Loop de loop
Trevor Immelman wins the Masters.
Who is this guy?
- This is his 20th career appearance in a major.
- His previous best finish in a major was T-5th in the 2005 Masters.
- He's the fifth South African-born player to win a major and the second to win the Masters, joining his idol Gary Player who claimed three green jackets.
- He's the first to win the Masters when holding at least a share of the lead after every round since Seve Ballesteros in 1980.
- He's the first to win the Masters when holding at least a share of the first-round lead since Ben Crenshaw in 1984.
- He's the first player born outside North America to win the Masters since Vijay Singh in 2000.
- Winner comes out of Sunday's final pairing for the 17th time in the last 18 years.
- He entered as 29th-ranked player in world.
- He had one win in 95 previous PGA TOUR events (2006 Western Open).
- He had missed the cut in four of eight PGA Tour events this season; best finish was T-17th at WGC-Accenture.
- He had broken par just once in 16 Masters rounds before this year.
Oh, the post title? That's from this.
Posted by Linkmeister at April 13, 2008 01:34 PM
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