Double Major winning Jordan Spieth has returned to competition for a first time since his Masters meltdown slamming as ‘absolute bull’ reporting States side on Danny Willett’s Masters triumph.
Willett claimed a first Major brilliantly winning the Masters by three shots to be fitted with the famed Augusta National members green jacket.
However according to Spieth that’s not how the 2016 Masters has been covered in the States.
“Danny earned that victory and it really bugs me when people don’t see it that way,’ said Spieth ahead of this week’s Players Championship. .
“When I see those questions that have been asked as to whether it goes down as him winning it or me losing it, that’s absolute bull. He played the shots down the stretch. He made the clutch putts. He caused the roars. He earned it all right.
“I knew the shots he played down the stretch. He heard the roars. I knew the clutch putts that he made.
“But, for me, it was certainly difficult to go through that experience right afterwards, feeling like I had control of it and could have very well put it on myself.
“The hour and a half that followed the finish, I obviously knew that that was going to happen when I was teeing off on 18 tee box, so I had that entire hole to play and the time after to kind of figure out my emotions.
Jordan Spieth in a relaxed mood ahead of this week’s Players Championship – Photo AP
“It was tough, but we went about it the right way, and just like two years ago, when I watched Bubba [Watson] get the jacket on the 18th green, it’s motivation for next year.”
Spieth has spoken before in public post his Masters demise when he took a quadruple bogey ‘7’ at the 12th hole on the final day including speaking of what transpired at Augusta in hosting a US Open media outing at Oakmont.
“Believe me, I wouldn’t wish how I felt on any of y’all,” he said.
“I obviously knew the feelings Danny was experiencing and I was happy for him but for me personally it was very difficult. I had control of the event, I could have put the green jacket on myself or however it works, and so the hour that followed was just horrible. But it was also motivation for next year.
“So I’m coming here with nothing to prove and if I put a ball in the water on that hole or any other hole it will not be because of what happened at the Masters.
“I think I’ve already proven what I am capable of doing when the pressure is on.
“I’ve won two majors, I’ve closed out tough matches, I’ve stretched leads and won by six, seven, eight shots against some of the best fields in the world. So I don’t think there’s anything I shall come up against here where I feel like I need to get revenge.”
