Bubba Watson Wins Final Playoff Hole Of the 2012 76th Masters

American Bubba Watson parred the second sudden-death playoff hole to defeat South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen and capture the 76th Masters on Sunday for his first major golf championship.

The 33-year-old US left-hander became the eighth first-time major winner in a row and only the third southpaw to claim the green jacket symbolic of Masters supremacy after three-time winner Phil Mickelson and Canada's Mike Weir.

"I never got this far in my dreams, to talk," Watson said when asked to put his emotions into words. "It's a blessing for sure."

Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open champion, and big-hitting playing partner Watson battled down the final holes of the back nine at Augusta National, each finishing with a four-round total of 10-under par 278.

After both parred the first playoff hole, the par-4 18th, the tension-filled scene moved to the par-4 10th. You fire your tee shot far right into the pine needles and straw beneath a stand of trees. What? That doesn't sound right. But, thanks to an incredible hook shot -- and a wayward tee shot by opponent Louis Oosthuizen -- that's exactly what happened.

Standing amidst the gallery and the trees along while playing the 10th hole, Watson dreamed an executed an audacious shot to put him in fine position to putt for the victory.