PAUL BASSAT is the founder and joint chief executive of Seek.com.au. The Melbourne golf nut is paying his first visit to Augusta and will blog daily on his experiences for BackPageLead.

Phil Mickelson shot a flawless 67 in perfect conditions to record a three-shot win over Lee Westwood. We watched Mickelson and Westwood through the back nine, which was an amazing experience.

The highlight for us was standing right beside Phil as he hit his 2nd shot from behind a tree to a few feet from the pin on the par 5 13th. The shot was preceded by a several minute discussion between Phil and his caddie. The caddie told him to lay up and Phil ignored him. After hitting the shot, the caddie waved his arms as if to say "you might have got away with it but it was a dumb thing to do." The level of aggression Mickelson showed all week was unbelievable. Even on 16 he went straight over the flag at a tight pin despite a three-shot lead and again at 18 he hit to about 10 feet from the hole.

We started the day very gingerly after getting to know some locals the night before. We met some guy called Mynott Smith IV. We asked Mynott how four generations of a family could continue using such a terrible first name. Our friendly chat ended shortly afterwards for some strange reason. We then retreated to our haunted hotel a few hours later despite the warnings of our friends from South Carolina. Tony claims he has evidence of the hotel being haunted as the TV was switched on when he woke up this morning and he is certain he didn't turn it on when he went to bed. Given Tony fell over in the foyer of the hotel as we got home (there were no stairs involved), I am a little dubious of his recollection.

Anyway, back at the golf, we decided to have a little snooze at the back of the par 3 6th hole early in the day. We snoozed for about an hour and only a few minutes after leaving we heard a massive roar from what we thought was the 6th. It was clearly a hole in one and we made up our minds to add a bit of licence (aka lying) and claim the roar at the back of the 6th woke us up. Fortunately there was no need to lie as it turns out the roar was for Nathan Green's hole in one on the nearby 16th.

The course was set up for scoring with no wind and generally easier pin positions. Of the top nine players, the highest scores belonged to Westwood and Hunter Mahan with 71's. Nick Watney shot a 65 to finish in seventh place and as well as Green's ace, Ryan Moore also scored a hole in one on 16. Tiger Woods shot 69 but five bogeys cruelled his chances.

Tiger played with KJ Choi in the group ahead of Mickelson and Westwood and we were able to watch Tiger from the 15th fairway make eagle on that hole. Ten minutes later, Mickelson hit a mid-iron to 15 feet on the same hole and his birdie set up his three-shot lead. Despite Westwood making birdie on 17, Mickelson maintained that margin with a birdie on 18.

Talking about Tiger, his etiquette wasn't great. KJ got into a share of the lead on 10 with a great birdie and had a tough little par putt on the 12th. Tiger marched off the 12th green and was standing about 40 metres away on the 13th tee as KJ was taking his putt. It is hard to know if Tiger is trying to intimidate his opponent or just doesn't give a damn, but it was pretty ordinary. Another highlight was Anthony Kim's run of five-under from 13 through 16 to finish in third place at 12 under.

We were told by a number of proud locals during the week that the Masters is the best organised sporting event in the world and it is hard to argue with that assessment. Every detail is superbly thought through and the staff and volunteers are incredibly friendly. They even have guys in the toilets making sure that the line moves as fast as possible, which is a pretty funny concept. My favourite line of the week was the guy in one toilet who said "Keep moving along now. You can shake it twice but don't shake it thrice."

All in all it was a really memorable week. For any golf fan thinking of going to the Masters, don't hesitate to go. It is an incredible experience.

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