The Masters ended regulation play with a three way tie with the score of 12 under par. It should have never made it two a play off. Kenny Perry was up 2 shots with two holes two play and he gave away the lead by making two bogeys. I wish we could have a device on the player’s head that would show us what they are thinking in the pressure situation? How much are they thinking? We know that too much thinking kills an athlete chance of winning. Elite athlete's tells us about being in the zone where there is not much thinking but reacting to what is going on around you.(environment) I can attest to being in the zone myself. I have reached the zone in playing basketball, tennis and volleyball. It is a feeling of ultimate peace and time seems to slow down almost as everything is in slow motion and you have all the time in the world not thinking about the sport but reacting to the situation at hand.
I sure Kenny's mind went to thinking about winning the Masters and the thought tightened up his muscles to produce the bad swings that got him in trouble on the last two holes.
Once he tapped in on the first playoff hole with a par before the other two competitors he felt redeemed but Angel made a tremendous save to make par. Angel was in the trees after his first shot. Second shot hits trees and bounces into the fairway. Third shot on the green. Fourth shot in the cup from at least ten feet away. Then you could see the surprise on Kenny Perry face when Angel Cabrera made the shot. As we know the rest is History. Angel Cabrera becomes a two time major winner. Angel Cabrera is the first to win the Masters from Argentina.
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