Jon Rahm won the 87th Masters Tournament in dominant fashion from LIV pair Brooks Koepka and Phil Mickelson as Augusta finally produced fireworks on Sunday.
A week that began with Rahm's four-putt double-bogey and saw trees uprooted amid wind and rain ended under the familiar blue skies of a Georgia spring – and with Rahm out on his own as Masters champion.
Rahm won by four from Koepka and Mickelson, the former having at one stage led by that many and Mickelson the one to set the clubhouse target with a thrilling charge, but from very early on in round four this appeared to be Rahm's tournament.
The Spaniard had returned to the course four shots behind Brooks Koepka but that gap was cut to two immediately, which is where it remained as they teed off for the final round.
Rahm drew level when he birdied the third and Koepka bogeyed the fourth before taking the lead on his own at the sixth hole as Koepka again came unstuck from behind the green.
At the turn it was Rahm by two and eyes out for challengers from the pack, which emerged from the same two-ball as first Jordan Spieth and then Mickelson set about posting a challenging clubhouse target.
Spieth bogeyed the last hole to leave the way clear for playing partner Mickelson, who rolled in his fifth birdie in seven holes to reach eight-under, but as Rahm moved to 11-under with a birdie at the 13th, it never looked likely to be a problem.
The door was all but closed with a further birdie at the 14th and pars home from there saw Rahm capture his second major championship on what would have been Seve Ballesteros's 64th birthday.
"History of the game is a big part of why I play, and one of the reasons I play, Seve being one of them," said Rahm. "If it wasn't for that Ryder Cup in 97, my dad and I talk about it all the time – we don't know where I would be or as a family where we would be.
"For me to get it done on the 40th anniversary of his win, his birthday, Easter Sunday... it's incredibly meaningful. I know he was pulling for me today. It was a great Sunday. I'm at a loss for words."
Koepka had been 12-under at halfway, the score on which Rahm finished the tournament, and was left to rue a four-over par weekend which saw him miss out on what would've been his fifth major championship.
"I didn't play that great," he said. "At the end, trying to make birdies, it's tough to catch him when he's playing that good.
"I've known I've been healthy. I feel good, been playing good, so just need to keep doing what I'm doing and I'll be just fine.
"Second's not very fun so that's motivation in itself."
