Thursday, April 9, 2026

Masters: Day One

Here are the last ten winners of the Masters:

2025:  Rory McIlroy (NIR)
2024:  Scottie Scheffler
2023:  Jon Rahm (ESP)
2022:  Scottie Scheffler
2021:  Hideki Matsuyama (JPN)
2020:  Dustin Johnson
2019:  Tiger Woods
2018:  Patrick Reed
2017:  Sergio Garcia (ESP)
2016:  Danny Willett

Here are the top ten golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking:

1.  Scottie Scheffler
2.  Rory McIlroy (NIR)
3.  Cameron Young
4.  Tommy Fleetwood (ENG)
5.  J.J. Spaun
6.  Matt Fitzpatrick (ENG)
7.  Collin Morikawa
8.  Robert MacIntyre (SCO)
9.  Justin Rose (ENG)
10.  Xander Schauffele

So far this year:

On January 25, Scottie Scheffler won The American Express to pick up his 20th victory on the PGA Tour.

On February 1, Justin Rose (ENG) won the Farmers Insurance Open for his 13th tour victory.

On February 15, Collin Morikawa won the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.  That was his 7th victory on tour.

On March 8, Akshay Bhatia's win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational was his 3d victory on tour.

On March 15, Cameron Young's win at the Players was his 2d tour victory.

And now we are ready to go.

4 comments:

  1. We already have a great leaderboard. Sam Burns leads after a first round 67 left him at five under par. But McIlroy, Patrick Reed, Jason Day, Shane Lowry, and Tommy Fleetwood are all tied at 3 under. Meanwhile, Scheffler just eagled the second hole, so he's already at 2 under.

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  2. Bryson DeChambeau is 3 over through 14. Scheffler drives the green on the par-4 third hole and two-putts for a birdie that moves him to 3 under.

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  3. Rory McIlroy is 5 under through 16 holes. Scheffler is 3 under through 6.

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  4. McIlroy finishes with a 67 and ties Burns for the lead at 5 under. Jason Day and Patrick Reed are finished with 69's. Justin Rose is 3 under through 8. Scheffler is 3 under through 7.

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