South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen created Masters history in becoming the first-ever player to hole out in ‘2’ for an albatross at Augusta’s par five second hole.

Oosthuizen drilled a 4-iron from 253-yards out that found the front of the green and rolled virtually the entire width of the green and just managing to drop into the hole.

Louis Oosthuizen's '2' appearing on the computer scorecard.

It took the former British Open winner from two strokes behind Sweden’s Peter Hanson to one stroke in front of the Swede.

Prior to Oosthuizen holing out there has been 187 eagle 3’s at the second.

There has been only three other ‘albatrosses’ in the 76 year history of the Masters – Bruce Devlin (1967 Masters, 8th hole, first round), Jeff Maggert (1994 Masters, 13th hole, round four) and Gene Sarazen (1935 Masters, 15th hole, 4th round).

While the albatross propelled Oosthuizen into the lead and will earn him a specially engaged Augusta National crystal bowl. 

And moments later Australia’s Adam Scott aced the par three, 16th just as American Bob Van Pelt had done earlier in the round.