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Adam Scott of Australia celebrates alongside caddie Steve Williams after Scott made a birdie putt on the second sudden death playoff hole to defeat Angel Cabrera of Argentina to win the 2013 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14 in Augusta, Ga.
By Ryan Lavner, GolfTalkCentral
Take that, major demons!
“I don’t even know how that happens,” he said. “It fell my way today. I had some luck out there.”
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Tournament volunteers walk along the golf course after a snow storm suspended play for the day during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, on Feb. 20, in Marana, Ariz. Play was suspended for the day.
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Snow covers a cholla cactus during a snow storm at the Match Play Championship golf tournament, on Feb. 20, in Marana, Ariz. Play was suspended for the day.
By Mark Lamport-Stokes, Reuters
Dove Mountain looked more like a winter wonderland than a golfing venue after driving snow forced play to be abandoned in the opening round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Wednesday.
Just over three-and-a-half hours of golf was possible on a bitterly cold and breezy morning before rain, sleet and then snow led to matches being suspended at the elite World Golf Championships (WGC) event.
Ice formed on the greens and, with further snow showers forecast for the rest of the day in Arizona's high desert, officials called off play for the day after waiting a couple of hours to re-evaluate conditions.
Almost two inches of snow covered the entire course, driving range and practice putting green at Dove Mountain's Ritz-Carlton Golf Club after all but 10 matches had started with none finishing.
"Once we got two inches of snow, even if it melted in the next hour or so, it would still take another hour-and-a-half ... to let the golf course drain where we could play," Mark Russell, the PGA Tour's vice president of rules and competition, said.
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A spectator walks past a snowman made on a fairway after the first round of the Match Play Championship golf tournament was suspended due to snow Wednesday, Feb. 20, in Marana, Ariz.
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Golfers dressed in 1930s period costume play on Monifeith Links course during the 8th World Hickory Open on Oct. 8, in Monifeith, Scotland.
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A competitor taking part in the World Hickory Open golf championship carries his bag during the first round on Oct. 8.
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A competitor taking part in the World Hickory Open golf championship during the first round on Oct. 8.
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A competitor tees off at the fifth hole.
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"Forest Golfers" take part in a golf tournament in a forest near Uvaly village, east of Prague, Czech Republic, on September 23, 2012.
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An alligator floats in a pond under rainy skies during practice for the PGA Championship at the Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, S. C. on Wednesday.
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Joost Luiten of the Netherlands takes a picture of an alligator swimming in a lagoon beside the 17th green during practice for the PGA Championship on the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, S. C. on Aug. 8.
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Tiger Woods plays a shot from the rough on the 15th hole during the first round of the 141st British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club on July 19.
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Tiger Woods reacts as he misses his putt on the 13th green during the first round of the British Open.
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Tiger Woods plays his shot on the 14th hole during the first round of this year's British Open Championship on July 19.
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Mike Davis, right, of the USGA grabs a fan who disrupted the trophy presentation as Webb Simpson and Bob Costas look on after the final round of the 112th U.S. Open on June 17, 2012 in San Francisco, California.
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USGA Executive Director Mike Davis, center, grabs a man who interrupted the trophy ceremony after Webb Simpson, right, of the U.S. won the 2012 U.S. Open golf tournament on the Lake Course at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif., June 17.
Jay Coffin of the Golf Channel reports — As NBC’s Bob Costas was interviewing newly crowned champion Webb Simpson a mysterious man, wearing a Union Jack hat, started crowing like a bird. Costas and Simpson were looking mysteriously at the man when U.S. Golf Association chief Mike Davis jumped into the picture and forcefully pulled the man out of the way.
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A raucous fan, wearing a wacky Union Jack cap, disrupted Webb Simpson's trophy ceremony at the US Open with squawking bird calls. Msnbc's Willie Geist reports.
Simpson saved par on the hilly 18th hole with a chip from the rough to about 4 feet, closing with a 2-under 68 to hold off Graeme McDowell and Michael Thompson in a foggy final round at The Olympic Club on Sunday. Simpson finished at 1-over 281.
Michael Thompson and Graeme McDowell were a shot back.
-- Reported by the Associated Press
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Police officers arrest a man who interrupted the trophy ceremony at the Olympic Club on June 17, 2012.
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Johan Jonker from South Africa plays a joke with his game partners by pretending to retrieve the ball from the hole using his amputated arm during the South African Disabled Golf Open in Langebaan, South Africa on Monday. The South African Disabled Golf Open is one of the top disabled golf tournaments in the world with more than 60 competitors competing over the 3 day event. People suffering from any number of physical disabilities including arm and leg amputees, hemiplegics, paraplegics, stroke victims, blind and deaf people that are able to grip the club with at least one hand and hit the ball can compete.
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Robin Singh from South Africa drives the ball during the South African Disabled Golf Open in Langebaan.
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Neal Merry from Wales plays a shot during the South African Disabled Golf Open.
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Bubba Watson, right, of the United States hugs his caddie Ted Scott after winning his sudden death playoff on the second playoff hole against Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa to win the 2012 Masters Tournament by one stroke at Augusta National Golf Club on April 8, in Augusta, Ga.
So deep in the trees right of the 10th fairway that he couldn’t even see the green, Watson hooked a wedge off the pine needles from 155 yards to about 10 feet from the hole. That set up a par, good enough to beat Louis Oosthuizen on the second playoff hole.
“If I’ve got a swing, I’ve got a shot,” Watson said.
-- Reported by the Associated Press
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Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa and his caddie Wynand Stander react after Oosthuizen's double eagle on the par 5 second hole during the fourth round of the Masters golf tournament, April 8, in Augusta, Ga.
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