Donny Wanstall left Augusta on Sunday morning and had a final word for his ex-boss, Mark O'Meara.

``You know what you have to do,'' said Wanstall, a former Augusta resident. ``So go out and do it.''

O'Meara took his former caddie's words to heart and shot 67 to capture the Masters Tournament. And when O'Meara dropped the final 20-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to beat David Duval and Fred Couples by a stroke, Wanstall said he was on the couch of his Jacksonville Beach, Fla., home and ``cried like hell.''

Wanstall, who carried O'Meara's bag from 1989 through the 1994 Players Championship, before multiple sclerosis forced him to leave the profession, said he had no doubts once O'Meara birdied three holes in a row on the front nine to get into contention.

``There was never a question in my mind that Mark would win after he got up there,'' said Wanstall. ``I did get nervous, because at Augusta it's never over until the last hole. And I would have been happy for David. I've gotten to know him the last few years, and he's a great person. If Mark couldn't win it, I would have wanted David to win it. But David will get one soon. It was Mark's time.''

Wanstall worked with O'Meara in 20 major tournaments and said O'Meara's frequent statements about being satisfied with his life if he never won one masked an inner desire to become a member of golf's elite champions.

``Mark meant it when he said things like that, but inside, he really burned with a fire to win one,'' Wanstall said. ``Deep down, he wanted it as badly was anyone.''

Wanstall had arrived in Augusta on Wednesday and, as usual, stayed with Stewart Garrett, a longtime friend, and Fluff Cowan, Tiger Woods' caddie, and Tony Navarro, Greg Norman's caddie.

``It's always a good week for me,'' Wanstall said of Masters week. ``And I felt that Mark was going to play well.''