I’m guessing everyone in the whole world witnessed the simply terrific final round at Augusta and the crowning of Bubba Watson as the newest Champion so in lieu of our Tour Wrap this week let’s celebrate everything weird and wonderful about the 2012 US Masters. It’s time for Doc’s green jacket awards!

Shot Of The Week Award

We have joint winners! Nobody, in the history of the Masters had ever shot an albatross on the par five second hole until Louis Oosthuizen on Sunday. What a shot it was and what a time to produce it. However if you like your miracle shots intentional try Phil Mickelson’s amazing flop shot to 15 in round three. “No one hits that shot. No one,” CBS’ David Feherty said. “If this doesn’t make every hair on your body stand up you need therapy. Nobody but Mickelson even thinks about trying a shot like that. Landed it like a sack of flour.”

The Foot In Mouth Award

Traditionally goes to the TV commentator who comes out with the most nonsensical line and this year we had a doozy! Colin Montgomerie, uncomfortable being in the presence of other humans at the best of times, came out with this epic piece of random on the Sky telecast! And I quote “You never put the floodlights in the way that the Sun’s going to shine in the shadow and they’ve done that on ten there” What’s that Monty? Floodlit golf and sun shining in shadows? Think you’ve been out in the Sun too much old boy!

Worst Shot Of The Week Award

Phil Mickelson began the day one shot off the lead but the 220 yard par three fourth hole hit a shocker from the tee, which banked off a grandstand and disappeared into the trees. The two ill thought backhand stabs that followed seemed totally uncharacteristic from Lefty and saw him sign for a triple bogey six which effectively end his chances for another year.

Best Bit Of Business Award

During the Masters tournament Padraig Harrington was a mission to raise funds for a relative, Gerard Byrne, who was paralysed in an accident. With the agreement of his normal sponsors, Podge offered to put three new logos on his shirt and hat for a three week period to three companies, Identity X, Clune Construction and Blarney.com, who donated to the charity fund. Harro went on to win the par three contest and have best Major performance in years. How’s that for exposure!

Best Secret Weapon Award

Goes to Peter Hanson who revealed he received inspiration for his fine Masters performance from LPGA star Yani Tseng. The pair are under the tutelage of Gary Gilchrist since late last year and regularly practise together in Orlando. “I think it helps for him to have someone like Yani who is so superior in ladies golf,” Hanson said, “maybe [I] feed off that a little bit. I’ve been practicing a lot with her.”

Best Tantrum Award

Five time winner in this category was pipped by year by Tiger Woods who celebrated Easter by proclaiming aloud “Jesus” and “Christ” all around the hallowed Augusta turf. Woods eventually blow his top completely on the sixteenth, throwing his club to the ground and kicking it for good measure. Nick Faldo said “I think we can officially say Tiger has lost his game . . . and his mind.” Woods later apologized but it’s thought he faces disciplinary sanctions and a fine from the PGA Tour.

Worst Dressed Award

Sebastian Vettel lost the Australian Grand Prix at the weekend and I think I know why. Ian Poulter had stolen his shoes! The normally reliable fashionista got it all wrong this year with this, dressed in the dark, number. Poults has done the tartan trousers thing to death at this stage, like a song you used to love, but now drives you insane. Lucky for Poults, he let his game get the limelight, and wow how it shined!

Happy To Be Here Award

“See you at the Senior Open!” was what Tom Watson said to 54 year old amateur Randal Lewis as he shook his hand following their practice round. Lewis, a financial adviser from Michigan got an invitation to the Masters after winning the U.S. Mid-Amateur tournament in September. He even passed over the chance of sleeping in the famous Crows Nest accommodation because he was afraid the breathing machine that helps his sleep apnea would freak out his roommates. He missed the cut on 15 over but will always have his framed invitation to the Masters, which now proudly hangs in his hall.

Best Weapon Award

Here’s a close up of Bubba Major championship winning driver.The 8.5-degree G20 has “Made Exclusively for Bubba,” written on the crown. It measures 44.5 inches and includes a pink True Temper Grafalloy Bi-Matrix shaft and Ping 703 Gold grips. Mere mortals wont be able to use this club, but watch out for them soon in shops. These pink treats will be sold by the bucketload!

Never was a man in a white boilersuit more indispensible than on Masters week. Experience is everything in this trade. Here’s the insiders guide to how the loopers prepare for Augusta.

Fitness: Caddies are fit by nature but Augusta National is known as one of the toughest tracks on the circuit to caddie around. The hills especially that leading up to the 8th green is legendary among bagman and that coupled with the heat and the slower than average play make it the extreme test.

Notes: The yardage books that the caddies use today coupled with the rangefinder technology available in practice rounds make life a lot easier than that a decade ago. There are however nuances around Augusta that only the experienced caddies know. The keys are hitting certain sections of the fairway and the correct quadrant of the green. Do that for the week and your man should be okay.

Practice: Players and caddies often try to engineer practice rounds with former champions. An O’Meara or a Langer will teach you far more than any yardage book ever could. Like the best place to miss a green and still get up and down. When O’Meara won in 1998 he purposely tried to miss greens knowing the up and down from a particular location was actually easier than trying to two putt.

Putting: Whatever the stimpmeter reads, every caddie knows the greens at Augusta are faster and more undulating than any others they will encounter. You don’t try to make a putt, you try to two putt. Some of the best Tour caddies hire local bagmen to teach them the lines and pace of the greens.

Vision: No matter how much a caddie prepares, the only connection he has with the club that executes the shot is through his player. He tells him the yardage, he suggests a club. After that it’s down to the player’s vision of how he intends to play the shot. Whether it’s Tiger Woods famous chip in at 16 in 2005, or Phil Mickelson’s between the trees shot in 2010 the caddie must be 100% supportive of his man’s decision to go for a difficult shot or firm in dissuading him from a dangerous situation.

And who thought caddying was just about carrying a bag?

Whats the buzz with the “Green Jacket”?

Okay so American are great are starting something and after five years it becomes “tradition”. The Green Jacket at Augusta however is a bona fide institution dating back to 1937. Members wore green jackets during the event so that fans could recognize them if they needed to ask for help. Lucky for them high-viz vests had not been invented. The jackets were sourced from the Brooks Uniform Company, New York City and were initially very unpopular with the members who sweltered in the heat while wearing them. A couple of years after came the single breasted, single vent Masters Green version on the jacket with the Augusta National Golf Club logo on the left chest pocket and on the brass buttons.

Who got the first one?

The first green jacket was awarded to ‘Slammin’ Sammy Snead, the winner in 1949. For champions, it was to become a symbol of membership in the ultra-exclusive Augusta National Golf Club, the American equivalent of being in the Irish Government in the Noughties! Multiple winners are only allowed have one green jacket unless his size drastically changes. Fuzzy Zoeller has had six fittings. Near the conclusion of the Masters, Augusta personal tailor will select several Jackets which could fit the possible winner during the presentation ceremony. Afterwards the winner will have his measurements taken at the club’s golf shop where after a tailored one is immediately made.

Do winners get to keep the Jacket?

They do and they don’t really. After winning a green jacket, the champion gets to take to take away his green jacket for exactly one year. When he returns to defend his title, the jacket must be returned to the club, where it is held in a Champion’s Locker. From that point on, the owner of the jacket has what’s called “visitation rights” to his Green Jacket. The jacket is still considered his, but can only be worn when he visits Augusta National. The morning after he won in 2010, Phil Mickelson’s kids woke him early wanting to go get ice-cream. Pulling on his jeans and t-shirt but unable to find a jumper Phil reached for the warmest thing he could find, which happened to be his green jacket.

What is the story with the posh “Champions Dinner”?

The media invented the name “Champions Dinner” where former Masters champions gather on the Tuesday of the tournament to dine and bask in glory. Augusta National officially call the evening “Masters Club”. The previous year’s champion gets to select the menu and serves as host for the dinner. At the dinner, he is presented with an incribed gold locket as his welcome into the Masters Club. The first ever dinner was arranged by Ben Hogan in 1952 as a way of getting together will the previous Masters champions. Though the meal is limited in membership to past Masters champions one famous exception was made for the greatest player never to win a Masters. Bobby Jones.

Are You Telling Me Bobby Jones Never Won A Masters?

Yes, he was just too busy! After retiring from competitive golf aged just 28, Bobby Jones cofounded Augusta National with Clifford Roberts then helped devise the first Masters in 1934. Fearing the event might not be a success Roberts twisted Jones’ arm and convinced him to come out of retirement to play, thereby drawing a quality field and the crowds. Jones played a total of 12 Masters in what he described as an “exhibition” capacity. His best finish was a tie for 13th in 1934, his first year.