Every year the best golfers in the world come to Augusta,
Georgia to compete at the Masters, one of golf’s four major tournaments. The Masters has a tradition unlike any other,
with a course designed by the legendary Bobby Jones and a list of champions
that mark the who’s who of golf over the past few decades. With that said, though, the Masters of 2012
was certainly one of the better events in the event’s history, with a finish
that would leave everyone on edge.
After the third round was completed Peter Hanson found
himself in the lead by one stroke over Phil Mickelson and two over Louis
Oosthuizen. Mickelson had stormed back
after shooting a first round score of 74 with two straight rounds in the 60s to
give himself a chance for his fourth career Masters victory. Back in fourth place after round three was
Bubba Watson, one of the longer hitters on the PGA Tour who almost never hits
the golf ball straight during a round.
When it came to Sunday Peter Hanson got off to a slow start
with a bogey on the first hole, and never really seemed comfortable out on the
golf course all day, ending with a round of 73 to finish in a tie for third
place overall. Phil Mickelson looked to
be in the driver’s seat heading into Sunday as he had the experience of having
won the tournament multiple times before and was coming off of two great rounds
earlier in the week. However, things
took a turn for the worse for Mickelson when he came up on the par 3 fourth
hole. Mickelson hit his tee shot far
left of the green, hitting the grandstands and bouncing even further left into
the woods. He was able to find the ball,
but when all was said and done with the hole Phil ended up with a triple bogey
and was never able to recover, shooting a round of 72 to also finish in a tie
for third place.
The man who came out on fire early was Louis Oosthuizen, who
hit one of the greatest shots in Masters Tournament history on the par 5 second
hole. Oosthuizen hit a good tee shot
into the fairway and was about 260 yards away from the green. Louis decided to hit a high iron and hoped
the ball would run up somewhere on the green, but it did much more than
that. As the ball rolled up to the green
it kept rolling right towards the hole, and after about 20 seconds later the
ball ended up dropping into the hole for an amazing double eagle. After that he was able to maintain the lead
for most of the round until Watson decided to join the party.
Bubba Watson was four shots out of the lead after bogeying
the 12th hole, and it looked as though Oosthuizen would run away
with the tournament. However, Watson
went on an incredible streak of four consecutive birdies to end up in a tie with
Louis after his round was completed.
Both of the players made par on the first playoff hole, with Bubba being
able to prevail after a great iron shot on the second playoff hole to capture
his first career major victory. It was
an event that masters ticket holders will not soon forget, and should go down
as one of the best finishes in the event’s history.
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