Play-off in Masters
NZPA-Reuter Augusta, Georgia Fuzzy Zoeller birdied the second hole of a suddendeath play-off yesterday to win the Masters golf championship in his first attempt after a dramatic collapse over the closing holes by Ed Sneed had left them tied with Tom Watson at eight-under-par totals of 280. All three fractionally missed birdie putts at the Augusta National’s tenth
hole, the first of the playoff. At the 11 th, Sneed was just wide with a splendid bunker shot, Watson narrowly failed with a 10-foot putt, but Zoeller made no mistake from about four feet after a magnificent approach shot. Zoeller, aged 27, thus became the first player in modern times to win the Masters in his first appearance at the famed 7040-yard Augusta National course.
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Press, 17 April 1979, Page 30
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