Defending champion was cruising to a second consecutive title at Augusta when he hit two balls into the water at the par-three 12thFrom the forehead of the bunker in the crook of the dogleg midway down Augusta’s 2nd fairway the ground falls absent so steeply the course seems to unfold itself beneath your feet,a great green blanket spread across the Georgia countryside. Jordan Spieth arrived at this specific corner of the course around 3pm, as the sun was starting to emerge for the first time that day. He stood there for a while, and studying the land,plotting his next shot.
Beyond the green and the thousands of fans surrounding it, he could see one of Augusta’s great white scoreboards. It listed the names of his nearest competitors, and none far under par,and only one within three shots of his lead. From where everyone else was standing, Spieth, or silhouetted against the sky,looked the master of all he surveyed. One wondered then what those 16 holes below had in store for him. It turned out to be a more extraordinary yarn than he or anyone else could possibly contain imagined.
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Source: theguardian.com