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Hey, Bubba Watson, great job winning that green jacket. But it's been a couple days now. So what are you going to do for an encore?

Yes, it's the way of the world these days: You get a few minutes to celebrate your achievement, and then we start projecting forward. Get back on the horse! Anyway, here's the question: Can Watson follow up his amazing 2012 Masters win with more majors victories?

Sure, we'd like to think that everybody who wins a major is destined to win many more, but with 14 different winners in the last 14 majors, and 12 of those being first-time winners, well, the odds aren't good. You're not going to see anyone challenging Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods anytime soon; heck, anybody who wins multiple majors these days is probably on the short list for the Hall of Fame.

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So could Bubba join that austere group? Let's consider:

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — You wouldn't expect to find jungle undergrowth at Augusta National, but if there was anyone in the Masters field you'd pick to find it, it would be Phil Mickelson.

Sure enough, Mickelson drove an approach shot on the fourth hole deep into foliage that looked like it came off the set of "Apocalypse Now," and that was enough to kill his chances at a fourth green jacket. He would take two shots to get out of the jungle and six shots on the par-3 hole overall, and that was enough to keep him out of a playoff with Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen.

Mickelson actually didn't play that badly, relatively speaking; after the triple-bogey, he clambered his way back up the leaderboard to finish the round exactly where he started, at minus-8. In the end, though, poor putting killed his chances every bit as much as one ugly hole did. Mickelson left multiple putts inches short or just wide. Those are the kinds of shots that will burn at him for an entire year.

So, no green jacket, no

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters tournament involves approximately 100 players taking a total of around 20,000 strokes. But in the end, it came down to just two: Louis Oosthuizen's astonishing albatross on No. 2, and Bubba Watson's ungodly pop-fly wedge shot from the woods on the second hole of a playoff. Both shots are now part of Masters lore, but only one man won a green jacket.

The Masters that began with so many players finished up with just two, Oosthuizen and Watson, in a sudden-death playoff: Both players got good looks at a birdie on 18, with Watson barely missing a Masters-winning putt. Possibly rattled by that, Watson stuck his tee shot on No. 10 into the deep woods right of the green, but then uncorked a shot not even a video-game player could imagine: a straight-up wedge that landed within 15 feet for birdie. Needing two shots to win, Watson put his first putt close then tapped in his second for his first major win.

Oosthuizen played a

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — At Augusta National, history wafts through the pines and across the fairways. And every so often, it drops right in your lap.

Standing in the fairway at the par-5 second hole, one stroke behind the leaders and 260 yards from the pin, Louis Oosthuizen unleashed one of the most magnificent shots in Masters history. His approach hit 28 yards short of the pin, then rolled as if down a gutter, and with one final rotation, dropped into the cup. It was the first albatross, a 3-under-par shot (also a double eagle), ever made on No. 2, and only the fourth in the entire history of the Masters. And it vaulted Oosthuizen from back in the pack into a two-shot lead.

Smiling his characteristic gap-toothed grin, the one that's given him the nickname "Shrek," Oosthuizen then did the unthinkable: He tossed the potentially historic ball into the crowd.

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The lucky recipient? A gentleman

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — I realize I may well be jinxing the hell out of Phil Mickelson by saying this, but here it is: The 2012 Masters is his to lose.

Consider history. Mickelson has won here three times already. He knows every element of this course, every hill and dale and skid of the green. He knows how to play this course under every condition, particularly Sunday with nobody behind you.

Consider momentum. After 10 holes at this tournament, including a lost ball on the 10th, he sat at four over and appeared, for all intents, over and done. Since then, he's gone 12-under in just two-plus rounds, including an astonishing 30 on the back nine on Saturday. He's rolling harder and faster than anyone on the course.

[Dan Wetzel: Phil Mickelson's performance on Saturday saves the Masters from mediocrity]

Consider the opposition. The only major winners in the top 10 besides Mickelson are Louis Oosthuizen and Padraig Harrington. Those two have four majors between them, and a whole lot of nothing

It's Sunday at the Masters, one of the greatest days of the year in sports. And we'll be here all day with you, chatting live and posting updates from the course. Enjoy, everyone!

c0407bubbaAUGUSTA, Ga. — Because everyone thinks he's a deep-fried country boy — his name's Bubba! he bought the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee car! — it's easy to forget that the dude is dead serious about his golf game, and is hands down one of the best players on the planet.

Phil Mickelson's charge and Peter Hanson's improbable run may dominate the headlines going into Sunday's play, but Bubba sits just three strokes back of the lead, and he'll tee off in the second-to-last group at Augusta. Not a bad place to be, but Watson knows he can't be content with what he's got.

"The other guys have been playing so good, and they are going to keep playing good," he noted after his round. "You can't expect them to back up. You have got to expect them to keep going forward. So you've got to shoot a low number." He pinpointed that number in the 5- to 6-under range. It's doable, but it won't be easy ... and it shouldn't be.

[ Also: Dan Wetzel: Phil Mickelson's performance on Saturday saves the Masters

Peter Hanson / Getty ImagesIt's Masters week and there are a ton of stories going on all at once, so in an effort to condense things for you, here are five things we learned from Saturday's third round.

Peter Hanson can play — Even if he doesn't end up winning the Masters, Peter Hanson is a name we should all remember going forward. A quarter-finalist at the Accenture Match Play, the Swede has been playing at a high level for the last couple of years, but on Saturday at the Masters, he found another gear with a 7-under 65 that included five birdies over his final seven holes. Not to discount the round, but it's easy to score well when the entire world is watching the big names on the leaderboard. He won't have that luxury Sunday playing in the final group with Phil Mickelson. Even if Hanson can't close the deal to become the first Swede to win a major championship, he showed us a lot of game this week.

Don't forget about Bubba Watson — Nothing about the way Watson has been playing recently tells you he's ready to win a major championship, but after moving to within three shots of the lead after a 2-under 70, he's the kind of guy who could sneak up on the leaderboard on Sunday afternoon. If the players ahead of him fail to get anything going early and Watson finds his putting stroke — something that's eluded him at times this week — there's a good chance he could backdoor a major championship. He just needs to continue playing his game and see what happens on Sunday.

Fred Couples' incredible run comes to an end — The feel-good story of the Masters failed to replicate the magic on Saturday. That's really all you can say about Couples' 3-over 75 that saw him tumble out of contention early in the day. Despite putting out of his mind all week, Couples once again failed to hit fairways and greens with regularity and when the putter finally cooled off, you knew his run was over. It was fun while it lasted, Fred.

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