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England's Danny Willett won the 80th Masters at Augusta National on Sunday for his first major title. He was trailing defending champion Jordan Spieth by five strokes around the turn, but stormed down the back nine to overhaul the American. Willett is the first Englishman since Nick Faldo 20 years ago to win the Masters and only the second all-time. / AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERTDON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images DON EMMERT AFP/Getty Images US golfer Dustin Johnson putts on the 18th green during Round 3 of the 80th Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, 2016, in Augusta, Georgia. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas KammNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images NICHOLAS KAMM AFP/Getty Images An handout picture taken on April 7, 2016 and released on April 10, 2016 by the US Navy Media Content Operations (NMCO) show two men waiving life jackets next to a large sign "Help" made of palm leaves as a US Navy P-8A maritime surveillance aircraft spotted them on the deserted island of Fanadik in Micronesia. The US military said it has helped rescue three stranded men from a deserted Pacific island, after the shipmen used palm fronds to spell the word "HELP" and held up lifejackets. Navy airplane crew members spotted the survivors and shared their location with relatives as well as with ships in Guam. A small boat then picked the men up and took them to Pulap in Micronesia, the US Coast Guard said on April 7. / AFP PHOTO / Navy Media Content Operations (NMCO) / ENSIGN JOHN KNIGHT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NAVY MEDIA CONTENT OPERATIONS / ENSIGN JOHN KNIGHT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSENSIGN JOHN KNIGHT/AFP/Getty Images ENSIGN JOHN KNIGHT AFP/Getty Images A competitor trains eve of the start of the 31st edition of the Marathon des Sables On April 9, 2016 in the southern Moroccan Sahara desert. The 31st edition of the marathon is a live stage 257 km race through a formidable landscape in one of the world's most inhospitable climates. / AFP PHOTO / JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEKJEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP/Getty Images JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK AFP/Getty Images Indian police and rescue officials gather in front of a disused Air India passenger plane which fell from a ground transporter while being moved near Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad on April 10, 2016. The Airbus A-320 was being shifted from the airport to Air Indias cadet training facility,a crane mounted on a 16-wheelbase transport carrier toppled under the weight of the plane, dropping the aircraft on a wall nearby. Police and airport officials confirmed no one was injured in the incident. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAMNOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images NOAH SEELAM AFP/Getty Images US golfer Bryson DeChambeau hits out of a bunker on the 18th green during Round 3 of the 80th Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, 2016, in Augusta, Georgia. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas KammNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images NICHOLAS KAMM AFP/Getty Images Thousands of runners are seen during a long exposure crossing the Reichsbrucke bridge over the Danube river, during the Vienna City Marathon in Vienna, Austria on April 10, 2016. This year, around 42 thousand participants were estimated to take part at the Vienna Marathon. / AFP PHOTO / JOE KLAMARJOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images JOE KLAMAR AFP/Getty Images An Indian survivor is treated at a hospital following a fire at the Puttingal Devi Temple in Paravur on April 10, 2016. A massive fire swept through a temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala on April 10, killing more than 100 people and injuring at least 280 after thousands gathered to watch a fireworks display. / AFP PHOTO / --/AFP/Getty Images - AFP/Getty Images A man runs with a baby to the emergency services after Macedonian police threw tear gas inside the camp during clashes near their makeshift camp in the northern Greek border village of Idomeni, on April 10, 2016. Dozens of people were hurt when police fired tear gas on a group of migrants as they tried to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border, the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. A plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images BULENT KILIC AFP/Getty Images Refugees and migrants clash with Macedonian police during a protest for the reopening of the border near their makeshift camp in the northern Greek border village of Idomeni, on April 10, 2016. Dozens of people were hurt when police fired tear gas on a group of migrants as they tried to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border, the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. A plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images BULENT KILIC AFP/Getty Images Schalke fans reacts during the German Bundesliga first division football match between FC Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund, in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on April 10, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / PATRIK STOLLARZ / RESTRICTIONS: DURING MATCH TIME: DFL RULES TO LIMIT THE ONLINE USAGE TO 15 PICTURES PER MATCH AND FORBID IMAGE SEQUENCES TO SIMULATE VIDEO. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE == FOR FURTHER QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT DFL DIRECTLY AT + 49 69 650050 PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images PATRIK STOLLARZ AFP/Getty Images Migrants and refugees carry a man injured during clashes with Macedonian soldiers near their makeshift camp in the northern Greek border village of Idomeni, on April 10, 2016. Dozens of people were hurt when police fired tear gas on a group of migrants as they tried to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border, the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. A plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images BULENT KILIC AFP/Getty Images Relatives of victims of October 10 bombings react during a memorial ceremony in Ankara on April 10, 2016. 103 people were killed and more than 500 wounded on October 10, 2015 in twin suicide bombings targeting a pro-Kurdish peace rally in Ankara. / AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTANADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images ADEM ALTAN AFP/Getty Images Refugees and migrants clash with Macedonian soldiers as they protest to reopen the border near their makeshift camp in the northern Greek border village of Idomeni, on April 10, 2016. Dozens of people were hurt when police fired tear gas on a group of migrants as they tried to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border, the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. A plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images BULENT KILIC AFP/Getty Images Refugees and migrants clash with Macedonian police as they protest to reopen the border near their makeshift camp in the northern Greek border village of Idomeni, on April 10, 2016. Dozens of people were hurt when police fired tear gas on a group of migrants as they tried to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border, the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. A plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images BULENT KILIC AFP/Getty Images A man calls to other refugees and migrants to walk through the torn down wire fencing along the border into Macedonia during clashes with Macedonian security as they protest to reopen the border near their makeshift camp in the northern Greek border village of Idomeni, on April 10, 2016. Dozens of people were hurt when police fired tear gas on a group of migrants as they tried to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border, the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. A plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images BULENT KILIC AFP/Getty Images A woman and her children cry after being effected by tear gas close to the border near their makeshift camp in the northern Greek border village of Idomeni, on April 10, 2016. Dozens of people were hurt when police fired tear gas on a group of migrants as they tried to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border, the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) said. A plan to send back migrants from Greece to Turkey sparked demonstrations by local residents in both countries days before the deal brokered by the European Union is set to be implemented. / AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILICBULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images BULENT KILIC AFP/Getty Images Britain's Prince William kicks a football as his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, looks on as they visit a slum area of Mumbai on April 10, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / SHAILESH ANDRADESHAILESH ANDRADE/AFP/Getty Images SHAILESH ANDRADE AFP/Getty Images A competitor takes part in the 31st edition of the Marathon des Sables on April 10, 2016 in the southern Moroccan Sahara desert. The 31st edition of the marathon is a live stage 257 kilometre race through a formidable landscape in one of the world's most inhospitable climates. / AFP PHOTO / JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEKJEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK/AFP/Getty Images JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK AFP/Getty Images Elvis Presley impersonator Ricky Aron from Liverpool performs at the first Scottish Elvis Festival on April 8, 2016 in Grangemouth. The festival features Elvis tribute artists performing music from the different periods of the life of Elvis Presley / AFP PHOTO / Andy BuchananANDY BUCHANAN/AFP/Getty Images ANDY BUCHANAN AFP/Getty Images Kyle Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, early Sunday, April 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauer) Ralph Lauer AP Paramedics with New Orleans EMS transport Racquel Smith, wife of former New Orleans Saints' Will Smith, following a shooting in New Orleans late Saturday, April 9, 2016. The former New Orleans Saints player was fatally shot after a traffic accident. (Michael DeMocker/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; USA TODAY OUT; THE BATON ROUGE ADVOCATE OUT; THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT Michael DeMocker AP Quechua indigenous villagers wait for a polling station to open for general elections in Uchuraccay, Peru, Sunday, April 10, 2016. With the daughter of Peruís jailed former strongman the runaway favorite to get the most votes in Sundayís presidential election, all eyes are on the race for second place and the right to face Keiko Fujimori in an expected presidential runoff. Also up for grabs on Sunday are all the seats in Peruís congress. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Rodrigo Abd AP Polling officials and security personnel with electronic voting machines travel on a horse cart to reach a polling station after crossing the river Brahmaputra at Bhatkhowa Chapori west of Gauhati, Assam state, India, Sunday, April 10, 2016. The second phase of Assam state assembly election will be held on April 11 2016. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath) Anupam Nath AP Iraqi Security forces and allied Popular Mobilization forces fire towards positions in the Islamic State group held town of Besher, during a military operation to regain control of the small town, outside the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) Anmar Khalil AP Washington Nationals Bryce Harper is tagged out while trying to steal a base by Miami Marlins third baseman Martin Prado during the first inning of a baseball game at Nationals Park on Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Evan Vucci AP Geordan Speiller, left, tries to pin Mason Manville during their 75-kilogram Greco Roman match at the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials, Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Charlie Neibergall AP Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton bows in prayer after speaking at New Greater Bethel Ministries during a campaign stop, Sunday, April, 10, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith) Bryan R. Smith AP Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, watches his shot from behind bushes on the fourth hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Jae C. Hong AP Daniel Berger leaps to check his shot out of a fourth hole bunker during the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Charlie Riedel AP Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, reacts after his shot out of a bunker on the second hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Matt Slocum AP Marc Marquez, of Spain, celebrates as he rides by his team hanging on the fence after taking the checkered flag in the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP motorcycle race, Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Tony Gutierrez AP Atlanta Braves pitcher Dan Winkler collapses on the field after throwing against the St. Louis Cardinals during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis) John Amis AP Marc Marquez, of Spain, celebrates with his crew after his win in the Grand Prix of the Americas MotoGP motorcycle race, Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay AP United States' Julie Johnston, center right, celebrates her second goal with teammates during the second half of an international friendly soccer match against Colombia, Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Chester, Pa. The United States won 3-0. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) Chris Szagola AP Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Mark J. Terrill AP Jordan Spieth celebrates after a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Jae C. Hong AP Kansas City Royals players celebrate with teammate Terrance Gore after he scored the winning run during the tenth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, April 10, 2016. The Royals defeated the Twins 4-3 in ten innings. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) Orlin Wagner AP Jordan Spieth takes a second drop on the 12th hole after landing the water twice during the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) David J. Phillip AP Brandt Snedeker reacts after missing a putt on the 15th green during the final round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. 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