Scottie Scheffler has already made his mind up on walking out on final round at the Masters

The 54-hole leader has a private jet on standby to fly home if his wife Meredith goes into labour with their first child

Masters leader Scottie Scheffler is ready to fly home to Dallas on Sunday if his wife Meredith goes into labour during the final round.

The world No.1 is hot favourite to win his second title here as he takes a one-shot lead into the last day. He is scheduled to tee up with his US Ryder Cup team-mate Collin Morikawa at 2.35pm local time (7.35pm GMT).

Only once in the last 10 years has a Masters winner come from outside the final group, including in 2022 when Scheffler also led going into the final round. But the devout Christian insisted he will not even start the final round if his childhood sweetheart calls him to come home for the birth of their first child. Mobile phones are banned on the course at Augusta National.

The world No.1 said: "I definitely have a way to get home pretty quickly. We have somebody here that has access to their cell phone, if that's all right. And, yes, I'll be available to go home then whenever I need to. Do I think she will call? She better call!”

Meredith Scheffler played a key role in her husband’s first Masters win two years ago. The Ryder Cup star also held the 54-hole lead then but pre-round nerves caused him to break down in tears.

His wife told him: “If you win this golf tournament today, if you lose this golf tournament by 10 shots, if you never win another golf tournament again, I'm still going to love you, you're still going to be the same person, Jesus loves you and nothing changes.”

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This year Scheffler was sharing a house with Sam Burns - whose wife Caroline is also pregnant - but the world No.22 missed the cut and went home. But he has a group of his “closest friends” to stay in his house this weekend.

“It will be a little different,” said The Players champion. “I didn't want to be alone at the house, so I recruited a few of my friends to come stay with me that were in town. So we've got a couple of my close buddies at the house. Kind of the same group that's been in the Bahamas with us the last few years. And they came over this morning, made some breakfast and we hung out, and then I came to the course. It will just be more of that tomorrow. Probably call Mer and chill and relax.

“I didn't want to be in the house all by myself this weekend. that exciting to me. So I'd rather have some friends stay with me. I will relax and call Meredith and relax with them and watch TV and have a good time. Probably order some food. Hang out. Maybe play some cards, who knows. I really don't know. Yeah, we'll see.”

The last 27 champions here have started the final round within four shots of the lead going into the final round. This year there are four players that close - Americans Morikawa, Max Homa and Bryson DeChambeau and Ludvig Aberg.

The Swede, along with Dane Hojgaard who is five shots back, is bidding to become the first debutant winner here since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. “I think about it all the time,” said Aberg. “I'm okay thinking about it. Obviously I'm a competitor and I want to win tournaments. I feel very fortunate to be in this position and to be here playing golf. I don't think you should shy away from it. I don't think you should try to push it away. I try to embrace it, and I try to be okay with all that comes with it.”