World No.1 and 2022 champion Scottie Scheffler further entrenched his status as the dominant figure in men’s golf with a four-stroke triumph, fending off the brave charge of Swedish debutant Ludvig Aberg (69) with a final round of 4-under 68 and 11-under total.

Exempt through until 2027 due to his 2022 Open Championship win, Smith’s tie for sixth added to his impressive record at The Masters, a hole-out eagle from the bunker at the par-5 second the highlight of his closing round of 1-under 71.

Playing in the group behind in just his second appearance at Augusta, Davis made bogeys at one and five to effectively end his charge before making the turn, a double-bogey on 17 an unfortunate end to his round of 3-over 75.

A tie for 12th ensures Davis will be in the field for the 2025 edition as Smith continued his love affair with a golf course that plays to his creative mindset.

Renowned as one of the world’s best putters, Smith endured a frustrating week with the flatstick, joining Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood as the only players in the field not to post an over-par round all week.

“It’s just a frustrating week I think. Can’t really say much more than that,” Smith told Fox Sports.

“I hit the ball how I know I needed to and put my ball in the right spots, the putts just didn’t fall this week.

“It was very frustrating. I feel like that’s as good as I’ve played around here.

“It’s a creative golf course and I’d love to think I play my best golf when I’m creative.

“There’s so many shots that you get around here that you don’t get the rest of the year.

“It’s just such a cool place.”

ICYMI: Cam Smith is doing Cam Smith things Sunday at Augusta.#themasters    pic.twitter.com/jx1XKCvzdk

— PGA of Australia (@PGAofAustralia) April 14, 2024

Like Smith, Min Woo Lee eagled the par-5 second on his way to a final round of 3-under 69 and tie for 22nd, level with fellow Australian Adam Scott (72) at 4-over for the championship.

Given he came into the week nursing a broken finger, it was another step forward in Lee’s ultimate ambition of one day donning the green jacket.

“There’s a couple things I need to clean up, but overall I think it’s a solid sign,” said Lee.

“Obviously not the best prep with the finger and the flu. I guess I can kind of say that one good week of practice there I couldn’t really do, so it was a bit of rest for me.

“Hopefully I can prep better for the next one.”

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— PGA of Australia (@PGAofAustralia) April 14, 2024

Declaring his desire to represent Australia at the Paris 2024 Olympics publicly for the first time, Jason Day also left Augusta with a positive mindset after a round of 3-under 69 on Sunday.

“The short game’s nice. Putting’s nice,” Day surmised.

“I just made too many cheap errors out there, not enough capitalisation on the opportunities that I had, especially with the par-5s. And then just soft bogeys.

“Clean that up, tighten the swing up a little bit, and I should be good to go.”

Photo: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Final scores
1          Scottie Scheffler           66-72-71-68—277
T6        Cameron Smith            71-72-72-71—286
T12      Cameron Davis            69-72-73-75—289
T22      Min Woo Lee                74-74-75-69—292
T22      Adam Scott                  76-74-70-72—292
T30      Jason Day                    75-73-76-69—293
MC       Jasper Stubbs (a)          80-76—156