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  All the facts and all the figures from the 87th hosting of The Masters Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 62. Wind NE 14-18 mph, with gusts to 25 mph. Final Leaderboard Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Jon Rahm 65 69 73 69 276 (-12) Phil Mickelson 71 69 75 65 280 (-8) Brooks Koepka 65 67 73 75 280 (-8) Jordan Spieth 69 70 76 66 281 (-7) Patrick Reed 71 70 72 68 281 (-7) Russell Henley 73 67 71 70 281 (-7) Things to know Jon Rahm wins the Masters Tournament by four strokes over Phil ...

It was a made in heaven final round script that was not going to be denied. What started with a four-putt double-bogey at the opening hole on Thursday ended with Jon Rahm securing a four shot maiden Masters triumph. On the exact day of what would have been Seve Ballesteros’ 66th birthday, and the occasion also of 40-years since Steve’s 1983 Masters triumph and Rahm delivered Spain its fourth Masters champion. More remarkable is that fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia also captured his ...

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 ...