Adam Scott Wins his First Major Title to Become the First Australian to Win The Masters.

Adam Scott wearing the Green Jacket for the first time.
Adam Scott wearing the Green Jacket for the first time.

The Masters ended its fourth round on Sunday with a play- off between Adam Scott and Angel Cabrera. Scott went on to win what will become his first major title and the first win for an Australian in Augusta.
Cabrera had dueled for the lead for much of the day with Scott’s compatriot Jason Day.
Day got off to a flying start when he birdied the first and holed out from the greenside bunker for eagle at the next, however his impressive start faltered down the stretch.
Scott birdied the 13 and 15 tees and piled on the pressure by rolling in a superb 25- foot birdie putt to cap a flawless three- under 69. It wasn’t going to be easy for the Australian as the popular Argentine, Cabrera, arrived on the 18th tee tied for the lead with Scott, and took the round into play- off.
Cabrera shaved the cup with his chip for birdie back at 18; however, the first play- off hole was halved in par with both players hitting excellent approaches to the 10th under faded light.
The highpoint of the play- off had Cabrera’s putt curl agonizingly past the hole, while Scott held his nerve to find the middle of the cup to become Australia’s first winner in Augusta.
Day had been three off the lead at the turn, but three consecutive birdies from the 13th took him two ahead on nine under after Cabrera found the Rae’s Creek at 13 and bogeyed.
At 16, day flew the green but couldn’t get up and down; he dropped another shot at the 17th as he signed off with a 70 to finish on seven under.
Tiger Wood’s bid for a fifth title was hampered by a cold putter from the start as he stuttered to the turn in37, although birdies at 9, 10, 13 and 15 salvaged a 70 and a top- four finish on four under for the American. He wasn’t going to finish fourth alone as another Australian, Marc Leishman, shared the position with him. Leishman could not get much to drop on the greens in a battling level- par 72.
Brandt Snedeker started the day tied for the lead with Cabrera but went on to bogey the fourth and fifth before getting back to the eight under at the eighth.
Snedekers race was run after bogeys at 10, 11 and 14, and another dropped shot at the last added up to a 75 which left him alongside Thorbjorn Olesen on four under.
Olesen ensured a return to Augusta next year by vaulting up the leaderboard with a third- round 68, which he matched on Sunday.