go your way like it did at TPC, but you’re going to crash and burn as well, and he certainly crashed and burned today.” – McGinley on Cameron Smith
“I think maybe it’s just this event, just this round that will slap Rory out of his major malaise.” – Chamblee on Rory McIlroy
STAMFORD, Conn. – April 10, 2022 – GOLF Central Live From The Masters concluded its comprehensive coverage surrounding the 2022 Masters with post-round reaction and analysis on GOLF Channel immediately following the final round of play as Scottie Scheffler (-10) won his first career major.
The Masters – Final Leaderboard
| Player | Total |
| Scottie Scheffler | -10 |
| Rory McIlroy | -7 |
| Cameron Smith | -5 |
| Shane Lowry | -5 |
| Colin Morikawa | -4 |
On Scottie Scheffler (10-under, champion)
Rich Lerner: “He came in as world No. 1, he leaves with no doubt that he is that. Best player this week, best player this year, best player on the planet.”
Chamblee: “He could have easily let things slip yesterday at the 18th hole, could’ve have easily let things slip today at the 1st hole, could have easily let things sip at the 3rd hole today, and typically when you see players fall out of the lead and lose their equilibrium, they do it early. He had every opportunity to do it, and he didn’t do it.”
McGinley: “Composure is the word we used yesterday, and again we saw that. Some really good, gritty, competitive stuff today as well. He didn’t have his best game today, and got the job done. His short game was sensational.”
McGinley on Scheffler’s final round performance: “He played like a veteran…We talk often about these players and how great they are, but we also talk about them having the ability to play with their B game and their C game and sometimes in the heat of pressure it’s hard to produce the A game. In fact, it’s rare you produce your A game in the heat of pressure, and you do have to rely on your B and C game at times. Tiger was fantastic at it and I think we saw that today. A lot of credit to Scottie Scheffler.”
Chamblee on Scheffler’s rise: “There’s a sense that he’s kind of come out of nowhere…but I would say that extraordinary success is sequential, not simultaneous…All the things that he did as a junior golfer, that was sequential success on the way to this road…When you look at him and you start to think about all the players that have had similar spurts to this – and there’s no shortage of them. (David) Duval did this, (Jordan) Spieth did this, Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Bob Tway did this. They happen about every two, three, four years…There’s all kinds of hurdles on the way and the big question is, can he sidestep all those hurdles? I think he can…I don’t know if this is a hot streak as much as it is the beginning of an era.”
McGinley on Scheffler’s future: “Expectation comes on his shoulders now, and that’s a different mindset that he’s going to have to deal with. It’s too early to give a definitive answer that this guy has arrived and he’s going to keep on going forward. There are so many hurdles that will come his way and how he deals with those and can he keep his focus and keep riding through it? … How he deals with the challenges that are going to come his way are going to define who he ends up being.”
On Cameron Smith (5-under, tied third place)
Chamblee on Smith missing left off the tee: “He’s almost dead last on the PGA TOUR in his left miss…when you have a glaring weakness like that – not that this is a difficult golf course to drive the golf ball on, but the one lace you really can’t miss it at Augusta National is left…That’s not a small deficiency when you’re playing Augusta National. He makes up for it with marvelous other areas of his game, they’re off the charts, but that left miss was why he lost this tournament more than the shot at 12.”
McGinley: “The cavalier way that he plays the game, the swashbuckling way that he plays the game is going to leave himself prone and open to a lot of mistakes…Mistakes are a part of his fabric, and today he made too many of them. At this elite level, sometimes it’s going to go your way like it did at TPC, but you’re going to crash and burn as well, and he certainly crashed and burned today…He’s got to find a way of tightening that up if he’s going to be a really great player. He’s a fabulous player at the moment, he’s not a great player. There’s very few who reach that top echelon.”
On Rory McIlroy (7-under, second place)
Chamblee: “I look at the ripple of this, the effect of this, I think maybe it’s just this event, just this round that will slap Rory out of his major malaise, that will remind him of just who he is from a talent perspective. He’s marvelously talented, intelligent, but there’s no question he’s been a different player early on … (Major championships) all have a trend. He starts out on Thursday as one player, and then he goes into the phone booth and comes out Superman and he’s the best player in the world Friday, Saturday, Sunday. He was the best player on this golf course today…Maybe it’s the ripple of this that will change him into the best player in the world Thursday morning at the PGA Championship as opposed to Friday morning.”
McGinley: “It’s unquestioned now that he can play this golf course and there’s no reason why he can’t go on and complete the Grand Slam…This might kickstart him back into a little bit of belief into going on and getting major number five…I’m starting to see the influence that Bob Rotella is having on him…I’m looking at a more patient approach.”
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