Dan Rapaport names player who he is ‘afraid’ of on Masters Sunday after backing Scottie Scheffler to win
Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Scottie Scheffler has shot into contention at The Masters after a superb seven-under 65 in round three shot him up the leaderboard. Scheffler is tied for seventh on seven-under heading into Sunday at Augusta National, just four shots off the lead. Cameron Young joined him with a third round 65 to soar to the very top of the leaderboard, level with defending champion Rory McIlroy.
And it is the former who has struck fear into Dan Rapaport as he sticks with his decision of backing Scheffler to win The Masters . Dan Rapaport ‘afraid’ of Cameron Young after picking Scottie Scheffler for Masters win Rapaport said on Dan on Golf before the final round at Augusta : “My pick the whole week has been Scottie. “There has been part of me that wants to go full ‘I don’t apologize’.
I don’t change my pick. I am going to stick with Scottie. “But I am afraid of Cameron Young and the way he is playing right now.
He is driving it like a stallion. “It would be strange that for three straight years the Players champion would win The Masters. That is bizarre.
Scottie in 2024, Rory in 2025, this year it would be Cameron Young. “Maybe that’s just a proxy for the guy playing the best at the time tends to win The Masters as The Players is the biggest tournament going in. “My heart says Scottie, I picked him at the start of the week, I think it would be an amazing story if he came back from 12 down after 36 holes but I really feel like Cameron Young has reached that level.
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