The final day of the 2009 Masters certainly unfolded in a bizarre fashion, but after Kenny Perry pulled his second shot on the 10th hole left of the green and failed to get up and down, Angel Cabrera had two putts to win the tournament on the second sudden-death playoff hole and became the last golfer standing in a Sunday slugfest at Augusta.Perry seemed locked to win the tournament, holding a two-stroke lead with just two holes to play, but he finished bogey-bogey down the stretch, allowing playing partner Cabrera and Chad Campbell to join him in a sudden-death playoff.
The most bizarre circumstance surrounding Cabrera's win -- outside his Sunday yellow becoming the "new red" -- might be his early Sunday play: he shot an inexplicable one-over on the front-nine Sunday, bogeyed 10 and appeared poised to free fall from the leaderboard before rattling off three birdies on the final six holes.
His first playoff hole was no less odd, as Cabrera managed to hit his second shot off a tree before scrambling back for a par that extended his hopes of winning the green jacket to the 10th hole.
The win was Cabrera's second major in the past three years -- in 2007 he was the first Argentinian to win the U.S. Open -- as he became the first Argentinian to don a green jacket in Augusta's rich history.
And as surprising as watching Cabrera storm back to win was, it seems like a pretty fitting ending considering the insanity that consumed Augusta on Sunday.
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Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates winning the Masters in a playoff during final round play at the 2009 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES SPORT GOLF)
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Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament in a sudden death playoff at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament in a sudden death playoff at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament in a sudden death playoff at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament in a sudden death playoff at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates after winning the Masters golf tournament in a sudden death playoff at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga., Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates winning the Masters in a playoff at the 2009 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 12, 2009. REUTERS/Shaun Best (UNITED STATES SPORT GOLF IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)
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AUGUSTA, GA - APRIL 12: Kenny Perry hits his chip shot on the first sudden death playoff hole during the final round of the 2009 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 12, 2009 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kenny Perry
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Angel Cabrera of Argentina celebrates winning the US Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 12, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Don EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
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AUGUSTA, GA - APRIL 12: Kenny Perry reacts to his chip shot on the first sudden death playoff hole during the final round of the 2009 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 12, 2009 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kenny Perry
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4-12-2009 @ 7:55PM
danny k said...
Kenny Perry shanked his second shot on the 10th hole????
Will- shank, for a righthander (Perry) = right. Pull = left. Perry pulled or pull hooked his approach shot on 10 in the playoff. Golf 101 for you
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4-12-2009 @ 8:59PM
dinohealth said...
Lol, enjoyed it! While you are at it, you might want to remind him what a great golfer Cabrera is, and that it is no "surprise" that he won after "hanging in there" at the top of the leaderboard through four rounds at the Masters!
4-13-2009 @ 4:25AM
Dudley Haas said...
Tiger should've won the Masters. The tournament was rigged. The B-9 mole on my 4-head went from purple to red because of this and the iron on my face's face burned up while trying to get the wrinkles out.
7-05-2009 @ 1:52PM
Dudley Haas said...
Does anyone know how to patch a bald spot on top my head? I was gonna get John Nelson to mask the B-9 mole on my 4-head and paint the bald spot a nice, bright, shiny color -- but he said "oh God no, that sounds radical!!!"
4-12-2009 @ 7:59PM
dinohealth said...
THIS EASTER SUNDAY, NO ONE IS CRYING IN ARGENTINA! AFTER BEING ON THE LEADERBOARD THROUGHOUT THE MASTERS, A MARIOTTI-BRANDED "ERRATIC", ANGEL CABRERA, RESURRECTS HIS HOPES ON THE FIRST PLAYOFF, AROUND A TREE, AND EARNS MORE THAN A BYLINE IN JAY' MARIOTTIS' NEXT COLUMN!
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4-12-2009 @ 11:15PM
Big Al said...
My Goodness...if anyone cannot tell me that Cabrera is a complete golf bull I would challenge the entire field at the Masters. He is unbelievable at taking the "open door" and finishing. Loved watching it unfold...powerful Angel, and on Easter Sunday!
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4-12-2009 @ 11:26PM
elpgolfer said...
since when is speaking english a requirement for being a professional golfer? what a stupid thing to say...idiota
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4-13-2009 @ 6:30AM
fighter said...
Tiger should not have, for the naive poster who stated this it is called "earning" it, something Tiger surely didn't do this weekend. He is very beatable and vulnerable at his very best and it most certainly has shown throughout the years,, These are ALL "P R O ' S", anything can happen on any given Sunday.
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4-13-2009 @ 7:28AM
obamaizadope said...
Perry choked like a dog. After that shot at 16, he should have put it on auto pilot..
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4-13-2009 @ 5:06PM
latinlover said...
Should I speak English in order to play Golf?... what a lack of brain wvhoneyhauler has, for comments like that US people are not well seen in the World.
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