The Masters: Final Round Review
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Jon Rahm wins the Masters Tournament by four strokes over Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka, earning his 11th career PGA TOUR victory and second major championship title. He is the 18th player to win the Masters and the U.S. Open.
Rahm, who has won four times on TOUR this season, becomes the second consecutive winner of the Masters to have entered the week No. 1 in the FedExCup standings and returns to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
He ties Sergio Garcia for most PGA TOUR wins by a Spanish-born player and becomes the third player from Spain with multiple major titles, joining Seve Ballesteros (5) and José María Olazábal (2). Ballesteros, who passed away in 2011, was born April 9, 1957 - 66 years ago this Sunday, which made this win even more special for Rahm.
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It was a rocky start to the Masters a Rahm made a double-bogey-6 at No. 1 in the first round. He becomes the second player to win the Masters after making a double bogey or worse on his first hole of the tournament, joining Sam Snead (1952).
Mickelson shot a final round of 65 to finish 8-under and tied second. He has 12 runner-up finishes in his career at majors, the second-most of any player behind the great Jack Nicklaus (19).
Brooks Koepka had a solid first two rounds at Augusta but a final round of 75 dropped him out of contention for the green jacket. He has finished first or second in eight major championships, the most of any player in the last 10 years.
Jordan Spieth (T4) records his sixth top-five at the Masters, the most of any player since Spieth made his tournament debut in 2014. Russell Henley (T4) earns his first career top-10 in a major (33rd career start)
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Sam Bennett (T16) had an incredible debut at Augusta National this week as the reigning U.S. Amateur champion showed he could go toe-to-toe with the best players in the world at the 87th Masters. He earns low amateur honours; Bennett, a senior at Texas A&M, entered the week No. 6 in the PGA TOUR University Ranking.
