- The Masters will begin on Thursday, April 11 and will end on Sunday, April 14.
- Scheffler has been considered the bookmakers’ favorite to win the Major at Augusta.
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Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns will soon be parents, although that could come at the expense of playing in the Masters this weekend because their very pregnant wives could go into labor during the tournament.
According to Todd Lewis of the Golf Channel, if any of the players receive a call informing them that their wives are going to go into labor any time between Thursday and Sunday, they will immediately withdraw from the major tournament and do everything they can to make it to the hospital.
The Masters begins on April 11 and ends three days later, on April 14.
If one had to guess which of the two players would become a father first, then the odds would be in Burns’ favor, as his wife, Caroline, is due in less than 10 days.
Scheffler’s wife, Meredith, still has three weeks left to cross off her due date on a calendar, according to Kick.
Scottie Scheffler with his wife Meredith after winning the Players Championship in March
Sam Burns’ wife, Caroline, will go into labor after the end of the Masters, that is, in 10 days.
Neither Burns’ wife nor Scheffler’s wife traveled to Augusta as they are both in their third and final trimesters.
Burns lives in the small town of Choudrant, Louisiana, while Scheffler resides in Dallas, Texas.
Fortunately for both players, who are close friends off the field, neither of their homes is more than a two-and-a-half-hour flight from Augusta if they end up getting the life-changing call during the tournament.
From LR: Burns and his wife with Scheffler and his wife in a buggy during 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 was one short putt away from forcing a playoff in the third. Scheffler, 27, firmly holds the number one spot in the official world golf rankings and is the favorite heading into this year’s Masters.
He is the consensus +400 favorite at regulated sportsbooks on Monday, including BetMGM, BetRivers and DraftKings. His closest competition on all three is Rory McIlroy, who is +1100 on BetRivers and +1000 on the other two.
Burns, on the other hand, is yet to win in 2024, but has posted four top-10 finishes in his eight starts and only missed one cut along the way.