With a final score of -15, the American won the Masters yesterday in Augusta. His first Grand Slam title. He is ahead of his compatriots Ricky Fowler and Jordan Spieth.

Masters-the-green jacket for Patrick Reed awarded by Sergio-Garcia - photo credit getty Images

It could have been Rory McIlroy, who was targeting the only Grand Slam that still eludes him. In the last part alongside the future winner, the North Irishman was again caught up by the pressure at the Masters by rendering one of the worst cards of the day (74). Fifth in the end, McIlroy will still have to wait to join the very closed club of golfers who have won the four major titles.

It could have been Jordan Spieth (third in the end), winner in 2015 and who plays almost every time wins at Augusta. Leaving from afar, the Texan made the best card of the day (64) and even provisionally took the lead of the leaderboard before dropping a bogey at 18.

It could also have been Ricky Fowler, who is still aiming for a first Grand Slam success. Thanks to a birdie on the last hole, the man in the orange outfit finished second.

On a legendary course where the green is in the spotlight, it is finally another top American Ryder Cup player, Patrick Reed, who puts on the famous jacket and wins his first major tournament. Thanks to a last putt of a good meter "much more difficult to put in these conditions", says the winner of the day.

Besides the return to Georgia of Tiger Woods and his 32e Final place, the highlight of the tournament was the incredible crash of defending champion Sergio Garcia in the first round on Thursday. At hole 15, the Spaniard sent his ball into the water five times, for a final score of 13. The worst score on a hole in Augusta, tied with the Japanese Tommy Nakajima in 1978 (on the n ° 13) and the American Tom Weiskopf in 1980 (on n ° 12).

Sergio Garcia smashed another sad record by "achieving" the worst score in two rounds of a defending champion (+15) ahead of Nick Faldo in 1997 (+12). He joins in the long list of cursed Augusta Jordan Spieth, author of a quadruple bogey on the 12th hole while he pranced in the lead in 2016. The six putts under 1,50 of Ernie Els the same year, during the first hole of the tournament. Rocco Mediate's seven-time bogey in 2006 on the same n ° 12 hole when he was co-leader. McIlroy's complete crack in 2011 with a drive to a house on hole 10 and a final card of 80 while he led by 4 strokes at the start of the last round. Or this other Sunday collapse, that of Greg Norman in 1996, which redacted a very comfortable lead of 7 strokes on Nick Faldo.

The Masters of Augusta can also, sometimes, be very cruel to its champions.

Frank Crudo.