Given Scottie Scheffler has won twice around Augusta National to get two green jackets in his career already, when he’s giving advice on how to draw the golf ball specific to Augusta, then it’s time to listen.
Scheffler was the Masters champion in 2022 and 2024 and he’s going for a third in April as he looks to continue his stunning last few years on TOUR.
Scheffler has recently explained why he’s good at Augusta National and it goes without saying he’ll be one to watch in 2025’s event.
As we all know, to win the Masters needs craft and skill on a completely different level to any amateur golfer.
However, back in 2023, Scheffler did his best to help those amateurs and specifically, the dreaded tenth hole.
Scottie Scheffler explains how to play the 10th hole at Augusta National
Doing a demonstration for TaylorMade back in 2023, Scheffler was at his best in explaining how he manages to shape his shot from right to left on demand.
And according to Scheffler, a lot of the shot is very much just in simple set up changes.
“Just for the set up the way I feel is if I was to take a normal set up, I want to feel like I’m aimed right on the edge of the tree. So if I take a normal set up, I’m going to try and hit straight shot, I’m aiming barely at the edge of the trees.
“Then, I’ll move the ball back, almost to the back of my stance. So, I feel like my feet are aiming there, ball’s now really far back. And all I’m going to do from here, to hit the low one, I feel like I swing low and right and then I’m going to get my right forearm just to turn over. And that’s really all I’m thinking about because when you set up like this, I can start the ball – I know I’m not going to start the ball on the tree – and all I’m trying to do is get that ball to turn over as much as possible.
“Number ten at Augusta, the fairway is very far downhill and it slopes big right to left and down. So all I’m trying to do is get the ball hooking and get the ball running and use the contours of the fairway to get down there as far as I can.”
Scheffler went on in the demonstration to show the same shot but with a little more height, but the principles of ball position and turning over the arm remained the same.
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Why the 10th at Augusta is considered so hard
The Masters presents one of the toughest challenges in general in terms of the golf course but even within the Augusta grounds, some holes are harder than others.
The 10th – known as Camellia – is widely known to be one of the toughest holes out there at nearly 500 yards for a par four that bends around the corner and with tree trouble in play.
Augusta.com describes the hole as the hardest out there, saying:
“Historically the toughest hole at Augusta National, the tee shot requires a hard hook to gain extra distance. Drives that go too far right will leave a long second shot; if they go too far left, trees are a problem.”
Famously, the tenth hole was also the beginning of the end for Rory McIlroy back in 2011 as he made a triple bogey and simply never recovered to throw away his four shot lead.
McIlroy is among many to fall foul at the tenth and whoever wins in 2025 will have to navigate it well to make sure not too many shots are dropped.
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