2012 Masters Tournament: Watson Wins in Playoff
Bubba Watson survived a playoff against Louis Oosthuizen to win the 2012 Masters, which was the 76th one played.
Winner: Bubba Watson, 278
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 5-8, 2012
Leader after first round: Lee Westwood, 67
Leader after second round: Fred Couples and Jason Dufner, 139
Leader after third round: Peter Hanson, 207
Notable Notes: With his victory here, Watson became the third left-handed golfer to win The Masters. It was Bubba's first win in a major championship.
The 2012 Masters will always be recalled for Watson's giant hook shot played out of the deep trees, off pine needles, with a wedge, on the second playoff hole. The shot is one of the things about Bubba related by ABC News in this next-day story:
Final Scores
| p-Bubba Watson | 69-71-70-68=278 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 68-72-69-69=278 |
| Matt Kuchar | 71-70-70-69=280 |
| Lee Westwood | 67-73-72-68=280 |
| Phil Mickelson | 74-68-66-72=280 |
| Peter Hanson | 68-74-65-73=280 |
| Ian Poulter | 72-72-70-69=283 |
| Justin Rose | 72-72-72-68=284 |
| Adam Scott | 75-70-73-66=284 |
| Padraig Harrington | 71-73-68-72=284 |
| Jim Furyk | 70-73-72-70=285 |
| Sergio Garcia | 72-68-75-71=286 |
| Graeme McDowell | 75-72-71-68=286 |
| Kevin Na | 71-75-72-68=286 |
| Fred Couples | 72-67-75-72=286 |
| Hunter Mahan | 72-72-68-74=286 |
| Bo Van Pelt | 73-75-75-64=287 |
| Ben Crane | 69-73-72-73=287 |
| Charles Howell III | 72-70-74-72=288 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 72-75-68-73=288 |
| Geoff Ogilvy | 74-72-71-71=288 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 76-68-70-74=288 |
| Francesco Molinari | 69-75-70-74=288 |
| Anders Hansen | 76-72-73-68=289 |
| Paul Lawrie | 69-72-72-76=289 |
| Jason Dufner | 69-70-75-75=289 |
| Rickie Fowler | 74-74-72-70=290 |
| Vijay Singh | 70-72-76-72=290 |
| Keegan Bradley | 71-77-73-69=290 |
| Scott Stallings | 70-77-70-73=290 |
| Jonathan Byrd | 72-71-72-75=290 |
| Sean O'Hair | 73-70-71-77=291 |
| Angel Cabrera | 71-78-71-71=291 |
| Luke Donald | 75-73-75-68=291 |
| Zach Johnson | 70-74-75-72=291 |
| Nick Watney | 71-71-72-77=291 |
| Bill Haas | 72-74-76-70=292 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 73-76-74-69=292 |
| Sang-Moon Bae | 75-71-69-77=292 |
| Aaron Baddeley | 71-71-77-74=293 |
| Tiger Woods | 72-75-72-74=293 |
| Rory McIlroy | 71-69-77-76=293 |
| Henrik Stenson | 71-71-70-81=293 |
| Martin Kaymer | 72-75-75-72=294 |
| Kevin Chappell | 71-76-71-76=294 |
| Webb Simpson | 72-74-70-78=294 |
| Steve Stricker | 71-77-72-75=295 |
| Ross Fisher | 71-77-73-74=295 |
| a-Patrick Cantlay | 71-78-74-72=295 |
| Stewart Cink | 71-75-81-69=296 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 72-75-75-74=296 |
| David Toms | 73-73-75-75=296 |
| Robert Karlsson | 74-74-77-71=296 |
| a-Hideki Matsuyama | 71-74-72-80=297 |
| Scott Verplank | 73-75-75-74=297 |
| Miguel Angel Jimenez | 69-72-76-81=298 |
| Y.E. Yang | 73-70-75-81=299 |
| Martin Laird | 76-72-74-77=299 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 75-74-76-74=299 |
| Trevor Immelman | 78-71-76-76=301 |
| Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano | 74-75-76-77=302 |
| a-Kelly Kraft | 74-75-77-80=306 |
