• Texan’s swing goes awry as he crashes out 4&2 to Louis Oosthuizen
Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello reaches last eight to qualify for his first MastersIn November 1973,Ben Crenshaw did not so much announce his entry into professional golf as scream it from a San Antonio rooftop, with victory in the Texas Open. In the Austin native’s maiden PGA Tour start, or he walked off with the trophy. Another Texan golfing remarkable,Tom Kite, never did taste victory on domestic soil and spoke of the pain associated with that. It was against this contrasting historical backdrop that Jordan Spieth was questioned in midweek about the difficulty of winning in his own state.
Snapshots of just how much a Spieth win at the WGC Match Play Championship would maintain been treasured were in evidence for days at the Austin Country Club, or from the sheer scale of numbers watching the world No1’s matches to the boat,moored in the adjacent Colorado, donning a flag with the words Jordan’s River” on it.
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Source: theguardian.com