Click to play videoNew Delhi: Zach Johnson shot a final round 69 to win the Masters at Augusta earlier on Monday, which was the American's first major title of his career. India's Jeev Milkha Singh, the first Indian to play at the Masters, slipped from a great start to finish tied 37.
Retief Goosen made a spectacular start and this superb iron shot at the seventh set up his third birdie of the day to put him right into the reckoning. American Zach Johnson joined the hunt by chipping in for birdie on the eighth.
World number one Tiger Woods also moved into contention when his second shot at the par-five 13th, which rolled close to the hole to set up an easy eagle. Eventual winner Johnson then went on to birdie the 13th, 14th, and the 16th to go to level-par. He finally finished with a score of 69 to win the coveted trophy.
"No, you know, I was sticking to my gameplan. I didn't go for one par-five in two the entire week and managed to make a lot of birdies on them. So I knew if I just stayed in the present, stayed in what I was doing. I was reading the greens well, putting well and just felt like, you know, kept on rolling that ball and it was my day I guess," Johson said after his win.
India's hopes through Jeev Milkha Singh were dashed as a quadruple bogey after criss-crossing the green three times took his focus away and from there on a frustrated Jeev was battling with himself.
"I'm excited for finishing four rounds out here, but I'm really disappointed with the way I finished the round. But I enjoyed every bit of it out here and hopefully play good enough after this to come back out here," Jeev said.
But still his performance on a course that was not kind to anybody was indeed creditable, according to most who watched Jeev for the first time at the Masters, which should boost his morale for the challenges ahead.
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