Trapped in the trees, Bubba Watson had no chance. Good thing he’s one of those guys who never hits the ball straight.
Unable to even see the green from where he was standing, Watson curled a shot from out of the pine straw and safely onto the 10th green to win the Masters on the second hole of a playoff Sunday over South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen.
Watson won his first major and sobbed hard, his shoulders heaving, as he embraced his mother on the 10th green. He won by hitting a most-memorable wedge shot, one that may have trumped the historic double-eagle 2 that Oosthuizen dropped in on the second green to take the lead early in the final round.
Both players finished regulation at 10-under 278. Watson played the second playoff hole in par to win by one shot.
