- The Masters will begin on Thursday April 11 before ending on Sunday April 14.
- Scheffler has been named as the bookmakers’ favorite to win the major at Augusta
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Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns are soon to be fathers, although that could come at the expense of their participation in the Masters this weekend due to the fact that their heavily pregnant wives are at risk of giving birth during the tournament.
According to Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis, if any player receives a call that his wife is due to give birth anytime between Thursday and Sunday, he will immediately withdraw from the major and do everything he can to get to the hospital.
The Masters begins on April 11 and ends three days later on April 14.
If we had to guess which of the two players would become a father first, then the odds would be in Burns’ favor, since his wife, Caroline, is due in less than 10 days.
Scheffler’s wife, Meredith, still has three weeks before crossing off her due date on a calendar, according to OutKick.
Scottie Scheffler with his wife Meredith after winning the Players Championship in March
Sam Burns’ wife Caroline is expected to start giving birth after the Masters finishes, which is in 10 days
Neither Burns’ nor Scheffler’s wife traveled to Augusta as they were both in their third and final trimesters.
Burns lives in the small town of Choudrant, Louisiana, while Scheffler resides in Dallas, Texas.
Fortunately for the two players, who are close friends off the course, neither of their homes is more than a two and a half hour flight from Augusta should they end up receiving a life-changing call during the tournament .
From LR: Burns and his wife with Scheffler and his wife in a buggy at the Ryde Cup in October.
Scheffler opened Masters week favored by bettors to a degree not seen since Tiger Woods’ prime.
The 2022 champion has won two of his last three starts and nearly forced the playoffs in the third. Scheffler, 27, is firmly in first place in the official world golf rankings – and is the favorite heading into this year’s Masters.
He is the +400 consensus favorite among regulated sportsbooks as of Monday, including BetMGM, BetRivers and DraftKings. His closest competitor among the three is Rory McIlroy, who is +1100 at BetRivers and +1000 at the other two.
Burns, on the other hand, has yet to win in 2024, but he has finished in the Top 10 four times in his eight starts while missing just one cut along the way.
