AUGUSTA—Masters champion Jon Rahm said he had felt a “wave of emotion” after securing the green jacket with a four-stroke victory at Augusta National on Sunday. READ MORE:
Rahm had been ice-cool on the course as he overtook third-round leader Brooks Koepka and then held onto his lead on the back nine, where so many Masters dreams have been dashed.
“Obviously we all dream of things like this as players, and you try to visualize what it’s going to be like and what it’s going to feel like,” Rahm said. “To play the way I did on Sunday, only one bogey in difficult conditions and coming in with a margin of is hard to explain. A lot of pride, and I am really proud of myself and what I did.”
A bogey on the ninth hole, just as Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson were making a charge, certainly sent his pulse racing.
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