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Augusta, GA – On Sunday, April 9th, 2023 , Jon Rahm claims his first green jacket and 2nd major title at Augusta National Golf Club. There are some facts behind the Spaniard's success of conquering Augusta National, so check this out! - Rahm became the fourth Spanish golfer to win Green Jacket joining Seve Ballesteros, Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia. - Rahm joined Phil Mickelson as players to wear both Green and Devil's Jackets (both were Arizona State University graduates) - Rahm joined Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus to win Tournament of Champions and Masters at the same year. - Rahm joined Tom Watson, Mike Weir and Bubba Watson to win Los Angeles Open and Masters at the same year. - Rahm also joined Nicklaus and Weir to win Masters and California Desert Classic at the same year.  - With his Masters win, Rahm took his sixth world number one reign, as well as leading PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and European Tour's DP World standings. It’s har...

AUGUSTA, GA – It's finally the Masters Tournament week, a tradition unlike any other. The 2023 edition will be the 87th running since it all began 89 years ago in 1934 at Augusta National Golf Club , the course which golfing pioneer Bobby Jones developed into the one of the grandest stages in golf. The Masters is quite considered as golf's first major championship since the Official World Golf Ranking era began in 1986, except in 2020, when the tournament was moved to November due to COVID-19 outbreak. Last year , Texan rising star golfer Scottie Scheffler outlasted the opposition to capture his maiden major triumph. But this year the current world number one will repeat last year's performances, with other headlines including world number two Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy 's eyeing for completing grand slam and world number three Spaniard Jon Rahm poising for his green jacket as tribute to Severianno Ballesteros who won in 1980 and 1983 ...

AUGUSTA, GA and PONTE VEDRA, FL – We're just about less than a month away from golf's first major championship, the Masters Tournament , and the world's top 3 players are on the big battle for the green jacket: Rory McIlroy , Jon Rahm and the current world number one Scottie Scheffler , who has just won two events including PGA Tour's flagship The Players Championship on March 12. The Texan also won the Phoenix Open for two consecutive years. But there's one more tournament he will have to defend at his home state, WGC-Dell Matchplay, where last year he defeated Kevin Kisner for the title. The last player to win The Players and The Masters at the same year was Tiger Woods in 2001. Tiger went on to win his 2nd green jacket by two strokes over his arch-rivals Phil Mickelson and David Duval . Last year in 2022 , Scheffler battled the likes of Cameron Smith , Rory McIlroy, Collin Morikawa and Sungjae Im to capture his first green jacket. If Scottie defen...