Spaniard Jon Rahm overcame a 4-stroke deficit and rallied past Brooks Koepka to win his first green jacket at the 2023 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. He alsoon for his second career major title. Rahm won $3.24 million as the first-place prize, and also will take the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Rahm was 12-under for the tournament, four strokes better than Koepka and Phil Mickelson, who tied for second. Rahm said at the trophy presentation: “You dream of this moment, but it’s hard to imagine what it would be [like] ….We all battled. It was an incredible Sunday. Too bad Brooks didn’t have his best, but we still battled out there.”
Koepka, who was tied for or held sole possession of the lead for each of the first three rounds, was 3-over par over his final 18 holes. Koepka said: “I just kinda played average. I didn’t get any good breaks either. … That’s how it goes sometimes. I didn’t feel like I played too bad. I tried to give it a run there at the end, but it just wasn’t good enough.” Mickelson shot a 7-under 65 — his lowest final round ever at the Masters — to tie Koepka for second. Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed and Russell Henley tied for fourth at 7-under for the tournament.
The RBC Heritage is the next tournament on the PGA Tour schedule, taking place from Thursday through April 16 in Hilton Head, S.C. LIV Golf Adelaide will be held from April 21 to 23 in Adelaide, Australia. The PGA Championship is the next major on the schedule. That tournament will be held from May 18 to 21 in Rochester, N.Y.
Jon Rahm Runs Away From Brooks Koepka, Other LIV Golfers to Win a Magical First Masters
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