Cam Smith hits second shot from his knees on No. 8 (2024)

Scottie Scheffler is the 2024 Masters champion, securing his second major and second Masters (2022) at Augusta National.

Playing partner Collin Morikawa faltered at the turn to drop out of contention, with major debutant Ludvig Åberg claiming an impressive outright second.

Earlier, Tiger Woods (+16) shot 77 on his 100th Masters round.

Final Leaderboard:

• 1: SCHEFFLER -11 (68)
• 2: Åberg -7 (69)
• T3: Morikawa -4 (74)
• T3: Homa -4 (73)
• T3: Fleetwood -4 (69)

Augusta National has brought Cameron Smith to his knees.

Smith was forced to play his second shot on No. 8 behind a tree, on his knees. Objectively, it was sick. Realistically, he hit it 23 yards and gave himself 249 yards to the pin on the par 5. Smith was able to par the hole.

Smith was a favorite to make a moving day push up the leaderboard, but instead shot an even-par 72 for the second straight day. Given the change in conditions from Friday to Saturday has to be considered a worse round of golf, even if the score was the same. He got up to 3-under today after an eagle on No. 2, but dropped a shot with a bogey on the par-4 5th.

Watch the shot here.

We've got some low scores on the board here in Augusta, which means two things. First, the course has indeed softened up and the door for birdie opportunities is wide open. Second, we're pretty much guaranteed to have an electric final round considering the leaderboard is stacked with world-class iron players who will be sticking it tight all day.

Tom Kim posted a 6-under 66 with eight birdies, and he made a really interesting point about today's conditions allowing for shorter clubs into the par-4's and therefore better scoring opportunities.

"I hit 3-wood on 11 on Friday and I hit 6-iron today, and I hit a better drive on Friday, too," Kim said.

The Bryson DeChambeau roller coaster continues as he birdies holes 4 and 5.

DeChambeau is back to 3-under-par, where he started the final round.

After Scottie Scheffler's birdie on the 3rd hole, he follows it up with a bogey on the difficult par-3 4th.

Scheffler has missed three of the first four greens in his final round.

The lead is now one for Scheffler ahead of Collin Morikawa and Max Homa.

Scottie Scheffler extends his lead.

After finding the greenside bunker, Scheffler gets the up and down for birdie on the par-4 3rd hole.

Scheffler is at 8-under-par, two ahead of Collin Morikawa and Max Homa.

Collin Morikawa misses his birdie putt on the par-5 2nd hole before settling for par.

Meanwhile, Scottie Scheffler hit his third shot in the patrons on the left side, missing the green. He was able to get it up and down for par.

Both Scheffler and Morikawa even through two holes.

If you're riding the Bryson DeChambeau train this Masters Sunday, please keep your hands inside the car at all times.

Bogey on 1. Bogey on 3, complete with a miserable chip that hit the fringe and rolled back to behind his feet. Birdie on 4.

DeChambeau is now 3-under through 4, in a four-way tie for sixth place.

Birdies for the penultimate group as Max Homa and Ludvig Åberg each record fours at the par-5 2nd hole.

Homa is tied for Morikawa at 6-under-par, one off the lead.

Åberg is now two off the lead at 5-under-par.

Game on.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Neal Shipley, who has finished this Masters as low amateur, just sat with reporters in the Augusta National interview room, an appetizer before heading to Butler Cabin later Sunday to be presented with the Silver Cup as the tournament’s low amateur finisher.

Shipley seemingly spent this week in a dreamscape. He stayed in the crow’s nest on Monday night, watching Connecticut beat Purdue in the men’s national championship game. Then shot 71-76 on Thursday and Friday to stand as the only amateur to make the cut this week. Then, the perfect ending — being paired with Tiger Woods for Sunday’s final round.

“I think I’d have to win one of these to top this,” Shipley said.

Tiger Woods said that a meeting with PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan last month has helped with negotiations between the PGA Tour and PIF.

Woods, who has taken a key place in negotiations as a member of the PGA Tour Policy Board, and Al-Rumayyan were the headliners of a meeting the day after The Players Championship in the Bahamas, which included key representatives from the tour, PIF (which funds and operates LIV) and Strategic Sports Group (which has committed more than a billion dollars in funding to PGA Tour Enterprises). The groups continue to hunt for a solution that would seek to end the division between the two tours since 2022.

“I don’t know if we’re closer but we’re certainly headed in the right direction,” Woods said Sunday after his final round at the Masters. “That was a very positive meeting and both sides came away from the meeting positive.”

1: Scottie SCHEFFLER (-7)

Here he is. It's salmon pink (from where I'm sitting) from the 2022 Masters champion and overnight leader as he smashes his opening tee shot of the final round plush down the 1st fairway, just next to the right-side fairway bunker.

The world No.1 is up and running.

The penultimate group of Max Homa and Ludvig Åberg tees off in the final round.

Homa, two off the lead, is searching for his first major.

Åberg trying to be the first since Fuzzy Zoeller to win the Masters in his major championship debut.

Cameron Smith with a quick move up the leaderboard.

He chips in on the par-5 2nd hole for eagle.

Smith is now at 3-under-par, four off the lead.

Only two of the last 12 winners of the Masters made birdie on the first hole in the final round.

10 of the last 18 Masters winners missed the first green with their second shot.

Under one hour to go until the final group tees off featuring Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa.

Read more from The Athletic's Brody Miller about why Scheffler is ready to win another major.

Tiger Woods shot 77 in his 100th career round at the Masters.

He's the 21st player to reach 100 career rounds in Masters history.

Tiger Woods shot a final-round, 5-over 77 on Sunday at the Masters.

A tough weekend for Tiger who finished the tournament at 16-over-par.

But put this in perspective: Tiger came into this tournament having played just 24 holes of tournament golf.

He extended his made-cuts streak at the Masters to 24, a new record.

This is just the second time Woods has completed four rounds at a major since the 2020 Masters.

Woods walked off Augusta amid a chorus of raucous roars.

Tom Kim (currently 7-under-par on his final round) shot 77 in the third round.

The biggest improvement in the last 30 Masters from Round 3 to Round 4 is 15 shots — in 2016, amateur Romain Langasque finished 83-68.

Tom Kim has birdied six of his last eight holes and is 7-under-par in the final round.

Augusta National is getable today.