The Masters 2009
Anegel Cabrera held his nerve to win the 2009 Masters, his second major of his career. It was a dramatic sudden-death playoff In which he defeated Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell to claim the coverted green jacket. Kenny perry and Chad Campbell played some gutsy golf but in the end, it was the steady game of Cabrera which claimed victory. Sudden-death playoffs are a cruel way to decide a tournament, however, Cabrera truely deserved victory.
It was a relatively unusual Masters this year. With benign conditions for most of the days play, the course wasn’t at It’s menacing playability. A few players got caught out on the first days play by showing the great Augusta national course a little too much respect. Chad Campbell capatilised on these conditions however on the opening round by carding a 7 under 65, which included 5 birdies on his opening 5 holes, which was the tournaments best start by any player.
I was expecting to see Tiger Woods to be pushing the leaders In the final round but he hadn’t quite captalised on the conditions In the earlier rounds. He did finish off the tournament strong carding a final round 4 under, to finish up with 8 under for the tournament, posting a tied finish for 5th.