Finally, Down Under is On Top with a Green Jacket

Greg Norman was robbed of winning the Masters Green Jacket more than once starting in 1986.  On a wet, rainy Sunday in April 2013, Norman watched as one of his biggest fans, Adam Scott, got that Green Jacket for Norman and Australia in true Aussie fashion, namely scrapping and never giving up.

As the sun began to set over Augusta National, not one but three Australian players had a chance to steal victory from the jaws of lion hearted Angel Cabrera and his caddie son. Adam Scott,  Jason Day and Marc Leishman were on the first page of the leader board as the event was winding to a close. Or was it?

Cabrera, for his part dropped a shot at the 13^th hole to fall out of the lead only to make birdie at the 16^th and finally the 18^th hole to force Aussie Adam Scott to join him on the water logged 18^th tee once again for a Masters playoff that is sure to be one for the books.

Like throwing darts, both Scott and Cabrera matched each other shot for shot to par that first sudden death hole.

With the rain pelting down, ever harder, the two titans strode to the 10^th tee at Augusta probably unaware of just how hard it really was raining.

Two tee shots at the second sudden death hole saw both players in good approach position to the dangerous 10^th green.

Again, shot for shot, both players appeared to be heading to a third hole with grand pressure shots within birdie range into the 10^th green.

Cabrera couldn’t have hit his putt any better hanging it on the lip and making par.

As Adam stood over his putt and caddie Stevie Williams, also from Down Under, New Zealand, wasn’t going to let this slip away from his boss and good friend. Williams gave Scott the correct read for his winning putt. “We knew it was a right-to-left putt. He said he thought it was a cup outside, but I told him it broke more than he thought and it was two cups outside the hole.”

Scott made an absolutely terrific stroke and drilled his birdie putt, thus ending Australia’s

drought of golf’s Majors and ending the criticism about Adam Scott’s putting ability.

Yep, Adam did it. Revenge is sweet for all those years and close calls by Scott’s iconic idle Norman and others through professional golf history.

As darkness fell over Augusta National and this year’s Masters, finally, the country of Australia, known as Down Under, is now On Top with a Green Jacket and one of Golf’s jewels in the Masters. 

Congratulations Adam and congratulations to Australia.