Jon Rahm delivered tension-packed clutch pictures down the stretch on Sunday to win the Masters, capturing his second main title to reclaim the world primary rating.

The 28-year-old Spaniard held agency when 54-hole chief Brooks Koepka fell aside, taking part in iron-solid and mistake-free golf till the ultimate gap to methodically fend off Koepka and Phil Mickelson, foiled in his bid at age 52 for a seventh main victory.

Rahm fired a three-under par 69 to complete 72 holes at Augusta National on 12-under 276 to defeat Koepka and Mickelson by 4 strokes.

Three-time main winner Jordan Spieth, 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed and Russell Henley have been in an all-American pack sharing fourth on 281.

Rahm, the 2021 US Open champion, received the inexperienced jacket and took a document high prize of $3.24 million from a document $18 million purse.

Ten-under and two forward of Mickelson as he started the again 9, Rahm by no means faltered, producing precision shotmaking on a bogey-free again 9.

Rahm chipped to 5 ft to arrange a birdie on the par-5 thirteenth and landed his method to 4 ft forward of a birdie at 14 then parred his means in, the one signal of championship stress being a poor tee shot at 18, the place he nonetheless rescued par, then thrust his arms into the air to have a good time.

Rahm, with three different PGA Tour triumphs this 12 months, received on what would have been the 66th birthday of his idol, the late Seve Ballesteros, who received the Masters 40 years in the past.

“I’d like to think he’s up there watching and pulling for me,” Rahm mentioned earlier than the ultimate spherical. “If there’s somebody who would have enough charisma to give me any help, it would be him.”

Rahm achieved what he known as a “true honor” in turning into the fourth Spaniard to seize the inexperienced jacket after Ballesteros, Sergio Garcia and Jose Maria Olazabal -- Olazabal greeting Rahm simply off the 18th inexperienced to congratulate his countryman.

Rahm, ranked third, overtook 2022 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler as world primary with the triumph after the American shared tenth on 284.

Koepka had a four-stroke in a single day lead however struggled from the restart of the third spherical, going 6-over in a 19-hole stretch with no birdie as Rahm charged.

Rahm, two again after 54 holes, sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the third, seized the lead after Koepka made bogeys on the par-3 fourth and sixth, then birdied the par-5 eighth and made a bogey at 9 to succeed in the flip at 10-under.

The best last-round Masters comeback to win was eight strokes by Jack Burke in 1956, however a number of gamers tried in useless to shatter that mark.

Six-time main winner and three-time Masters champion Mickelson, the oldest main winner at age 50 on the 2021 PGA Championship, birdied 5 of the final seven holes to shoot 65 -- the bottom Masters spherical ever for a participant over 50.

Mickelson had begun the final spherical 10 off Koepka’s tempo, giving him an opportunity to match the best last-round comeback in main historical past -- Paul Lawrie’s 1999 British Open rally from 10 adrift.

But the US left-hander settled for being the oldest participant to complete within the top-five at a Masters, beating a mark set by Jimmy Demaret at age 51.

Three-time main winner Spieth, who additionally started the spherical 10 off the tempo, birdied 14 and 17 however a closing bogey doomed his title bid.

Reed, Koepka and Mickelson gave Saudi-backed upstart collection LIV Golf three high contenders.

They have been amongst high PGA Tour stars lured final 12 months with document $25 million purses from 54-hole occasions, sparking the PGA to ban LIV gamers from its tournaments at the same time as majors enable LIV golfers to compete.

Koepka, coming off a LIV Golf victory final week in Orlando, received all three prior occasions he led a significant after 54 holes.