Two left-handers fought out a US Masters showdown over an extra hole at Augusta – but neither was the man whomTaylorMade R9 TP Irons had expected to figure in the spotlight.

While the player known as ‘lefty’ on the circuit – Phil Mickelson – trailed in third, it was Canadian Mike Weir who plays the Golf Clubs for Sale game ‘on the wrong side’ and little known Len Mattiace, a natural left-hander who plays right-handed, who finally battled for the green jacket.

And in an anti-climactic extra hole – the downhill 490-yard tenth – a bogey five was enough for Weir to take the title, when Mattiace pulled his TaylorMade Burner SuperFast Driver approach behind a tree and was still left with a 10-footer for a six when Weir tapped in.

Weir (‘Weiry’ to his mates) became the first TaylorMade Burner SuperFast Fairway Wood Canadian to win the Masters, making two vital putts from four and seven feet at the 17th and 18th holes to force the playoff.