👀 One thing is clear after the Masters 🏌️‍♂️🏆

GM. This is Easy Pars. The golf newsletter that’s blown away from this weekend.

Here’s what we’ve got for you today:

• The Masters was particularly devilish this year.

• Scottie is the best golfer in the world.

• Some of our favorite Masters content.

What a year at Augusta!

Augusta’s low score during the Masters is 63 — for good reason.

It’s a hard course on an easy day. Now, add extremely high winds and devious hole positions.

How bad was it? The cut line was +6 👀

It’s here, when conditions are tough, the best golfers in the world get happy. There are a lot of pros who can compete with the best, even seem like the best, when it’s calm, sunny, and dry.

But when the wind blows, it separates the wheat from the chaff.

According to this article, Lee Trevino once said, “I want the wind to blow and blow hard. Though my game would suffer, others would suffer more.“

Not sure Lee would even like as much wind as Friday and Saturday:

It wasn’t only the wind, but the course itself that caused many golfers to shoot over par.

Key stat: Only 8 of the 60 players (who made the cut) were under par for the tournament. (Last year, there were 25 players under par.)

Tiger, while making the cut and showing us some Sunday Red for the first time in too long, came in dead last at 16 over par.

For fun, here’s a look at Jason Day regretting his Malbon parachute pants 😂

Scottie is the best in the world (a quick recap of leaders)

The guy’s won 3 of his last 4. Come on. Scottie is the best, even among LIV’s best.

But it wasn’t always that clear.

After the worst windy day (Friday) the mad scientist of golf, Bryson DeChambeau was looking great, with the solo lead.

He was literally 7 under par after his first round. Reminds me of last year, when Brooks Koepka (another LIV player) was playing great in poor conditions. But when the sun came out, Rahm dominated.

Not everyone was impressed by the 7 under, though.

Wyndham Clark, who’s had a great year, had this incredibly jerk-ish, salty statement:

On day two, Bryson was serious. At one point, there was a 5-way tie for #1, including Homa and Scheffler.

DeChambeau needed to recover from a not-so-good shot. The problem? A sign was in his way.

His solution? Rip it out of the ground.

Made for a great pic and positive press for Bryson DeHamBone, but sadly it didn’t last.

Bryson would succumb to the course, finishing T6 with Cam Smith.

The win would go to Scottie Scheffler, for the second time in 3 years!

Rahm didn’t look happy in the interview room and literally said zero words, only shaking his head when mentioned.

In the end, he put the jacket on the winner, rightfully so.

Congrats, Scottie. At this point, we hope he goes on to get a Grand Slam.

Scheffler seems to be very grounded in faith and family. We’re here for it, and hope his skill brings some positive enthusiasm to the game.

Favorite Masters Moments

• Speaking of his faith, hard not to like Scottie even more after this write-up from Kyle Porter of NormalSport (great newsletter, btw).

• This recap from someone who isn’t a diehard golf fan will make you want to go to the Masters even more

• Videos of both the Honorary Starts and the Green Jacket Ceremony, for those who love tradition as much as we do.

Meme of the Day

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That’s it for another amazing Masters. Seems like the course stole the show, until Scheffler stole it back.

We’ll be back Thursday with all the pro golf shenanigans that happen between now and then.

Later gator,

E.