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A closing hole bogey denied former Augusta champion Jordan Spieth a share of second at the close of the 87th Masters. Spieth, and the 2015 Augusta winning hero, grabbed nine birdies over his final round in a score of 66 for a three-way share of fourth place at seven-under, just a shot behind fellow Masters champ, Phil Mickelson who signed for a 65  to end tied in second with Brooks Koepka (75) on eight-under. Spieth birdied his opening two holes, three in a row from the eight to 10th holes and then ...

  Joint Masters runner-up Brooks Koepka in own words following a disappointing closing day 75. Q. Brooks, first of all, thank you for the time. Winning major championships is not easy. You’ve done it four times. What would you say was the biggest challenge for you today? BROOKS KOEPKA: You know, I just kind of played average, and I didn’t get any good breaks, either. For that ball to stay there on 9, it could have been — it would have been a tap-in pretty much. The par-3s, ...

Jon Rahm has emotionally celebrated the late Seve Ballesteros’ birthday, becoming the fourth Spanish-born winner of the Masters. Rahm, 28, came from two shots behind American Brooks Koepka to draw level after just six final round holes and from thereon was never headed in posting a closing round of 69 to win by four shots at 12-under. In an 87th hosting of the Masters dogged by rain delays, Rahm stroke proudly up the final hole in glorious Spring sunshine, also celebrating Easter Sunday with ...

Five-time Masters winning Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the final day’s play at Augusta National Woods advised officials ahead of the re-start to the third round that he will not be teeing-up, and no doubt not disliking the thought in staring at playing 29 holes in the rain-affected 87th hosting of the Masters. When play was suspended near 3pm Saturday due continuing rain, a clearly struggling Woods had dropped to last place among those who made the cut, and lying at nine-over-par. Woods ...

Gary Woodland found himself drawn in the ‘Koekpa-Gate’ after an incident involving Brooks Koepka’s caddy who many say breached the Rules of Golf in ‘mouthing’ a club used by Koepka in advising Woodland’s caddy during the opening round of the Masters. SKY Sports Paul McGinley is adamant fellow Irishman Ricky Elliott insisting: ““Well it’s very obvious. Anybody looking at those pictures, it’s very obvious what happens. It’s staggering that they’ve ...

Brooks Koepka threw down the gauntlet, muscling his way to a five-shot lead and then ruled out any notion of a rules violation on the second day of the 87th hosting of the Masters. Koepka, 32, grabbed an eagle and three birdies in a five-under-par 67 and move into double figures at 12-under in ideal early morning conditions but but before play was suspended at 3.07pm local time due to impending storms at Augusta National. Thankfully, the storms missing Augusta and with the horn sounding at 3.29pm ...

  Is Rory McIlroy out to win a first Masters or boost CBS coverage of the year’s opening men’s major? For the golfing purists it would seem out of character the green jacket brigade at Augusta National would agree to such a request and that is ‘Bluetooth’ a player for live on-course coverage, and also to choose Roy McIlroy to take on the role. Surely, McIlroy’s had enough of his plate of late, and as has also been evident in the lead-up to this 87th hosting of the Masters, then agreeing ...