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Final Day Sunday at The Masters
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Sunday was a masterclass in turbulence and chaos, firepower and quality. It had it all! No one got better than 13 under all week. At 1 point, only 1 shot seperated the leader and 5 chasers - with 8 holes to play.
Pressure descended and the players seperated with Rory bagging birdies on 12 and 13 to create clear daylight. The tee shot on 12, stole the show, angling in a precise 9 iron that rode the wind.
Rory looked anything but a champion through the 1st 6 holes - especially after a scratchy 3 putt from 5 feet on the daunting 4th. He found his groove eventually, especially with a trademark raking iron shot into the par 5 8th.
Rory was brilliant this week, the weekend was tough, but he was continually sneakily better than the rest, despite an errant driver, ranking the worst in the field and the worst by a champion in decades.
Rory now has 6 majors - thats some lofty heights, a clear generational talent since 2010. He is definitely hunting a 2nd grand slam.
Matching Jack, Sir Nick & Tiger in defending his green jacket is certainly the affirmation he will quietly enjoy.
Round of the Day
Keegs, Gary W & The MadHatter all posted 66s, charging up the leaderboard. MadHatter including a closing stretch of 4 birdies in row after his hole-out eagle on 7.
Shot of the Day
JR was deep in the trees on 7 and took on the improbable, with a big slicing iron shot that spun down to under 1 foot - for a kick-in birdie. This looked like his year, before the back 9 pressure hurt him with fluffed lines on 11 and 12 down Amen Corner.
Performance of the Day
Scottie reeled off another bogey free round, making him the 1st player since 1942 to go bogey free all weekend, nearly coming back from a 12 shot deficit. His round included the most insane birdie on 15 - piercing a long iron through the trees, after he failed to make it through.
The Leaders
The top 12s managed to lock their tickets into next year’s Masters which for Homa, Hatton, Knapp & JR is gold, whilst the others already have exemptions via various categories or would be more likely to get so later in the year.
For a full view of the scores head to Masters Leaderboard and majorpunter leaderboard.
majorpunter Leaderboard:
| Rank | Team | Punter | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hydrocodone | James Bisset | -46 |
| 2 | TopCaddie | Viv Adams | -44 |
| 3 | Savage | Philip Saville | -43 |
| T4 | Lefties | Jord Green | -42 |
| T4 | Fore Roses | Knox Wyatt | -42 |
| T6 | BUA | G McGregor | -41 |
| T6 | RLW-2 | Luke West | -41 |
| T8 | The Par-Tee Masters | Emily Rodrigues | -40 |
| T8 | Little General | Graeme East | -40 |
| 10 | GJBAMA | Griffin Jenkins | -39 |
Final Day Sunday was filled with magic and procession. Rory was resilient and the grind won the day.
There were some great scores for the punters this week and Sunday flipped completely from Saturday. Check the full board here on the LEADERBOARD.
Hydrocodone made a massive charge on Sunday, buoyed by MadHatter, Jordan & Scottie to sneak a 2 shot win over TopCaddie.
Savage was not far behind in 3rd, followed by Lefties & Fore Roses.
It was an exciting weekend at Augusta and ultimately a worthy winner came to the fore. 6 majors and 2 Masters for Rory.
majorpunter Bottomboard:
| Rank | Team | Punter | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | The Last Lawn Gnome | Mike Adams | -1 |
| 87 | PokeyAU2 | Preston Barnes | E |
| 88 | Blokkies | Ross Harris | +1 |
| 89 | Burry 2 | Dale Burraston | +2 |
| 90 | Farfield | Matthew Verbaan | +4 |
| 91 | DC Crushers | Danie Claassen | +5 |
| 92 | ALM Stingers | De Wet Dannhauser | +7 |
| 93 | Team GFU | Ryan Boright | +8 |
| T94 | 3 Ft For The Win | Frank Nelms | +15 |
| T94 | Henri’s Heroes | Ian Norden | +15 |
In the end, there were some big numbers for a few punters.
3 Ft for the Win & Henri’s Heroes came tied last, a long way back, clearly hurt by the 80s that floated around on Sunday.
We are looking forward to the next major, the US PGA at the famed Aronomink – for the 1st time since 1962 and long overdue. Scottie will be defending and its likely to be sensational.
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