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Brooks Koepka’s edge vanishes in final round at Masters

AP photo by Mark Baker / Brooks Koepka watches his tee shot on the eighth hole at Augusta National during the final round of the Masters on Sunday.
AP photo by Mark Baker / Brooks Koepka watches his tee shot on the eighth hole at Augusta National during the final round of the Masters on Sunday. AP photo by Mark Baker / Brooks Koepka watches his tee shot on the eighth hole at Augusta National during the final round of the Masters on Sunday.

By DAVE SKRETTA / The Associated Press 5 min read

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka will no doubt hear the same murmured joke no matter where he goes in the coming days and weeks.

If only the Masters was 54 holes.

Like those tournaments he competes in as part of the LIV Golf League.

If that was the case, Koepka would have been wearing a green jacket on the 18th green at Augusta National, rather than making the dejected march from there to the locker room Sunday evening. He had a four-shot lead over Jon Rahm when they resumed a thrid round that had been halted by inclement weather Saturday afternoon, and Koepka’s lead was two when the round finished at midday Sunday before he closed with 3-over-par 75.

Rahm closed with a 69 to finish at 12 under. By the time Koepka slid a birdie putt past on his 72nd hole, he was left at 8 under and tied for second with LIV compatriot Phil Mickelson, whose finishing 65 shot him up the leaderboard earlier in the day.