Scheffler targets record third green jacket at 90th Masters
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- Scottie Scheffler arrives at the 90th Masters as the world No. 1, a four-time major champion, four-time PGA Tour Player of the Year and winner of 20 PGA Tour events, per the source
- Scheffler owns two green jackets (2022, 2024) and has never finished outside the top 20 at Augusta National, with this week's start marking his seventh appearance
- A third green jacket would make Scheffler the fastest to three Masters titles in seven starts — one fewer than Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, who each needed eight, per the article's table
- Scheffler would trail only Palmer (4), Woods (5) and Nicklaus (6) in total green jackets and join Nicklaus and Woods as the only players to win three before age 30
- At last summer's Open at Royal Portrush, Scheffler told reporters his golf does not define him personally, pointing instead to family, faith and friends; that press conference response went viral
- Nicklaus' sixth and final green jacket came at the 50th Masters in 1986, exactly 40 years before this year's tournament
Why it matters: A win would put Scheffler in a club of one for fastest-ever ascent to three Masters titles, edging the game's three most iconic figures by a single start and slotting him alongside only Nicklaus and Woods as three-time Masters champions before turning 30 — a marker of historical greatness that the 29-year-old himself insists won't change who he is off the course.
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