Adam Scott Wins Masters
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Adam Scott defeated Angel Cabrera with a birdie-3 on the second playoff hole (No. 10). Scott made a 12-foot birdie put on No. 10 after watching Angel Cabrera just miss his birdie putt.
This is the second consecutive playoff at the Masters. Bubba Watson won on the second playoff hole (No. 10) last year. A Masters playoff has not gone past the second extra hole since going to sudden-death format in 1976. This was the 17th playoff in Masters history.
Scott earns his ninth overall win and first major victory on the PGA TOUR. He becomes the first Australian to win the Masters. A total of eight Australian’s have runner-up finishes at the Masters.
International players have won the last three majors (2013 Masters/Adam Scott, 2012 PGA Championship/Rory McIlroy and 2012 British Open/Ernie Els). American’s have won 8 of the last 14 Masters dating to 2000.
Scott moves to No. 4 in the FedExCup standings with 870 points.
Scott, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Matt Kuchar and Henrik Stenson are the only five players to win THE PLAYERS Championship and a World Golf Championships event in their careers.
Cabrera was trying to become the first grandfather to win the Masters. His son Federico had a daughter named Agostina on November 1, 2012. Cabrera’s son Angel Cabrera Jr. caddied for him this week. His son missed the cut earlier this year in the Puerto Rico Open in his first start on the PGA TOUR.
Jason Day records his fourth top-10 finish on TOUR this season, which equals his entire total from last season on TOUR. Day has made all eight of his cuts this season.
Prior to today, Brandt Snedeker had converted his last two 54-hole leads/co-leads (2012 TOUR Championship and 2013 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am) on the PGA TOUR. He has now converted two of five in his career.
Marc Leishman records his first top 10 in his eighth start in a major championship. His previous best finish was T27 in the 2012 PGA Championship. Prior to holding a share of the first-round lead this week, Leishman had never held a lead/co-lead after any round on the PGA TOUR. He made his 114th start on TOUR this week.
Tiger Woods has never come-from-behind to win a major. He is winless in last 15 major starts. Woods retains his lead in the FedExCup standings.
