Jordan Spieth was eyeing his second straight green jacket as he headed to the par 4 10th on Sunday. He had a five-shot lead on Danny Willett. The outcome of the finish all took place in the next hour as Spieth went bogey-bogey-quadruple onto now being three shots off the lead. As Spieth came to the par 3 12th after bogeys on 10 and 11, the unthinkable happened as he placed two balls in the water. After the tee shot came up short on the green and rolled back into the water, he then walked up to a yardage where he thought was comfortable. With a wedge in his hand and trying to get up and down for a bogey, he had one of the worse swings of the day. Even though he had a rough finish on trying to collect another major at the young age of 22, he was still a class act in interviews following his round and during the ceremony.
Onto another American whose play in the majors is good enough to win but in the clutch moments, falls away and falls apart. Dustin Johnson had two doubles on Sunday on No. 5 and 17 en route to another disappointing final round in a major. His driver most of the time is on but when it comes to his putting, it is horrendous at times. One example is from the most recent Open Championship when he three-putted the 18th to give away the Claret Jug to no other than Jordan Spieth.
As Spieth was falling off of the lead, Danny Willett was making birdies on 13, 14, and 16 on his way to putting on the green jacket at the ceremony. Willett posted a bogey-free round of 67 in which he sent out there to do in order to be in contention on Sunday at The Masters. It was enough as he became the second Englishman to claim a green jacket since Nick Faldo’s victory in 1996.
