If ever a golf tournament merited a look-back two days after its conclusion it was this just-completed Masters. It was a strange one, to put it mildly.
I've been to several Masters played in bad weather, but this one had a 40-degree temperature change between Thursday's first round and Saturday's third. Rory McIlroy, still in search of a career Grand Slam, didn't come close to making the 36-hole cut and an amateur finished in the top 20 for the first time in 18 years.
Rahm's a PGA Tour guy, but showings by the LIV group weren't too shabby. Eighteen of the 88 in the field were LIV players, and 12 made the cut. Koepka and Phil Mickelson tied for second and another, Patrick Reed, tied for fourth. by signing up you agree to our terms of service "We're all grateful that we were able to play and compete here," he said,"and it's tremendous for this tournament to have all the best player in the world."
Koepka, who was in charge of the tournament until the back nine on Sunday, played into the hands of LIV detractors who have criticized the circuit for its 54-hole tournaments. The two other big circuits play 72-holes. While the Masters was in progress Koepka, who had five tournaments in 2023 in advance of the Masters, called himself tournament-ready. Not so afterward.Oh, well ...
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