According to golf writer O.B. Keeler 's newspaper account , Gene Sarazen had a premonition on the 14th hole in 1935 . He had hooked his tee shot into the rough , and that 's when he heard the roar from Craig Wood 's birdie on the final hole . `` Well , Gene , that looks as if it 's all over , '' Walter Hagen said to Sarazen , according to Keeler 's report . The Squire , though , was not giving up . `` Oh , I do n't know , '' Sarazen replied . `` They might go in from anywhere . '' One hole later , Sarazen backed up his statement . His double eagle gave the tournament its first signature moment . `` Hagen smiled and shook his head . ... There were not more than a dozen spectators by the green , one of whom happened to be Bobby Jones , who had wandered down from the clubhouse out of curiosity , possibly because of the friendly rivalry between Sarazen and Hagen , '' Price wrote in A Golf Story . `` The ball struck the far bank of the water hazard abutting the green , skipped onto the putting surface , and softly rolled into the cup for a two . '' When news of the double eagle reached the clubhouse minutes later , not everyone believed it . Ben Crenshaw , a two-time Masters winner and historian of the game , recounted an oft-told tale of a skeptic . `` I do n't know how it was carried , but the runner or somebody said , ` Mr. Gene done made a two on 15 , ' '' Crenshaw said . `` A guy in the clubhouse said ` No , you 've got the holes wrong , 16 is a par 3 . ' And the guy said , ` No , Mr. Gene done made a two on 15 . ' No one could believe him for a second . '' The water guarding the 15th is more pronounced than it was in the early days of the tournament . The stream was transformed into a small pond in 1961 . The only tangible remnants of Sarazen 's double eagle - quickly dubbed the Shot Heard ` Round the World - are the club and ball he used to achieve the feat . They are part of the display in the Trophy Room in the clubhouse . Sarazen made pars on the remaining three holes . A 36-hole playoff with Wood was held the next day . It was the only time the Masters used that format , and Sarazen prevailed by five shots over Wood . `` There had never before been a shot in an important tournament as sensational as that double eagle , and one can understand how nearly everything else about that Masters has been forgotten - Sarazen 's three closing pars , for one thing , and the playoff , for another , '' Herbert Warren Wind wrote in Following Through .