| Angel Cabrera wins the Masters 2009 |
|
|
|
| Written by Steve Hastings | |||||||
|
Sunday, 12 April 2009
|
|||||||
 Angel Cabrera wins the Masters 2009 Golf Tournament in the second hole of sudden death on Easter Sunday. Sudden Death has never gone beyond the second hole in the history of the Masters until this year. Online sportsbook Bodog had Angel Cabrera a +6000 underdog to win the Masters 2009, for every $100 bet yields a whopping $6000 dollars!Get complete golf betting coverage from Point-Spreads.com. Kenny Perry hit a beautiful birdie on the 12th hole on the back nine but bogeyed on the 17th and 18th holes to send the the Masters 2009 tournament into a three way playoff with Angel Cabrera and Chad Campbell. Campbell’s opening drive on the first playoff hole in the 2009 Masters was a solid shot down the fairway. Cabrera sliced his right behind the base of a trees on the right side of the fairway. Perry teed up his driver and crushed it down the center of the fairway on his drive. Cabrera’s second shot hit was banged out into the middle of the fairway after hitting a tree. Perry’s second shot came up just short of the green and almost landed in a bunker. Campbell hit his second shot just beyond Perry’s ball into the bunker that Kenny narrowly missed. All three of the players seemed to be feeling the pressure of potentially winning a green jacket. Perry’s third shot was just to the left of the bunker that Campbell was in and he hit a nice chip and run to stick it within a foot of the pin. He tapped it in to finish with a par forcing Campbell to hit a birdie shot to win the tournament. Campbell’s third shot out of the bunker rolled shy of the hole and about three feet from the pin. Cabrera’s third shot was a nice pitch shot that landed past the pin and spun back a few feet and sunk his par putt to secure his spot into the next hole with Perry. Chad Campbell missed his putt to finish with a third place performance in the Masters 2009 Golf Tournament. Perry’s best finish in a major was his second place finish back at the 1996 PGA Championship with his best finish at the Masters was tied for 12th back in 1995. Kenny Perry has won 13 PGA Golf Tournaments in his career. Both golfers had nice drives on the second hole of the playoffs that were approximately 170 yards to the pin. Perry hit his bind the trees to the left of the green setting up a very difficult third shot. Cabrera hit his fade shot and stuck it on the green. Cabrera was looking to bring his first Masters title and green jacket back to Argentina after winning the 2007 US Open. Angel finished tied for 8th in the 2006 Masters. Perry was able to get his third shot on the green but was still away and missed his par putt. Angel Cabrera hit his third shot just to the left of the pin and tapped in his par putt to win the Masters 2009. Angel Cabrera takes his second major championship and the green jack as he wins the Masters 2009.                        |
|||||||
| Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 April 2009 ) | |||||||