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Rahm Becomes the Fourth Spaniard to Don the Coveted Green Jacket
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Rahm Celebrates on the 18th
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 (18th player to win the Masters and the U.S. Open).
Spain's Jon Rahm kept his nerve and patience to win a first Masters, swinging an exciting final day in his favour from American Brooks Koepka, and earning a cool $3.24 million for his troubles.
Rahm, 28, carded a three-under 69 to finish on 12 under and win by four shots as Koepka, who led by two going into the final round, signed for a 75.
Koepka ended joint second with veteran Phil Mickelson, who in spite of experiencing a poor year, shot a stunning seven-under 65 to finish eight under.
Former champions Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth were a shot further back, despite a late rally from Spieth, who shot 6 under in the final round.
Defending champion Scottie Scheffler finished in a group on four under, along with England's US Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick, who was the highest finisher from Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The Final Leaderboard
Amid some troubling weather, which over the duration of the tournament saw falling trees and two suspensions of play, there were some extremely surprising cuts following the second round, including Rory McIlroy—who's ranked as the No. 2 player in the world!
Other notable players who didn't make the final two rounds include former two-time winner Bubba Watson, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio García and Francesco Molinari.
One less well-known player was American star-in-the-making Sam Bennett, who finished tied 16th in his first ever Masters tournament as he claimed the Silver Cup for lowest-scoring amateur.
The 23-year-old college golfer hugely impressed at Augusta National this week after heading into the final round in tied seventh at four-under par.
In the end he slipped down the leaderboard as he carded a final round 74 to finish two-over.
Had Bennett not had amateur status he would have earned $261,000 as he shared 16th.
'It was an incredible week, just getting an opportunity to play Augusta was a dream come true.'
Rather poetically, Rham clinched victory on the 40th anniversary of Seve Ballesteros' second masters win. Ballesteros, who passed away in 2011, would have celebrated his 66th birthday on Sunday.
Rahm knew the significance of what might be to come, however nothing seemed to distract him on his final round, although it could have.
“I kept hearing, ‘Seve! Seve! Seve! Do it for Seve!’” Rahm said. “I heard that the entire back nine. That might have been the hardest thing to control today, is the emotion of knowing what it could be if I were to win; that might have been the hardest thing.”
After sinking his final putt, Rahm shook his clenched fists while looking up to the sky.
Not only did Rahm win the iconic Green Jacket for the first time, he also returned to the world number one ranking.
Below are some of the highlights of Rahm's Victory.
Largest margin of victory in a major since Dustin Johnson won the Masters by five in 2020.
Ties Sergio Garcia for most PGA TOUR wins among players from Spain (11).
Fourth win of the season, two more than any other player.
Sixth player to win four times, including a major, in a single season since 2010, joining Rory McIlroy (2012), Jordan Spieth (2014-15), Jason Day (2014-15), Justin Thomas (2016-17) and Scottie Scheffler (2021-22).
Wins in his seventh career start at the Masters.
Fifth top-10 at the Masters, the most of any player since Rahm made his tournament debut in 2017.
Fifth top-10 at the Masters, the most of any player since Rahm made his tournament debut in 2017.
Made a double-bogey-6 at No. 1 in the first round and 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).
Improves to 4-for-12 with the 18-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR and 2-for-3 this season.
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