Top 10 shots in the history of The Masters
By Luke Norris
6. Louis Oosthuizen, 2nd hole (2012)
Okay, here it is…the one shot on this list that didn’t come from the winner. But you can’t say that Louis Oosthuizen’s second shot on the par-5 2nd hole wasn’t amazing. The order of these shots was very difficult to finalize and while it’s not top five, here it is at number six.
After years of contending in major championships, Oosthuizen finally broke through and got a victory, a dominating seven-shot win at The Open Championship in 2010 over Lee Westwood, the same man he trailed after the first round of the 2012 Masters. Louie danced around the lead all week that year at Augusta, trailing by one after the first and second rounds and two strokes heading into Sunday. Playing in the penultimate group on the final day with Bubba Watson, Oosthuizen made a par at the first hole to remain at 7-under, then two shots behind leader Peter Hanson and one shot behind Phil Mickelson. Little did he know that he would soon be leading The Masters.
Louie hit a great drive on the par-5, “Pink Dogwood”, leaving him with 253 yards to the flag. He decided to go with 4-iron (because everyone reading this hits 4-iron from 250+, right?) and the result was incredible. The ball hit just short of the green, kicked on and ran the entire length of the green from right to left and went right in the cup. The shot was the longest double-eagle in Masters history (and just the fourth of all time) and vaulted him into the lead at 10-under. Unfortunately for Oosthuizen, he would lose in a playoff to Bubba Watson and we’ll get to that soon.
If you’re looking for an honorable mention, Louie also had one of the best aces in tournament history in 2016, even if it had no real impact on the leaderboard.
Crazy stuff right there.