article: Ahead of the 79th edition of the Masters, Sportsmail counts down the 20 greatest shots ever seen at Augusta National Golf Club. Here are Nos 10-1. CLICK HERE for the first part of our countdown, featuring videos of shots from the likes of Nick Faldo, Louis Oosthuizen and the late, great Seve Ballesteros... 10 Arnold Palmer, 1960 . The King was truly crowned after becoming the first man to birdie both the final two holes at Augusta National to win the Masters. Palmer had already sunk a 35-footer on the 17th to tie Ken Venturi at the top of the leaderboard, but knew a birdie on the last would win him the title. His approach to the 18th green was magnificent, finishing six feet away, sending ‘Arnie’s Army’ wild. He holed out for his second of four green jackets. 9 Sandy Lyle, 1988 . Needing a birdie to beat Mark Calcavecchia, Sandy Lyle sent his 1-iron tee shot into the bunker guarding the left side of the fairway. But the Scotsman’s strike from the sand was so pure that he was able to send his ball into the heart of the green, and watched as it caught that famous downslope and rolled to within eight feet of the pin. The birdie putt was never in doubt, and the jig that followed is just as memorable as that remarkable bunker shot. Sandy Lyle (right) is presented with his green jacket by Larry Mize in 1988 . 8 Phil Mickelson, 2010 . You could fill this top 20 entirely with shots from Phil the Thrill if you so wished, but this one probably tops his personal highlights reel. Having pulled his tee shot on the par-five 13th right and into trees, Mickelson was left with a gap of just a couple of feet through which to thread his ball. But ignoring the pleas of his caddie Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay to lay up, Phil took his six-iron and blasted the ball from off the straw, through the eye of the pines needle, over Rae’s Creek and to five feet of the pin. The eagle putt didn’t drop, but the marker was set. Lee Westwood was brilliant that year, but no-one was going to beat Mickelson on this form. 7 Doug Ford, 1957 . Trailing Sam Snead by three strokes after three rounds, Doug Ford stood over his approach to the 18th on Sunday with a one-shot lead after a brilliant back nine, but fired his 7-iron into a bunker. Worse than that, the ball plugged in the sand, leaving Snead probably needing a par to force a play-off or birdie to win the title. But Ford blasted his ball out of the trap and straight into the cup for an incredible birdie. It sealed his second major title and only Masters win, but his name will now forever be associated with that greenside bunker on 18. Jack Nicklaus (left) leaps into the air after holing his magnificent putt on the 16th green in 1975 . 6 Jack Nicklaus, 1975 . As the Golden Bear reached his ball on the 16th green, he heard the roars from the 15th as Tom Weiskopf holed for a one-stroke lead. Worse, his ball was over 40 feet from the pin after a poor tee shot. A two-putt from that position would have been a good result, but Nicklaus had other ideas and stroked the ball round the contours of the green and straight into the cup. Weiskopf three-putted the same green, Nicklaus won by a single shot, and the defeated giant later described Nicklaus’ shot as the best putt he had ever seen. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHOT . 5 Larry Mize, 1987 . Augusta probably held little hope for this local lad when he entered a play-off with the legendary Seve Ballesteros and the Great White Shark, Greg Norman, for the green jacket in 1987. Although the Spaniard dropped out after a bogey on the first play-off hole, Norman was in pole position after finding the fringe at the 11th, while Mize missed the green way to the right. But there’s just something about this hole, and Mize sent his 100-foot chip up onto the green and leapt nearly as high into the air after it hit the flagstick and dropped into the hole. Norman missed his putt and will forever be remembered as Augusta’s bridesmaid. 4 Gene Sarazen, 1935 . Who knows what The Masters might have become without this shot? At the time it wasn’t considered a major and was struggling to gain recognition, but in one stroke Gene Sarazen’s ‘shot heard round the world’ put Augusta National on the map. The Squire was trailing Craig Wood by two on the par-five 15th, but smashed a 235-yard four wood over water and into the cup for an albatross (or double eagle, as they like to say over the pond). Sarazen’s remarkable shot helped him tie Wood and go on to beat him in an 18-hole play-off the next day. More importantly, it was the first of many legends born at The Masters. 3 Bubba Watson, 2012 . Having hooked his drive deep into the trees on the 10th, the second hole of his play-off with Louis Oosthuizen, Bubba Watson looked dead and buried. But Bubba used all his magical shotmaking skills to spot a gap in the trees and then somehow hook a 160-yard wedge nearly 90 degrees and onto the putting surface. Not only that, but his ball stopped 15 feet from the pin and piled the pressure onto Oosthuizen, who could only bogey. Tears flowed and ‘Blubber’ Watson sealed his place in Augusta folklore. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO . Bubba Watson hit a shot no-one thought was possible by hooking his ball round trees onto the 10th green . 2 Jack Nicklaus, 1986 . Aged 46 and having not won a major for six years, many thought the Golden Bear had lost his teeth, but his back nine at Augusta was nothing short of the best golf of his career. Nicklaus covered his final 10 holes in seven under par and made a host of brilliant shots, but none better than his tee shot at 16, which finished four feet from the cup to set up an easy birdie. Watch as Nicklaus bends down to pick up his tee with the ball in mid-air. As everyone around held their breath, he knew from the moment it left the clubface exactly where it was going. It doesn’t get much cooler than that. Apart, maybe, from winning a sixth Masters, and 18th major title. Jack Nicklaus (right) won a record sixth green jacket with his unforgettable back nine in 1986 . 1 Tiger Woods, 2005 . It couldn’t be anything else, surely? Woods’ legend was well and truly sealed with this jaw-dropping, gravity-defying chip-in, despite the fact he bogeyed his next two holes and was forced to beat Chris DiMarco in a play-off for his fourth green jacket. Tiger was left in a near-hopeless position down in a hollow after missing the 16th green long, but chipped up onto a slope way left of the hole. His ball came to a virtual standstill, before trickling downhill towards the pin, and stopped rolling right on the edge of the cup just long enough to reveal his sponsor’s logo before dropping in. Cue bedlam and what will surely go down as the most famous shot in all of golf. Tiger Woods celebrates with his caddie Steve Williams after holing his chip from off the 16th green .
highlights: The 79th Masters Tournament begins on Thursday at Augusta National .
  Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are among the leading contenders .
  It has seen many shots which have gone down in golfing legend .
  Bubba Watson, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer all made history .
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