Trading Maroon and Gold for the Green Jacket.
Jon Rahm is the champion of the 87th Masters Tournament after firing 12-under par, winning by four strokes. He carded 65-69-73-69=276/-12 in the four rounds. The win is his second major championship and he has returned to World No. 1 with the victory.
Jon Rahm is the 2023 Masters Champion
Congrats to @JonRahmpga on winning the 87th @TheMasters, his second major championship victory@sundevilmgolf is represented well as @PhilMickelson finishes tied for 2nd#ForksUp | ?????? pic.twitter.com/xPdpIjdHDa
— Arizona State Sun Devils (@TheSunDevils) April 9, 2023
The 2016 Arizona State Bachelor of Arts in Communications is the first Sun Devil since Phil Mickleson in 2010 – and just the second man in program history – to win the most prestigious tournament in golf.
As a Sun Devil, Rahm won a ghastly 11 tournaments and had the third lowest scoring average in college golf history in his junior year. He won the 2015 and 2016 Ben Hogan Awards for being the best collegiate golfer in the land and was a two-time first team All-American while donning the Maroon and Gold.
He has now won 11 professional tournament wins and two majors – The 2021, US Open – representing Arizona State, the second-most professional tournaments behind Phil Mickleson’s loud 42 triumphs.
The three-time champion Mickleson finished tied for second after firing a 7-under 65 Sunday, good for the lowest final round score of his illustrious Masters career. At 52 years old, he is the oldest man to ever finish in the top five at Augusta National with a 71-69-75-65=280/-8 card.
Lowest Masters round ever by a player over 50 ?
Lowest final round of his Masters career ?
Proud Sun Devil ?
Have a day, @PhilMickelson #ForksUp /// ??????
— Sun Devil Men’s Golf (@sundevilmgolf) April 9, 2023
Intense weather heavily impacted scheduling throughout the weekend at Augusta National, with the main contenders finishing the third round on Sunday morning. Rahm entered the final day of competition four strokes behind Brooks Koepka and entered the final round at 9-under, two strokes behind through 54-holes.
Rahm birdied the par-4 495 yard fourth hole, bringing him to 10-under par for the event. Koepka bogeyed the fourth and knotted the pair in front.
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