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Charl Schwartzel birdied his last four holes to close with a 66 and win the 2011 Masters Tournament by two strokes.
It was a wild final round, with third-round leader Rory McIlroy falling apart; Tiger Woods charging; Adam Scott, Jason Day and Geoff Ogilvy each trying to become the first Australian to win The Masters. Luke Donald, 2009 Masters winner Angel Cabrera and K.J. Choi had chances, too, and were in it until very late.
Meanwhile, Woods had blistered the front nine with a 5-under 31, reaching 10-under and sharing the lead at various points on the back nine. And Woods hit some great shots on the back nine, but let several opportunities slip away and couldn't get his score any lower. He finished at 278, tied for fourth.
Tied with Woods in fourth was Ogilvy, the 2006 U.S. Open winner, who, like Woods, started the day seven strokes off the lead and closed with a 67.
As noted, no Australian through the 2011 Masters had ever won this tournament. Scott and Day, playing together in the third-to-last group, shot 68 and 67 respectively to finish at 12-under 276.
Schwartzel, meanwhile, was steady all day. And then he reached the 15th hole and went on his closing run of four straight birdies. As he stood on the final tee, Schwartzel held a 1-stroke lead. Nerves? Not from this South African, not on this day. He hit a great drive, an excellent approach, and then closed out the victory with a birdie.
2011 Masters Final Scores
Results from the 2011 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (a-amateur):
Charl Schwartzel 69-71-68-66--274 $1,440,000 Adam Scott 72-70-67-67--276 $704,000 Jason Day 72-64-72-68--276 $704,000 Geoff Ogilvy 69-69-73-67--278 $306,667 Tiger Woods 71-66-74-67--278 $306,667 Luke Donald 72-68-69-69--278 $306,667 Angel Cabrera 71-70-67-71--279 $268,000 K.J. Choi 67-70-71-72--280 $240,000 Bo Van Pelt 73-69-68-70--280 $240,000 Ryan Palmer 71-72-69-70--282 $216,000 Lee Westwood 72-67-74-70--283 $176,000 Edoardo Molinari 74-70-69-70--283 $176,000 Justin Rose 73-71-71-68--283 $176,000 Steve Stricker 72-70-71-70--283 $176,000 Ross Fisher 69-71-71-73--284 $128,000 Brandt Snedeker 69-71-74-70--284 $128,000 Trevor Immelman 69-73-73-69--284 $128,000 Fred Couples 71-68-72-73--284 $128,000 Rory McIlroy 65-69-70-80--284 $128,000 Martin Laird 74-69-69-73--285 $93,200 Ryo Ishikawa 71-71-73-70--285 $93,200 Y.E. Yang 67-72-73-73--285 $93,200 Ricky Barnes 68-71-75-71--285 $93,200 Jim Furyk 72-68-74-72--286 $70,400 Gary Woodland 69-73-74-70--286 $70,400 David Toms 72-69-73-72--286 $70,400 Ian Poulter 74-69-71-73--287 $53,250 Alvaro Quiros 65-73-75-74--287 $53,250 Miguel Angel Jimenez 71-73-70-73--287 $53,250 Robert Karlsson 72-70-74-71--287 $53,250 a-Hideki Matsuyama 72-73-68-74--287 Phil Mickelson 70-72-71-74--287 $53,250 Charley Hoffman 74-69-72-72--287 $53,250 Matt Kuchar 68-75-69-75--287 $53,250 Sergio Garcia 69-71-75-73--288 $41,200 Alex Cejka 72-71-75-70--288 $41,200 Ryan Moore 70-73-72-73--288 $41,200 Bubba Watson 73-71-67-78--289 $35,200 Dustin Johnson 74-68-73-74--289 $35,200 Paul Casey 70-72-76-71--289 $35,200 Rickie Fowler 70-69-76-74--289 $35,200 Bill Haas 74-70-74-72--290 $30,400 Steve Marino 74-71-72-73--290 $30,400 Kyung-Tae Kim 70-75-78-68--291 $27,200 Jeff Overton 73-72-72-74--291 $27,200 Nick Watney 72-72-75-73--292 $25,600 Aaron Baddeley 75-70-74-74--293 $23,200 Ernie Els 75-70-76-72--293 $23,200 Camilo Villegas 70-75-73-76--294 $20,800
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