It’s the grandest stage in golf, if not sports. Sitting down at Amen Corner, the drama and beauty of a Sunday at the Masters always surpasses the hype.

The pressure does, too.

This tournament turned on a few key strokes at Nos. 11, 12 and 13, the famed par-4, par-3 and par-5 stretch at Augusta National, and it’s where Trevor Immelman earned his Green Jacket.

The flags at the 11th and 12th were blowing in opposite directions when the leaders passed through, which seems impossible given how close the greens are to each other. But as Steve Flesch hit an 8-iron off the 12th tee, the shot sounded less than solid, and a gust of wind swirled through the trees and created ripples on Rae’s Creek.

The ball never had a chance. Flesch had drowned his Masters hopes, en route to a double-bogey, and faded with several more bogeys over the final holes.

“I hit it solid,” Flesch said, “but halfway through the flight it just stood straight up into the wind and could tell that it wasn’t going to make it.”

Immelman’s playing partner Brandt Snedeker bogeyed Nos. 11 and 13, beginning his slide to a tie for third.

Immelman made a great par at No. 11, dropping a 15-foot putt from the fringe. He bogeyed No. 12, but he quickly recovered with a birdie at the 13th.

Indeed, as Immelman was saving par at the 11th, Woods was missing a 5-footer for birdie at No. 13.

If Immelman misses and Woods makes his putt, it’s a three-stroke spread.

With Immelman’s bogey at No. 12, Woods suddenly would have closed to within two shots.

From that point on, though, it was all Immelman.