CALL HIM MASTER VARGAS
Stellar Performance Makes Him The First 3-Time Masters Champion
2022 MASTERS FINAL SCORES (par 60)
| PLACE | GOLFER | SCORE | HANDICAP | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 | W. Vargas Moawad Witt D. Vargas Bird T. Joe | 38-37=75 37-38=75 46-50=96 42-42=84 48-50=98 44-58=102 | 24 16 35 22 32 29 | 51 59 61 62 66 73 |
THE 19th HOLE
Walter’s banner day: Vargas matched his career best score at the Masters (75 in 2016); he carded his first sub-40 front 9 in his last 12 starts (only the 3rd time in 14 career starts); it was his first sub-80 round in his last 5 starts; it was his first Masters that he carded sub-40 rounds on both the front and back 9… Number 4: Saturday was Vargas’s 4th career major victory, his first in his last 11 starts in a major… Hat trick 12 years in the making: Vargas last won the Masters 7 years ago (2015) and his first win (2010) was 5 years prior to that! … Dueces! Vargas became the season’s first multi-winner… Tournament leaders: Pars, W. Vargas and Moawad (6); Bogeys, W. Vargas (9)… Devil’s Gulch (13-14-15): Doug Vargas top score (+1) including a birdie on 14… Brutal end to his reign: 2-time defending champion Tim Joe went down in flames, punctuated by an 11 on the 13th… Déjà vu: Chris Moawad, who missed the last edition, shot an identical 37-38-75 as his last Masters start in 2019… Tweet-tweet: D. Vargas (par-3 14th) Moawad (par-3 18th) split the $12 birdie pot rolled over from Devil Ball… Bloodlines: 5 years ago, on this same date, Doug Vargas won the Griffith Observatory Championship… Smallest: Saturday’s 6-man field was the smallest field since the 7-man field in the inaugural edition (2005)… Milestone: Martin Witt made his 100th career start.
The 17th edition of The Masters
There was no denying Walter this day.
Charter member Martin Witt made the 100th start of his career.