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"I started three back and I shot a 67," Duval said. "Doggone it, that ought to be enough to win here, but it wasn't."
The 70 posted by Couples was also good enough — except for an adventure through the trees and water on No.13, where he made a double bogey.
O'Meara had played in 56 major championships without winning, but when that streak ended yesterday at Augusta National Golf Club he thrust his arms defiantly into the air and wrapped them around caddie Jerry Higgenhothem.
Couples and Duval both played well enough to win but were victims of O'Meara's hot putter. O'Meara averaged barely more than 26 puts a round and had the fewest in the tournament with 105.
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The birdie on No. 18 marked the only time O'Meara led during the four days of play.
"I don't think it's sunk in yet," O'Meara said after close friend and defending champion Tiger Woods put the green jacket on him and gave O'Meara a big hug. "I'll treasure it for a lifetime."
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Mark O'Meara snatched the Masters title with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole and stole the show from the master of them all — Jack Nicklaus — who made a thrilling run at a seventh green jacket.
Hitting to seven feet on No.17 and then making the 20-footer on the last hole, O'Meara became the first player since Arnold Palmer in 1960 to win the Masters by closing with two consecutive birdies.
Fred Couples and O'Meara — playing together — were also at eight under, but Couples, who drove into the fairway bunker and then hit the greenside bunker, also finished in second at 280.
The tournament appeared headed for a playoff when David Duval, playing in the group in front of O'Meara, missed a 20-foot birdie try on the final hole and finished at an 8-under par 280.
O'Meara sinks first Masters with back-to-back birdies
"I squeezed the towel dry this week," Woods said about the fact he got more out of his game than he perhaps should have.
Winner edges out Couples, Duval with hot putting
Betrayed by erratic iron play, Woods closed with a 70 and a 285 total - 15 strokes higher than last year. But the mere fact that he finished eight despite not playing well displayed what a force he will be in this tournament for years to come.
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"I just hung in there with my short game," he said. "I hit 18 greens in the first two rounds and was still under par. That was a minor miracle in itself. People have no idea how hard
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Duval was five strokes behind Couples through eight holes and six holes later was two ahead, a turnaround reminiscent of the deficit Nick Faldo made over Greg Norman in 1996 on virtually that same stretch of holes.
Nicklaus once said Woods would win more Masters than Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer combined — that is a total of 10.
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It appeared Couples had given the tournament away on No. 13 when he drove into the azalea bushes on the left and had to play his next shot off a service road. He handled that but dumped his 161-yard approach shot into the water and made a double-bogey 7 to fall two strokes behind Duval.
Throughout the day, O'Meara was a mere afterthought as the possible winner — until his three birdies on the last four holes.
Only Harry Vardon with six British Open titles has won a major championship as often as Nicklaus has won the Masters.
Instead of increasing that total, O'Meara got his first Masters and first major championship. And now the 14-time winner on the PGA Tour with more than $9 million in career earnings can scratch his name off the list of great golfers who have never won a major championship.
Woods, who shot a record 18-under par last year and won by a record 12 strokes, was never a factor.
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Couples pulled back into a tie when he hit a 6-iron from 185 yards on the par-5 15th hole to 2 feet and made an eagle while Duval was making a three-putt hoesev on the 16th hole.
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Everywhere Nicklaus moved he was followed by shouts of encouragement. As he moved from the seventh green to the eighth tee a man walked along with seven fingers held high in the air over his head — indicating that this would be Nicklaus' seventh Matures title.
Couples missed a 9-foot birdie try on No. 17 while Duval missed from 10 feet. Then it all came down to the final hole and once again O'Meara's putting touch carried him through.
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Playing in his 40th Masters, Nicklaus made four birdies in the first seven holes and was within three strokes of the lead with nine holes to play. But he could not match the 30 he shot on the back nine in 1986 when he won his last Masters at age 46.
Nicklaus brought an unbelievable sense of magic to Augusta National. The moment the ball left his driver on No. 1 man in the massive gallery velled. "Go in the hole."
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Still, his closing round 68 put him at 283. It was the 22nd time he has finished in the top 10 at the Masters.
"I had to try to shoot the lowest score I could and I went after it," Nicklaus said. "I had a chance at the last three holes to make birdies and I missed all three of them. If I had made those I might have been in the hunt."
As his 20-foot eagle putt rounded toward the hole on No. 2, Nicklaus started to dance to his right in a spirited effort to keep the ball from falling off line.
As thrilling as the finish was, the 58-year-old Nicklaus all but stole the show.
At 2:50 p.m. the name "Nicklaus" appeared on the leaderboard for the first time yesterday and cheers of appreciation could be heard all over the course. Those cheers cranked up to deafening decibels moments later when Nicklaus chipped in on the third hole for a birdie to get to three under par.
Jim Furyk was fourth at 281. Paul Azinger was fifth at 282, and Nicklaus and David Toms tied for sixth place at 283.
The birdie on No. 18 gave O'Meara a closing round 67 and a 72-hole total of 279 — nine strokes higher than Woods' winning last year. Woods and O'Meara live in the same community near Orlando and are constant golf and fishing companions.
"I used to tell Tiger he had to give me strokes on the par 5s," O'Meara said. "Now he wants me to give him strokes."
O'Meara's victory meant that the last 14 major championships have been won by 14 different players.
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"Once it went in I felt like scooping up my coin, walking into the tent and getting out of there." Couples said.
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ples said about O'Meara. "I played a good one except for one hole."
Couples only could watch helplessly, waiting to putt for par, as the 41-year-old O'Meara rolled in the winning putt.
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