[dramatic music playing]
[music fades]
[man] Justin Thomas, take one.
[man 2] Got him. JT.
Season three.
Yeah. Season three, Full Swing. Let's do it.
Season three.
-Thanks for having me. I'm excited. -Very excited about this.
-Make sure you hit record on this. -Sitting like this?
-I have to turn my phone off too. Sorry. -Get that pillow out of here.
Is that a puppy in the background or…
You're on season three Netflix, buddy. Millions of people are gonna say hi.
-[woman] Ready? -Ready. Let's go. Let's get it.
[woman] Exciting year?
Exciting year. Yeah. Uh, eventful year.
[reporter] World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested.
He's going to jail. And it ain't nothing you can do about it.
All I see is my friend, handcuffed,
walking to a police car.
[Scottie] Still don't really know how that happened, exactly.
[reporter 2] Rory McIlroy has filed for divorce.
[Rory] I think the Netflix cameras are following me right now. So…
[Dethier] Because the game is so popular,
the players are in the national news whether they like it or not.
These guys are collabing with politicians and celebrities,
and it's seeing their influence go beyond just golf
and really into mainstream popular culture.
What the…
[Balionis] There is no hiding from the things that are happening.
It makes me wanna puke. It makes me wanna cry.
[Balionis] The magnifying glass is on you and only you,
especially if you're an elite player.
[crowd chanting] Let him cook! Let him cook!
[Min Woo] People are, you know, gonna just say I'm a social media guy.
Yeah, it kind of makes me mad.
I'm here to announce our Ryder Cup captain, Keegan Bradley.
[applause]
-[reporter 3] Your reaction to this news? -Very surprised.
[Rapaport] But at the end of the day, the reason for this attention is simple.
There is no sport that is as personal and passionate.
and just gut-wrenchingly human as golf.
It's just wild. It's something you never think you would hear.
It literally came out of nowhere. Our life was completely changed.
-[man] Be arguing with Deuce again. -Three mil. Three mil for the rules.
[Adam] Is there a fire in me that I'm maybe not as good?
Yeah.
I haven't truly cried yet. I don't want this to be the time I cry.
[Mark] He's gonna motivate and inspire a lot of people
to overcome things that have been holding them back
from achieving their full potential.
It's been hard, but all I ever know is to play.
And that's why in a game that is designed to make you lose,
the wins feel that much greater.
[cheering]
[dramatic music playing]
[birds chirping]
[commentator] We have another week of drama on the way
to crown the winner of one of the biggest events in all of golf.
[Rory] I'd say my goals for this season are
the same as what they are every season.
You know, I wanna try to compete against the best players in the world.
And I would say from a attention standpoint,
I don't think golf's ever had as much attention on it.
[Dethier] There's just been so much disruption, so many news bombs
dropping out of nowhere that changed the landscape of the sport.
So now golf fans are just constantly on edge.
Like, "What the hell's gonna happen next?"
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, we have a surprise for you.
[commentator] This guy just is a human highlight reel.
First on the team,
please welcome…
[suspenseful music swells]
[cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
-Tony. Tony! -Thanks for having me, man.
-Thanks for being here, buddy. -Thank you.
This handsome kid I've seen before.
What's up, buddy?
I'm Scottie Scheffler, and I'm here on the set of Happy Gilmore 2.
Being here on set definitely brings back a lot of memories from the first one.
Come on. How you doing? What a pleasure to meet you.
[Scottie] Getting to be featured in the second one's a cool experience.
Legends! Legends right here.
A little nerve-racking.
[man] Action.
[Colin] We've been here for a few days filming.
Jordan, Ricky, Keegan,
Tony Finau.
-How is your game, Adam? -Not good.
-Yeah? -[chuckles]
What a movie to make our debut.
All right.
Perfection.
It was pretty easy for me. I get to act as a big Happy Gilmore fan, which I am,
so it's been a blast.
That felt good, felt better.
[Rory] Obviously, this is a completely different experience for me
compared to what I normally do,
but I can't believe I'm a part of it.
Oh! [laughs]
[Bryson] It's pretty surreal. It's like I'm in another alternate universe.
My dad obviously wanted me to play golf,
so what better way other than to watch
the original classic golf movies, one of them being Happy Gilmore?
De-Cham-something.
-De-Cham-something. Right. -I love you, baby.
I love you, bro. He's the best.
[man] Three, two, one…
[man 2] Baba Booey!
[laughs]
That was good, boys.
-[man 3] Where do you live? Florida? -Yeah. Jupiter, Florida.
Oh, no, we wouldn't…
-Perfect. Thanks, guys. -I started watching Full Swing.
-It's great. Yeah. -Nice.
-It's really well done. -Yeah.
-You guys come off very-- -You don't have to say that.
-'Cause that's them. -Oh shit. The show is awful.
It's terrible.
[cheering]
[Dethier] This year's interesting.
Off the course, you see a lot of these guys working together,
making their acting debuts in Happy Gilmore 2.
-[man 4] One, two, three. -Golf!
But there's an interesting dynamic on the course,
where they're all chasing one guy.
Scottie Scheffler.
Come on, Shooter. We all miss a putt every now and then.
[laughing]
[Rory] Scottie is undoubtedly the best player in the world right now.
Every time he shows up to a golf tournament,
it seems like he's the guy to beat.
[commentator] Scottie Scheffler is the king of Bay Hill again.
The best player since Tiger Woods, maybe.
[commentator 2] Scottie Scheffler is the 50th Players Champion,
and the first to go back to back.
[Scottie] The competitive fire is always there.
Now maybe even more so there's a target on my back
and guys are trying to chase me down.
-Enjoyed it. -[Christopher] Whoa, the pop!
-The pop. -Whoo!
[laughs]
It feels kind of like a pro-am. Like, this is how…
Like, they're playing with somebody with 30 A-games.
It's probably what it feels like to them. It's been fun.
[Rory] Yeah.
[Scottie] I've definitely been playing well this year,
and call it whatever you want,
maybe a heater or hot stretch, whatever it is.
I'm just doing my best just to try and keep it going.
If Scottie keeps playing like this, he could be unstoppable.
So the question going into the first major of the year,
which is the Masters,
is who can challenge world number one?
[machine whirring]
[man] We actually just got this machine about two weeks ago, maybe.
And it is one of my favorite purchases, actually.
I wouldn't call myself a coffee snob, though.
That's a bit too far. [chuckles]
I don't like it when it's weak.
Sometimes, you can look down in the cup and see the bottom through the coffee.
That's like, "No. Can't do that." [chuckles]
Not to step on any toes, but that's just my opinion. [laughs]
My name is very European,
but I've heard it butchered in a Southern accent.
I've heard… I've heard all sorts of different words.
[man] And for the record, how is it pronounced?
Uh, Ludvig Åberg.
[Wilson] Ludvig Åberg looks like he was built in a Swedish chemistry lab.
Between his build, his face, and his golf swing,
he looks like he was crafted by the golf gods.
[Rapaport] Ludvig is 24 years old. He's never played in a major championship,
but his résumé is already stacked.
He was the first college player
to get direct access from college to the PGA TOUR.
He won a DP World Tour event. He won a PGA TOUR event in his 11th start.
He was picked to represent Europe at the Ryder Cup,
and he put on a show that week that no one saw coming.
[booing]
[announcer] Representing the United States,
Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka.
Representing Europe, Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Åberg.
[cheering]
[Dethier] You've got the world number one with the greatest major champion
of the modern era,
and they just get throttled.
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] A dream start for the Swedish rookie.
Remember, he's not yet played in a major championship,
and here he is at the Ryder Cup.
It is going from bad to worse
for the world number one, Scottie Scheffler,
and the PGA champion, Brooks Koepka.
[Balionis] It was a trouncing
in the most historic way we've ever seen in Ryder Cup history.
[commentator 2] The biggest margin ever.
[commentator 3] Look at Scottie there. Wow.
You don't normally see that, eh? That's what the Ryder Cup can do.
[Rapaport] Ludvig Åberg made the number one player in the world cry.
There's no bigger blowout than that.
[Balionis] Playing on a big stage as a Ryder Cup team member,
that's a whole different type of pressure, and Ludvig handled it.
And I think walking away from that, he had that feeling that
"If I can handle this, I can handle anything."
[woman] Do you play football?
[laughing] I do play football.
It's fun to throw around.
I can't tell you I'm… I'm great at throwing it, 'cause I'm not American.
The Masters is definitely the one tournament
I'm looking forward to the most.
The history of it. I love history. I think it's the coolest thing about the game.
It's the one major you come back to every year.
There's all these iconic moments and iconic shots,
and for me to kind of, like,
understand that I'll be a part of that in some way would… would be amazing.
And if I can go there and… and have a great week and have fun,
I think that's all I can ask for.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Scottie] Every golfer dreams of playing in the Masters
and just playing the course.
Augusta for a golfer is like going to the Vatican for a Catholic basically.
I'd say it's something like that.
I'll always remember the first time I ever got to Augusta,
It was a special moment for me.
I think that's the same for a lot of people.
[indistinct chatter]
-Hi, guys. -[woman] Hi!
What's up?
[Tony] It's pretty eye-opening, the first time on that property
where the best players ever win.
[Colin] Don't wanna see my address.
-[woman] Uh, don't… -[laughs]
-How are you doing? -Good, thanks. How are you?
Doing good. Welcome.
[Matt] This amazes me. I don't know how people sign up so early.
[woman] Registration starts Saturday, so…
Oh, that's how. They get excited and come early. Okay.
[Sahith] I think that's the best handwriting I've ever produced.
-Thank you. -My handwriting's usually awful.
-[woman] Welcome, and congratulations. -[man] Thank you.
[woman 2] How does it feel, like, doing DCP, then?
It's… it's pretty cool.
It's cool being the first person to kind of come back as a participant, so…
-[woman 2] We knew it'd happen one day. -Yeah, it is awesome though.
[dramatic music playing]
[announcer] Welcome back to the Media Center
a five-time green jacket winner, Mr. Tiger Woods.
[reporter] Can you talk about what it means to you to mentor younger players?
[Tiger] I love watching them succeed. That's part of the game.
We pass on the knowledge. And we… we don't keep it, especially here.
This is one of the events we get a chance to do that
just because we're playing on the same venue each and every year.
The Masters does an incredible job of bringing together
the past and future of the game of golf.
When I first came out, a lot of older guys gave me really good advice,
and I'm trying to kind of, you know, pay it forward to the next group of guys.
And I still feel like the young guy here.
I'm trending more towards the older end of the spectrum now,
which is a bit weird.
[Rapaport] You're the highest-ranked debutant behind only Wyndham Clark.
Most guys, their first Masters, they're trying to take everything in,
trying to soak in the experience,
but you're in a unique position where you believe you can win this.
How are you balancing those two things this week?
I guess all I'm trying to do is just embrace
all the nerves and all the excitement that I feel, um,
and at the same time, know my capabilities and know my qualities
and know that, you know, that's good enough to compete.
But I'll definitely make sure that, coming Thursday, I'll be prepared as I can.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Wilson] The Masters tournament is the signal
that the golf season is officially starting.
Majors season is here.
It's nice. It's nice being back.
[Wilson] The course is so hard. The tournament is so hard.
So there's this added layer of pressure and excitement.
The fans can feel that.
[cheering and applause]
[Rapaport] This is just the best time of the year. You get the best players
from both tours coming together, competing at the highest level.
We're gonna see stars shine. We're gonna see stars rise and fall.
And if we're lucky, we might even see a new star or two.
-[man] Neal! -[man 2] Neal!
[applause]
[Balionis] Neal Shipley is one of those players
when you see him walking around the course,
you're like, "Who is that guy?"
-[man] Am I allowed to swear on this? -[woman] Go for it.
"Go for it." Oh, don't say go for it. I'm not… [laughs]
[man 2 laughs]
My grandparents are gonna watch this, so I gotta be careful.
I'm a fifth-year senior at the Ohio State University.
So this is the not-so-clean room.
I wouldn't really focus over there. [chuckles]
This is all clean clothes. I just haven't folded them yet.
I did them all yesterday.
I live in a college apartment with five of my teammates.
Well, we've destroyed a wall with the dartboard.
We're not getting the security deposit back for that.
You know, we play a lot of Xbox when we're not on the golf course.
We bought two cases of beer, and it's sitting on top of that.
I'm pretty proud of that engineering, honestly.
I think that's a great way to use the education. [laughs]
I get joked about all the time on the team.
They've given me a lot of crap.
My teammates started just writing stuff.
"Big sexy."
"Fabio." "First Team All Fridge" for my eating habits.
A long-term quote is that, you know, "My body is by Waffle House."
"Body by Waffle House." I think I need to get that on a T-shirt.
Are you gonna wear those things on Magnolia Lane?
This is, like, redneck Gucci, dude.
I'm just an average Joe
who happens to play golf a little bit better than the average guy.
I was six years old when I first watched Tiger Woods play at the U.S. Open in 2007.
My dad was carrying me on his shoulders,
and I was like… from me to the camera, that's the distance between me and Tiger.
I'm a little kid and put my hand out to try and give him a high five,
and he was so focused that he just zooms right by me.
He was the guy, you know? He was the person I always rooted on
and, you know, really inspired me to, you know, go out there and compete.
[Dethier] Amateur golf has always been a celebrated part of the Masters.
They invite a number of amateur champions
from around the world every year to compete,
and there's always a fierce competition for low amateur honors.
There's five ways to qualify for the Masters as an amateur.
I got my invite by finishing second in the U.S. Amateur.
[commentator] Good-looking shot. Absolutely right at it.
[Neal] There was a shot that spun back, you know, 25, 30 feet to about a foot.
[commentator] Tap in! Birdie.
[indistinct yelling]
-Gimme some! -[commentator 2] The shot of his life.
Let's go!
I might have my invitation. I can go check. If you've got…
[woman] Ooh, yeah, go grab your invitation.
I think I have the invitation.
I'm not sure. I have something from them.
-Could be a bill. -[woman] Let's see.
[Neal] Uh…
[rustling through items]
[man speaks indistinctly]
-[woman] Oh wow. -Yeah.
They don't tell you, but you get, like, a huge binder with all the rules.
All of these are, uh…
That's all handwritten.
I think they hire just one person to be their calligraphy person.
You five, you represent all that is good in this beautiful game.
So play your best, compete hard,
and we'll all be rooting you on. Thank you.
I vividly remember getting in trouble multiple times in high school
for streaming the Masters on my computer during class.
And to be there just a few years after I was that high school kid,
it's pretty unbelievable.
[man] Can we just squeeze a bit more?
I've just gotta fit you in between the lamp post and…
[Neal] As an amateur, the history of Bobby Jones
and everything that he's done in amateur golf,
there's a weight to being an amateur there when you're at Augusta.
I wanna go compete and beat those guys, and I feel I have the game to do that,
and I wanna go prove that I belong out there.
We're getting breakfast, I know that.
Dinner until 10:00.
[chuckles]
I like that. Anyone hungry?
I might. [chuckles]
Maybe.
[commentator] The 62nd edition of the Par 3 Contest is underway.
[cheering]
Are you excited? Yes?
[man] This is like a parade to get all the Finaus over there.
-We need about six carts. -[laughs]
[Balionis] The Par 3 is the cutest sporting event on the planet.
You really get to see a softer side of these players,
a more relatable side.
[announcer] Now on the tee, Scottie Scheffler.
[cheering and applause]
The Par 3 contest is always special.
This year, my little sister's caddying for me.
Yeah, how far we gotta go?
I would say…
-…88 yards. -Eighty-eight?
I think that's one of the times you get to really soak in the fans
and just enjoy the experience just because you're not really competing.
You're not really doing anything other than enjoying being out
and enjoying the Par 3 Contest.
[Dethier] The Par 3 Contest is open to everyone in the field.
But Tiger almost never played,
and some guys choose to stay dialed in
and focused and prep for the week ahead instead.
Here you're gonna have 155-ish cover,
and then if we're laying up,
we're going further right to get an angle.
-This angle. -Yeah, to get an angle.
Watch some more.
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] Sammy Spieth in the water.
Five is gonna be in off your right,
so it's gonna give you that whole right side
to knock it through that pine that we talked about.
Yes.
Whoa!
So you're gonna be Magnolia to pine off the tee.
-Yeah. -You know? On this right side.
[Balionis] This is kind of the last time for players to let their hair down,
enjoy the moment, soak it in.
And then once that's over, it's back to business.
[man] Make sure that you've got your tickets out. Tickets in your hand.
-Is everyone ready to have a good day? -[crowd] Yeah!
[man] Come on in! Welcome to the Masters!
[tense music playing]
I'd like to welcome you to the 88th playing of the Masters.
Today, I have the honor
of introducing three legendary champions.
Please welcome Mr. Gary Player.
It's not so easy to put the ball on the tee anymore, is it? [chuckles]
[cheering]
[Fred] Next, Mr. Jack Nicklaus.
-Watch out on the left and right. -[crowd laughs]
[cheering and applause]
Now on the tee, Mr. Tom Watson.
[cheering and applause]
[Fred] The 2024 Masters
is officially underway. Enjoy the tournament.
[cheering]
Sweet.
So I have this playlist on Spotify that's like…
-I call it… I call it DJ. -[woman] It's like EDM, and…
[Olivia] He's like, "Liv, should I have a career in DJing?" I'm like, "No."
-"No. I think you should not do that." -"Stick to golf." [laughs]
How are you feeling about today?
'Cause for me, I didn't really know anything about golf,
but I always knew the Masters. [laughs]
[Ludvig] It's true. It's gonna be my first major,
and I think it's gonna feel a little bit different to a normal tournament, um…
And I think just gonna be okay with that.
I'm… I'm not gonna try to, like, push it away.
I'm not gonna try to,
you know, fight that.
Obviously, it's Masters. It's gonna be bigger, gonna be…
[Olivia] Embracing it and…
[Ludvig] Yeah, I'm just trying to be okay with that.
Definitely not trying to run into Tom Watson or anyone with a green jacket.
-[Olivia laughs] Period. -[Ludvig] Period.
[man] You gotta mark your ball quick because wherever it is is where it is.
-[man 2] Yeah. -[man] You hit a gust…
My question is can we play this place with 30-plus-mile-an-hour gusts?
-I'm not kidding. -We're gonna. We're gonna go find out.
How does the ball stay on the green?
[Balionis] Leading into that opening round,
everyone was talking about the winds that were expected,
and those winds hit hard.
[Dethier] The Masters is intimidating under the best of circumstances
and in the best playing conditions.
But on a day like this, I mean, it goes to the next level.
[Fred] Now driving, Ludvig Åberg!
[Ludvig] It's almost a moment of, like…
11-year-old me would have been like, "Oh my God!" [chuckles]
"This is where I wanna be,
and I don't wanna be anywhere else in the world right now."
[cheering and applause]
Walking to that first tee for the first time at Augusta,
like, that is, uh… It's really, really special.
Our tee shot almost went into the concession stands
and everything right up one fairway.
And then we punched it out to the left greenside bunker,
hit it to about six feet, drained a putt, and made par in our first hole at Augusta.
[commentator] Now Åberg, his second. It's a little right.
[Ludvig] You're not gonna scroll around Augusta National when it's windy
and just make a bunch of birdies. So you can't really force it.
[commentator] Åberg for par.
-[commentator 2] That is well done. -[commentator] Nice.
I think, at Augusta, you're never gonna win it the first day,
but you can lose it the first day.
So you have to focus on the shot in front of you
because Augusta is so demanding,
especially when it's playing like this, that you can't lose your focus.
[commentator 3] And Scottie Scheffler, number one in the world,
2022 Masters champion.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator 3] A little different week for Scottie. He's alone this week.
His wife, Meredith, expecting their first child any day now.
[Scottie] She's pretty much come to every tournament.
She's been with me every step of the way. And so coming to the Masters without her,
definitely a weird feeling, especially, going to sleep the first night just alone.
So the house felt a bit empty at times.
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] Scottie has been saying that, "If she were to go into labor,
it doesn't matter what point it would be, I'm going home."
[cheering]
[commentator] Hello!
How about the amateur Neal Shipley for birdie?
[cheering and applause]
[commentator 4] I hear a lot of support for him.
[Rapaport] Neal finishes the first round in the top 20,
which is pretty wild for an amateur in any circumstance,
but especially in these conditions.
And you're looking at this kid and thinking,
"Gotta keep an eye on this guy."
-Hey, congratulations. -[Neal] Thanks.
-Nothing better than what you just did. -[Neal] Thank you very much.
-[man] Good luck tomorrow. -[Neal] Thanks, Coach. Appreciate it.
Can I get a large Pike, please? And a cinnamon coffee cake?
[woman] All right, that's gonna be $7.70.
-Thank you. -[woman] Thank you.
A large black coffee like a psychopath, I've been told.
[chuckles]
[Neal] My caddies, we're a big fan of no-lid lifestyle.
You just take it off, drive with no lid.
It's a power move, I guess.
Although, Scottie doesn't drink coffee
during his weeks on the road and tournaments,
which… I don't understand how he could do that.
But maybe we should start doing that. I mean, he's been doing okay this year.
[tense music playing]
[commentator] The wind's howling,
and we are working our way towards the weekend
here at the 88th Masters.
[commentator 2] "Easy" is not in the dictionary today.
[commentator] No.
[commentator 3] A day of mental fortitude.
[commentator] Here's Scottie Scheffler.
Oh my goodness. The first bogey of the tournament.
[commentator 4] The wind is up more than yesterday.
[commentator 2] The gusts, it's getting to the point now it's just hard to stand up.
[Rapaport] The weather and the wind are turning the cut line into
kind of a bloodbath.
[commentator 4] A surprising round from DJ.
[Rapaport] You've got major champions, a bunch of top 40 players
who are not gonna stick around for the weekend, and in these conditions,
you're just trying to claw, you're trying to hang around somehow
to give yourself a chance to just get two more rounds.
[commentator] Neal Shipley, the low amateur,
plus three with a 76 today.
[applause]
[commentator 5] And here is Ludvig Åberg.
And he moves forward to four back.
[commentator 4] Åberg at 18.
[commentator 3] The lowest round of the day so far.
Sixty-nine, first player to break 70 in the second round.
[commentator] They say you need experience to figure it out at Augusta.
-It took him one round of experience… -[commentator 3] So much for that!
[commentator] …to come back the next day and be the best in the field in round two.
[commentator 6] There's been ferocious winds all day long,
and just as the players are exiting the course,
the wind decides to stop.
[Ludvig] Oh!
That was a windy day, wasn't it?
-[Olivia] It's like being back in Lubbock. -[Ludvig] I know.
I'm pretty sure I've been in trouble, like, twice for fast walking. [chuckles]
So how are you feeling going into the weekend?
Tomorrow when I tee it up, I'm gonna be nervous.
-I'm gonna be shaking and… -[Olivia] Yeah.
-You don't show it though. [laughs] -No, but it's different.
Yeah. What's going on in the inside is very different.
-But it's like you love these moments. -Yeah, I do. I mean…
It's, like, what you train and practice for.
Yeah, so far, I'm pretty content. I'm pretty pleased, actually.
-You're doing good. -Thank you, love.
[both chuckle]
You… you gotta use your caddie card at some point, my man.
I don't have… Dude, this is my third time caddying ever.
Two U.S. Ams and a Masters. That's it.
I had a group project. I'm doing this group project with these people.
I didn't tell the group that I was playing in the Masters, that I'm working with,
and apparently one of them was watching TV,
uh, watching the Masters and just saw me pop up there
and they're like, "What in the hell is he doing there?" [chuckles]
I really didn't feel nervous Wednesday until the Par 3 Contest,
like, actually in a competitive setting.
I was just trying to pick up the tees properly out of the bucket,
but I was pretty nervous.
There's not that many guys who've been low amateur,
so it's a real honor to have locked that up.
On Friday, halfway through the afternoon,
realizing that I was gonna be the only amateur
to make the cut was a… honestly, a big sigh of relief
because I've already won the low amateur, but there's a lot of pressure.
There's a lot of people watching you. It's a new environment.
It's a whole different animal than college golf, really.
I mean, I've obviously played college tournaments with Ludvig,
but, uh, you know, with those legends like Tiger,
I don't think I've been, uh… been around those guys a lot.
So this is cool. Hopefully, we can, uh, beat some of them this weekend.
It'd be pretty fun. I actually have an assignment due Sunday.
Do you think I can get an extension on that?
One of my teachers didn't know what the Masters was.
[laughing] Your teachers didn't know what the Masters was?
[Carter] Maybe we can send her a picture.
[commentator] It's sunny. It's gorgeous.
It's springtime in Augusta, and what could possibly be better than that?
How's the baby?
-[Brooks] Oh, he's good. Yeah. -He's good?
[commentator 2] The breeze is nowhere near as brutal as it was yesterday,
but the aftermath of that wind yesterday has the greens very firm and fast today.
[commentator 3] Scottie Scheffler at the first.
This, his third after missing the green.
[cheering]
[commentator] A chip-in birdie at the first.
Here's Åberg.
[commentator 4] Very difficult hole location at five today.
That is amazing.
Augusta's one of the courses where you have to let the good golf come
and let the results come, and I managed to score well
and then kind of climb up the leaderboard.
[commentator] Åberg with a chance to pick up another one.
[cheering and applause]
[commentator 2] He's only two off the lead.
[commentator] If you haven't heard about him,
you're gonna hear about him for years.
[commentator 5] One amateur made the cut, Neal Shipley.
He is going to be celebrated and honored and recognized on Sunday evening.
[grunts softly]
Long day.
Well, it looks like I'm playing Tiger. That's a good consolation for shooting 80.
[grunts]
I need to find a red shirt.
[laughs]
Just show up with a red shirt.
[man] Okay, bye. See ya.
[tense music playing]
[commentator] To 13. Scottie Scheffler can make some noise here.
This is for eagle.
You want noise?
You got it!
[cheering and applause]
[commentator 2] Don't often see that kind of emotion out of Scottie Scheffler.
[commentator] Or the rare triple fist pump.
And in that one stroke, he vaults all the way back into a tie at the top.
[Scottie] I'm not worried about anybody else.
I'm trying to control what I can control.
And I think knowing I've already pulled it off once before
is definitely comforting.
[cheering]
[commentator] He plays the two par fives on the second nine in seven strokes.
We have Åberg. The Masters rookie is in the hunt.
So impressive.
And could Scottie Scheffler win a jacket
for the second time in three years? We'll see you tomorrow.
[reporter] Ludvig, your first career major championship,
how do you keep from thinking about how big this is
and kind of stay in the moment?
Um, yeah, I think about it all the time. And I'm okay with thinking about that.
I, uh… Obviously, I'm a competitor, and I wanna win tournaments,
and, uh, obviously I feel very fortunate to be in this position,
to be here playing golf and, uh…
But yes, I don't think you should shy away from it or try to push it away.
I try to embrace it, and I try to be okay with all that comes with it, I guess.
-[man] Good evening. How are you? -Can you take me to, uh, the gym?
Yes, sir. My pleasure.
[Neal] I'm definitely nervous for tomorrow.
[man] How do you think Tiger's gonna treat you?
Do you remember when you were a kid and we went to the practice round at Oakmont?
Yeah, and he was laser focused.
We followed him that whole practice round.
-Yeah. -You were head-to-toe Tiger Woods gear.
[laughs]
Things have a crazy way of working out.
Yeah, 'cause I, like, shot 80, and now I'm playing with Tiger Woods.
And that's probably the best double bogey of my career.
[Neal Sr.] By far the best.
Remember you had to have those Tiger Woods clubs?
Yeah, yeah, I did. I did get those Tiger Woods irons when they came out. Oh.
Oh, I played for three years with them in college. I did okay. I did just fine.
[Neal Sr.] I just can't believe we're doing this.
I am incredibly proud. But I've always been incredibly proud of you.
This is icing on the cake, but even when you're playing juniors,
and I was proud then, too, you know.
This is… this is a different scale for sure,
but I always knew you were made for greatness.
[dramatic music playing]
[commentator] It's Sunday at the Masters
with premium conditions and a cadre of contenders
who are primed to make their case for the coveted green jacket.
-How are you? -[man] Good. Yourself?
Good, thank you.
Hey. What's up?
[commentator] Tiger Woods playing his 100th round in competition
with the only amateur to make the cut, Neal Shipley,
who will be in Butler Cabin later today to be recognized.
[Neal] We're so focused on trying to play golf.
But on the second tee, I absolutely laced my drive.
You walk off that tee, and he's like, "Hey, Neal, good shot there."
Tiger just said, "Hey, nice shot." Like, that… that's really cool. [chuckles]
[Wilson] If you're Neal Shipley,
you're paired up with Tiger Woods, five-time Masters champion.
The GOAT.
You know you may not win,
but you may have an opportunity to show him something.
[cheering and applause]
[commentator] The five-time champion gave them something to cheer about.
[Neal] Never in my life did I ever think I'd be playing with Tiger Woods
Sunday at the Masters.
I never thought that would ever happen.
-So proud. -[man] Great job.
-[Neal] Thanks, Dad. -[Neal Sr.] Love you.
[Neal] Love you, guys. See you in a while.
The odds of me playing with him again are pretty low, so that was, uh…
It's a once-in-a-lifetime type of deal. It's awesome.
And I beat him. [chuckles]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Ludvig] I've got three rounds under my belt.
I felt like I've handled it pretty good. I wanna have a chance to win it.
Scottie's amazing. If he goes on and plays great,
there's not a whole lot I can do to affect that.
I can only control myself and my emotions and my routines.
No matter how it goes today, I'm just gonna still look back tonight
and be like, "Okay, I gave it everything."
[applause]
[Balionis] Sunday of the Masters is one of the best days of the year.
I would say it's probably the most stressful day of the year
if you find yourself near the top of the leaderboard,
understanding that the only thing that lies between you
and a childhood dream is 18 holes of golf and, of course, Scottie Scheffler.
[Fred] Now driving, Ludvig Åberg!
[cheering and applause]
[Fred] Now driving, Scottie Scheffler!
[cheering and applause]
[Scottie] No lead is safe on that course. There's so much trouble,
and there's so much volatility, especially on Sunday.
In order to keep that control, you have to continue to play good golf.
[commentator] The two with Ludvig Åberg.
[commentator 2] He has a chance to don that green jacket on his first attempt.
[commentator 3] What a putt for Åberg!
[Rapaport] The crazy thing is Ludvig comes out of the gates hot,
like it's his tenth time playing this tournament, not his first.
And the guy who's leaving the door open for him is Scottie.
[commentator 2] I'm a little concerned
with the distance control issues on approach.
[commentator] Oh, this is gonna get good.
Åberg
plays it perfectly.
[applause]
[commentator] We're at seven. Big putt for Scheffler.
Cannot save par.
And now we have a three-way tie at six under par.
Åberg for birdie.
-[commentator 2] Find it. -[commentator] He's got it. Yes!
[applause]
[commentator] Who needs experience when you got all the shots?
[Wilson] It's been 45 years since a first-timer has won the Masters,
and here's Ludvig Åberg with the chance to do just that.
[commentator] Having a little snack and…
Oh, there it went.
[Ludvig] I thought for a second I was gonna pick it up and keep eating.
Then I realized there's a camera in front of me,
and I figured that wouldn't be a good idea to do.
[commentator] Now Scottie.
Oh yes. Oh yes.
Come on, now.
That might be at this point the shot of the tournament.
[Scottie] I love being kind of in front of the crowd.
Anytime you're in the final group, there's definitely gonna be pressure,
and that's kind of the fun part.
Well, I think if I play a five that stays over to the right and turns over,
I think that's the right shot.
Okay. And you're okay with that turning over
that it would start playing off the right, playing that?
I think so. I mean, that's… that's the way I've been hitting the shots.
[commentator 2] These guys are now forced to put their foot on the gas
and take a little extra risk.
There you go.
[commentator 2] Careful.
[commentator 3] Uh-oh.
[crowd] Oh!
[commentator 3] Oh dear, Åberg.
First big mistake.
And that will be hard to recover from.
Now at six, he will ride down.
[Ludvig] Made a mistake on 11, hit it in the water.
Obviously wasn't ideal, but I think it's just important
to keep that joy in the game and, uh, make sure that everything you do,
it's supposed to be fun.
[Joe] When you're playing against a guy like Scottie,
the margin for error's small.
[commentator] That is beautiful from Åberg.
[applause]
[Joe] We kind of just regrouped,
moved on, and said "Hey, let's go finish strong and you never know."
[commentator] To get to seven under…
Yes!
[cheering]
[commentator] Scottie Scheffler.
A two-shot lead.
[mysterious music playing]
[commentator] Will it use that backstop? It's gonna try.
And it's gonna get better.
Scottie Scheffler…
spins a beauty at 14.
I think the story here has been that Åberg has put on pressure,
and then Scottie says,
"I'm gonna answer right back."
[applause]
[commentator] Scheffler up three.
Why not?
Why not get in the hole?
A four-shot lead.
[commentator 2] Ludvig at 18.
[commentator] Mind-blowing for some to see a first-ever appearance in a major
end up in a second-place finish at Augusta.
[commentator 2] He's proven to us he's got what it takes.
He's here to stay, for sure.
[Joe] Lud fell short of winning,
but the only guy that beat him in the field
was the best player in the world.
-Great playing, Ludvig. Well done. -[Ludvig] Thank you.
Congratulations! You were awesome.
[Ludvig] It was a good week. I'll have a lot of memories for a very long time,
and something I'm very proud of.
Yeah, obviously, Scottie played pretty well, too, and gotta give it to him.
[laughs]
[applause]
[commentator] One of the greatest feelings in golf.
[Scottie] Walking up 18, is…
it's very difficult to put into words what that means.
I grew up watching Tiger Woods take that walk,
and for me to be able to do it,
it only lasts for a couple of minutes, but it is pretty special.
[commentator] His stardom confirmed.
The father-to-be is the champion of today.
[cheering]
[Scott speaking indistinctly]
I love you. You have no idea. It's… You're amazing.
Hey, Teddy!
[boy] Scottie!
[cheering and applause]
[Scottie] I've never been a great celebrator.
I've always been just on to the next thing.
But I remember the walk from scoring to the locker room was where it felt real
because when I first won, I didn't know what to expect.
This time, I knew exactly what was gonna happen,
and I was going up to the champions' locker room.
I remember taking that minute.
I cried, cried my eyes out. It was awesome.
[announcer] It is my pleasure to welcome you
to the presentation ceremony of the 88th Masters Tournament.
Jon, I would be grateful if you would now please do the honor
of placing the green jacket on Scottie Scheffler.
[applause]
[Balionis] For Scottie Scheffler, he slammed the door closed,
wins for a second time.
He put himself in the history books.
He's not competing against every other guy on the PGA TOUR.
He's competing against himself.
-[grunts] -[chuckling]
-How was that? [chuckles] -[woman] That was pretty nice.
It felt like he knew he's in complete control of his game now.
[laughs]
[Rapaport] He seems unstoppable right now.
So the question is,
who or what could potentially slow him down?
All right.
[man] Wanna do anything else? You wanna go home?
-I wanna go home. Thank you. -[man] You should go home.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Scottie] Are we able to just talk for a second?
Are you guys aware that I am playing in the golf tournament?
We were in shock. "Wait, what's going on here?"
This can't be real.
I thought it was fake news
Playing with someone like Rory, I feel the pressure a little bit.
[man] I'm here to announce our Ryder Cup captain.
[Bryson] I got a lot to prove to myself.
"It's the pursuit of perfection, well-knowing we can't achieve perfection.
"We'll achieve excellence along the way." Vince Lombardi.
This is the last chance to prove that I've been able to overcome this.
[dramatic music playing]
What was that?
[cheering]
[woman] For that one stretch of time, everything seems life or death.
[crowd] Oh!
[dramatic music playing] tch of time, everything seems life or death.