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Oosthuizen’s double-eagle ball worth money

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FORMBY, ENGLAND - JUNE 19: Jurrian Van Der Vaart of The Netherlands in action during The Amateur Championship Quarter Final match against Sam Hutsby at Formby Golf Club on June 19, 2009 in Formby, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

If Louis Oosthuizen goes on to win the Masters, the ball he used to make an albatross at the par-5 second hole will be worth a lot of money.

To one dealer of Masters memorabilia, the ball caught by Wayne Mitchell of Allentown, Pa., will be worth $20,000 if Oosthuizen is the champion.

Green Jacket Auctions, which sells a variety of mementos ranging from tournament-used clubs to green jackets, tweeted the price tag for the dimpled dandy.

If the South African comes up short, the ball is worth $2,500.

Oosthuizen made the deuce from 260 yards with a Ping S56 iron. It is the first albatross at the second in Masters history and only the fourth on any hole at Augusta National.