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MASTERS WRAP-UP
Dustin Johnson won The Masters and his first Green Jacket. DJ won by five strokes for his second major golf championship, the other the 2016 U.S. Open.
At 20-under (268), Johnson set the Masters tournament scoring record for 72 holes, breaking previous record of (270) by Tiger Woods in 1997 and Jordan Spieth (2015). Johnson tied opening 54-hole scoring record 16-under (200).
In addition to his Green Jacket, Johnson will cash a check for $2.06 million as prize money for winning the 2020 Masters.
Interesting that this was the 46th week of the PGA Tour season and Joe Biden was elected to be the 46th President of the United States
Sky Sports of the United Kingdom wrap-up:
Final Leaderboard
Dustin Johnson 65-70-65-68—268 (-20)
Cameron Smith 67-68-69-69—273 (-15)
Sungjae Im 66-70-68-69—273 (-15)
Justin Thomas 66-69-71-70—276 (-12)
Rory McIlroy 75-66-67-69—277 (-11)
Dylan Frittelli 65-73-67-72—277 (-11)
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Masters Notebook
Cameron Smith (67-68-69-69) becomes the very first player in Masters tournament history to card four scores in the 60s.
Tiger Woods made a septuple-bogey (10) at the par-3 12th, the highest score of his PGA TOUR career on any hole. His previous worst score on a hole was a nine (Hole No. 3/R-3/ of the 1997 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide.
The 2019 U.S. Amateur champion Andy Ogletree (73-70-71-72) (286) T-34 earned low amateur honors and honors alongside Dustin Johnson.
There were no players with a bogey-free round on Sunday.
Sungjae Im (T-2) became the third-youngest player to finish in the top five at the Masters with only Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods younger.
At age 63, Bernhard Langer shot 68-73-73-71 - (285) to finish three-under and T-29.
What They’re Saying
DJ Dominates; Breaks Masters Record (PGA Tour dot com)
How Two Brothers Went from “Dumb & Dumber” to Masters (ESPN dot com)
Tiger Stuck with It (NYT)
DeChambeau “way too many mistakes” - (ESPN)
Who Were the People in the Augusta National gallery? (Golf dot com)
Every Shot by 2020 Masters Champion Dustin Johnson (Sky Sports UK)
What’s Next?
The RSM Classic will be played this week - November 19-22 - at the Sea Island Resort in Georgia. Tyler Duncan is the defending champion.
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