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Rahm Pulls Clear of Koepka to Win Masters

Jon Rahm emerged from a tussle with Brooks Koepka to claim a dominant four-stroke victory at The Masters and return to world number one.

The Spaniard trailed by four strokes heading into the final day at Augusta National where players had to return early to complete their third rounds, with Rahm still two behind Koepka when the pair went out in the final group in the fourth round.

Rahm moved to the top of the leaderboard within six holes after some early errors from Koepka and fired a three-under 69 to comfortably claim a fourth win of 2023.

He won by four shots over Koepka and 52-year-old Phil Mickelson, who matched the low score of the tournament with a 65 and became the oldest runner-up in Masters history.

The 28-year-old becomes the fourth Spaniard to win The Masters, 40 years on from Seve Ballesteros’ success.

“We all dream of things like this as players, and you try to visualise what it’s going to be like and what it’s going to feel like,” Rahm said.

“When I hit that third shot on the green, and I could tell it was close by the crowd’s reaction, just the wave of emotion of so many things just overtook me.

“Never thought I was going to cry by winning a golf tournament, but I got very close on that 18th hole.

“A lot of it because of what it means to me, and to Spanish golf: It’s Spain’s 10th major, fourth player to win the Masters, and my second major win. It’s pretty incredible.”

/Stewart
Sports news editor