Jon Rahm wins 87th Masters Tournament

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.

The 2016 Arizona State Bachelor of Arts in Communications is the first Sun Devil since Phil Mickelson 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 Mickelson's loud 42 triumphs.

The three-time champion Mickelson 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.

Arizona State became just the second institution ever to have both the winner and runner-up in the same Masters Tournament, after Ohio State had Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf in 1975. ASU is now one of four schools to have multiple Masters Winners, joining Texas, Houston and Stanford.

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.

On six, Rahm saved par on a nifty putt while Koepka bogeyed, catapulting the Sun Devil into the lead.

Momentum continued shifting in Rahm's favor, next on the par-5, 570 yard eighth. He was just short of the green after three strokes, but fired a majestic swing with his wedge and earned a tap-in birdie. He moved to 11-under for the event including 2-under for the final round, and two strokes ahead of Koepka.

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