Spieth Will Defend Masters Title With A New Driver
Jordan Spieth will defend his Masters title with a new driver on Thursday. Spieth says his driver cracked on Wednesday.
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Jordan Spieth will defend his Masters title with a new driver on Thursday. Spieth says his driver cracked on Wednesday.
Jordan Spieth won the Masters by four shots last year, and he made it seem easy. It was a dominant victory, to be sure. But it still doesn't make the list of the biggest blowouts in Masters history.
The fall is forgotten. The preliminaries are over. For some, the Masters could not get here soon enough.
Jason Day returned to No. 1 in the world by making it to Sunday. It felt even sweeter when he beat Rory McIlroy in an epic semifinal in what seemed to be a victory lap around Austin Country Club.
Jordan Spieth lost in the fourth round at the Dell Match Play. Then, he lost his No. 1 ranking.
Spieth is trying to fine-tune his game for the Masters in two weeks. He won there last year with a four-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose. And he'll stay another week in Texas for the Houston Open before heading to Augusta.
Spieth, the former Texas Longhorn and crowd favorite at Austin Country Club, wound up in the same group as longtime friend Justin Thomas.
As aggressive as Jason Day looks with a golf club in his hand, his success is geared around patience. That's what carried him to a one-shot victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and put him on the cusp of returning to No. 1 in the world.
Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal will not play in the Masters for health reasons that have kept him from competing for an entire year.
The numbers for Adam Scott in his last three tournaments are staggering. And the professional golfer was in The Bahamas last week, gearing up for his first big stretch of the year.
