After fellow countryman Jason Day, who was up two shots with three holes to play faltered down the stretch, Adam Scott won his home country of Australia its first ever Masters title, by beating Angel Cabrera on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff in the rain at Augusta National in Georgia.
Cabrera, who was going for his third major and second Masters, had the lead for most of the day until his approach shot fell into the water hazard at the 13th hole Sunday, leading to a bogey. However, he rallied down the stretch as he birdied the 16th and 18th holes to force the playoff with Scott, who birdied the 13th, 15th, and 18th holes while fellow countrymen Jason Day (birdied 13, 14, and 15, before bogeying 16 and 17) and Marc Leishman (shot just even-par 72 on the day) faltered down the stretch.
In the sudden death playoff, Scott and Cabrera matched each other shot for shot, as they both made par on the first hole at #18. In the second playoff hole, at #10, both Cabrera and Scott reached the green in two. But Cabrera's birdie putt just missed by a foot, while Scott holed his putt, to win his first ever major championship, after finishing 2nd at the 2011 Masters and 2nd at last year's Open Championship.
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