Between the Wedges

AUGUSTA -- Former UGA star Bubba Watson hit one of the great shots in Masters history to win the green jacket on the second playoff hole against Louis Oosthuizen.

Watson two-putted from about 12 feet to beat Oosthuizen on the second playoff hole. Oosthuizen missed a lengthy par putt that would likely have kept the playoff going.

Watson had birdie putts to win in regulation and on the first playoff hole, but it took a hooked wedge shot from the pine straw on the second playoff hole to finally put Oosthuizen away.

Both guys missed the 10th fairway, but Oosthuizen's shot kicked out of the woods right of the fairway. He came up short of the green on his approach. Watson then hacked a high hook shot that he said moved about 40 yards left to right to land on the green, 12 feet away from the cup.

Watson birdied the par-3 16th hole to tie Oosthuizen at the top of the leaderboard at 10 under. Watson birdied four straight holes ending with No. 16.

Oosthuizen took the lead early in the day with the first double eagle on the par-5 2nd in Masters history to jump to a lead in the final round Sunday.

Oosthuizen's double eagle or albatross is the first at the Masters since Jeff Maggert double eagled No. 13 in 1994. One of the most famous shots in Masters history came when Gene Sarazen made a double eagle on No. 15 -- dubbed the "Shot Heard Round the World" -- to win the 1935 Masters. His double eagle was the fourth in tournament history. He went from two shots out of the lead to the leader by two shots following a bogey by Peter Hanson on the first hole.

Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood, Matt Kuchar and Hanson finished tied for third at 8 under.

Mickelson may have slipped on his fourth green jacket had it not been for two triple-bogeys this week, including a costly triple-bogey Sunday on No. 4.

This story was originally published April 8, 2012 at 1:51 PM with the headline "Between the Wedges."