Masters 2013: The final round - in pictures

Augusta is looking resplendent as the players begin their rounds. Rory McIlroy (pictured) is well off the pace at five under, while Lee Westwood retains faint hopes of winning the competition from his overnight score of two under. The leader board at the start of the day was:
-7: Brandt Snedeker, Angel Cabrera
-6: Adam Scott
-5: Jason Day, Marc Leishman
-4: Matt Kuchar
-3: Tim Clark, Tiger Woods Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images

The reigning champion Bubba Watson hits out of the pines by the first fairway Photograph: Charlie Riedel/AP

Spectators cover their heads as an errant tee shot from Jose Maria Olazabal threatens to clock them Photograph: Darron Cummings/AP

The 14-year-old amateur golfer Guan Tianlang, who has taken this year's Masters by storm, tips his hat after sinking a par putt on the 18th green to card 75 (leaving him 12 under overall) Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters

The big guns are out now ... Here, Tiger Woods looks disappointed with his tee shot on the second which lands in the pine needles Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Jason Day of Australia is on a charge. He carded a birdie on the first and has followed it up with this stunning bunker shot for an eagle on the second, bumping him right up the leader board Photograph: Harry How/Getty Images

Look out - the old master Bernhard Langer has birdied the first three holes today. He won this competition in 1985 and 1993 ... could he really bag a third green jacket at the age of 55?
Photograph: Andrew Davis Tucker/ZUMA Press/Corbis

Rain is starting to fall and the umbrellas are out - but it's not affecting the performance of Angel Cabrera. The Argentinian is now the outright leader at -9 following birdies on the second and seventh. His nearest rival is currently Jason Day at -7 Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images

Lee Westwood is all smiles. He started the day at two under before birdies at the second and the seventh moved him to four under. However, a dropped shot on the ninth (a hole which he has birdied in two of his previous three rounds this year) pushes him back to -3 Photograph: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

No sooner did Langer's form arrive than it's disappeared again. He's now dropped three shots in his last five holes Photograph: David J. Phillip/AP

Woods leaps to see the fifth green before hitting his ball - it doesn't help him though as he drops a shot on the par four Photograph: Darron Cummings/AP

Brandt Snedeker celebrates after birdying the eighth hole to heighten the pressure on Cabrera (pictured behind) Photograph: ERIK S. LESSER/EPA

Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark is laying siege to the course. He's hit seven birdies in 15 holes and is now, remarkably, in the hunt at -5. All of the players are now on the back nine and the leaderboard is as follows:
-9: Cabrera
-7: Snedeker
-6: Day, Scott
-5: Olesen, Leishman
-3: Garcia, Westwood, Woods, Kuchar Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Cabrera, went five under on the back nine during his second round at this year's Masters, but he looks a tad uncertain with this swing. The 2007 US Open winner and the 2009 Masters winner is still out in front, though Photograph: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Adam Scott is one of a trio of Australians chasing Cabrera, who has just faltered on the 10th. Scott has only carded one birdie so far today, but the consistency of his play is sufficient to make him a contender
Photograph: Emily Rose Bennett/ZUMA Press/Corbis

Cabrera and Snedeker both find the water on the 13th and Cabrera duly loses the lead ... Photograph: Agencies

Day also found himself in trouble on 13, but he magically birdied the hole. He then chases it up with successive birdies on 14 and 15 to seize the lead at -9 Photograph: Agencies

Woods' hopes die on the 18th as he ends up in the bunker. And though he almost rattles the resulting shot straight into the hole, he finishes the tournament five under Photograph: Agencies

Meanwhile, Day crumbles on 16 and 17, carding successive bogeys before parring the last. So the leaderboard as the main contenders approach the 18th is as follows:
-8: Scott, Cabrera
-7: Day
-5: Woods, Leishman, Snedeker Photograph: Agencies

Scott celebrates a monstrous birdie putt on the 18th which hands him the lead at -9 ... Photograph: Agencies

Cabrera is right behind him and delivers a peach of a second shot onto the green which he taps home for birdie to force a two-way play-off! Photograph: Agencies

After two shots of the play-off hole, Scott's and Cabrera's balls are separated by just inches - they're both right on the fringe of the 18th green, prompting some serious thought Photograph: Agencies

Cabrera chips to within a whisker of the pin, then Scott pulls up a tad short. Both men sink their respective shots to force a second play-off hole Photograph: Agencies

The two match one another stroke for stroke on the 10th, before Cabrera sees his birdie putt stop on the lip of the hole. Scott follows up with a championship winning 15-foot putt to claim the 77th Masters Photograph: Agencies

The Australian is congratulated by his caddy and his rival after a thrilling finale in near darkness Photograph: Agencies

Scott receives the green jacket from last year's winner, Bubba Watson. It's the 32-year-old's first ever Major title - and what's more he's the first ever Aussie to win the Masters Photograph: Agencies