Masters Results 2015: Final Leaderboard and Reaction to Jordan Spieth's Win

Jordan Spieth, the Masters. The Masters, Jordan Spieth. You two should become familiar with each other.

After nearly becoming the youngest to ever win golf's most prestigious tournament last year in his debut, Spieth dominated the 2015 Masters at 18 under par—tying Tiger Woods' course record. He clinched his first green jacket and left the reverberating feeling around Augusta National Golf Club that this young star will be adding to his collection soon in a career that has so much left ahead.

Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose tied for second with spectacular scores of 14-under, but they were mere footnotes to a weekend dominated by the record-breaking play of a 21-year-old from Texas. Check below for the full leaderboard and a closer look into Spieth's big day.

2015 Masters Leaderboard

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Spieth spoiled the Thursday and Friday viewers with his best golf, but he couldn't shoot anything below a 70 on the weekend. Frankly, he didn't need to.

After taking a five-shot lead into Saturday's moving day, the youngster never faltered or showed signs of allowing his lead to slip. Even when his once-untouchable lead shrunk to just three strokes when Rose closed the gap in Sunday's final round, Spieth answered with conviction and stretched it out to six strokes.

Unlike last year, when Spieth sputtered around the turn to lose the lead for good to Bubba Watson, he hit birdies around the turn Sunday. All that his two back-nine bogeys did was prevent him from carding the lowest Masters score ever, but Spieth can be happy with the following history-making, per Bleacher Report:

A common storyline as Spieth's run materialized was his distasteful missing out on last year's green jacket. It wasn't surprising to hear him pull from that as motivation, as Watson slipped the green jacket onto Spieth, per Golf Digest:

While the newest major winner, Spieth is far from a new name on the circuit, having burst into the group of top contenders even before this tournament despite being just 21 years old. In fact, Sunday marked his fourth straight start in which he's finished either first or second.

All of Spieth's recent winnings have catapulted him up the world golf rankings. His Masters win wasn't enough to overtake Rory McIlroy for the top spot, but he improved to No. 2 and allowed for more history to be made, per Golf Channel's Justin Ray:

Spieth's dominant play could leave patrons forgetting there were other golfers on the course. But as it appeared Sunday, Spieth's score only seemed to invigorate those behind him.

Low scores were the norm for the final round. McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama both made late surges with rounds of 66, but neither entered the day in good enough of a position for it to matter much.

The only ones somewhat capable of reaching him were Mickelson and Rose, who never got it going enough to really put the pressure on. It wasn't for a lack of trying, though—as ESPN's Jason Sobel noted, the second-place score would have been good enough for victory during most Masters:

But this tournament was no normal Masters. 

No, that much was apparent from the first round. And if anyone had reservations about whether Spieth could keep it up after his opening 64, his following 66—and a four-under score for the weekend—put those doubts to bed.

The biggest names in the sport came at Spieth and put up the scores they needed to over the weekend, but it didn't matter. He kept his score flirting with the all-time record-breaking performances, and no spectacular finish was going to catch that.

But the insane start would've meant nothing without properly closing it out. And in doing so, he broke a frustrating spurt of losses after a 54-hole lead, as ESPN Stats and Info showed:

While Spieth's first major always seemed like it was a matter of time, few could have expected it to come this quickly—or in this fashion.

Now, the immediate question turns to something that's been asked of McIlroy over the last several months—just how many majors can this young phenom win?