SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER TELLS PREGNANT WIFE 'I LOVE YOU' AFTER MASTERS WIN

Scottie Scheffler was incredibly emotional after his Masters win as he dashed to quickly get home to his wife Meredith, who is pregnant with their first child.

Scheffler, 27, secured his second Masters title in three years after carding a closing 68 at Augusta National to finish four shots ahead of Sweden's Ludvig Aberg.

But after his victorious triumph on the course, the world number one's thoughts immediately turned to getting home to Texas as soon as possible.

'I'm coming home; I'll be home as quick as I can,' Scheffler said when asked if he had a message for his wife. 'I love you and I'm coming home.'

He shared that although his focus right now is on his growing family, with golf being his fourth priority in life, he intends to keep challenging for the game's biggest titles.

'I definitely will enjoy the birth of my first child, and my priorities will change very soon, so golf will be fourth in line, but I still love competing,' Scheffler said after his win on Sunday, which saw him tearing up in Butler Cabin.

'I don't plan on taking my eye off the ball any time soon.'

He added: 'I wish I could soak this in a little bit more, but all I can think about is getting home. You're about to make me cry here in Butler Cabin. It's a very, very special time for both of us.

'I can't put into words what it means to win this tournament again and really can't put into words what it's going to be like to be a father for the first time.

'Looking forward to getting home and celebrating with Meredith, it's been a long week without her.'

Scheffler has now won three of his last four events and finished runner-up in the other.

He became the first player since Tiger Woods to win a Green Jacket and the Players Championship in the same year.

And at 27 he is also the fourth-youngest to win multiple Masters after Jack Nicklaus, Seve Ballesteros and Woods.

His four-shot win on Sunday was all the more remarkable considering he played with the added distraction of knowing he might have to rush home at any moment to be with his wife.

Scheffler married Meredith, his high-school sweetheart, in 2020, with the couple expecting their first child any day now.

On Saturday, he revealed that he was 'ready to go at a moment's notice' if Meredith were to go into labor or have any complications with her pregnancy.

He even found away to stay connected to Meredith despite Augusta's no phones policy.

'We have somebody here that has access to their cell phone,' he said on Saturday. 'We have open lines of communication, and she can get hold of me if she needs to.

'And yes, I'll be available to go home whenever I need to.'

Scheffler, the red-hot favorite coming into the year's first major, spent more time looking at his feet than any of the white leaderboards at Augusta National, all of them showing what everyone was watching.

He prefers to stay in his own little world, population one - and nobody is close to him in the game at the moment.

Scheffler is No. 1 in the world by a margin not seen since Woods in his prime.

In nine tournaments this year, he doesn't have a round over par and has earned over $15million. And on Sunday, he delivered the greatest piece of evidence when he slipped into that green jacket.

Scheffler pulled ahead with magnificent shots around the turn, poured it on along the back nine as his challengers melted away with mistakes and closed with a 4-under 68 to claim his second Masters in three years with a four-shot victory.

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