American Bubba Watson has won the 76th Masters in a sudden-death play-off against South African Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday.

Watson fashioned a brilliant 155-yard hooking wedge shot from pine straw deep in the woods on the second extra hole and then two-putted from close range for par to claim an emotional victory after Oosthuizen missed a 20-foot curling par putt.

“I never got this far in my dreams, it’s a blessing,” Watson said with tears in his eyes.

“I just hooked it up there and somehow it went near the hole.

“I was there earlier today in regulation so I was used to it, I knew what I was facing.”

Earlier Watson had a putt on the 18th to win the green jacket in regulation and again on the first play-off hole but couldn’t find the cup, sending the pair to the par 4 10th.

Both men then found trees on the right with Watson going deep in and Oosthuizen getting a lucky bounce back into the short rough.

Despite the good break Oosthuizen couldn’t reach the green while Watson curled a masterpiece to 12-feet.

The South African couldn’t get up and down leaving Watson with two putts to win.

Watson opened the final round with a bogey but bounced back with birdie on the second and the fifth holes.

Another bogey came at the par three 12th but then the 33-year-old made a charge with four straight birdies from the 13th hole through the 16th using his length to tame the Augusta National back nine.

Despite sending his drive way left on the 17th into the trees, he saved par after almost holing a lengthy birdie.

His putt to win the Masters on the 18th green slid just past the hole, instead tapping in to force Oosthuizen to make a knee-knocker.

He did as much sending them back down the 18th.

Earlier, Oosthuizen appeared headed for victory after recording only the fourth albatross in Masters history.

After parring the first hole, the 2010 British Open champion launched his second shot on the par five second hole with a four-iron from 253 yards, hit the green and watched it roll and take the break right before disappearing into the cup.

It was the first albatross in history on the second hole and just the fourth of all time in the Masters, taking him to the outright lead at 10-under par.

Despite bogeys at the fourth and 10th holes the South African birdied both par fives on the back nine to move back to 10-under.

Three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson was left to rue a meltdown on the par three fourth hole where he took triple bogey.

Mickelson missed his tee shot 40 yards left of the flag and bad became worse when his ball bounced off the grandstand left of the green and into some bamboo.

Playing right-handed the left-hander only advanced his second shot about two feet and nearly hit himself on the third shot, which he also hit right-handed.

His fourth shot came up short in the bunker before he wrote down six.

Australian Adam Scott once again provided Sunday heroics at Augusta National but sadly it was too little too late.

Scott carded a Masters personal best six-under 66, which included a hole-in-one on the 16th hole to push his way into the top 10.

The Queenslander finished on four-under-par for the tournament in a tie for eighth, ensuring a return invitation to the 2013 event.

Geoff Ogilvy (71) was the next best Australian in a tie for 19th at even par while Aaron Baddeley (74) finished at five over and tied 40th.