AUGUSTA, Ga. — “More important than golf,” Jordan Spieth said Sunday night as a preamble to publically congratulating the new Masters champion, Danny Willett. And with those words, Spieth showed that he will live to laugh about his Masters meltdown.
Maybe not Monday, as the shock wears off and reality sets in of the three-hole stretch in which he gave back six strokes to swing open the door for Willett to waltz through.
Only a few minutes before saying the words, Spieth had draped the green jacket around the shoulders of Willett, who earned the title by matching the low round of the day, a five-under 67, to finish three strokes clear of Spieth and Lee Westwood, at five-under 283.