The incredible 87th Masters is in the books and there were some huge storylines throughout the week as Jon Rahm ended it as the fourth Spaniard to don a Green Jacket thanks to an imperious four-stroke victory.
Rahm held off Brooks Koepka in the final group as well as the charging Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth to ease his second Major triumph after 2021’s US Open at Torrey Pines.
Here we take a look at the biggest storylines from the 2023 Masters…
Rahm won the Green Jacket on Seve Ballesteros’ birthday
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The 87th Masters belongs to Jon Rahm.
Rahm is now a two-time Major champion and is the first European in history to win both The Masters and the US Open.
The Spaniard, who joins countrymen Ballesteros, Olazabal and Garcia as Masters champions, moves back to World No.1 and has now won four times already this year. His win came on two-time Masters winner Seve Ballesteros’ birthday, just as Sergio Garcia’s Green Jacket triumph did in 2017.
“This one was for Seve,” Rahm said. “He was up there helping, and help he did.”
Rahm has now cemented his place in history and at the top of the modern game, with the real prospect of more Major victories to come throughout the summer months.
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Out of seemingly nowhere, Lefty carded the lowest ever Masters round by an over-50 on Sunday, with his 65 propelling him up to T2nd position.
Mickelson has shown little-to-no form in the LIV Golf League but clearly found something this week as he rolled back the years at Augusta. Not many would have had him as the joint-best LIV player for Masters week.
“I feel like it was evident to me that I was hitting a lot of good shots, that I was playing well; I wasn’t getting the score out of it,” he said.
“Today was a great day for me to stay present and just keep hitting good shots. Even after I might have had a mess-up here or there, I was able to stay present, keep hitting good shots. And I’m hopeful that this kind of catapults me into playing the rest of the year the way I believe I’m playing.
“I really worked hard in the off-season to get ready. I’ve been shooting some really low scores at home, and today I kind of let it happen rather than trying to force it, and I had a really good day and made some noise. Unfortunately it wasn’t enough, but it was really a lot of fun for me to play at this level again, and it’s encouraging for me going forward the rest of the year.”
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