The Masters 2023 LIVE: Leaderboard and reaction as Jon Rahm wins first green jacket

It’s been a fine PGA Tour season so far and the action is set to continue with just over a month until the next major. After the RBC Heritage this week are stops in New Orleans, Mexico, North Carolina and Texas, before the USPGA Championship is held at Oak Hill in upstate New York from 18-21 May.

Our 2023 Masters champion takes a cool $3,240,000 (£2,606,094) away from Augusta after securing victory. Handy.

Here’s a full prize money breakdown for the top ten:

Total purse: $18 million

1st: $3,240,000 -- Jon Rahm

2nd: $1,944,000 -- Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka ($1.594 million each)

3rd: $1,224,000

4th: $864,000 -- Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Russell Henley ($744,000 each)

5th: $720,000

6th: $648,000

7th: $603,000 -- Cameron Young, Viktor Hovland ($580,500 each)

8th: $558,000

9th: $522,000 -- Sahith Theegala

10th: $486,000 -- Scottie Scheffler, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa ($432,000 each)

Depending on how you group Masters wins, Rahm may have made a little more Spanish history than he might first have realised. His means the green jacket has been put on Spanish shoulders for a sixth time, drawing the nation level with the United Kingdom for Masters titles as the second most successful country in Masters history - though Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam may prefer their titles are attributed to Scotland and Wales respectively.

In that case, Spain now have second place outright, one ahead of South Africa.

It must be a wonderful feeling - within a few feet of the hole, with several strokes in hand, knowing a green jacket is yours. He could have taken several putts, but Jon Rahm needed only one.

Among the many Masters losers licking their wounds this Monday morning is Rory McIlroy, who came in with great expectations that this, finally, would be his year. McIlroy is likely to be back on the fairways later this week at the RBC Heritage, held about three hours to the southeast of Augusta.

Jamie Braidwood on the weekend that wasn’t for the Northern Irishman:

Of course, few were able to watch every moment of this year’s Masters as limited television coverage was again criticised. Augusta National has never been afraid to do things differently, and the total, all-round package available to consumers via the Masters app is outstanding, but in this era of comprehensive coverage it does feel anachronistic to not be able to watch every shot on TV.

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Who saw that final round 65 coming from Phil Mickelson? The leftie had shown precious few signs of top form on the LIV Series since his controversial defection to the Saudi-backed breakaway tour, but looked in superb touch as he and Jordan Spieth charged up the leaderboard on Sunday. Mickelson’s Augusta knowhow cannot be doubted, but it certainly felt like the big stage brought the best out of the 52-year-old, who has toiled on the course over the last 18 months after so much focus on his comments away from the game.

The final margin of victory was larger than anticipated at Augusta, with Jon Rahm holding his nerve as Brooks Koepka lost his way on Sunday. It was an out-of-character collapse from the four-time major winner, normally so steady when in position to win, and the runner-up admitted he was struggling to take the positives.

“Give it a week, and I’ll start to see some positives out of it and carry this over to the PGA (Championship), the U.S. Open and The (British) Open,” Koepka said. “But right now, it’s kind of tough to see, if I’m honest, probably for the next few hours and the next few days.

“I think I proved [I can still contend] this week, no? I’ve known this for a while, but I guess it was just a matter of going out and doing it. I led for three rounds, and just didn’t do it on the last day, that’s it. Plain and simple.”

Yes, Rahm’s triumph is rightly dominating the headlines today after sealing a fitting, richly deserved first Augusta victory. But one of the other stories of a final round that at times seemed to progress at glacial pace was the speed of play of a number of competitors, with Patrick Cantlay particularly in the firing line.

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With the green jacket officially handed over to Jon Rahm, that ends The Masters for another year. Despite the wind and the rain, we were given a fantastic tournament which culminated in the crowning of a more than worthy champion.

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