And Mr Hyde

"I got to the range this morning and I was hitting slices with my irons, which is bizarre," Spieth
said. "I tried to fix it on the range, didn't know what was up. ... I just tried to compensate some on the golf course, got away with it the first couple of holes and then it got the best of me. I'm not really sure what happened. Just really an off day. I'd like my off days to be a little more consistent."

This is a quote from Jordan Spieth the weekend of the Dell Matchplay. The first time this block push shot started to creep into his game. Little did he know two weeks later that same shot would ultimately stop him creating history.

Funny thing is everyone seems to forget all the other bad swings he made before his tee shot on 12 last night. During Saturdays round with Rory if he had of been playing any other championship course he wouldn't have broke 80.



Shot after shot kept going way right and he was either getting lucky having a shot thorugh the trees or bouncing back into play. Any time he didn't get lucky he drop shots, lots of them. Ok lets be honest he really made the most of this luck and 22 birdies over the four days he was way ahead of the field. But an old coach of mine once told me a bad swing will get you so far but under pressure a bad swing becomes a real bad swing. His moments of brilliance followed by errors you wouldn't expect from a 10 handicap were real jekyll and hyde stuff. Even they way he turned on his caddy and tv crew late on.


Real bad swings had been popping there ugly head out late Saturday afternoon and his world really started to unravel on 17 and 18, dropping three shots and coming back to the field. Even though he'll be remembered for his two splashes on the 12th on Sunday. I really think his collapse started Saturday night. Had he finished par par he would have slept a lot easier knowing he'd a four shot lead.

Panic set in as soon as he left the course and a phone call was made to his coach Cameron Mc Cormack who was put straight on a private jet. Spieth arrived at Auguta a whopping three hours and fifteen minutes before his tee time to try iron out the kinks in his swing and after finishing the front nine with four birdies the world had thought he had.

Five clear playing the back nine in Augusta is stuff you dream of, strolling down through Amen Corner on your victory lap is what should happen but Jordan's dream soon turned into a nightmare. I personally think arriving so early with his coach lead to mental fatigue and this added pressure which made him make some terrible shot choices which turned into the biggest collapse in a Major since a young Rory on the same manicured fairways in 2011.

I'm sure Jordan will bounce back but if his putter ever gets robbed maybe he wont. It was actually scary the amount of putts he held inside ten feet. I seen a stat where he's had something crazy like 156 one putts in three years at Augusta. If thats true I dont think it'll ever be beaten.

Danny Willet no doubt slept in his Green Jacket last night, but he must be pinching himself as to how he actually won it. Ok he made some great biridies closing, 14 & 16 spring to mind but without taking anything away from him if there was ever an easy win this was it. In saying that I really hope he pushes on and "champion of the world" , becuase lets be honest he seems like a top bloke and of course he's a Liverpool Fan.

What a week hes having. First Child only born and now he's a Major Champion. I wonder if he had to give you any honest answer and say which was better.....