Masters: Jordan Spieth cards lowest score in tournament’s history to win first major by four strokes

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Jordan Spieth has won the 2015 Masters by four strokes after carding the equal lowest score in the tournament’s history.

Spieth (70) tapped in a bogey on the 18th green on Monday morning (AEST) to finish with an 18-under-par 270, tying Tiger Woods’s record low from his first win at Augusta in 1997.

“It was nerve-racking today,” Spieth said.

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“I thought it was going to be easier than yesterday, having played a round with the lead, but it wasn’t.”

“It’s the most incredible week of my life. It’s a dream come true. I’m still kind of in shock a little bit,” he added.

It’s the most incredible week of my life. It’s a dream come true. I’m still kind of in shock a little bit.

Jordan Spieth blitzes the field to win the US Masters
Jordan Spieth blitzes the field to win the US Masters (Amanda Shalala)

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And despite putting on one of the all-time greatest performances, the 21-year-old is already looking ahead.

“I want to be like Bubba [Watson]. I want to win two Masters’,” Spieth said before receiving the green jacket from the 2012 and 2014 Masters winner.

The Texan took a four-stroke lead into the day and added to it immediately with birdies on the first and third holes.

Englishman Justin Rose, second coming into the last day, continued the hot form with which he ended the third round and birdied the first and second to stay in touch.

But, as has been the case all tournament, Spieth was a class above, shooting six birdies on the last day en route to a record final score.

The 2014 Australian Open champion is the first man to card more than 25 birdies at the Masters and climbs from sixth to second on the world golf rankings with his victory.

 

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He is also the second youngest man to wear the green jacket — just a few months older than Woods was when he won his first — and became the first to reach 19-under at Augusta when he birdied the 15th hole.

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