Ewan Murray’s final verdict has landed, so that’s the cue to wind down this live blog.Congratulations to the two-time Masters champion Rory McIlroy, commiserations to Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Justin Rose and Cameron Young, who ran him so close; and thanks to you for sticking with us over the four days.See you again next month for the PGA Championship.In the meantime, here’s how the top of that Leader Board looks after four days of drama that will live long in the memory.-12: Rory McIlroy -11: Scottie Scheffler -10: Tyrrell Hatton, Russell Henley, Justin Rose, Cameron Young -9: Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns -8: Max Homa, Xander Schauffele -7: Jake Knapp -5: Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed, Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day -4: Viktor Hovland, Maverick McNealy, Matt Fitzpatrick -3: Keegan Bradley, Ludvig Åberg, Wyndham Clark -2: Matt McCarty, Adam Scott, Samuel Stevens, Chris Gotterup, Michael Brennan, Brian Campbell -1: Alex Noren, Harris English, Shane LowryIn his Butler Cabin interview, Rory picked his tee shot at 12 as perhaps the most important of the final round.

Here’s Andy Bull on how Rory defied conventional wisdom to take on Golden Bell.The runner-up Scottie Scheffler, who came so close with that late charge, and will rue his second round of 74, speaks to Sky.“I put up a good fight this weekend … starting 12 shots back on Saturday is not ideal … to give myself a good chance on Sunday was definitely a good fight … come up short … but proud of how I played … I did some good stuff this weekend.”A disappointed but stoic Justin Rose speaks to Sky Sports.“I was right there … two untimely bogeys at 11 and 12 … played well … gave myself every opportunity … Amen Corner got me this time … people have followed my close calls … they were really good to me … I thank everyone for their support … I’ll come back next year and give everything … I’ll be excited to do it.

”As Rory was the defending champion, there’s no player to drape the Green Jacket over his shoulders,So that task will fall to Fred Ridley, the chairperson of Augusta National Golf Club,What makes this win so special, Ridley asks McIlroy:double quotation markI can’t believe I waited 17 years to get one Green Jacket and now I get two in a row … all of my perseverance has really started to pay off … it was a tough weekend … I did the bulk of my work on Thursday and Friday … so happy to hang in there and get the job done … it felt pretty similar to last year … I made a double bogey at 4 … flawless golf after that … it’s nice to have that two-shot cushion at 18 … I looked at the board after the bogey on 6 … if I can get to -14 I’ve got a really good chance … I didn’t quite get there but -13 was good enough standing on the 18th tee … the tee shot on 12 [was the most important shot] … the tee shot on 13 [set up going for the green in two] … birdie there following birdie on 12 was massive … it’s the second major win my mum’s been at … she was at Hoylake in 2014 … I’m so glad they got to experience this … we’re going to have a really good time tonight … some good play by me and fortunate the guys didn’t really come at me this year!So Rory joins Jack, Sir Nick and Tiger in the elite club of players to win consecutive Masters,He becomes the 15th man to win six or more majors, tying Faldo’s second-place record as a European winner (behind Harry Vardon who had seven),Do we think he’ll stop here? He’s not going to want to stop here, is he.

18: Jack Nicklaus 15: Tiger Woods 11: Walter Hagen 9: Ben Hogan, Gary Player 8: Tom Watson 7: Harry Vardon, Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer 6: Rory McIlroy, Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo, Phil MickelsonFor the record, that was a bogey up the last.A round of 71.It looked like it was all getting away from him after double bogey at 4, three-putting from close range, and bogey at 6.He seemed bereft of ideas, unsure how to turn the tide, struggling as he did all day yesterday.But then he did what the true champions do: he dug deep for a birdie-birdie blast at 7 and 8, shifting the momentum back in his direction, and never let up from there.

Even if he did cause a few hearts to flutter with his approach that only just got over the water at 15, the putt from the swale at 16, the chip up the bank at 17, and then the drive into the trees on 18.Throw in his shenanigans in the pines on 13 yesterday, an ersatz reworking of Jordan Spieth at Birkdale that stemmed some bleeding and inspired a birdie bounce-back, and he’s been made to work for this title.Hey, he’s made all of us work while watching him do it! And yes, really, we surely wouldn’t have him any other way.It’s all part of the charm.It was never going to be quite as emotional as last year … and yet it’s not far off.

The tears aren’t far from the surface as he hugs every member of his family, all the generations, then the nearest Green Jacket.The entire gallery en fete! He made it tough for himself today – oh, and yesterday - but he got there in the end.Would we have him any other way? He becomes only the fourth player to retain his Masters title, after Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods.Oh, and it’s major number six, for those counting!Rory taps in, and it’s two in a row! He tilts his head back and screams in delight! The crowd chant his name as he raises both arms in triumph!-12: McIlroy -11: SchefflerCameron Young rolls in his putt.A disappointing final round of 73 for the Players champion, who led for a while on Masters Sunday, but at least the par gives him a share of third.

He finishes the week at -10,… and he very nearly holes it! The ball slides an inch wide right of the cup,He marks, waiting for his moment of glory,He allows himself a smile,After all that drama, that inevitable Rory drama, he’s made it!Cameron Young’s second ends up in the swale to the left of the green.

He bundles a chip up to 12 feet.That putt for a share of third.Over to Rory, who once again isn’t hanging around.He takes a read of his 12-footer …… thumps out to 15 feet.He’ll have two putts from there for the Masters.

Nothing certain.But he’d have taken this outcome while watching his tee shot carve away into trouble.Rory finishes his route planning.It’s time to act.He whips over the trees … but where’s the ball?! The cameras haven’t found it yet.

Ah, after a fashion, it’s sourced in the bunker front-left of the green.It’s half-plugged.Rory doesn’t fancy hanging about.He prowls around again, sizing everything up, before clambering into the green, and …Cameron Young’s tee shot toys with the trees down the left, but stops near the bunkers.Meanwhile up on the green, Sam Burns pars for a final round of 73; he’s -9.

Shane Lowry bogeys for an 80 to end the week at -1,And back down the hole, Rory prowls around the trees trying to work out a route to the green,He puffs out his cheeks again and mutters an eff-me under his breath,He can’t believe he’s put himself through the ringer like this,Out comes the big stick.

Rory takes a gulp, tees up his ball, and … sends a wild slice into the bushes and trees down the right.Oh my.His ball’s ended up sitting cleanly on pine straw, but there’s not an obvious route towards the green.Welcome to the world premiere of He Was Never Going To Do It The Easy Way II.Justin Rose’s second into 18 falls off the false front.

He chips up to six feet.In goes the putt.Par for a 70, and he’ll finish the week at -10.Still no Green Jacket for Rose, and he won’t be runner-up this year either.The best he can do is a tie for third.

Meanwhile over on 17, Rory McIlroy tidies up, and he’ll have a two-shot lead coming up the last,That driver had better behave,-13: McIlroy (17) -11: Scheffler (F) -10: Hatton (F), Henley (F), Rose (F), Young (17)Just as he did on Friday afternoon, Rory McIlroy pushes his approach at 17 to the right of the green and down the slope,He chipped in from here then … and he nearly does the same thing again,On Friday it was a scamper across the green; this one, with the flag a lot closer, was bumped into the bank and released to a couple of feet.

He should save his par from a couple of feet … but then this is Masters Sunday, so let’s not assume anything.Up on the 17th green, Shane Lowry taps in for par.We’ve neither seen nor heard from the 2019 Open champion for hours, and that’s because his bid was pretty much kaput when he battered his ball into the face of a fairway bunker on 5.Since then, he’s carded a couple of double bogeys, a couple of bogeys, and a couple of birdies.He’s seven over for his round and away down the standings at -2.

A day to forget.Bogey for his playing partner Sam Burns, whose slim hopes are now over at -9.… and in the meantime, Justin Rose chips up to three feet from the front of 17 … then misses the tiddler for par.It looks like yet more heartbreak for the three-time Masters runner-up.McIlroy then batters a fairway-splitter down 17, while Rose finds the second cut to the left of 18.

If this was any old event on Tour, you’d call the result.It’s not, though, is it?-13: McIlroy (16) -11: Scheffler (F) -10: Hatton (F), Henley (F), Rose (17), Burns (16), Young (16)The pressure’s on Rory McIlroy.He’s in the swale behind the 16th green, 45 feet away.But there’s almost 30 feet of left-to-right break! He sends his putt almost at a right-angle away from the hole, up the slope, the ball then u-turning and rolling serenely, elegantly, to cup-side.In your life have you ever seen a putt like that?! He taps in for par, and that’s a huge save in the circumstances.

Cameron Young’s birdie effort horseshoes out, and his face crumples in the manner of a man who knows his race is almost certainly run,Scottie Scheffler lobs up from the front of 18 to three feet,He taps in to become the first player since 1942 to play the entire weekend without dropping a single shot,It’s a 68 and he’s the new clubhouse leader at -11!… and right on cue, Rory air-mails his tee shot over the green at 16! He’s in the swale at the back,Plenty of work to be done from there.

Cameron Young meanwhile lands in the centre of the green, the slope taking his ball down to 15 feet.It’s far from done and dusted.Rory McIlroy rolls an almost perfectly weighted putt up the green to tap-in distance.Par, and an enormous banana skin avoided.Cameron Young can’t get up and down from the back of 15, and he really needed that to apply some heat on the leader.

See also Scottie Scheffler, whose approach at 18 falls off the false front … and Justin Rose, who makes a similar error at 17.But there’s one last shy at glory from Sam Burns, who has followed up birdies at 13 and 14 with an outrageous 60-foot right-to-left swingers on 16! He’s -10.Too late? Probably.But again, if Rory stumbles …-13: McIlroy (15) -11: Scheffler (11), Rose (16) -10: Hatton (F), Henley (F), Burns (16), Young (15)Scottie Scheffler splits the 18th fairway.Justin Rose slices his drive at 17 into the trees down the right … but the ball comes clanking back off a tree and into the fairway! And on 15, Cameron Young sends his second from the middle of the fairway over the back of the green, but not too far down the bank.

Then Rory, forced to punch out from the pines, wedges into the green … but only just gets over the water! Audible gasps as the ball arcs over the water … descending too early maybe?! … no, it keeps going and holds the green! But that was too close for comfort.McIlroy takes a huge lug of air.A puff of relief.So close to disaster.But now he’s got two putts for par from 40 feet.

Not ideal, but it could have been so much worse,Justin Rose is left with a tricky downhill birdie putt on 16,A big left-to-right swing as well,He judges it almost to perfection, but the 27-footer stops one short,And in other Almost Perfect news, Scottie Scheffler’s straight downhill birdie effort on 17 somehow stays up on the left.

One dimple to the side, and it would have been three birdies on the bounce.But he, like Rose, remains at -11.That might prove costly.Such a thin line between success and failure.They may now be reliant on Rory stumbling over the closing stretch.

Which, well, y’know.We all remember last year.Anything could happen.Scottie Scheffler, his tail up, sends his drive down the middle of 17.Then his second into the green