Masters 2015: Leaderboard, live coverage, results and more from Sunday’s final round at Augusta

During the green jacket ceremony on the 18th green Sunday night, Jordan Spieth told the assembled crowd that he and his caddie usually take the flags from each tournament they win. But in this instance, they planned on taking the whole dang flagstick from the 18th green.

And he wasn’t posturing in that acceptance speech. Ben Crane shared this photo of Michael Greller’s (Spieth’s looper) car as it presumably departs for Hilton Head, where Spieth will hold up his commitment to play the RBC Heritage. That doesn’t look like the most comfortable way to travel, but much like Spieth wearing his new blazer everywhere, Greller grabbed that flagstick as soon as the final putt went down and he’s taking it everywhere he goes.

Jordan Spieth walked away with the green jacket but Tiger Woods, as is traditionally the case when he’s on site with a club in his hand, won the recently completed Masters week.

And thanks to his presence at Augusta from Monday through Sunday — which included four complete rounds of golf for the first time since his unofficial Hero World Challenge in December — ESPN and CBS were also winners in the TV ratings race.

Imagine being 21 years old and consistently playing golf with people who hit the ball 20, 30, 40 and sometimes 50 yards past you. This is what Jordan Spieth encounters when he tees it up.

Golf, especially professional golf, is now sold and marketed as a game of power. The big hitters get the most press. Analysts fawn over driving distances and the bombers get the large proportion of the coverage. There are “landing zone” grid graphics in the fairway of many PGA Tour telecasts. The weekend hacks are bombarded with advertorial messages on how this club will add this much clubhead speed and this much loft for this much distance. The same keywords -- speed, power, distance, rip it, bomb it, unleash -- fill all the commercials, which are always for drivers. You don’t see many, if any, commercials for a sand wedge or an iron set. The faces pushed on the broadcasts and in these ads are invariably the guys who poke it 320 yards. It’s obviously what us weekend hackers want to watch and to buy for ourselves or else it wouldn’t be marketed so much.

Tiger Woods turned a slightly disappointing Masters Sunday finale into a drama for the ages when he jammed his iron into a tree root on the ninth hole and hurt his right wrist.

That’s not the odd part, though, for the injury-plagued Woods. After carding a 1-over 73 to finish at 5-under and in 17th place in his first competitive event since February, Tiger said he performed a minor orthopedic procedure on himself.

Jordan Spieth earned his first green jacket and first major championship Sunday at Augusta National.

Jordan Spieth has talked about winning the Masters and a green jacket since he was at least 14 years old. After getting to the Sunday final pairing last year but coming up short to Bubba Watson, Spieth returned in 2015 and never gave anyone a chance at golf’s most coveted item of clothing.

Spieth matched Tiger Woods’ overall scoring record of 18-under 270, a mark that came before the course was lengthened and renovated. He became the first to post a 19-under on a Masters leaderboard and set a new birdies record, shattering Phil Mickelson’s mark of 25.

Jordan Spieth ran away with the Masters on Sunday and it certainly wasn’t against the also-rans of the game. Spieth topped a first page of the leaderboard full of major champions and world class talents. There were multiple Masters winners, the world No. 1 and a U.S. Open champion pushing him all weekend.

Spieth set records throughout the week at Augusta -- it seemed like a new one fell each day. The course may have been a little soft and playing easier than in recent years, but the top players in golf couldn’t come close on the leaderboard. Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson came the closest on Sunday, but it was over early on the back nine.

Jordan Spieth, playing in just his second Masters tournament, earned his first green jacket and first major championship Sunday by nailing down a wire-to-wire victory at Augusta National.

At 21, Spieth is the second-youngest Masters winner of all time (older only than Tiger Woods in 1997), and he fired a final-round 70 for a four-shot cushion over runner-ups Justin Rose and Phil Mickelson.

Jordan Spieth made history at Augusta National on Sunday, becoming just the fifth player to complete a wire-to-wire victory to claim the green jacket. The victory is a huge career accomplishment for the 21-year-old as he now joins the ranks of major championship winners. Spieth was rewarded with the green jacket for his effort, but will also take home the largest payout in Masters history as he won $1.8 million of the $10 million purse.

The $10 million purse was a new record, up $1 million from last season and $2 million from 2013. Spieth was the biggest beneficiary, taking home nearly $200,000 more than Bubba Watson won last year. Several big tournaments have increased their payouts in recent years, including the PGA Championship and Players Championship, both of which bumped up to $10 million purses in recent years. The Masters opted to join them this season, making it the most prestigious event to win and now tied for the most-lucrative.

Things went from bad to worse for Tiger Woods on Sunday at the Masters when he appeared to jam his wrist and right shoulder on his second shot from the pine straw on the 9th hole. But despite the disappointing final round, Woods posted his best finish since 2013, a 5-under week that him at tied for 17th when he walked off the 18th green. The result seemed unfathomable just a week prior to the Masters.

Woods, who missed all nine fairways and had only one birdie on his way to a 1-over 37 front nine, grimaced and shook his hand after his iron seemed to hit a tree root. He seemed to favor his wing after his tee shot on No. 10, and though the official Tiger Woods Withdrawal Watch was off as he continued his final round with Nike stablemate, Rory McIlroy, the 14-time major champion seemed to be running on empty.

Justin Rose is on fire today, and it looks like he’s feeling himself.

We set his dance to Pony, of course.

1. Miguel Angel Jimenez. Not even playing and still dominating the charts.

1a. Egg Salad Sandwich. Make all the noise you like about the Pimento Cheese Sandwich. The one sandwich they cannot keep in stock at the media center is the Egg Salad Sandwich, the real lord of the Augusta Concessions leader board. Full disclosure: I do not like cheese, and think it is what desperate French monks ate when they ran out of actual food sometime in the Middle Ages. The stacks of untouched, green paper-wrapped Pimento Cheese sandwiches in the Media Room cooler do not lie. (P.S. If you disagree with this opinion, remember that a lot of journalists do not know what food is, and will often eat objects bearing no resemblance to actual food. Grantland Rice once ate the wax fruit out of a bowl at Augusta National! I may have just made this up!)

Tiger Woods appeared to injure his wrist on the ninth hole at the Masters Sunday. Woods tried a punch shot from the pine straw down the right side of the hole, and his club caught what looked like a tree root as he made contact. Woods yelped out in pain and dropped the club as soon as he made the swing.

Woods took an extended stretch trying to shake it off before walking up to the green favoring his entire right side. It did appear he would continue on and he putted out on the No. 9 hole.

Justin Rose was having an assortment of issues on No. 7 at Augusta National. His tee shot found the trees and his second shot wasn’t much better, landing among the spectators. He would need to complete a very difficult up-and-down just to save par and avoid losing ground on Jordan Spieth. He very nearly did one better.

That would have been the best birdie of the tournament considering the circumstances. While he just missed that, the incredible shot did allow him to save par and stay within reach of Spieth.

For the second time this week, Jordan Spieth has moved to 18-under at the Masters. There have been only three instances of that number appearing on a Masters leaderboard, including Tiger Woods’ record-setting performance in 1997. Spieth birdied two of his first three holes to hit that mark for the second straight day.

Spieth is back to 18-under thanks to his putter -- the hottest club for the hottest player on the planet. Any worry of a nervy start from the 21-year-old was set aside at the very fist hole, when Spieth played the opener perfect from tee-to-green and then poured in a 10-foot putt.