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Best of the Decade: The Best Golf Shots of the 2010’s

By Bill Felber

Jordan Spieth prepares to play his third shot from the practice range on the 13th hole during the final round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 23, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
Jordan Spieth prepares to play his third shot from the practice range on the 13th hole during the final round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 23, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) /
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Adam Scott celebrates after his birdie on the 18th green which got him into a play off during the final round of the 2013 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2013 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
Adam Scott celebrates after his birdie on the 18th green which got him into a play off during the final round of the 2013 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2013 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images) /

6. Adam Scott, 18th hole, Augusta National, 2013 Masters

The difference between the putt Els made at Royal Lytham and the one Scott rolled in the following spring at Augusta was that when Ernie’s fell, the event’s outcome remained up in the air. By the time of Scott’s heroics, the issue was squarely stated.

Scott and Angel Cabrera had waged one of the Masters’s memorable battles through the tournament’s final stages. Finishing in a steady rain, Scott rolled in a 20-foot downhill birdie putt on the 72nd hole to take a one-stroke lead while Cabrera watched from the fairway.

Then it was Scott’s turn to watch as Cabrera laid his approach shot within three feet of the cup, tapping in for a birdie of his own to send the event to extra holes.

Playing in the rain and fast-gathering darkness, both players parred the first playoff hole. On the second of those extra holes, Augusta’s long par 4 10th, both players reached the green in regulation. Cabrera faced a 20-foot uphill birdie putt that he hung on the lip.

That left the issue to Scott, who lined up a 15-footer eerily reminiscent of the one Els had made against him the previous summer at Lytham. This time Scott drilled it dead center to defeat Cabrera, becoming the first Australian Masters champion in history.

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