Augusta Chewed Me Up And Spat Me Out. Meet Your Masters 2026 Winner.
I led for three days.
I led by six shots after Round 2.
I led by three shots after Round 3.
And I finished sixth.
Welcome to Sportsblock's US Masters 2026 recap — the contest where your boy blanchy (me, yes, your narrator) got absolutely cooked on Sunday and a man named talesfrmthecrypt walked off with 6,000 MEDALS because he guessed the winning score within a single stroke.
Grab a beer. Let's talk about it.
🥇 The Winner: talesfrmthecrypt (-24, 6,000 MEDALS and 200 Hive that I have to talk to @niallon11 about)
Picks: Justin Rose, Patrick Reed, Collin Morikawa Tiebreaker: -11 (actual winning score: -12)
This is the kind of win that makes you drop your putter mid-round.
Tied at -24 on total score with mondoshawan going into tiebreaker town. Actual winning score? -12. talesfrmthecrypt's guess? -11.
One. Single. Stroke. Off.
The tiebreaker rule is simple: closest guess wins. mondoshawan guessed +9. That's 21 shots off.Now I bet you tried to write minus 9 but even at this you would have been 3 shots off so tales still would have won it.
talesfrmthecrypt didn't just win the contest. He manifested the winning score. 6,000 MEDALS deposited directly into his wallet. Tx on-chain. No takebacks.
King of the Greens. Oracle of Augusta. Prophet of Pars.
🥈 Second: mondoshawan (-24, 2,500 MEDALS)
Picks: Cameron Young, Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa
If there's a "best picker" award, this is where it goes.
Nobody else in the field had Cameron Young. Nobody. mondoshawan saw the 22/1 price and said "yeah, that guy." Cameron Young then proceeded to co-lead the tournament through 72 holes and finish T3.
Matsuyama grinded. Morikawa carried the final two rounds. It was a masterclass in picking three golfers who weren't the obvious three.
Only thing between him and the big cheque? A +9 tiebreaker against a tournament that finished at -12. That's a brutal way to lose 3,500 MEDALS.
Still — 2,500 MEDALS for the best draft of the contest. Respect.
🥉 Third: valentin86 (-20, 1,500 MEDALS)
Picks: Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Sungjae Im
The Scheffler + McIlroy combo was the cheat code of the contest. If you had both, you were eating.
valentin86 had both.
Im didn't really show up (+4). But when your other two combine for -21, nobody cares about the third guy. 1,500 MEDALS locked in.
Also: the +10 tiebreaker was spicy. Guessed the Masters would be won at +10 over par. Bless you. But scoreboard says top 3, so we're not judging.
📉 The Collapse (i.e. me)
Picks: Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Matthew Fitzpatrick
Led the contest wire-to-wire through R1, R2, R3. Gloated on Sportsbites that I was gonna award myself the MEDALS. Just like Rory thought he would cloak himself with the green jacket only to have Johnny Augusta don it for him.
Saturday night I was -23 with a 3-shot cushion. Sunday morning I was practicing my acceptance speech.
Sunday reality:
- Rory: -11 → -12
- Lowry: -9 → -1 (Disaster)
- Fitzpatrick: -1 (flat)
Gave back 6 shots in 18 holes and slid from 1st to 6th.
Stared into the abyss. The abyss stared back. The abyss was holding a green jacket and it wasn't mine.
-17 overall. Zero MEDALS. All the lessons.
The contest is supposed to be fun. I am having several feelings.
🤡 Hall of Shame: The Rahm Curse
Jon Rahm opened at 12/1. "Value," they said.
Six entries picked Rahm. LIV Tour Rahm!!! Rahm who sold his soul. I saw him in person in Portrush. No backswing. He comes up half way and bammm. Rahm finished +6.
All six pickers: rank 11 or worse.
| Rahm picker | Final rank |
|---|---|
| sportsgeek | T11 |
| fullcoverbetting | 16 |
| blockchainfpl | 17 |
| doombot75 | T18 |
| r1c4rd0 | 14 |
| danideuder | 20 (dead last) |
Special shoutout to danideuder who went full triple-bust with Rahm + MacIntyre + Spieth and finished a cool +3 over the field. The courage to stick with your convictions. The pain of watching them unravel hole by hole. Poetry.
🎯 The Full Leaderboard
| # | User | Score | Vibe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | talesfrmthecrypt | -24 | Oracle |
| 🥈 | mondoshawan | -24 | Best Draft |
| 🥉 | valentin86 | -20 | Rode Rory |
| 4 | wildlifelover | -18 | Should have finished higher |
| 5 | jmehta | -18 | Led Day 1, faded |
| 6 | blanchy | -17 | Led 3 days, learned nothing |
| 7 | rajpootg | -14 | Fleetwood believer |
| 7 | pele23 | -14 | |
| 9 | niallon11 | -13 | Koepka redemption arc |
| 9 | uwelang | -13 | |
| 11 | bitandi | -9 | D.Johnson vibes |
| 12 | tengolotodo | -9 | |
| 12 | sportsgeek | -9 | Rahm victim |
| 14 | shebe | -6 | MacIntyre truther |
| 14 | r1c4rd0 | -6 | |
| 16 | fullcoverbetting | -4 | |
| 17 | blockchainfpl | -3 | |
| 18 | doombot75 | 0 | |
| 18 | tsnaks | 0 | M.W. Lee, why |
| 20 | danideuder | +3 | Triple bust legend |
🔥 The Takeaways
- Rory McIlroy won the Masters at -12. Career grand slam. Cinematic. Put a fork in his doubters.
- Cameron Young is a monster. If you didn't see him coming, mondoshawan did.
- Tiebreakers matter. Your guess of the winning score is worth potentially 3,500 MEDALS. Take. It. Seriously.
- Jon Rahm is not a Masters pick. We'll see you at the US Open, King.
- Leading a tournament isn't the same as winning it. (I learned this on Sunday. The hard way.)
🏁 What's Next
The World Cup contest is coming soon. Pick totals. Rack up points. No golf-swing heartbreak required. And myself and tales are mustering up another football one but it will be a multi league over under play your cards right feel.
Or keep an eye out — more MEDALS contests dropping in 6-day sprints.
This is what Pure Sports. Real Rewards. actually looks like. Free entry. Sponsor-funded prize pool. 10,000 MEDALS paid out on-chain in under 60 seconds to three winners who did nothing but read the greens better than the rest of us.
talesfrmthecrypt, mondoshawan, valentin86 — enjoy those MEDALS.
The rest of you? See you in the next one.
— blanchy (still coping)
Medals prizes have been allocated to the top 3. Hive to come in the morning as its too late in the day. Live leaderboard: sportsblock.app/contests/masters-2026 Your next shot at the podium: sportsblock.app/contests
Estimated Payout
$2.72
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