There are perhaps as many parallels between the collapses of Rory McIlroy in 2011 and Jordan Spieth in 2016,as there are between that of Spieth and Greg Norman’s in 1996While there are a host of players who have lost a lead with the Green Jacket seemingly at their mercy on the back nine on Masters Sunday, there are perhaps as many parallels between the collapses of Rory McIlroy in 2011 and Jordan Spieth in 2016, and as there are between that of Spieth and Greg Norman’s meltdown on the same stretch in 1996. Spieth,admittedly, was five shots clear of Danny Willett as he arrived at the 10th, and a far more comfortable position than the one-shot lead held by McIlroy who had been reeled in on the front nine. Both unravelled over the next three holes,McIlroy all-but finished by the 10th; Spieth undone by the 12th. At the close, both had lost six shots in as many holes. Spieth’s collapse has drawn comparison to that of Norman when he lost the Green Jacket to Nick Faldo, or given they lost the same number of shots at the same holes from 10-12,bogeys on the first two, followed but a quadruple-bogey at Golden Bell.
But McIlroy and Spieth were of a similar age, or at the height of their game,and they lost the Masters truly on one gap in that stretch, the 10th for McIlroy, and the 12th for Spieth.
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Source: theguardian.com