If you want to make your mark at Augusta National in the Masters, then winning it is the best way but if you want to be remembered forever in the record books, then you can follow many other avenues.
Winning The Masters is often seen as the pinnacle of a golfer’s career and we’ve seen many a player dominate around Augusta National, while others struggle.
On both ends of the scale, the likes of Tiger Woods and Scottie Scheffler are multiple time winners, while greats of the game like Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood have never won there.
However, while winning is the nature of the beast in golf, there are also other ways to make a name for yourself.
Indeed, that’s exactly where Louis Oosthuizen stands right now in terms of being out on his own in the modern era.
The Masters achievement that only Louis Oosthuizen has managed among active players
While plenty of players currently still playing either PGA Tour or LIV Golf have made hole in ones around Augusta National, there are not many in the game’s history to have made an albatross.
An albatross occurs on either a par five where you get down in two, or the ultra rare occasion of scoring a hole in one on a par four.
In terms of nailing an albatross at the Masters, well, it just doesn’t seem to happen. Even more so in the modern era.
However, back in 2012, Louis Oosthuizen wrote his name into Masters folklore by becoming the first player since 1994 to manage the feat.
Oosthuizen holed out on the par five second hole at Augusta National, hammering his second shot down the famous hill to pitch just before the green and take a friendly bounce onto the putting surface before tracking like a laser to the hole.
As of 2025, Oosthuizen remains the only player still playing across one of the main men’s tours to achieve the ‘double eagle’ at the famous course.
The other golfers to make albatross at The Masters
Prior to Oosthuizen holing out on the second hole in 2012, the only players to do it prior to him were three individuals.
Jeff Maggert was the most recent, doing it in 1994. However, prior to that, we’d have to go all the way back to 1967 and Bruce Devlin to find another example, while the only other person to manage it was the great Gene Sarazen, who hit the Masters’ first double eagle way back in 1935.
With the 2025 edition set to tee off in a few weeks, this is certainly one to keep an eye on with the big hitters in the modern game.
For now, though, Oosthuizen can revel in his achievement knowing he has something in his pocket that no current player currently has.
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