Monday Finish: Jordan Spieth breaks slump in San Antonio
Valero Texas Open victory was first in nearly four years April 05, 2021
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – He’s back.
After enduring a winless streak that stretched nearly four years, to the 2017 Open Championship, Jordan Spieth birdies two of his first three holes to get his nose out front, finally hits some fairways – 10 of 14, his best of the week – and cards a final-round 66 to win the Valero Texas Open by two over Charley Hoffman (66) and four over Matt Wallace (70).
Here are five things you may have missed from the Valero Texas Open..
1. Spieth slump officially over.
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Better than most? One putt on the 17th that actually was
By DOUG FERGUSONMarch 9, 2021 GMT
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) The moment stands out as among the most famous at The Players Championship. Twenty years ago this week, Tiger Woods made a 60-foot birdie putt from the back of the island green on the par-3 17th to a front pin in the third round.
Woods went on to win on Monday, and then two weeks later won the Masters to hold all four majors at the same time.
The video, replayed endlessly in the weeks leading up to the tournament, features NBC analyst Gary Koch saying, “Better than most,” his voice rising each of the three times he uttered the phrase until the ball disappeared in the cup.