How Jon Rahm won the Masters in dominant fashion

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- On the day Seve Ballesteros would have celebrated his 66th birthday -- and in the week of the 40th anniversary of his second Masters victory -- a fourth Spanish champion was crowned at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday.

Jon Rahm, who started the day 4 strokes behind Brooks Koepka on the leaderboard, outdueled the LIV Golf League star over 30 holes on Sunday to win a green jacket with a 72-hole total of 12-under in the 87th edition of the Masters. He beat Koepka and three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson by 4 shots.

Rahm, 28, is the first player from a European country to win both the Masters and the U.S. Open. He captured the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. Rahm moves…