History made at 16th hole at Augusta National Golf Club with three aces

AUGUSTA -- For the first time in Masters history, there were three holes-in-one at the par-3 16th hole in the final round Sunday.

Davis Love III and Shane Lowry went the conventional route with their aces, while Louis Oosthuizen had a little bit of help.

Oosthuizen's ball hit J.B. Holmes' ball on the green before trickling into the hole. Oosthuizen finished at 3-over-par 291 with a final-round 71.

"I saw my ball pitch in a good spot to have a chance, and then I saw J.B.'s ball, and I thought, 'Oh, there goes the chance of a 1.' And then I just really watched the crowd, and walking up there I could see one was in there obviously really close, and the other one is in. So I was just hoping that it was my ball that was in and not J.B.'s because then neither of us would have a hole-in-one; he would have had to move his ball back.

"But yeah, it was good. The way I played (Sunday), nothing was really happening, so it was nice to do that, to just have a bit of a better day."

Love shot a 77 to finish at 11 over, while Lowry had a 75 to finish at 10 over.

"I just stood up, and I've been hitting good shots most of the day and hitting my targets also, so it was a fairly easy shot, I felt," Lowry said. "I just hit a perfect shot in right at the flag and obviously needed luck to go in the hole. So I'm fairly happy, and I'll put that picture up in my house, and it will be a nice memento to have."

STRONG FINISH

At 21, Matthew Fitzpatrick was making just his second Masters appearance (he missed the cut in 2014). But he certainly played like a veteran in the final round, shooting a 5-under 67. That score vaulted him to a top-10 finish at even.

"It was just lucky. I just played really well tee to green," Fitzpatrick said. "I just gave myself a lot of chances, and that was the big thing for me, just kept giving myself chances. I had a lot of putts between 6 to 15 feet. And certainly the back nine, I started to hole them; that was the difference."

Fitzpatrick had six birdies and one bogey. He had two birdies and seven pars on the front nine and then had four more birdies on the back nine, including three straight starting at No. 14.

TIME TO TURN PRO

Bryson DeChambeau wrapped up his amateur career in style as he prepares to turn professional. He had three solid rounds to finish at 5 over.

Finishing as the low amateur, DeChambeau shot 72-72 to make the cut but stumbled to a 77 on Saturday. He bounced back nicely with a 72 on Sunday.

He believes he's ready for the next step in his career.

"I think so. I hope so," DeChambeau said. "I've had six or seven months to prepare to be professional. I've played in numerous professional events and traveled across the world trying to gain experience, and to end it off here at the Masters, is something special, so yes."

Romain Langasque was the only other amateur to make the cut, shooting 74-73-83-68 to finish at 10 over.

This story was originally published April 10, 2016 at 7:39 PM with the headline "History made at 16th hole at Augusta National Golf Club with three aces ."