Phil Michelson won his third Masters Sunday with some of the most amazing shots in Masters history!The defining moment of his final round came on the 13th hole Sunday, when his tee shot ended up on the pine straw behind a tree to the right of the fairway. Lee Westwood, playing with Phil, was also in the pine straw and laid up with his second shot.
I thought Phil would lay up also after seeing the tree directly in front of his ball, but not "Phil the Thrill".
He lined up his iron to the left of the tree and hooked his ball around the tree, onto the very front of the green behind Ray's Creek, coming to rest three feet from the hole. It was the most miraculous shot I have ever witnessed at the Masters in the 40+ years I've watched the Masters.
Westwood made the tournament interesting when he birdied the 17th, puting pressure on Phil to make his six-foot par putt. If Phil missed it, he would have only had a one-shot lead going into the 18th. But he made his par, then birdied the 18th to win by three shots.
Yeah. That was an amazing shot, huh? The one around the tree. Crazy.
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