Will birdie on 18 win it again?
The fist pump. The hands raised in the air. Even the jig.
Decades later, the images are still fresh.
Gary Player punching the air after making birdie on the 18th hole to capture his third and final Masters Tournament victory.
Sandy Lyle doing a victory dance on the final green at Augusta National Golf Club after sinking his birdie putt for the win.
Mark O'Meara raising his arms in triumph after birdieing the final two holes for his first major triumph.
Six golfers -- Player, Lyle, O'Meara, Art Wall Jr., Arnold Palmer and Phil Mickelson -- have birdied the final hole at the Masters to earn their green jacket.
Something magical seems to happen every 10 years at Augusta, or at least over the past 30 years. Player made his putt in 1978, Lyle followed suit in 1988 and O'Meara continued the trend in 1998.
Who will roll in the winning putt at No. 18 today?
1978 - GARY PLAYER
Player was in 10th place, seven strokes behind Hubert Green, entering the final round.
His 2-under-par 34 on the front nine was solid but not good enough. Then the charge began.
On No. 10, Player rolled in a 25-footer for birdie, then made a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 12. When he two-putted both of the par-5s on the back nine for birdies, he had drawn closer.
Player promptly gained another shot with a birdie on No. 16, then made par on the 17th.
He needed a birdie on No. 18 to shoot 30 on the back nine and match the course record of 64. He stuck his 6-iron approach about 15 feet above the hole.
The putt was true all the way, and Player punched the air with his fist. His 8-under 64 remains the lowest final round by a Masters champion.
1988 - SANDY LYLE
Lyle, the 1985 British Open champ, enjoyed a three-shot lead through 10 holes in the final round before stumbling at Amen Corner and falling behind Mark Calcavecchia. He regained a share of the lead with a birdie on No. 16.
With Calcavecchia in the clubhouse, Lyle needed par on the final hole to force a sudden-death playoff. His drive found the fairway bunker on the left side, and his chances appeared dim.
His 7-iron shot landed about 30 feet past the pin, though, then trickled back to about 10 feet.
Lyle rolled in the birdie putt to avoid a playoff and secure his second major championship.
He then did a celebratory jig.
1998 - MARK O'MEARA
After missing a putt on the par-3 16th in the final round, O'Meara told his caddie he was going to birdie the final two holes.
He hit it to 10 feet on the 17th hole and made that putt to forge a tie with Fred Couples and David Duval, the clubhouse leader.
On the 18th, O'Meara hit a good tee shot, but his 7-iron approach finished 20 feet right of the cup.
Couples hit his second shot into the front bunker. After he blasted out to a short distance, all eyes turned to O'Meara. He had a putt to win the Masters.
"A foot and a half from it, I thought it's going to go in," O'Meara said. "I thought, 'Please don't lip out.' "
It didn't, and O'Meara had the chance to celebrate. In his 15th attempt at Augusta, he was finally a winner.
"My arms went up in shock," he said.
