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USA's Patrick Reed becomes the 60th different player to win the Masters.

At the start of the final round at Augusta National Park, many people were expecting one of golf's top 10 players to take home the most famous green blazer.  

USA's Patrick Reed had a four shot lead over World no: 7 Rory Mcllroy, who was looking for a grand slam of all four majors. Patrick Reed on the other hand, was looking for his first major victory. 

Both men started the final round separated by one shot. Reed was in first place with a score of -14, three shots ahead of Mcilroy -11 in second place. Most people were expecting a tightly contested due between these two to battle it out for the green jacket. 

But Mcllroy's final round woes continued yet again when he dropped 2 shots from being -11 to -9. This allowed the likes of Rickie Fowler and 2015 champion Jordan Spieth also to give a late charge for the green jacket, but Reed was determined to not let it slip out of his hands.        

Fowler then took advantage of Mcllroy's deteriorating form and leapfrogged the Northern Irishman into second place followed by Spieth in third. Mclroy's deterioration in form saw him finish in tied 5th place along with Cameron Smith, Henrik Stenson and two time champion Bubba Watson. 

Defending champion Sergio Garcia who sadly did not make the cut handed over the famous Green blazer to Reed and congratulated him for winning his first major. 

Reed was ecstatic with his first Major victory “I knew it was going to be tough, any time you’re trying to close off a golf tournament is really hard, but to close off your first major and at place that is so close to your heart is even harder.

“I knew the lead would shrink at some times and the lead could grow at others, it’s just the flows of golf and you need to know how to handle it.

“The only way I felt I could get that done was make sure the putter was working. It was tough out there but to make those putts on 14 and two putts on 17 gave me momentum going to 18 which in past has given me so many issues. Needing a par on the last to win my first major just felt right.

“It’s impossible to put into words. Just to make the par on the last and watch it go in the hole and win my first major, end the drought of last year, get back on that winning circle and do it in the first major, it meant so much to me.” 

So yet again does the Masters produce another champion. it would be interesting to see what happens in 2019, can Reed defend his Masters title? Will Mcllroy finally get his hands on that green jacket? Is there another star on the horizon in golf's second most prestigious tournament?