Masters 2008

Patrons arrive at the course as dawn breaks over Augusta National with an intriguing final round set to unfold through the day

Long before the title contenders come out, Sweden's Niclas Fasth is testing the bunkers on his final round of the 2008 Masters

Ian Poulter is one of the first to make a move - but his birdies at the first two holes are soon cancelled out by four double bogeys

No stranger to low rounds here, Phil Mickelson may need a course record (62) to win this major - with wind forecast, that won't happen

But it is an Irishman Padraig Harrington, who is doing the early scoring - two under after three but still off the pace

It's Sunday, so Tiger Woods is in red - he gives the first few holes full effort but comes away without an early birdie

Retief Goosen sees Tiger's red and raises him an all-orange ensemble - but it doesn't do his golf game much good

Never a dull moment with Brandt Snedeker - he starts bogey, eagle (celebrated here) bogey to stay put on -9

And what of our long-time leader Trevor Immelman? Normal rock-solid service is resumed after a bogey at the 1st

Other players are showing their frustration as Augusta National bares its teeth on a windy Georgia Sunday

None more so, however, than overnight challenger Paul Casey, who slides out of contention with six dropped shots in five holes

Tiger and his club part company after another disappointing shot - he is not playing badly, but neither is he playing well enough

Chaos generally reigns at Augusta and one of the few men to hold their own is Steve Flesch, who stays at eight under

In the final pair, Snedeker can only look on as Immelman pulls away - is another major title heading to South Africa?

Not if Woods has anything to do with it. As Flesch slips up, the world number one pushes on with a monster birdie putt on 11

But unusually Woods is unable to keep the pressure up either, leaving Immelman bathed in sunshine and imminent glory at Augusta

The South African does his best to throw it away, finding water at the 16th, but he has done enough to win the 72nd Masters

Immelman gets a kiss from wife Carminita on the 18th green - he is the first wire-to-wire champion since Ray Floyd in 1976

Young master Jacob Immelman revels in the victory of his father - a future major winner in the making perhaps?

And then to the serious business - last year's shock winner Zach Johnson hands the pricless Green Jacket to this year's surprise victor

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