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  • Double Eagle Gets Oosthuizen In Masters Record Books

    Louis Oosthuizen may have just missed a chance at the green jacket this weekend, but the sting of a loss was assuaged by a record-setting double eagle on the second hole, the first ever for the young South African golfer and the first 2 on the hole in the tournament’s history.

    The shot was overshadowed by Bubba Watson’s game-ending drive from a dense thicket of trees, which flew 155 yards on a curve and was deemed “unbelievable” by Oosthuizen himself.

    But the day was about accomplishments other than that famed grass-colored jacket, and Oosthuizen will go down in history as the first player ever to make a double eagle “albatross”–which means scoring 3 under par–on the second hole at Augusta National.

    “That was my first double-eagle ever,” Oosthuizen said, “so it was tough the next five holes to just get my head around it and just play the course.”

    The first albatross to be made famous in the Masters was on the 15th hole by Gene Sarazen in 1935. Sarazen’s play caused a tie, which he broke the next day to win the championship.

    59-year old Wayne Mitchell happened to be sitting near the now-famous double eagle ball when it came to a stop after Oosthuizen pulled it out of the cup and tossed it toward the spectators. He reached out and grabbed it, a little souvenir of history made. Officials were reportedly in talks with him to get the ball back, but no plans have been made for it yet.

  • Bubba Watson Hits “Unbelieveable” Shot, Wins Masters

    33-year old Bubba Watson, arguably golf’s most promising new star, hit an extraordinary curved shot yesterday that led him to the coveted green jacket above Louis Oosthuizen. Oosthuizen started the game with a double eagle–only the 4th in Masters history–and ended at 10 under par 278.

    “Bubba just hit an unbelievable shot there on 10. I didn’t play badly. Bubba earned it,” Oosthuizen said.

    The two men played a close game up until the 10th green, where Watson was forced to hook a curveball from a thicket of trees so dense Oosthuizen couldn’t even see him. It went 155 yards and required only two putts to win the championship.

    “I had no idea where he was,” Oosthuizen said. “Where I stood from, when the ball came out, it looked like a curveball. Unbelievable shot. That shot he hit definitely won him the tournament.”

    Watson was joined on the green by his wife and mother, who congratulated him as his emotions ran over after a day filled with stress.

    “I’ve never had a dream go this far, so I can’t really say it’s a dream come true,” Watson said as he was presented with the green jacket.

    Watson, who is heavily involved in fundraising for cancer research, played with a pink driver yesterday to show his support of the charity and says the win–which moves him up to number 4 in the world of golf and the top ranking American–won’t mean a reprieve from the real world this week. No doubt he’ll be grounded by a brand new family life, as he and his wife just adopted a one-month old son.