AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A 4-iron wasn't the only thing that Tiger Woods broke Sunday at the Masters.

Fractured, too, was the myth that the man couldn't be beat once he grabbed the outright lead in the final round of a major.

Twice before, Woods had been caught and passed. But both times -- in the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla and here a year later -- Woods came out on top. In this wackiest of Masters, he held the lead for all of a few minutes after making a birdie at the second hole, then spent the rest of the day trying in vain to catch a rotating cast of characters going by him in Augusta National's passing lane.