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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- One man made history, but the other, playing alongside the first, refused to resign himself to spectator status and wound up making history of his own.
After a day of wild momentum swings, Bubba Watson was the last man standing to win the 76th Masters, rendering an artful par from the trees on the second hole of a playoff with Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday.
“I’ve never had a dream go this far, so I can’t really say it’s a dream come true,” said Watson, who never made worse than bogey all week and closed with six birdies and two bogeys Sunday.
It was the fourth career victory and first major title for Watson, 33, who at one point trailed his playing partner by five strokes. Oosthuizen holed his 253-yard second shot, struck with a 4-iron, for the first ever double-eagle on the par-5 second hole, seizing control of the tournament, but Watson never backed down and birdied holes 13-16 to force the playoff. That gave him a chance to author his own miracle, eclipsing the first.
Both players made par on the first hole of sudden death, the 18th, before the long-hitting, left-handed Watson hooked his drive deep into the trees on the right side of the second playoff hole, the 10th. Again, he refused to give up.
“The first time I ever worked with my caddie, in Boston, six years ago, I told him, ‘If I have a swing, I’ve got a shot,’” Watson said.
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/s...-wins-masters-playoff?sct=hp_t11_a0&eref=sihp
After a day of wild momentum swings, Bubba Watson was the last man standing to win the 76th Masters, rendering an artful par from the trees on the second hole of a playoff with Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday.
“I’ve never had a dream go this far, so I can’t really say it’s a dream come true,” said Watson, who never made worse than bogey all week and closed with six birdies and two bogeys Sunday.
It was the fourth career victory and first major title for Watson, 33, who at one point trailed his playing partner by five strokes. Oosthuizen holed his 253-yard second shot, struck with a 4-iron, for the first ever double-eagle on the par-5 second hole, seizing control of the tournament, but Watson never backed down and birdied holes 13-16 to force the playoff. That gave him a chance to author his own miracle, eclipsing the first.
Both players made par on the first hole of sudden death, the 18th, before the long-hitting, left-handed Watson hooked his drive deep into the trees on the right side of the second playoff hole, the 10th. Again, he refused to give up.
“The first time I ever worked with my caddie, in Boston, six years ago, I told him, ‘If I have a swing, I’ve got a shot,’” Watson said.
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/s...-wins-masters-playoff?sct=hp_t11_a0&eref=sihp
