Sunday, April 10, 2011

Charl Schwartzel Wins Masters

Incredible drama at Augusta National today in the final round of the 2011 Masters. At one point down the stretch of the back nine, nine golfers were within two shots of the lead.

In the end, it was South African Charl Schwartzel who came away with the green jacket and his first major championship. Schwartzel birdied the final four holes of his round, to finish at -13 and defeat Australians Adam Scott and Jason Day by two shots.

"It was just such an exciting day," Schwartzel said. "There were so many roars and the atmosphere out there was just incredible.

Among those adding to the roar was Tiger Woods, who shot 67 today, including -5 on the front nine. However, he was even-par on the back-nine, falling four back in a tie with Geoff Ogilvy and Luke Donald. Three-round leader Rory McIlroy, who had a four shot lead coming into today, led throught nine holes, but completely fell apart on the back 9, and finished shooting an 80.

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