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LEADERBOARD
ROUND
4RECAP
MASTERS 2018
1: Patrick Reed -15
2: Rickie Fowler -14
3: Jordan Spieth -13
4: Jon Rahm -11
T5: Cameron Smith -9
T5: Bubba Watson -9
T5: Henrik Stenson -9
T5: Rory McIlroy -9
Complete scores, M8
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INSIDE
FURIOUS RALLY: Jordan Spieth comes up short in near historic round. M6
WOODS UNDER PAR: Tiger Woods shoots 69 in final round but still not satisfied with play. M10
Unbroken Reed
Patrick Reed celebrates winning the Masters Tournament and his first major on the 18th green late Sunday afternoon. He shot 71 in the final round to beat a surging Rickie
Fowler by one shot and moved to No. 12 in the world ranking. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Former Augusta State star bests challengers to win Masters
By David Westin
Staff Writer
The duel with playing
partner Rory McIlroy was
a dud. That was fine with
Patrick Reed, who had his
hands full holding off Rickie
Fowler and Jordan Spieth
on Sunday to win the 82nd
Masters Tournament for his
first major championship .
Reed, a former Augusta
State University All-
American, held his game
together under intense pressure
as the 54-hole leader.
His first major win came in
his 17th overall appearance
and fifth Masters.
After failing to break 70
in his 12 previous rounds at
Augusta National, he caught
fire with three rounds in the
60s to build a three-shot
lead after 54 holes.
Reed, a 27-year-old who
lives in Spring, Texas, closed
with 1-under-par 71 after
opening with 69-66-67.
Fowler, who started the
day five shots off Reed’s
lead, had 67 and came up one
shot short.
Spieth, who was nine shots
back to start the day, pulled
even with Reed when he
made a 33-footer for birdie
on No. 16 – his fourth birdie
in five holes. It put Spieth
at 9-under for the round
with two holes to play. He
burned the lip for birdie on
No. 17 and then made bogey
on No. 18 while Reed eased
back in front by playing his
final seven holes in 2-under
fashion.
See REED, M4
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M2 Monday, April 9, 2018 The Augusta Chronicle • augusta.com
Coming back
The top 12 finishers and ties earn invitations for
the 2019 Masters Tournament. This year, 14
golfers earned the invite.
MASTERS 2018
Shot
of the
day
1. Patrick Reed
69-66-67-71-273
Wild Card | Tony Finau
Charley Hoffman
Hole #16
(PAR 3, 180 YARDS)
Aces on No. 16 in the final round have become commonplace at Augusta National, and Charley
Hoffman continued the trend this year. Hoffman’s 6-iron shot was different than most holes-inone
there. His tee shot hit the bank left of the hole and rolled into the cup.
“It’s a hole that you know that you can make an ace on, but most people don’t pull it and bounce
it off the top of the bunker and come in from the left-hand side,” Hoffman said. “It wasn’t the
perfect shot I was looking for, but somehow it just carried the bunker and took a right and went
in the hole. I mean it’s a great experience and a great feeling, and it’s something you’re thinking
on that hole, but not the way I did it.” It was the third consecutive year for an ace at No. 16, and
the 20th on the hole in tournament history.
Round 2 eagles
2. Rickie Fowler
70-72-65-67-274
4. Jon Rahm
75-68-65-69-277
T5. Rory McIlroy
69-71-65-74-279
T5. Henrik Stenson
69-70-70-70-279
T10. Dustin Johnson
73-68-71-69-281
T12. Charley Hoffman
69-73-73-67-282
3. Jordan Spieth
66-74-71-64-275
T5. Cameron Smith
71-72-70-66-279
T5. Bubba Watson
73-69-68-69-279
9. Marc Leishman
70-67-73-70-280
T10. Tony Finau
68-74-73-66-281
T12. Louis Oosthuizen
71-71-71-69-282
Tony Finau almost had to withdraw from the Masters because of a dislocated ankle
he suffered while celebrating an ace in the Par-3 Contest. He ended play Sunday
with 6-under 66 and a return invitation to next year’s Masters. Finau was treading
water through 11 holes at even par for the day thanks to two birdies and two bogeys.
Then he got on a roll with birdies at Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. His birdie putt
at the 18th came up just short, keeping him from tying the tournament record for
consecutive birdies.
How the holes played
EASIEST OF
THE DAY
Hole
13
(PAR 5,
510 YARDS)
Round 4
Average score:
4.283
Eagles ............. 3
Birdies ...........33
Pars ................16
Bogeys ............ 1
Doubles........... 0
Other ............... 0
Ranking holes
by difficulty
At right are the average
scores for all
18 holes at Augusta
National, showing
Sunday’s scores,
tournament scores
and averages for the
history of the tournament.
Note: Numbers
in parentheses indicate
hole difficulty in
relation to its par. 1
is the hardest and 18
is the easiest. Holes
ranked from 1 (most
difficult) to 18 (least
difficult)
= hardest
= easiest
Eagles Birdies Bogeys Double bogeys Other
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 36 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 36
4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 35 4 5 2 4 3 4 2 3 4 31
HARDEST OF
THE DAY
Hole
11
(PAR 4,
445 YARDS)
Round 4
Average score:
4.321
Eagles ............. 0
Birdies ............ 3
Pars ................32
Bogeys ...........16
Doubles........... 2
Other ............... 0
Hole Round 4 Tournament History
1 4.113 (4) 4.279 (3) 4.24 (6)
2 4.679 (15) 4.807 (15) 4.79 (16)
3 3.943 ( 11) 3.929 (14) 4.08 (14)
4 3.113 (3) 3.318 (2) 3.29 (3)
5 4.038 ( 7) 4.164 (6) 4.26 (5)
6 3.075 (5) 3.129 (8) 3.14 (13)
7 3.962 (9) 4.207 (4) 4.15 (10)
8 4.623 (17) 4.718 (16) 4.83 (15)
9 3.943 ( 10) 4.143 (7) 4.14 (12)
10 3.811 (14) 4.082 (11) 4.31 (1) O
11 4.321 (1) O 4.400 (1) O 4.30 (2)
12 2.981 (8) 3.107 (9) 3.28 (4)
13 4.283 (18) 4.614 (18) 4.79 (17)
14 3.868 (13) 4.057 (12) 4.17 (8)
15 4.660 (16) 4.675 (17) 4.78 (18)
16 2.906 (12) 3.029 (13) 3.15 (11)
17 4.132 (2) 4.171 (5) 4.16 (9)
18 4.038 ( 6) 4.100 (10) 4.23 (7)
Scoring by category
Eagles Birdies Par Bogeys Double bo. Other
Holes Rd 2 Total Rd2 Total Rd 2 Total Rd 2 Total Rd 2 Total Rd 2 Total
1 0 0 6 18 36 179 10 71 1 11 0 1
2 0 3 21 86 28 154 4 36 0 1 0 0
3 0 0 11 58 34 184 8 38 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 8 18 31 162 14 94 0 5 0 1
5 0 0 6 26 40 186 6 64 1 4 0 0
6 0 0 7 31 35 188 11 56 0 4 0 1
7 1 1 9 42 35 150 7 73 1 13 0 1
8 1 6 20 88 30 166 2 19 0 1 0 0
9 0 0 15 37 28 176 8 58 2 8 0 1
10 0 0 13 45 37 177 3 50 0 6 0 2
11 0 0 3 13 32 164 16 82 2 20 0 1
12 0 0 10 42 35 177 7 50 1 11 0 0
13 3 9 33 128 16 112 1 24 0 7 0 0
14 0 0 16 44 28 181 9 50 0 5 0 0
15 2 7 26 127 17 113 6 25 1 5 1 3
16 1 1 13 50 31 176 6 46 2 7 0 0
17 0 0 6 25 34 186 13 65 0 4 0 0
18 0 1 11 47 29 159 13 69 0 4 0 0
Eight eagles were made in
Sunday’s final round:
No. 7
Webb Simpson (holed out
from 166 yards)
No. 8
Webb Simpson (holed out
from 20 yards)
No. 13
Paul Casey (232 yards to
15 feet)
Kevin Kisner (193 yards to
15 feet)
Bubba Watson (182 yards
to 19 feet)
No. 15
Phil Mickelson (233 yards
to 14 feet)
Tiger Woods (223 yards to
29 feet)
No. 16
Charley Hoffman (holed
out from 180 yards)
Champions moment
Tiger Woods had five
birdies and an eagle
on No. 13 on Sunday.
[MICHAEL HOLAHAN/THE
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
The hype surrounding
Tiger Woods' return to
the Masters for the first
time in three years was
off the charts.
The four-time champion
didn't have his best
week, though, and finished
in a tie for 32nd.
On Sunday, he posted his
best round of the tournament
with 3-under 69
that featured five birdies
and an eagle on the par-5
15th.
"My swing is slightly
off," Woods said. "I was
pleased with the way I
was able to drive it, but
I just could not convert
with my irons. I struggled
with obviously controlling
the shape. Can't
control the shape. Can't
control the distance. And
it was one of those weeks
in that regard."
Woods said he will take
a few weeks off before his
next tournament. His
performance this week
will put him back in the
top 100 of the world golf
rankings.
Check out the leaderboard,
updated
throughout the
day, at augusta.com.
ALL-TIME CHAMPIONS
T12. Justin Rose
72-70-71-69-282
1934 Horton Smith 70-72-70-72–284
1935 Gene Sarazen 68-71-73-70–282
1936 Horton Smith 74-71-68-72–285
1937 Byron Nelson 66-72-75-70–283
1938 Henry Picard 71-72-72-70–285
1939 Ralph Guldahl 72-68-70-69–279
1940 Jimmy Demaret 67-72-70-71–280
1941 Craig Wood 66-71-71-72–280
1942 Byron Nelson 68-67-72-73–280
1943-45 World War II
1946 Herman Keiser 69-68-71-74–282
1947 Jimmy Demaret 69-71-70-71–281
1948 Claude Harmon 70-70-69-70–279
1949 Sam Snead 73-75-67-67–282
1950 Jimmy Demaret 70-72-72-69–283
1951 Ben Hogan 70-72-70-68–280
1952 Sam Snead 70-67-77-72–286
1953 Ben Hogan 70-69-66-69–274
1954 Sam Snead 74-73-70-72–289
1955 Cary Middlecoff 72-65-72-70–279
1956 Jack Burke Jr. 72-71-75-71–289
1957 Doug Ford 72-73-72-66–283
1958 Arnold Palmer 70-73-68-73–284
1959 Art Wall Jr. 73-74-71-66–284
1960 Arnold Palmer 67-73-72-70–282
1961 Gary Player 69-68-69-74–280
1962 Arnold Palmer 70-66-69-75–280
1963 Jack Nicklaus 74-66-74-72–286
1964 Arnold Palmer 69-68-69-70–276
1965 Jack Nicklaus 67-71-64-69–271
1966 Jack Nicklaus 68-76-72-72–288
1967 Gay Brewer 73-68-72-67–280
1968 Bob Goalby 70-70-71-66–277
1969 George Archer 67-73-69-72–281
1970 Billy Casper 72-68-68-71–279
1971 Charles Coody 66-73-70-70–279
1972 Jack Nicklaus 68-71-73-74–286
1973 Tommy Aaron 68-73-74-68–283
1974 Gary Player 71-71-66-70–278
1975 Jack Nicklaus 68-67-73-68–276
1976 Raymond Floyd 65-66-70-70–271
1977 Tom Watson 70-69-70-67–276
1978 Gary Player 72-72-69-64–277
1979 Fuzzy Zoeller 70-71-69-70–280
1980 Seve Ballesteros 66-69-68-72–275
1981 Tom Watson 71-68-70-71–280
1982 Craig Stadler 75-69-67-73–284
1983 Seve Ballesteros 68-70-73-69–280
1984 Ben Crenshaw 67-72-70-68–277
1985 Bernhard Langer 72-74-68-68–282
1986 Jack Nicklaus 74-71-69-65–279
1987 Larry Mize 70-72-72-71–285
1988 Sandy Lyle 71-67-72-71–281
1989 Nick Faldo 68-73-77-65–283
1990 Nick Faldo 71-72-66-69–278
1991 Ian Woosnam 72-66-67-72–277
1992 Fred Couples 69-67-69-70–275
1993 Bernhard Langer 68-70-69-70–277
1994 Jose Maria Olazabal
74-67-69-69–279
1995 Ben Crenshaw 70-67-69-68–274
1996 Nick Faldo 69-67-73-67–276
1997 Tiger Woods 70-66-65-69–270
1998 Mark O’Meara 74-70-68-67–279
1999 Jose Maria Olazabal
70-66-73-71–280
2000 Vijay Singh 72-67-70-69–278
2001 Tiger Woods 70-66-68-68–272
2002 Tiger Woods 70-69-66-71–276
2003 Mike Weir 70-68-75-68–281
2004 Phil Mickelson 72-69-69-69–279
2005 Tiger Woods 74-66-65-71–276
2006 Phil Mickelson 70-72-70-69–281
2007 Zach Johnson 71-73-76-69–289
2008 Trevor Immelman 68-68-69-75–280
2009 Angel Cabrera 68-68-69-71–276
2010 Phil Mickelson 67-71-67-67–272
2011 Charl Schwartzel 69-71-68-66–274
2012 Bubba Watson 69-71-70-68–278
2013 Adam Scott 69-72-69-69–279
2014 Bubba Watson 69-68-74-69–280
2015 Jordan Spieth 64-66-70-70–270
2016 Danny Willett 67-72-74-70–283
2017 Sergio Garcia 71-69-70-69–279
2018 Patrick Reed 69-66-67-71-273

The Augusta Chronicle • augusta.com Monday, April 9, 2018 M3
MASTERS 2018
Patrick Reed
hits a tree
with his club
on the first
hole during
the final
round of
the Masters
Tournament
at Augusta
National
Golf Club .
[TODD
BENNETT/
THE AUGUSTA
CHRONICLE]
‘Captain America’s’
alter ego roars loudest
Scott Michaux
The waves kept
coming, trying
to drown his
quest, and Patrick Reed
never let his head dip
below the rising tide.
A man dubbed “Captain
America” for his heroics in
team events moonlights as
golf’s greatest anti-hero
on his own. On Sunday
among the pines, just 3
miles from where he played
golf in college, Reed beat
back challenges from three
of the game’s most popular
players and lived to don a
44 large green jacket.
When the patrons
cheered demonstrably
louder for Rory McIlroy on
the first tee, Reed played
on.
When the roars echoed
over and over as Jordan
Spieth threatened the most
historic final round in major
history, Reed fought on.
When Augusta National
erupted when Rickie
Fowler’s birdie putt set the
clubhouse lead a hole ahead
of him, Reed held on.
And when his 4-foot par
putt dropped to win the
Masters, and the gallery
applauded politely before
picking up their chairs
and turning to leave, Reed
smiled on.
“That’s another thing
that just kind of played
into my hand,” Reed said.
“Not only did it fuel my fire
a little bit, but also, it just
takes the pressure off of
me .”
Kessler Karain, Reed’s
caddie and brother-in-law,
didn’t know the answer to
why others drew louder
cheers than Reed, but he
certainly noticed it.
“I definitely feel that
way, but that’s OK because
sometimes that’s motivating
too,” Karain said.
Whatever anyone’s
opinion might be of the
polarizing Reed, his mettle
can never be questioned.
Despite everything thrown
at him, as he staggered
at moments under the
extreme pressure that a
Sunday Masters lead provides,
Reed never lost his
composure. Or the lead .
“I knew it was going to be
a dogfight,” Reed said. “It’s
just a way of God basically
saying, ‘Let’s see if you
have it.’”
First came McIlroy, who
faced a 4-footer for eagle on
the second hole that would
have erased the three-shot
deficit he started the day
with. McIlroy missed it,
setting in motion a slow
death spiral of fritteredaway
putts.
“Just wasn’t meant to
be,” McIlroy said. “It’s
hard to take any positives
from it right now, but at
least I put myself in the
position.”
Then came Speith, who
rattled the pines with a
furious charge at history.
The 2015 champion kept
pouring in putts to wipe
out all traces of the nineshot
deficit he started
the day with. By the 16th
hole, he gained a share of
the lead at 14-under. But
with a chance to match the
greatest final-round score
in major championship history,
Spieth clipped a tree
off the 18th tee and missed
an 8-footer on 18 for his
only bogey to shoot 64 and
scuttle his bid.
“I almost pulled off the
impossible,” Spieth said.
Finally came Fowler, who
came alive with six birdies
on his final 11 holes, including
a 7-footer on 18, to set
the clubhouse target at
14-under and put the pressure
on Reed to make par at
the last to win it all.
“Unfortunately one shot
short, but we were able
to keep P Reed honest out
there, at least making him
earn it,” Fowler said.
Reed wobbled at
moments, but every time
the heat got applied he had
an answer.
“The way those guys
played towards the end –
when Jordan shoots a 64
today and Rickie goes and
shoots 67 – having to go
shoot under par on my final
round of your first major to
win, it was hard,” a relieved
Reed said. “You know, it
was awesome and satisfying
to make the clutch putts
I did on the back nine. After
feeling like I wasn’t really
making anything all day, to
make that (22-footer) on 12
for birdie seemed to kind
of give me that momentum
and just really that belief
going into the last couple
that no matter what they
throw at me, I can do this
and have a chance.”
While plenty of experts
expected Reed might wilt
when some of the game’s
brighter lights flashed at
him, those who know him
best never doubted.
“It’s beyond incredible,”
said Josh Gregory, Reed’s
coach when he won two
NCAA team championships
at Augusta State who still
works with him. “I can’t
believe it, but at the same
time I’m not surprised. He’s
always wanted the moment
– he’s never been afraid
of the moment. That’s
Patrick.”
This was the goal Reed
dreamed of since taking up
the game as a kid in Texas
and pursuing his college
career around the corner at
Augusta State. Of course,
there is a bittersweet tinge
to Reed’s career-defining
accomplishment, as his
estranged family still
lives four miles away
from Augusta National in
Martinez and celebrated
their son’s victory from
afar.
“I mean, I’m just out here
to play golf and try to win
golf tournaments,” Reed
deflected when asked about
not sharing the moment
with his parents and
younger sister.
With Reed, it’s always a
little complicated. Captain
America’s alter ego may not
have raised the most roars
on Sunday, but he roared
the loudest in the end.
‘Team Reed’
celebrates win
By Doug Stutsman
Staff Writer
Justine Reed raised both
arms, then wiped away tears
from behind the 18th green
Sunday at Augusta National
Golf Club.
“This is unbelievable,”
Justine told Matt Kuchar,
who sat next to her on the
final hole. “Just wow.”
Along with Justine, who
married Patrick Reed in
2012, a dozen members
of “Team Reed” gathered
behind No. 18 to take in his
victory at the 82nd Masters
Tournament. Among them
was Lowell Taub, Reed’s
agent, who earned the
second embrace from the
newly crowned champion
— just after Justine.
“What an incredible
moment,” Taub said of hugging
Reed. “It’s still a blur,
and all I remember saying is,
‘You did it. You’re a Masters
champion.’”
One noticeably absent
member of Reed’s camp
was Josh Gregory, who
coached Reed at Augusta
State University where the
two captured back-to-back
national titles in 2010 and
2011. Gregory has continued
working alongside Reed
since college.
“I knew he had the
nerves,” Gregory said in a
phone interview. “There
was no doubt about that. I
mean, you dream of coaching
players to national
championships and major
By Lance Lahnert
Amarillo Globe-News
Masters champion Patrick
Reed was told in his Saturday
news conference how easy it
is to find social media bashing
him, specifically on Twitter.
The question ended with:
“Why are there fans that
don’t embrace you?”
“I don’t know,” Reed said.
“Why don’t you ask them?”
The 27-year-old Reed,
a former All-American at
Augusta State University,
had a whirlwind of noise concerning
his personal life and
his passion on the course.
But he drowned out the noise
Sunday with a final-round 71
to clinch the green jacket.
He led Augusta State to a
pair of NCAA national golf
titles in 2010-11, then two
years ago earned the nickname
“Captain America”
during his back-and-forth
Ryder Cup match win over
Rory McIlroy at Hazeltine
National Golf Club in
Minnesota.
Reed’s personal life has
undergone much scrutiny.
His relationship with his
parents and sister and how
he got along with his teammates
at Augusta State have
been discussed plenty.
Reed was asked Sunday
during the champion's session
with the media if the win
was bittersweet without his
parents and sister around to
celebrate.
"I mean, I'm just out here to
play golf and try to win golf
tournaments," Reed said.
Those following Reed on
Sunday disagreed with Twitter
and had nothing but praise .
Those a few holes away
from Reed agreed with the
popular opinion on social
media.
“He’s just arrogant and
needs to get over himself,”
said 38-year-old Elaine
Cook of Atlanta. “I’m not a
fan in the least. I’m a (Jordan)
Spieth fan.”
Cook was in the minority
Sunday.
“Seriously, the Ryder Cup.
victories, but to have both
happen is beyond my wildest
dreams. It’s so cool to be
a small part of it.”
Gregory was at Augusta
National until Friday afternoon,
when he flew home
to Texas to help his family
move homes. He elected
not to return to Augusta,
citing fear of jinxing Reed’s
chances.
“I’m so proud,” Gregory
said. “Incredibly, incredibly
proud right now.
This one means so
much.”
Justine and Patrick met
at Augusta State University
after Reed transferred from
Georgia following his freshman
year. Justine’s brother,
Kessler Karain, is Reed’s
caddie, while their other
brother Dan Karain walked
each hole Sunday watching
his brother-in-law.
“This has been his dream
his whole life,” Dan Karain
said of Reed becoming
Masters champion. “He’s
wanted to win the Masters
since he was a kid. This is
truly a dream come true —
it means everything.”
After embracing Justine on
No. 18, Patrick was greeted
by two-time Masters champion
Bubba Watson and
Watson’s son, Caleb. The
two spoke briefly, while
Bubba made a point to congratulate
Justine.
“I’m so happy for
you,” Watson said,
as the two embraced.
“Congratulations.”
Reed’s fans
have his back
Captain America,” said Ken
Pulcini, 58, of Bethlehem,
Pa. “I didn’t understand
it here. We sat on 15 and
they gave Spieth gigantic
applause. They gave Reed a
little applause. How can you
not stand up for him? Spieth
is a cry baby, let’s be honest.”
Pulcini was with his
18-year-old son, Matt, who
agreed with his dad.
“This is a great event,”
Matt said. “But Reed
deserved better from the
fans.”
Joe Toubia, 35, of Austin,
Texas, didn’t know a thing
about Reed’s personal life and
doesn’t care. He likes what he
sees when Reed plays golf .
“He’s playing so well that’s
why I like him and his athleticism,”
Toubia said. “I didn’t
know anything about his personal
life. It’s just more of me
being a golf fan. ”
Mike and Joan Smith of
Chandler, Ariz., said they
love watching Reed and
became a fan when he won
the showdown vs. McIlroy
at Hazeltine.
“I like Rory OK, but
Northern Ireland isn’t in
America,” Joe Smith said
with a laugh. “With Patrick
Reed I just like his attitude
when he plays. I liked his
attitude at the Ryder Cup. I
like his attitude now. He got
my attention initially when
he said he was one of the five
best players in the world and I
had never heard of him.”
Joan Smith, 64, said Reed
plays the game like she wants
her pro golfers to conduct
themselves.
“He seems like a really
nice, quiet guy,” Joan Smith
said. “Out here he’s not a
showboat. He’s just playing.”
One of Joe Smith’s several
reasons to like Reed is one
that many who enjoy a beer,
or three, can relate to.
“All the rest of these guys
out here have personal trainers
and nutritionists,” Joe
Smith said. “Patrick Reed is
like one of us. He’s got a little
belly. It looks like he would
have a beer after a round.”

M4 Monday, April 9, 2018 The Augusta Chronicle • augustachronicle.com
MASTERS 2018
Reed dominated par-5s on way to victory
By Brian Mull
GateHouse Media
Just like many champions
before him, Patrick
Reed dominated the par-5s
at Augusta National Golf
Club to win the Masters
Tournament.
Despite settling for par
on Nos. 13 and 15 in the final
round, Reed played the quartet
of holes 13-under in four
rounds. It’s the second-best
performance on the par-5s
in tournament history by a
champion, trailing by one
shot Raymond Floyd’s effort
in 1976, which also cleared
his path to victory.
Floyd inserted a 5-wood
in the bag that week to help
launch high approach shots
designed to land softly on
Augusta National’s firm
greens. Reed didn’t make any
similar equipment adjustments
and often needed only
a mid-iron on his second
shot because he pounded
drives 299.2 yards – sixth in
the field – and capitalized on
the holes where the players
can rarely afford a par.
A decision to lay up on No.
15 on Sunday after he pulled
his tee shot behind the pine
trees led to a par that helped
him avoid disaster.
“I wanted to go for it on
15 because I had a tiny little
window,” he said. “(My
caddie) is like, ‘No, we have
the lead. Chip it down there.
Let’s try to make birdie with
your wedge. Worst-case
scenario, we’ll make par.”
The field made 25 eagles
and 46 percent of their 925
birdies on the par-5s, and
the leaderboard reflected
the players who played them
in the fewest strokes. They
were the four easiest holes
on the course.
Rickie Fowler fell one
shot short of his first major
championship. He can place
a piece of the blame on
missed chances on No. 13
early in the week, though he
did make birdie there Sunday
to maintain momentum in
pursuit of Reed. The 13th
was the easiest hole on the
course for the tournament
(4.61 stroke average), yet
Fowler made par in each of
the first three rounds. He
was 9-under for the week
on the par-5s.
Jordan Spieth was perfect
on Nos. 13 and 15 for
the week – eight birdies –
and 12-under on the par-5s,
birdieing each one Sunday
during his thrilling finalround
64 and third-place
finish. He also hit one of the
shots of the tournament on
No. 13 to fuel the back-nine
charge, escaping the pine
straw from 230 yards out to
set up a 12-foot eagle putt.
Rory McIlroy and Jon
Rahm played the par-5s
well for the week, but both
can point to the 8th hole on
Sunday as where they lost
steam on their quest for a
major championship.
After a perfect drive, Rahm
hooked his approach shot
left of the mounds and had
to scramble for par. McIlroy
found the pine straw right
of the bunker off the tee
and made a complete mess,
missing yet another short
par putt.
Rahm also squandered
another opportunity when
he found the water hazard on
No. 15 and made bogey.
“The only down I would
say is the second shot on 15,”
said Rahm, who was 11-under
on the par-5s including three
birdies and an eagle on No. 2.
“You know, it’s sad, it’s
sad too, because I played so
good the last three days and
that one shot, one shot where
I feel like I made a perfect
swing and wound up in the
water,” he said. “It’s just
hurtful. It’s actually two of
them, 13 yesterday and today
on 15. Besides that, I think I
handled myself really well. I
played good golf, gave myself
plenty of opportunities.”
Whether it was Sergio
Garcia’s eagle on No. 15 a year
ago, Tiger Woods manhandling
the par-5s en route to
Rory McIlroy
played the par-5s
well during the
Masters but ran
into trouble on
No. 8 on Sunday,
finding the pine
straw to the right
of the bunker
off the tee and
missing a short par
putt. [TODD BENNETT/
THE AUGUSTA
CHRONICLE]
four green jackets or six-time
champion Jack Nicklaus setting
the template at Augusta
National in the 1960s and
‘70s, taking advantage of
the par-5s is a clean route to
Butler Cabin.
This week, Patrick Reed
followed suit.
REED
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Spieth missed a 9-foot
par putt on the 18th hole
that would have tied the
course record shared by
Greg Norman and Nick
Price. He shot 64, joining
Norman as the only golfers
in the Masters to shoot 64 or
better twice. Spieth finished
two shots back of Reed.
“To win your first major
is never going to be easy,”
said Reed, adding that he saw
Spieth and Fowler “storm up
those leaderboards. It definitely
wasn’t easy today. I
knew it was going to be a
dogfight. It’s just a way of
God basically saying, ‘Let’s
see if you have it.’ Everyone
knows you have it physically
with the talent, but do you
have it mentally? Can you
handle the ups and downs
throughout the round?”
Reed moved to No. 12 in
the world ranking and won
$1.98 million for his sixth
career victory, but his first
since August 2016. Reed’s
putter might have been the
difference. He led the field
with fewest putts (104, five
fewer than No. 2 McIlroy),
capped by only 25 on Sunday.
“I’m just happy to be up
here and be able to say I’ve
gotten over that hump of
not winning at all last year,
coming into a year that one of
my biggest goals was to win
a major and compete in golf
tournaments,” Reed said.
“To be able to get them both
at once, to end the drought
and win a major, it helps me
mentally, and also helps my
résumé, and hopefully I can
just take this momentum
going forward and play some
really solid golf.”
Reed didn’t become the
first golfer to shoot in the
60s in every round of the
Masters or make a run at the
tournament scoring record
(he needed 68 to tie it) but
he has a green jacket (size
44, he said).
“It was a steady round.
I didn’t get too high or too
In front of the green jacket ceremony crowd, 2017 Masters champion Sergio Garcia helps Patrick Reed put on his own green jacket as the
new Masters Tournament champion. [MICHAEL HOLAHAN/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
low,” Reed said. “It was definitely
harder than I thought
it would be.”
Just before Fowler made
a birdie on No. 18, Reed
knocked in a 5-footer for par
on No. 17.
That meant Reed needed
a par on No. 18 for the victory.
After a 293-yard drive
in the fairway, he knocked
a 24-foot downhill putt 4
feet past the hole. When he
made the comebacker, Reed
finished at 15-under 273 for
the tournament.
Spieth, who won here in
2015, now has two runnerup
finishes, a third-place
finish and a tie for 11th in his
Masters career.
“It was kind of nerveracking,”
Reed said of
watching Spieth edge closer
and closer to him. “I’m kind
of glad he ran out of holes.”
It was the last hole that
finally did Spieth in.
“I was pretty gutted at the
finish,” said Spieth, whose
drive on the 18th hole clipped
a branch and left him 325
yards to the hole, dooming
his hopes of a birdie and a
course record.
Jon Rahm closed with 69
and finished fourth, four
behind Reed.
McIlroy, seeking to be the
sixth player to complete the
career grand slam – and the
first – must wait again to get
it done. He shot 74 and tied
for fifth place with Cameron
Smith (66 on Sunday), Bubba
Watson (69) and Henrik
Stenson (70), six behind Reed.
Reed, a regular watcher of
Golf Channel, felt the victory
validated his talent and ability
to close out a tournament.
“I was going in with a
Sunday lead, listening to all
the analysts this morning
when I was watching golf,
and every single one of them
picked Rory except me besides
for Notah (Begay). ... Thanks,
Notah. Appreciate it. You’re
my boy.”
Fowler could be next in
line for the first major of his
career. He has eight top-five
finishes in majors since 2011,
the most of any active player
without a win. He finished in
the top five in all four majors
in 2014.
“Maybe I’ll do that again
this year and throw a trophy
in there,” Fowler said.
“Unfortunately, it was one
shot short (Sunday). Solo
second sounds better than
tied for second. So it was nice
to edge out Jordan for second
place.”
Fowler, playing in the group
in front of Reed, was thrilled
to make the birdie on No. 18
to keep the pressure on Reed.
“We gave it our all; we left
it all out there,” Fowler said.
“We made P. Reed earn it. It
was nice to get the one at the
last to keep him honest.”
McIlroy was undone by
poor iron shots and a balky
putter. He hit only eight
greens in regulation, and a
day after he needed 23 putts,
McIlroy took 30 on Sunday.
Had he won, the victory
would have fallen on the 83rd
anniversary of Gene Sarazen
winning the Masters to be the
first person to complete the
career grand slam.
Tiger Woods, playing in his
first Masters in three years,
had his best round of the week
with 69 and finished in a tie
for 32nd place.
“I thoroughly missed it; I
missed playing major championships,”
said Woods, who
hit 15 greens in regulation but
needed 32 putts. “It was great
to be back and to have a chance
early in the week. I didn’t hit
my irons good enough, and
it didn’t pan out.”
Phil Mickelson also had a
strong final round with 67.
Mickelson, who had 79 on
Friday, tied for 36th place.

MASTERS 2018
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PRIZE MONEY
Patrick Reed....................... $1,980,000
Rickie Fowler ..................... $1,188,000
Jordan Spieth ........................ $748,000
Jon Rahm ............................... $528,000
Rory McIlroy ......................... $386,375
Cameron Smith ..................... $386,375
Henrik Stenson ..................... $386,375
Bubba Watson ...................... $386,375
Marc Leishman ..................... $319,000
Tony Finau............................. $286,000
Dustin Johnson ..................... $286,000
Charley Hoffman .................. $231,000
Louis Oosthuizen .................. $231,000
Justin Rose ............................ $231,000
Paul Casey ............................ $192,500
Russell Henley ...................... $192,500
Tommy Fleetwood ............... $170,500
Justin Thomas ....................... $170,500
Hideki Matsuyama ............... $154,000
Jason Day .............................. $128,150
Francesco Molinari .............. $128,150
Webb Simpson...................... $128,150
Jimmy Walker ....................... $128,150
Branden Grace ........................ $93,775
Adam Hadwin ......................... $93,775
Si Woo Kim .............................. $93,775
Bernd Wiesberger .................. $93,775
Kevin Kisner ............................ $76,450
Satoshi Kodaira ...................... $76,450
Matt Kuchar ............................ $76,450
Ryan Moore ............................. $76,450
Daniel Berger .......................... $63,663
HaoTong Li .............................. $63,663
Adam Scott ............................. $63,663
Tiger Woods ............................ $63,663
Zach Johnson .......................... $55,275
Phil Mickelson ........................ $55,275
Rafael Cabrera Bello .............. $46,200
Fred Couples ........................... $46,200
Bryson DeChambeau ............. $46,200
Matthew Fitzpatrick .............. $46,200
Bernhard Langer .................... $46,200
Jhonattan Vegas ..................... $46,200
Kiradech Aphibarnrat ............ $35,200
Brian Harman.......................... $35,200
Tyrrell Hatton ......................... $35,200
Ian Poulter .............................. $35,200
Martin Kaymer........................ $30,140
Vijay Singh .............................. $28,600
Doug Ghim ............................Amateur
Xander Schauffele .................. $27,720
Kyle Stanley ............................ $27,060
Chez Reavie ............................ $26,400
Jason Dufner ........................... $10,000
Sandy Lyle ............................... $10,000
Jose Maria Olazabal ............... $10,000
Charl Schwartzel .................... $10,000
Patrick Cantlay ....................... $10,000
Dylan Frittelli .......................... $10,000
Thomas Pieters....................... $10,000
Ted Potter, Jr. ......................... $10,000
Shubhankar Sharma .............. $10,000
Brendan Steele ....................... $10,000
Danny Willett .......................... $10,000
Wesley Bryan .......................... $10,000
Ross Fisher .............................. $10,000
Patton Kizzire ......................... $10,000
Pat Perez ................................. $10,000
Kevin Chappell........................ $10,000
Yuta Ikeda ............................... $10,000
Trevor Immelman ................... $10,000
Joaquin Niemann ..................Amateur
Alex Noren .............................. $10,000
Doc Redman ..........................Amateur
Austin Cook ............................. $10,000
Yusaku Miyazato .................... $10,000
Gary Woodland ....................... $10,000
Billy Horschel .......................... $10,000
Mike Weir ................................ $10,000
Ian Woosnam .......................... $10,000
Larry Mize ............................... $10,000
Angel Cabrera ......................... $10,000
Sergio Garcia .......................... $10,000
Yuxin Lin ................................Amateur
Mark O’Meara ......................... $10,000
Sergio Garcia .......................... $10,000
Matt Parziale ........................Amateur
Harry Ellis ..............................Amateur
Patrick Reed carries the Masters Trophy after winning the tournament. [ANDY NELSON/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]

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MASTERS 2018
Fowler is in good
spirits after putting
pressure on Reed
Jordan Spieth shows his disappointment at his bogey on the 18th green Sunday. He finished at 13
under for third place. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Spieth flirts with course
record, finishes third
By Brian Mull
GateHouse Media
Jordan Spieth made a
charge for the ages Sunday
afternoon at Augusta
National Golf Club, derailed
at the end by an errant tee
shot that struck a tree limb
on the 18th hole.
Still, what a round he
played.
Spieth poured in a 33-foot
birdie putt on No. 16, electrifying
the patrons, sending
him to 9 under for the round
and into a share of the
Masters lead with Patrick
Reed.
Not that he noticed.
“The first time I saw the
leaderboard was after I
tapped in on 18. Honest to
God. Didn’t look once today.
That was my plan going in,”
he said.
Trailing his Ryder Cup
partner Reed by nine shots
to start the day, the 2015
champion sat on the cusp
of multiple Masters records
as he scorched the back
nine. His closing bogey
gave him 64, one shot shy
of the course record held
by Nick Price and Greg
Norman, and he was trying
to create the greatest finalround
comeback in Masters
history.
With several top-10 players
in front of him entering
the final round, his approach
was simple.
“With eight people ahead
of me starting the day, to
get that much help and
shoot a fantastic round
was nearly impossible.
But I almost pulled off the
impossible.”
Jordan Spieth
“Go out and just have fun.
Don’t worry about the golf
tournament itself, worry
about playing Augusta
National. I hear roars. I knew
somebody was playing well.”
he said. “With eight people
ahead of me starting the
day, to get that much help
and shoot a fantastic round
was nearly impossible.
But I almost pulled off the
impossible.”
Playing partner and good
friend Justin Thomas felt
goosebumps when the bomb
fell at 16 but said the rest of
the round didn’t require
anything “crazy.”
“Sundays out here are
kind of set up for it,” he
said. “You still have to play
some unbelievable golf but
you can do it especially on a
day like today with the soft
greens. He had total control
of his ball off the tee and with
his irons. He was just doing
everything he should. He
was hitting good iron shots
and taking advantage of the
par-5s and the easy holes. It
was fun to watch.”
Spieth shot 31 on the front
nine. The day started feeling
special when he conquered
his nemesis, the par-3 12th,
which cost him the title in
2016. Spieth threw both
arms overhead when his tee
shot landed safely in the back
fringe and had real reason to
celebrate after he buried the
27-foot birdie putt.
His tee shot crept into
the pine straw on 13, but
Spieth’s caddie Michael
Greller helped convince his
boss to use a hybrid rather
than a 4-iron for the 230-
yard shot over the tributary
of Rae’s Creek. Spieth’s ball
landed a yard or two on the
front of the green and within
12 feet of the cup, setting up
another birdie.
Moments like these don’t
surprise Thomas, who
played the last three holes
4-over to shoot 73 and tie
for 17th. He fought a balky
putter most of the week and,
because of it, didn’t have
much hope for making his
own final-round run entering
the day.
“There’s a reason he’s
Jordan Spieth and he’s done
all the great things he’s done.
It’s not like he was the 100th
ranked player in the world
doing it,” he said. “It was
a three-time major champion,
someone who has won
here before. Someone who
is a helluva player, has done
some great things and will do
more great things.”
By Garry Smits
Florida Times-Union
Rickie Fowler found
it hard to criticize himself
for not winning the
Masters on Sunday.
After all, he shot 65-67
on the weekend at Augusta
National, did not have a
5 on his scorecard after
a bogey at the fifth hole
and birdied the 72nd hole
to pull within one shot and
force Patrick Reed to par
the last to win .
Reed did, and Fowler’s
14-under-par 274 gave
him eight top-five finishes
in majors, and his third
runner-up spot .
“Unfortunately, one
shot short,” he said. “We
were able to keep P Reed
honest out there, at least
making him earn it.”
Fowler’s game was
sharp. He hit 12 greens and
11 fairways and needed
only 26 putts. For the
second day in a row he had
no three-putt greens.
He bounced back from
his only bogey to birdie
Nos. 8 and 9 then make
the turn and birdie Nos.
12 and 13 on 10-footers.
A two-putt birdie at No.
15 gave Fowler his fifth in
eight holes, and he played
No. 18 flawlessly, with a
booming drive, a precise
iron shot and a 7-foot
putt.
The patrons at No. 18
roared so loud that Reed
later said, “I knew it had
to be Rickie.”
Fowler’s only regret
was his 70-72 start,
which left him seven
shots behind Reed to
begin the third round.
He was five back to start
Sunday.
“I’ve got to put myself
where I’m not five back,
then shoot 67,” Fowler
said. “I didn’t quite have
the front nine I needed
(today). I did a great job
of keeping myself in it
but just put myself too far
back to actually get out to
maybe evening up with
Patrick earlier or getting
out in front.”
Fowler said he and his
team have learned the best
practices for getting ready
for a major, and practicing
and preparing once the
week arrives.
It’s now a matter of hitting
the right shots at the
right times — and Fowler
did that to his satisfaction
Sunday.
“I am ready to go win
a major,” he said. “This
was kind of the first
major week that I understood
that and knew that
and felt that. I would say,
previously, [I was] still
feeling the nerves and
dealing with tough rounds
and things not going your
way.”
Fowler is leaving with
optimism.
“It should be a very
good major season,” he
said.
Rickie Fowler’s second place 14-under-par 274 gave him
eight top-five finishes in majors, and his third runner-up
spot. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Rahm sees his green jacket hopes vanish on 15th
By Ken Willis
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Jon Rahm has accomplished
plenty in his young
career, and this year’s
Masters was another step
forward, though at times it
didn’t look that way.
Rahm’s seventh major
championship start was the
first in which the 23-yearold
Spaniard had a chance
to win on Sunday. He
battled the pressure and
subsequently battled his
emotions, and it all came to
a head in the 15th fairway,
where his chances drowned
as his second shot didn’t
carry enough of the front
bank and made its deadly
crawl back into the pond.
“You know, it’s sad,”
he said, “because I played
so good the last three days
and that one shot, one shot
where I feel like I made a
perfect swing and wound
up in the water. It’s just
Jon Rahm reacts to what will be a bogey on the 15th hole. “You
know, it’s sad, because I played so good the last three days and
that one shot, one shot where I feel like I made a perfect swing
and wound up in the water. It’s just hurtful,” he said. [NIGEL COOK/
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
hurtful.”
Rahm was 12 under and an
eagle would’ve tied him for
the lead at the time. Instead
he made bogey, followed
with three straight pars and
settled for solo fourth at 11
under, four shots back, with
rounds of 75-68-65-69.
It’s easily his best finish in
a major, and he was quick
to hang his hat on that fact
Sunday evening.
“I played good golf, gave
myself plenty of opportunities,”
he said. “I wish
I would’ve made a couple
more putts. It’s hard to win
a major championship.
“I didn’t panic, which is the
one thing I really want to learn
about myself. It’s one thing
to win a PGA Tour event, but
a major is very different. I
didn’t panic at all. I felt really
comfortable. I loved the situation,
I loved the hunt.”
Rahm began the day
six shots behind eventual
champion Patrick Reed and
quickly made headway with
birdies at Nos. 2 and 3. He
bogeyed the fourth but got
that shot back with a birdie
on No. 7 before making pars
through 12. Birdies on 13
and 14 set the stage for the
15th, where his chances went
belly-up.
Rahm has four professional
victories in less than
two years (two in Europe,
two in the U.S.) and now has
a fourth-place finish in just
his second Masters (he tied
for 27th last year).
Conventional wisdom
says he has all of the elements
necessary to compete
for a long time at Augusta
National, and elsewhere, for
major championships. Late
Sunday, he appeared eager
to carry on with that.
“Hopefully, next time I go
into the back nine on a major
I’m the one in the lead and get
to experience that,” he said.
“But hopefully I have proved
to myself that I learn fast and
I keep learning and learning.
“I learned from last year’s
mistakes and I always try to
learn from my mistakes, so
hopefully next year I’ll have
a good showing here and I
have a another chance to win
a major this year.”

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MASTERS 2018
McIlroy still falls short to complete slam
By Brent Maycock
GateHouse Media
The career Grand Slam will
have to wait at least another
year for Rory McIlroy.
Entering Sunday’s final
round of the Masters in solid
position to add the missing
piece to his major resume,
McIlroy instead suffered
another major letdown.
A balky putter plagued
McIlroy throughout his
round and his highly anticipated
duel with third-round
leader Patrick Reed never
materialized. McIlroy scuffed
his way to a 2-over 74, finishing
tied for fifth at 9-under
279, while Reed held strong
and won his first major at
15-under 273.
“I just didn’t have it today,”
McIlroy said. “I played some
great golf yesterday and I
just didn’t continue that into
today.”
In firing a third-round 65
to get to 11 under and three
shots off Reed’s lead going
into the final round, McIlroy
admitted he’d benefited from
a little luck. He also benefited
Saturday from a hot putter
that saw him need just 23
putts on Augusta National’s
tricky greens.
On Sunday, the putter let
him down early and often.
He finished his round with
30 putts and many of the
misses came from 10 feet and
in, leading to his worst finalround
score since 2012.
McIlroy got an early indication
how the day would go
on No. 2. After scrambling for
a par on No. 1, McIlroy stuck
his second shot to four feet on
the par-5 No. 2, setting up a
great look for eagle.
Instead, his putt slid by and
though he still made birdie, it
just felt like a big opportunity
lost.
Yet McIlroy pointed to the
next three holes as the turning
point. He made bogey on
Rory McIlroy, playing in his 10th Masters, finished tied for fifth at 9-under 279. “I just didn’t have it
today,” McIlroy said. “I played some great golf yesterday and I just didn’t continue that into today.”
[ANDY NELSON/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
No. 3, missing a 10-footer for
par. After hitting to three feet
for birdie on No. 4, he missed
an eight-foot par putt on No.
5, each bogey erasing the
ground he’d gained on Reed.
“The putt on two, I still
made birdie and after where
I was off the tee on one,
I would’ve taken 1 under
through two,” McIlroy said.
“It was more giving that
birdie back straight away on
three. The birdie on four was
huge and then gave it straight
back on five. It was like every
time I took a step forward, I
took a step back on the next
hole. I had a chance to put
more pressure on him than I
did and if I make pars on three
and five I could have.”
In all, McIlroy missed seven
putts inside 10 feet. And on a
day when Reed never got hot
enough to really separate
himself from the field, they
loomed large.
“I just wasn’t as trusting as
I was the first few days and
that made a big difference,”
McIlroy said.
“I was trying to hit good
shots and good putts and
any time I hit a decent shot,
I felt like I left myself on the
wrong side of the pin or gave
myself a tricky one down
the hill. When I did get some
opportunities, I didn’t take
advantage of them.”
And with that, another
opportunity to win his first
Masters title — the only major
championship eluding him —
slipped away.
“I can’t let this derail me
too much or get me down,”
he said. “I played a lot of good
golf this week, probably some
of the best golf I’ve played
here. It jut wasn’t meant to
be.
“Of course it’s frustrating
and it’s hard to take any
positives from it right now.
At least I put myself in position
and that’s all I wanted
to do. The last four years,
I’ve had top 10s, but it hasn’t
been close enough to the lead.
This year, I got myself there
and just didn’t do enough.”
Despite the disappointing
outcome, McIlroy remains
steadfast in his belief that he
can one day win the Masters.
His track record at Augusta
National would also indicate
that one day, he’ll don a green
jacket.
In 10 Masters appearances,
McIlroy has eight top-25 finishes.
He’s placed in the top
10 each of his last five Masters
and in the top five twice.
“I’ve played in two final
groups in the last seven years
and have five top 10s,” he
said. “I play this golf course
well. I just haven’t played
it well enough at the right
times.”

M8 Monday, April 9, 2018 The Augusta Chronicle • augusta.com
MASTERS 2018
ROUND 4 STAT LEADERS
317.5
Driving
distance
30
Low
second
nine
85%
Greens in
regulation
Johnson Smith Henley Oosthuizen
23
Number
of putts
ROUND 4 RESULTS
HOLE
Par
yards
1
4
445
2
5
575
3
4
350
4
3
240
5
4
455
6
3
180
HOLE BY HOLE
7
4
450
8
5
570
9
4
460
10
4
495
11
4
505
◯ Birdies □ Bogeys
◇ Eagles ■ Other
12
3
155
13
5
510
14
4
440
15
5
530
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1 Patrick Reed 5 5 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 36 4 5 2 5 3 5 3 4 4 35 69-66-67-71-273 -15
2 Rickie Fowler 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 4 3 35 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 3 32 70-72-65-67-274 -14
3 Jordan Spieth 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 31 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 5 33 66-74-71-64-275 -13
4 Jon Rahm 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 5 4 34 4 4 3 4 3 6 3 4 4 35 75-68-65-69-277 -11
T5 Cameron Smith 3 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 36 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 4 30 71-72-70-66-279 -9
T5 Bubba Watson 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 3 35 5 4 3 3 4 5 2 4 4 34 73-69-68-69-279 -9
T5 Henrik Stenson 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 5 36 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 34 69-70-70-70-279 -9
T5 Rory McIlroy 4 4 5 2 5 3 4 6 4 37 4 5 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 37 69-71-65-74-279 -9
9 Marc Leishman 5 5 4 4 4 2 5 5 4 38 4 5 2 5 3 4 2 4 3 32 70-67-73-70-280 -8
T10 Tony Finau 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 35 4 5 2 4 3 4 2 3 4 31 68-74-73-66-281 -7
T10 Dustin Johnson 4 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 3 35 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 34 73-68-71-69-281 -7
T12 Charley Hoffman 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 5 4 33 4 5 3 5 4 4 1 4 4 34 69-73-73-67-282 -6
T12 Justin Rose 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 5 6 35 3 4 3 4 3 6 3 4 4 34 72-70-71-69-282 -6
T12 Louis Oosthuizen 4 6 4 3 4 2 4 5 3 35 4 6 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 34 71-71-71-69-282 -6
T15 Paul Casey 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 33 4 3 2 3 3 4 3 5 5 32 74-75-69-65-283 -5
T17 Tommy Fleetwood 4 6 4 3 4 3 5 5 3 37 4 4 3 4 4 6 3 4 5 37 72-72-66-74-284 -4
T17 Justin Thomas 4 5 4 3 4 2 4 5 4 35 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 5 5 38 74-67-70-73-284 -4
T17 Tommy Fleetwood 4 6 4 3 4 3 5 5 3 37 4 4 3 4 4 6 3 4 5 37 72-72-66-74-284 -4
19 Hideki Matsuyama 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 33 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 36 73-71-72-69-285 -3
T20 Webb Simpson 4 4 4 3 4 3 2 3 4 31 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 36 76-73-70-67-286 -2
T20 Francesco Molinari 5 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 37 3 4 3 4 3 5 3 4 4 33 72-74-70-70-286 -2
T20 Jimmy Walker 5 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 4 35 4 5 3 5 4 5 2 4 4 36 73-71-71-71-286 -2
T20 Jason Day 4 5 4 3 4 2 4 5 4 35 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 36 75-71-69-71-286 -2
T24 Branden Grace 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 34 4 5 3 4 3 4 2 5 3 33 73-73-74-67-287 -1
T24 Adam Hadwin 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 36 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 35 69-75-72-71-287 -1
T24 Si Woo Kim 4 5 4 3 5 3 4 5 5 38 4 4 3 4 5 4 2 4 3 33 75-73-68-71-287 -1
T24 Bernd Wiesberger 5 5 3 4 4 3 4 5 3 36 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 36 70-73-72-72-287 -1
T28 Ryan Moore 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 36 4 4 3 5 3 5 2 4 4 34 74-72-72-70-288 0
T28 Satoshi Kodaira 4 6 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 36 3 5 3 5 5 4 3 4 4 36 71-74-71-72-288 0
T28 Kevin Kisner 5 6 4 2 4 4 3 4 5 37 3 5 3 3 4 5 3 4 5 35 72-75-69-72-288 0
T28 Matt Kuchar 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 36 4 4 4 4 5 6 4 3 3 37 68-75-72-73-288 0
T32 Tiger Woods 4 4 5 2 4 3 5 4 5 36 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 5 33 73-75-72-69-289 1
T32 Adam Scott 4 5 4 2 4 3 4 5 5 36 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 4 35 75-73-70-71-289 1
T32 Daniel Berger 5 5 4 3 4 3 6 5 3 38 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 33 73-74-71-71-289 1
T32 Haotong Li 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 5 3 35 4 4 3 4 5 5 2 5 5 37 69-76-72-72-289 1
T36 Phil Mickelson 4 4 3 2 4 3 4 6 4 34 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 33 70-79-74-67-290 2
T36 Zach Johnson 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 35 5 4 4 4 4 5 3 3 5 37 70-74-74-72-290 2
T38 B. DeChambeau 5 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 38 3 5 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 33 74-74-72-71-291 3
T38 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 4 5 5 2 4 2 4 4 4 34 4 5 3 5 4 4 3 5 5 38 69-76-74-72-291 3
T38 Bernhard Langer 4 5 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 34 4 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 4 38 74-74-71-72-291 3
T38 Fred Couples 4 5 5 3 4 3 3 5 4 36 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4 36 72-74-73-72-291 3
T38 Jhonattan Vegas 6 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 5 38 4 3 3 5 4 4 3 5 4 35 77-69-72-73-291 3
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T44 Ian Poulter 3 5 5 3 6 2 3 5 3 35 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 4 3 34 74-75-74-69-292 4
T44 Brian Harman 4 5 4 2 4 3 5 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 3 5 3 5 3 34 73-74-76-69-292 4
T44 Tyrrell Hatton 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 35 4 3 3 4 4 7 3 4 3 35 74-75-73-70-292 4
T44 K. Aphibarnrat 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 36 4 4 2 5 5 4 3 4 4 35 79-70-72-71-292 4
48 Martin Kaymer 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 37 4 4 2 4 4 5 3 5 5 36 74-73-74-73-294 6
49 Vijay Singh 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 35 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 36 71-74-79-71-295 7
T50 Doug Ghim 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 38 3 4 3 6 3 6 4 4 3 36 72-76-74-74-296 8
T50 Xander Schauffele 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 34 4 6 3 5 4 6 4 5 4 41 71-78-72-75-296 8
52 Kyle Stanley 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 36 5 5 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 40 72-74-75-76-297 9
53 Chez Reavie 4 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 36 3 4 3 5 5 9 3 4 4 40 76-71-75-76-29810
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STATISTICS
Note: () indicates player’s
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Accuracy Greens Putting
8/14 10 1.39
11/14 12 1.44
11/14 14 1.5
12/14 14 1.72
13/14 15 1.61
12/14 14 1.72
13/14 13 1.72
8/14 8 1.67
7/14 9 1.44
8/14 11 1.39
9/14 11 1.56
10/14 13 1.5
13/14 13 1.56
8/14 8 1.28
9/14 11 1.33
10/14 15 1.61
9/14 12 1.72
10/14 10 1.61
10/14 12 1.5
9/14 11 1.33
13/14 12 1.56
12/14 11 1.5
9/14 12 1.67
10/14 12 1.33
11/14 11 1.67
13/14 11 1.61
10/14 13 1.72
12/14 13 1.61
10/14 11 1.67
10/14 8 1.5
13/14 9 1.56
11/14 15 1.78
9/14 13 1.78
12/14 14 1.72
11/14 13 1.61
9/14 12 1.5
10/14 8 1.44
11/14 10 1.5
12/14 14 1.78
12/14 14 1.78
11/14 10 1.56
12/14 10 1.61
10/14 10 1.56
11/14 12 1.33
11/14 12 1.5
12/14 10 1.39
12/14 13 1.72
11/14 9 1.56
9/14 8 1.44
10/14 6 1.44
8/14 11 1.72
11/14 11 1.72
13/14 11 1.61
Finau caps wild week with ’19 berth
Masters rookie
closes strong to
tie for 10th
By Brent Maycock
Topeka Capital-Journal
Tony Finau's Masters
week began with a
bang, a hole-in-one
in Wednesday's Par-3
Contest with his family
by his side.
It ended with an even
bigger thrill, a berth in the
2019 Masters.
Thanks to a streak of six
straight birdies Sunday
on the second nine, Finau
made a stirring charge to
clinch a top-10 finish
and a spot in next year's
tournament. Finau fired
6-under 66 and finished 7
under for the tournament
to tie for 10th with Dustin
Johnson at 281.
"No doubt in my mind
(it's bigger)," Finau said
of which meant more,
the ace or the berth. "The
hole-in-one was spectacular,
and maybe the most
embarrassing moment in
my li fe. I got a lot of cool
coverage from it and the
reach from what happened
to me was pretty
incredible, and I wouldn't
change that.
"But I was able to overcome
it. Who know if I'm
healthy if I play better or
I play worse. All I know
is I did my best for the
circumstances I had and
came out with a nice
finish this week."
Tony Finau started and ended his first Masters with
rounds in the 60s, which helped him clinch a top-10
finish and a spot in next year’s tournament. [ANDREW
DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Finau put this week's
Masters appearance in
serious jeopardy when,
celebrating his ace , he
dislocated his left ankle,
snapping it back into
place immediately after
it happened. After getting
treatment overnight,
he teed off Thursday and
rode adrenaline to an
opening 68.
The demanding walk
Augusta National Golf
Club offers began to
take its toll, however.
Finau limped his way to
a second-round 74 and
third-round 73 to start
Sunday's final round 1
under.
He was still on that
number when he made
birdie on No. 12, hitting
it to 10 feet.
At that point, the
adrenaline kicked back in.
"It carried me a lot,
especially on the par 5s,
to take care of them the
way I did," Finau said. "I
was struggling."
Finau went from struggling
to sizzling . He
followed with birdie on
12, a two-putt birdie on
13 and then hit to five feet
on 14 for his third straight
birdie.
He wasn't done. Finau
two-putted for birdie on
15 and then followed an
ace by playing partner
Charley Hoffman on 16
with a birdie after having
hit to four feet.
Finau saved his best for
17. Blocking his drive into
the right pines, Finau had
to get creative to reach
the green. Hitting a huge
fade with a 5-iron, he
stuck the shot to six feet
and made the putt.
"It was the shot of the
week," Finau said. "I've
learned to be very creative
because I never hit it
straight when I was a kid.
It's something that I take
pride in. As long as I have
a swing, I have a shot. ... I
would've taken a four, but
a three was better."
Finau nearly made it
seven in a row , but his
19-foot putt on the final
green came up inches
short.
"I put my head down
and wanted a good
finish," said Finau, who
added he was "100 percent"
focused on getting
into the top 12. "I guess
you can say I was in a
zone to finish that way. I
hit some great shots and
made some great putts."
Finau is ready for some
much-needed rest for
his ankle. But he can rest
easy knowing he'll be back
at Augusta National next
April.
" With the adversity
I was faced with on
Wednesday to how I finished
my week today, you
can't make this stuff up,"
he said. "There's no way I
could've dreamed waking
up Thursday morning
that I would have played
this well because the
last thing my mind was
focused on was playing
golf.
"There's no way I
could have dreamed that
anything that happened
would've happened. But I
wouldn't have it any other
way. It's unbelievable."
Casey nearly sets
course record
By Ryne Dennis
Athens Banner-Herald
After nearly missing
the cut, England’s
Paul Casey played in
the opening pairing
Saturday morning.
By Sunday afternoon,
he was in line to make
history.
Casey shot a
7-under-par 65 in
his final round of the
Masters, but through
16 Casey was 9 under
for the day. Had the
score held, he would
have tied the course’s
low round of 63, held
by Nick Price (third
round 1986) and Greg
Norman (first round
1996). He was also on
pace to set the Masters
Tournament’s lowest
fourth-round score
(64) and was gunning
for Branden Grace’s
low-round major
record (62) set at last
year’s British Open .
“I was fully aware of
what was going on,”
Casey said. “I know
that 63 is the course
record and 62 is the
lowest ever in a major,
so I was aware. Not
particularly nervous,
just kind of having a
fun time and obviously
didn’t do it. It was fun.”
At 2 over to start the
day, Casey climbed the
leaderboard. His name
eventually went into
the top 10 before he slid
to a tie for 15th, finishing
at 5 under for the
tournament.
After a 74-75 start ,
Casey’s 69-65 rounds
on the weekend were a
pleasant surprise.
“It hasn’t been very
good until that streak
today," said Casey. “If
somebody would have
said that you’d shoot a
65 today, it’d be hard to
turn that down.”
Casey, who has five
top-10 finishes in 11
Masters appearances,
was bogey free until the
last two holes.
Birdies at Nos. 2 and
5 got him to even, and a
birdie at No. 8 got him
into red figures.
After another
birdie at 11, Casey put
together a streak that
hasn’t been done since
Co stantino Rocca in
1997.
Casey went birdie,
birdie, eagle, birdie
from 11 to 14, matching
Rocca’s feat, to drop to
9 under for his round.
“It was fun, wasn’t
it?” Casey said with
an ear-to-ear smile.
“To get through Amen
Corner and make a
birdie, birdie, eagle
at Amen Corner, I’m
going to remember
that one for a long
time.”

MASTERS 2018
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NOTEBOOK
Knox shines in another trip around course
Marker plays well in
pairing with former
champion Singh
From Staff Reports
Augusta’s Jeff Knox, the
noncompeting marker for the
second day, drew a Masters
Tournament champion as his
playing partner in Sunday’s
final round.
Knox, who shot an unofficial
76 because he picked up
a short putt, was paired with
2000 winner Vijay Singh,
who closed with 71. It was
the fourth Masters champion
Knox has been paired with.
He’s played twice with both
Bubba Watson and Sandy Lyle
and once with Craig Stadler.
Knox had birdies on Nos. 2
and 7 on Sunday. On Saturday,
he was the only player in the
field to make birdie on the
par-4 11th hole, where he hit
3-wood for his second shot to
35 feet and made the putt.
He played Saturday with
Paul Casey, who had 69 that
day and 65 on Sunday.
“It was just wonderful to
play with a gentleman and
little bit of a legend on the
weekend,” Casey said of
Knox. “To see the way he
approaches this golf course,
positions the golf ball and then
the speed of his putts, that’s
just very nice to see and wonderful
to play with, because
it’s the way I like to play this
golf course.”
HOFFMAN’S ACE: The shot
was nowhere close to where
Charley Hoffman was
aiming. Given the result, he
wasn’t going to complain.
Hoffman pulled his 6-iron
well left of his target on the
par-3 No. 16. The ball carried
the bunker, hit right and
ran right into the hole, giving
Hoffman a hole-in-one at
the Masters.
“I was just hoping to carry
the bunker and the thing
kicked right and fell into the
hole,” Hoffman said. “I feel
very, very lucky. I was aiming
right trying to funnel it down
like everybody else does and I
just pulled it. I was happy when
it got over the bunker and then
it was like, ‘Whoa, that took
a bounce toward the pin.’
Obviously, it’s a great feeling
that went through the body.”
Hoffman tied for 12th, just
enough to clinch a spot in
next year’s Masters.
TOP 10 FOR NO. 1: Dustin
Johnson couldn’t produce a
hot start to push the leaders,
despite an early birdie on No. 2.
A bogey on 7 and par on 8
left him at even for the day.
He attempted a surge on the
second nine, with four birdies
in six holes, but bogeys on 16
and 18 left him at 3-under 69
for the day and a tie for 10th
with Tony Finau at 7-under
281.
FLEETING FAME: One day
after a back-nine birdie barrage
to surge into the top six,
Tommy Fleetwood couldn’t
replicate the effort in the final
round. The Englishman had a
rare bogey on the par 5 second
hole and couldn’t recover,
shooting 74 to finish at
4-under 274 and tie for 17th.
LATE RUSH: Marc Leishman
went from the final pairing on
Saturday to nearly falling out
of the top 25 midway through
Sunday’s final round. Then
the Australian saved his week
over the final seven holes.
Leishman had five birdies
coming in to shoot 32 on the
second nine, a 2-under 70 on
Sunday and an 8-under 280
total to finish ninth.
Smith secures top-5
finish with second
nine birdie binge
By Larry Taylor
Staff Writer
Kevin Kisner reacts to his shot on the fourth hole Sunday. Kisner finished at even par for the
tournament. The tie for 28th was his best of three showings at Augusta National. [ANDY NELSON/
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Kisner disappointed with finish
By Ryne Dennis
Athens Banner-Herald
With four birdies and
an eagle in the final round
of this year’s Masters
Tournament, one would
think Aiken native Kevin
Kisner would be pleased
with Sunday’s effort.
After also posting six
bogeys, he really was quite
disappointed after a 72 and
an even-par showing overall
at his third Masters.
“I had an opportunity to
shoot really low and I just
threw it away around the
green,” Kisner said. “Just
terrible pitching. Just way
too many bogeys. I think I
made six or seven birdies
and shot even par. That’s
just not good enough.”
Kisner began his round at
even par and bogeyed his
first two holes but got one
of them back with a birdie
at the par-3 No. 4..
After another bogey at
No. 6, the University of
Georgia alum had backto-back
birdies at Nos. 7
and 8 before a bogey at No.
9 put him at 1 over for the
tournament.
His back nine was more
of the same streaky play.
A birdie at No. 10 was
erased by a bogey at No. 11,
but an eagle at No. 13 had
him at 1 under on the day
and in the tournament. He
returned to even par with a
bogey at No. 18.
Still, his tie for 28th was
his best showing at Augusta
National, and the fourround
total of 288 was his
lowest total by nine strokes.
“It was better,” Kisner
said of his tournament,
“but it was a disappointing
day.”
Kisner will play the RBC
Heritage at Hilton Head
Island, S.C., this week, a
place he is thrilled to play
after the challenges of
Augusta National.
“I’m excited to watch
your ball go where you
hit it and greens without
so much slope in them,”
Kisner said. “It will be like
a vacation.”
In only his second Masters
Tournament appearance,
Cameron Smith would have
been satisfied with a top-10
finish .
He got that, and more.
The 24-year-old
Australian reeled off four
consecutive birdies on the
back nine Sunday at Augusta
National and shot 6-underpar
66 to tie for fifth place at
9-under 279 with four-time
major winner Rory McIlroy,
two-time Masters champion
Bubba Watson and 2016
British Open winner Henrik
Stenson.
The top 12 and ties earn
invitations to the 2019
Masters.
“I’d like to think I would
have made it back here
anyway, but it definitely
secures a spot for next year
and that’s a big bonus,” said
Smith, who played Sunday
with world No. 1 and 2016
U.S. Open winner Dustin
Johnson.
It is Smith’s second top-5
finish in a major championship.
He tied for fourth in the
2015 U.S. Open at Chambers
Bay, won by Jordan Spieth.
“I’ve had a couple of good
finishes in majors, but (the)
U.S. Masters is the big hype
and to finish up there was
awesome,” Smith said.
The 66 was his lowest
score in eight Masters
rounds by four shots.
In his only other
appearance, Smith shot
74-73-82-74 and tied for
Australian Cameron Smith
shot 6-under-par 66 to tie
for fifth place at 9-under 279
with Rory McIlroy, Bubba
Watson and Henrik Stenson.
[TODD BENNETT/THE AUGUSTA
CHRONICLE]
55th in 2016.
Smith, who began the day
tied for 12th place , birdied
No. 1 before giving the shot
back with a bogey on No. 4.
He parred the five remaining
holes on the front nine and
made the turn in even-par 36.
“I probably left a few on
the front to be honest,” said
Smith, who is ranked 44th in
the world.
He birdied No. 10 and,
after a par on No. 11, reeled
off four consecutive birdies
beginning at No. 12.
“I just needed to see one go
in the hole,” said Smith, who
shot 30 on the back nine.
After a par on No. 16, he
birdied No. 17 to go 9 under
and finished the tournament
tied for second in second -
nine scoring at 9 under with
runner-up Rickie Fowler and
Daniel Berger.

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MASTERS 2018
Watson ‘very
happy’ with
top-five finish
Tiger Woods reacts to a missed birdie putt on No. 1 during the final round of the Masters Tournament.
[ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Tiger finds sub-70
round encouraging
By Scott Michaux
Staff Writer
While the big picture of
Tiger Woods returning for
his first competitive major
weekend in three years is
encouraging, the little picture
didn’t particularly
please him.
“I think things are progressing,”
Woods said in a
muted attempt at positive
spin after his 3-under 69 on
Sunday at Augusta National.
“And it was a little bit disappointing
I didn’t hit my irons
as well as I needed to for this
particular week. You miss it
just a touch here, it gets magnified.
And I just didn’t do a
good enough job this week in
that regard. But overall I’m
five or six tournaments into
it, to be able to compete out
here and to score like I did, it
feels good.”
Woods’ tie for 32nd is his
second worst finish in 19
professional starts at the
Masters, ahead of only his
40th-place finish in 2012.
But considering it’s his first
made cut in a major since the
2015 Masters a couple of back
surgeries ago, the fact that
he is back on the big stage is
a major accomplishment.
“This is one of the greatest
walks in all of golf,” Woods
said of Augusta National.
“And I had missed it for the
last couple of years I hadn’t
been able to play in it. So
now I’m glad I’m competing
in this tournament. And
to face the challenges out
Woods drops grass in the air
to check the wind on the No.
1 fairway. [TODD BENNETT/THE
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
there. I missed it. I really did.
I missed playing out here. I
missed competing against
these guys. Such a great
event. Best-run event in all
of our sport.”
Sunday provided glimpses
of the old Tiger at Augusta.
He finally found his touch
on the par-5s after failing to
capitalize on them all week,
making birdies on Nos. 2,
8 and 13 before draining a
29-foot putt at No. 15 for his
only eagle of the week.
“That will be going onto
the mantle at home,” Woods
said of the 14th pair of crystal
glasses he’s collected for
eagles in his Masters career.
His effort to match his
career-low Masters round
of 65 was derailed by four
bogeys Sunday.
“Yes, today would have
been one of those low
“It was a little bit
disappointing I didn’t
hit my irons as well
as I needed to for this
particular week. You miss
it just a touch here, it
gets magnified. And I just
didn’t do a good enough
job this week in that
regard. But overall I’m five
or six tournaments into
it, to be able to compete
out here and to score like I
did, it feels good.”
Tiger Woods
rounds,” Woods lamented.
“I certainly had the opportunity
to do it. I was close
to really, really getting it
rolling.”
Now Woods will go underground
for a few weeks
of gym work before getting
his game geared up
for an expected return at
Quail Hollow in Charlotte,
N.C., before the Players
Championship.
“Generally after this
tournament I put away the
clubs for a while,” Woods
said. “I usually take three
to four weeks off, throughout
my entire career, and
usually the clubs are put in
the closet and I just kind of
get away for a while. The
run-up to this event is pretty
hard and pretty grueling. I
pushed myself pretty hard
to get ready. And I peaked
at it four times over the
course of my career and it’s
tiring.”
By Ryne Dennis
Athens Banner-Herald
Bubba Watson’s
demeanor steadily
improved as Masters
Week went on, capped by
a “very happy” Sunday.
The two-time champion
shot 3-under-par
69 on the day to finish
at 9-under for the tournament
and in a tie for
fifth with Rory McIlroy,
Cameron Smith and
Henrik Stenson, six shots
behind winner Patrick
Reed.
Watson shot 69-68
on Friday and Saturday
and went 12 under since
he said he began feeling
more comfortable with
the course after hole No.
13 on Thursday.
“I’m very happy,”
Watson said of how he
played over the final three
days. “No. 13 on Thursday
afternoon, something just
clicked and then I shot
three rounds in the 60s. I
just felt something positive
and I’ve been off and
running after that.”
Watson began his final
round at Augusta National
at 6 under and had a pair
of birdies and bogey on
his front nine to reach 7
under.
He dropped back to 6
under with a bogey at No.
10, but an eagle at No. 13
pushed him up the leaderboard,
and a birdie at
No. 16 pushed him into
“No. 13 on Thursday
afternoon, something
just clicked and then
I shot three rounds
in the 60s. I just felt
something positive
and I’ve been off and
running after that.”
Bubba Watson
the top 5.
“It was good,” Watson
said. “Obviously there
were a lot of good scores
today. We had the roars
back that we always talk
about on Sunday afternoon.
The wind was down
so people were scoring
pretty good.”
It is his best showing at
a Masters that he did not
win.
Watson was among
the players to congratulate
Reed just off the 18th
green Sunday.
Watson, a University of
Georgia alum, and Reed,
who spent time at UGA
before transferring to
Augusta State, embraced,
and Reed gave Watson’s
son, Caleb, a high five.
“We’ve seen what a
player he’s been over
the years,” Watson said.
“Obviously in college he
was a great player, but
to see his intensity week
after week, I can’t do it,
I don’t have the energy.
I don’t have the mindset
first of all, it’s pretty
impressive to watch.”
Bubba Watson points on the second green during the final
round. He shot 3-under-par 69 to tie for fifth. [MICHAEL
HOLAHAN/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Mickelson leaves Masters Tournament with regrets
By Brent Maycock
Topeka Capital-Journal
Phil Mickelson had every
reason to wear the big smile
spread across his face after
a final-round 5-under 67
Sunday at the Masters.
But anyone who knows
Mickelson knows it might
have been a bit forced. And
plenty bittersweet.
Instead of seeing his best
round of the week at Augusta
National Golf Club vault him
into contention for his fourth
green jacket, it merely moved
him from the bottom of the
field to a more respectable
finish. Rounds of 79 and 74
on Friday and Saturday relegated
Mickelson to also-ran
status and made Sunday’s
move rather meaningless.
“It was better, but it’s
never easy being out here
knowing what you’re missing
out on with that back
nine here on Sunday at the
Masters,” Mickelson said.
“”You know what special
things happen on that back
Phil Mickelson smiles as he tops the first green during the final
round of the Masters Tournament. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
nine. You know how fun it
is to be part of it in the mix.
“But I went out and had a
great day playing with Chez
(Reavie). We had fun, I hit
some good shots and it was
an OK way to finish.”
Even in posting a round
with five birdies and an
eagle, Mickelson found little
solace in how he played.
“I hit one good shot this
whole week — it was the
7-iron on 17 — which went
exactly as I wanted it to. I was
just a little bit off. I’ll take a
week or two off and get back
at it.
“I’ve been very consistent
this year, especially off
the tee. And then last week
and this week, I had some
really big misses which I
haven’t been doing this year.
I haven’t had big numbers
this year and the last two
weeks I’ve had a lot of big
numbers.”
A day after starting his
round with a disastrous
triple bogey, Mickelson
avoided the big numbers
Sunday and even posted
plenty of red ones, especially
early and late. Riding a
hot putter, Mickelson ran off
three straight birdies on Nos.
2, 3 and 4 by sinking putts of
10, 12 and 30 feet.
After giving two of those
shots back with bogeys on
Nos. 8 and 11, Mickelson
closed strong. He made a
two-putt birdie on No. 13,
rolled in a 14-foot eagle putt
on No. 15 and then hit the
aforementioned 7-iron to
five feet for birdie on No. 17.
“I basically just made some
putts, it wasn’t like I was hitting
it close,” Mickelson said
of his early string of birdies.
“It’s not like I was knocking
down the stick.”
Disappointed in his showing
this week , Mickelson will
turn his attention toward the
next major — the U.S. Open,
which will be held June 14-17
at Shinnecock Hills Golf
Club in New York.
It’s the only major
Mickelson needs to complete
his career Grand Slam.
And given all his near misses
(six runner-up finishes) and
his age (47), he knows his
opportunities are dwindling .
Mickelson admits it weighs
on him plenty. Maybe too
much.
“The difficult thing for me
is I continue to put a little bit
too much pressure on myself
in the majors right now
because I know I don’t have
a ton of time to win them,
especially U.S. Opens,” he
said. “But these next two
U.S. Opens, Shinnecock
and Pebble Beach, give me
two really good opportunities.
I need to get my game
sharp, but I need to be on
those weeks. At the past,
I’ve been on at Shinnecock
and I’m hopeful to do it
again.”

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MASTERS 2018
Ghim finishes
as low amateur
Birdie from bunker
on 18th closes out
first Masters
By Dennis Knight
Savannah Morning News
Doug Ghim has shown
a flair for the dramatic
throughout his first
appearance at Augusta
National Golf Club, and
that trend continued
Sunday for the University
of Texas senior, who took
home the Silver Cup as the
low amateur at the 82nd
Masters Tournament.
Ghim holed out from the
left front bunker for birdie
on No. 18, closing out an
unforgettable week for the
21-year-old who qualified
as the runner-up at the
2017 U.S. Amateur. He
shot 74 on Sunday and finished
the week at 8-over
par, in a tie for 50th.
Ghim had eagles on Nos.
13 and 18 on Thursday.
His eagle on the final
hole from 178 yards was
just the sixth at No. 18 in
Masters history. He added
another eagle on No. 13
in Saturday’s round and
entered the final round
leading the field with three
eagles in the tournament.
“I can’t believe it,” said
Ghim, who plans to turn
professional after playing
the U.S. Open as an amateur
in June. “Every single
day I’ve been out here I’ve
been feeling a little bit
better about my game and
controlling the nerves and
being able to perform the
way I want to.”
On the final hole, Ghim
had a solid drive and a
5-iron approach that he
pulled into the left bunker
Amateur Doug Ghim shot 74 on Sunday to finish up the Masters at 8-over. “The whole
week has been emotional,” he said. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
fronting the green. Ghim
watched and heard the
gallery react as playing
partner Tyrrell Hatton
chipped in for birdie,
before he settled into the
sand for the final shot of
his first Masters.
“I had a good lie which
I felt like I could spin it,
and it came off pretty
well,” Ghim said. “It was
on a good line and I was
like, just please, give it a
chance, and it went in. I
heard it hit the pin and I
heard the crowd just go
nuts again, and it was
pretty cool to give them a
show and end the week on
a positive note.”
Ghim took just four
putts on the 18th during
the tournament. His
father, Jeff, was on the
bag for Ghim this week
and said that the eagle
with a 6-iron on No. 18 on
Thursday was the most
memorable moment of an
incredible stretch.
“He doesn’t want to
putt on No. 18,” Jeff Ghim,
a South Korean immigrant,
said with a laugh.
“He hates that. This week
has been emotional. He
loves me, and I love him.”
Jeff Ghim will loop for
his son during the U.S.
Open at Shinnecock Hills
Golf Club in New York,
before Doug hires a fulltime
caddie.
Doug Ghim has talked
all week about how his
first Masters appearance
has meant so much to
him, largely because he
was able to share it with
his father and his mother,
Susan.
In the Par-3 Contest,
Ghim let his father hit the
tee shot on the final hole.
He told his dad to hit a
wedge, but his father went
with a 9-iron and knocked
it over the green. Doug
played it onto the green
and his mom took the putt.
Ghim was looking
forward to the award ceremony
in Butler Cabin on
Sunday evening, where he
would receive the Silver
Cup and watch the champion
receive his green
jacket.
“It’s going to be crazy.
It’s going to be emotional,
of course,” Ghim said.
“The whole week has been
emotional … it’s just being
mindful and understanding
that it’s as special of a
week for my family as it is
for me. I understand how
important it is to them
to be able to celebrate
with them this week.
And tonight is going to be
something that I’ll never
forget.”
Tie for 5th gives
Stenson best
finish at Augusta
By David Lee
Staff Writer
Henrik Stenson’s
final round began on
a positive note, but he
again lacked the steam
to make a significant
move.
Playing in his 13th
Masters Tournament,
Stenson was perhaps
the most consistent
player in the field this
week. It didn't earn
him a green jacket, but
it produced the best
finish of his career at
Augusta National Golf
Club.
Stenson shot a third
consecutive 2-underpar
70 in the final
round Sunday to finish
9-under in a tie for
fifth. He was joined
by Cameron Smith,
Bubba Watson and
Rory McIlroy.
The 41-year-old’s
previous best finish was
a tie for 14th in 2014.
After missing the cut
last year, he secured
his fourth top-20 finish
in the past six years.
Stenson knocked his
approach on No. 1 to
10 feet and made the
birdie putt to kick off
his final round in strong
fashion.
But after a missed
birdie putt on No. 2
and a bogey on the
6th, it quickly became
clear that a final-round
charge would be tough
to produce.
He hit his approach
on No. 7 to five feet
and made the birdie
putt, but he failed to
take advantage of the
par-5 eighth and carded
bogey on the ninth to
Henrik Stenson reacts
after his putt went
awry on the fourth hole
Sunday during the final
round of the Masters.
[NIGEL COOK/THE AUGUSTA
CHRONICLE]
shoot 36 on the first
nine.
After pars on Nos. 10
and 11, Stenson made
bogey on the 12th by
failing to get up and
down from the back
side. He rebounded
with birdie on No. 13
and did the same on
the 15th, but he missed
birdie chances on Nos.
16 and 17 before finishing
with a four-foot
birdie putt on No. 18 to
shoot 34 on the second
nine and 70 for the
round.
Stenson tied for
seventh in greens in
regulation for the
week but was outside
the top 10 in proximity
to the hole,
further limiting his
birdie opportunities.
He also ranked 38th
in the field in driving
distance for the week.
Eagles give Simpson a part of history
By David Lee
Staff Writer
Webb Simpson joked
that the eagles would
come in droves after near
misses the past few years.
No one could’ve predicted
they’d come in
the fashion Simpson
accomplished Sunday
in the final round of the
Masters Tournament.
Simpson holed out
from 166 yards on the
par-4 seventh for eagle,
using a 7-iron, then followed
up with a hole-out
from 20 yards off the
green on the par-5 eighth
for eagle.
It marked just the
fourth time a Masters
participant has recorded
consecutive eagles. Every
other time occurred on
the 13th and 14th holes,
giving Simpson a little
Masters history in the
process.
“I’ve had a couple close
calls with hole-outs and
none of them have gone
in for a couple years,”
Simpson said.
The 4-under stretch
through two holes
Webb Simpson hits out of the bunker on No. 4 during the final round of the Masters Tournament. Simpson eagled
Nos. 7 and 8, becoming only the fourth player to accomplish such a feat at the Masters. [ANDY NELSON/THE AUGUSTA
CHRONICLE]
highlighted a 5-underpar
67 in the final round
to finish 2-under for the
tournament. He added
birdies on Nos. 2, 10,
13 and 15 for his best
round and overall finish
at the Masters in seven
appearances.
The strong finish was
made even more special
after Simpson’s father
died in November. His
father was his caddie in
one of the Par-3 Contests
a couple years ago, and
the two came to the
Masters when Simpson
was 12 .
“I thought a lot about
Consecutive eagles
Dan Pohl, 1982: 13 and 14
Dustin Johnson,
2009: 13 and 14
Phil Mickelson,
2010: 13 and 14
Webb Simpson,
2018: 7 and 8
him this week, especially
on the Par-3 Contest
with my kids out there,”
he said. “I miss him like
crazy. I was excited to
get here. I knew I’d think
about him a lot.
“I feel like each hole I
hear him saying something
to me, what to
do, how to play, how to
putt.”
Simpson will take more
memories home from
Augusta. He already had
two sets of crystal from
eagles at the Masters, and
he’ll add a couple more.
He said the balls from his
two eagles will go into the
crystal in a trophy case at
home, not washed.
“All in all, a better week
than I’ve had here. I have
to build on it,” Simpson
said.

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MASTERS 2018
Seen and Heard
FANS’ CORNER
THROUGH THE LENS
Angie Zimmerman has
been at the Masters since
Thursday, but it took her
four days to notice a change
in the concession stands.
“Where’s the pink lemonade?”
she asked . “I didn’t
realize until today it was
missing.”
The pink lemonade at
Augusta National has
changed to yellow.
On Sunday, the New
Orleans native ordered an
Arnold Palmer (half sweet
tea, half lemonade) to go
with a sausage biscuit.
“I actually like this better,”
she said. “I heard a lady in
front of me order an Arnold
Palmer and that’s when I
thought to myself, ‘Wait,
you can’t have an Arnold
Palmer with pink lemonade.’
They have yellow this year!”
Juniors first
If the Masters competitors
are Augusta National’s top
priority this week, its junior
patrons aren’t far behind.
Shane Jansen, 9, arrived at
his first Masters on Sunday
and was greeted with a paper
ticket and commemorative
pin.
“It’s so cool,” Jansen said,
while hooking the yellow pin
to his shirt collar. “I can’t
believe we get to be here.”
The Junior Pass Program
began in 2006. Accredited
patrons may bring one
junior, ages 8 to 16, free for
each tournament day.
Celebrity sighting
Jim Taylor was glancing at
the No. 7 leaderboard when
a familiar face walked past.
“I look over and there’s
Penny Hardaway,” said
Taylor, of Detroit. “I say to
my wife, ‘Do you know who
that is?’ ”
Hardaway, wearing a
Memphis basketball hat and
shirt was hired to be Memphis’
men’s basketball coach in
March. The former Orlando
Magic star was watching
players tee off on No. 8.
“It’s the Masters,” Taylor
said. “You never know who
you’ll see out here.”
From staff reports
JUNIOR PATRON
OF THE DAY
Name: Carter
Ellis
From: Augusta
Age: 11
Favorite
golfer: Phil
Ellis
Mickelson
Favorite sandwich:
Pimento cheese
Thoughts on Augusta
National Women’s Amateur
Championship: “I think it’s
great that girls get to play
now. It’s usually just boys!”
Chairs awaiting their patrons encircle the No. 18 green . Early in the day, thousands use their chairs to try to secure their viewing
spots all around Augusta National Golf Club while still being able to walk the course. [ANDREW DAVIS TUCKER/THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
Sand flies from a bunker on Sunday
at the Masters. [ANDY NELSON/THE
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE]
For photo galleries
throughout Masters Week,
visit augusta.com.
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Congratulations to
@AugustaJags @
AUG_University
alumni on winning the
2018 @TheMasters!
#JaguarNation is roaring
proud!
— @PresKeel
Congratulations to
PATRICK REED 2018
MASTERS CHAMPION!
—Chris Smith
(@Chris347921)
Spieth is definitely
the most consistent
golfer at the Masters
since his debut in 2014.
Unbelievable how well he
can play Augusta.
—Lauren Kelly
(@LaurKelly24)
Meanwhile, Tiger is
just 13 behind with
one to play. It’s a twopossession
game.
— Dan Jenkins
(@DanJenkinsGD)
A pair of patrons are decked
out from head to toe in Masters
Tournament colors for the fourth
round Sunday at Augusta National
Golf Club. [NIGEL COOK/THE AUGUSTA
CHRONICLE]
Getting the Chinese
menu ready for dinner.
Masters Sunday
traditions are the
best.
— Aaryn Joanna
(@Aaryn_Joanna)
Glued to the tv this
Masters Sunday
—Sam Hunter
(@slamminsam25)
It's Masters Sunday
with one of the best
leaderboards of all
time. And then it's
WrestleMania night with
one of the best cards in
recent history. Today
rules.
—Thibs (@Piggenres)
Masters Sunday >
Superbowl Sunday
Tom (@THark99)
Masters Sunday >>>>>>>
any other Sunday in
Sports —or Sunday’s in
Kiradech
Aphibarnrat
holds his
club to his
head after
a chip from
a bunker on
No. 2 . He
finished tied
for 44th in
his second
Masters.
[MICHAEL
HOLAHAN/
THE AUGUSTA
CHRONICLE]
general. Don’t @ me
—Adam Perry
(@AdamPerry_)
This will be some Masters
Sunday. Whether it’s Rory
pulling off the Grand
Slam on this course, or a
modern day Ryder Cup
hero Patrick Reed could
go lower than anyone
ever has as a Masters
Champion. If that doesn’t
happen it’s a comeback
of epic proportions by
Fowler, Rahm or Bubba
—Tim Brando (@TimBrando)
This is one of the
most star studded
leaderboards for a
masters Sunday ever
#TheMasters
—Max Martin
(@Max_J_Martin)
Nothing like Masters
Sunday to make you want
to go out and play 18!!
—Nico B (@SonicOlette)