Koepka’s 44-foot birdie attempt skirted past the hole on the right and he missed the comebacker, a two-shot swing that widened Rahm’s lead to four on Mickelson and five on Koepka and several others at 7-under. There, the 28-year-old Rahm would deliver the kill shot on Koepka, a dart from 133 yards out that rolled to within four feet of the pin. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) Jon Rahm (right) took control of the Masters on Sunday over Brooks Koepka (left), who began the final round with a two-shot lead. Unfortunately for him, Rahm matched him and ascended to 11-under as they headed toward the 14th. Koepka finally managed to end his streak of birdie-less holes at 22 on the newly lengthened 13th. Although Koepka was clearly leaking oil - he hadn’t birdied a hole since the eighth in Round 3, his approaches wavered and his putts wobbled - he matched Rahm par for par on 10 and 11.Īt the 12th, Koepka slipped even further off the pace, chunking his second shot from the fringe and slipping a par putt past the hole to fall to 7-under. Mickelson, long ago given up for dead in both golf and cultural senses, rolled in his eighth birdie of the day with an emphatic fist pump, closing a round of 65 - tied for his lowest ever at Augusta.Ī few dozen yards away from him, Rahm and Koepka began their back-nine battle with Rahm in the lead by two strokes at 10-under.
On an afternoon of improbable events and astounding shots, perhaps the strangest was this: Phil Mickelson, age 52, held the clubhouse lead late Sunday at the Masters.
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