Scheffler Brings 9-Day-Old Remy to Masters Sunday
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- Scottie Scheffler arrived at Augusta National on Sunday with his 9-day-old son Remy, born March 27 to wife Meredith, his first public appearance since withdrawing from the Houston Open two weeks ago ahead of the birth; Remy was in a stroller under the famous oak tree by the clubhouse.
- Rory McIlroy, the defending champion, spent the weekend at the club — watching the Augusta National Women's Amateur on Saturday and handing out trophies at the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals on Sunday, where he posed with ANWA winner Maria José Marin, the first Colombian on the club's roll call of champions.
- McIlroy acknowledged that Tiger Woods, arrested and briefly jailed on suspicion of DUI after a March 27 car crash, and Phil Mickelson, tending to a personal health matter at home, will not be at Tuesday's Masters Club dinner, which McIlroy has organized with his own menu — calling their absences "a shame."
- Bryson DeChambeau teed off solo after the DC&P concluded, walking some 100 yards down the right side of the tee to slap hands and pose for photos with kids and spectators before telling them "I've got to go play" and running to catch his caddie.
- Gary Player, 90, who will hit Thursday's honorary tee shot, watched the Boys 7-9 division putting from the practice green and marveled at 8-year-old Landyn Kelly of Henderson, Nevada, sinking 40-footers — exclaiming "What a touch! What a touch he has, man!"
- Scheffler played his practice round with longtime manager Blake Smith, who had never played Augusta National; Scheffler noted that Adam Scott's 2013 Masters win is the last by a player arriving with three full weeks off — exactly Scheffler's layoff.
Why it matters: Tuesday's Champions Dinner, curated by McIlroy, will lack Tiger Woods (arrested March 27 on DUI suspicion) and Phil Mickelson (health matter) — McIlroy publicly called the absences "a shame." Scheffler, meanwhile, tries to buck 12 years of history: Adam Scott's 2013 win is the last Masters title by a player with three full weeks off, Scheffler's exact gap.
