Yes, it will take him a while to get over the disappointment of blowing a five-shot lead on the final nine holes of the Masters, especially after he had just made four consecutive birdies to build what appeared to be that insurmountable margin.
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However, the 22-year-old Texan bogeyed the 10th, after bunkering his approach, and also the 11th, after his tee shot sailed right into the trees, before the tricky 12th took an even more severe toll.
But, affecting his game long term? But Zachariah James Willett came early, on March 30, which allowed the new dad to rebook his ticket to Augusta and play in his second Masters. “I think I will, but that wasn’t a fun last couple of holes to play from the position I was in”.
“Danny thinks he can get to number one in the world”, Chandler said. Hopefully, I can play a little more solid.
Willet, five shots behind with six holes left to play, birdied three of his last six holes to polish off a round that might not get its due because of Spieth’s meltdown. The Texan led by five strokes before he imploded with a bogey-bogey start to the back nine followed by that disastrous trip to the 12th, when he hit successive shots into the water in front of the green.
Spieth looked as though he was fighting back tears when he said “it’s tough, really tough”.
Spieth, who has now finished second, first and second in his three Masters appearances to date, said: “It’s tough, really tough”.
Willett entered this past weekend’s tournament ranked No. 12 in the world, and seeking his first major championship win. But it’s my expectations.
With wins at the Masters and the U.S. Open, Spieth was the best golfer of 2015. Tied-15 was a great result and he was just a shot away from Top-10 and also ensuring a return to Masters next year, but I am sure that he will be there for years to come.
Do not worry about Spieth. Two months later, he lifted the US Open title.
Woosnam became the first and so far only Welsh victor of the Masters in 1991 after winning a three-way battle with Jose Maria Olazabal and two-time victor Tom Watson.
“At one point I told (caddie) Mike (Greller) “Buddy, it seems like we’re collapsing”, Spieth said.
“My heart goes out to him for what happened, but I know that Jordan is a young man who will certainly learn from this experience and there will be some good that comes out of this for him”. And we did. I rebounded. “I’m not quite sure which is better, this day or (Zac’s birth day) Tuesday”.
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Spieth made the turn at Augusta National having made four straight birdies to go to 4-under for the round and 7-under for the tournament.
