Charl Schwartzel, right, of South Africa, helps Bubba Watson put on the green jacket after winning the Masters golf tournament following a sudden death playoff on the 10th hole Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Charl Schwartzel, right, of South Africa, helps Bubba Watson put on the green jacket after winning the Masters golf tournament following a sudden death playoff on the 10th hole Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Bubba Watson hugs his caddie Ted Scott after winning the Masters golf tournament following a sudden death playoff on the 10th hole Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Louis Oosthuizen, of South Africa, and his caddie Wynand Stander react after Oosthuizen missed a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the fourth round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. At right is Bubba Watson and his caddie Ted Scott. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Bubba Watson tees off on the ninth hole during the fourth round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Phil Mickelson hits off the second fairway during the fourth round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 8, 2012, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Sometimes, winning a golf tournament or putting on a green jacket can change a guy's life.
Bubba Watson insists he's not that guy.
Maybe that explains his ability to pull off the impossible when the pressure was boiling over at the Masters on Sunday.
Perched atop pine needles far right of the fairway with a better view of a TV tower than the green, the left-hander hooked his way out of trouble and into history. His 155-yard curveball landed on the green and beat South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen on the second hole of a playoff and turned Oosthuizen's double eagle earlier in the round into the second-best shot on a day filled with magic at Augusta National.
While Oosthuizen failed to get up and down from in front of the green, Watson wrapped it up with a no-stress two-putt on the 10th green to clinch his first major, then sobbed hard on his mother's shoulder.
Here's a look at Sunday's golf action in photos.
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