Will Jordan Spieth Handle the Pressure Cooker of a Sunday Lead at the Masters?

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Published: April 12, 2015

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AUGUSTA, Ga. — After setting records on Friday and surviving his first real hiccup on Saturday, Jordan Spieth faces the toughest test of all, in the hours before the final round of the Masters.  He’s still in first, but is he in control? The night will seem to last forever.

The Masters lead still belongs to him, and it’s large enough, four shots—yet at the same time, it's not large enough. Greg Norman was six ahead going into the last day in 1996—and lost by five to Nick Faldo.

Norman was a veteran who had won two British Opens by then.



And lest we forget the most recent example of "Golf's Next Big Thing," who succumbed to Sunday pressure. In 2011, Rory McIlroy held the lead heading into the back nine, but a triple bogey on 10 and four-putt double bogey at 12 erased his chances at a first major win in a flash.

Spieth is young, 21, and obscenely talented, but he's still young. But unlike McIlroy at the time, Spieth has known the pain of losing a Masters. He was tied with Bubba Watson after 54 holes a year ago, but he closed with a round of even-par 72, while Watson shot 69.

Spieth insists he learned from last year’s mistakes, that he has to play within himself and he has to not think of the big picture. Golf is different than other sports, however.

You can give away as much as the other guy takes. You don’t lose points when you’re up by 14 in football. But in golf, your bogey—or in the case of Spieth at No. 17 on Saturday, double bogey—reduces the edge without the other guy even hitting a shot. The tournament's Twitter account provides a recap of Spieth's third-round performance:



So while Spieth continues ahead, where he’s been since the first round, Saturday’s even-par 70 giving him a 54-hole score 200, 16-under par, it’s anything but safe—n...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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