Unbelievable Video: A Wayward Seed Costs Mickelson The Masters Lead

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Let's set the stage: third green. Lefty's one off the lead. A gimme putt. And that's when God and/or nature conspire to deny him.

You know those little bastards. Those maple seeds that "helicopter" when you drop them. What are the fricking odds that one lands in the path of the ball, just as Mickelson begins his backswing?