Jordan Spieth continues to fight

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "AUGUSTA, Ga. – Three days before departure to start his sixth master, Jordan Spieth was hanging out in his rental house waiting for Virginia-Texas Tech to inform him. Golf Channel was seeing its dazzling victory in 2015 and Spieth took the opportunity to relive the best moments of his professional career. "Data-reactid =" 13 "> AUGUSTA, Georgia – Three days before the kickoff of his sixth Masters Jordan Spieth was hanging out in his rental house waiting for Virginia-Texas Tech to announce it. his dazzling victory in 2015 and Spieth took the opportunity to relive the best moments of his professional career.

"It was the highest level I had in this sport," Spieth said on Tuesday.

It's now Thursday; Jordan Spieth hacks Augusta like he was trying to fight his way through a bamboo forest; and the man, 2015 seems to be a long time ago.

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But the fans – the clients, in the case of Augusta National – are too aware of how Spieth's career hit a sandbar. You'll hear "Come on, Jordan!" And "Come on, Jordan!" And "Hang in there!" (A nod to Spieth's lineage, Texas) at every hole he plays. And when acclamations become close to pity, it must be frustrating.

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Spieth spends half of his time on the golf course talking to his ball – pleading, cajoling, encouraging, his face wavering between disappointment and despondency. "Come on," he shouted after his tee shot on the 17th, "work with me, bullet!" The ball – which these days is as obedient as a new puppy – did not listen to him and ended up behind a small stand of pines.

The worst thing is that the statistics suggest that it could be as good as possible for Spieth this week. His scores fall off a cliff once the weekend arrives; his scoring averages go from the 16th to the 14th of the Tour on Thursday and Friday respectively at the 205th and the 208th.

Much of this decline is related to Spieth's putting; he goes from one of the best game putters of the week (third on Thursday, second Friday) to one of the worst absolute (186th on Saturday, 127th on Sunday).

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Clearly, it was not the round he wanted – Spieth, generally media-friendly, refused to talk about his round after that.

Spieth and Koepka created an unintentional metaphor as they went up the 18th fairway together. They were side by side and went from stride to stride, until Spieth stopped 288 yards from the start. Koepka, who has won three of the last seven major leagues, continued to move 30 meters closer to the flag. Spieth will never be an afterthought at Augusta – the green jacket takes care of that – but the spotlight shines much harder for the other players.

"I feel like I'm on the rise right now," Spieth insisted on Tuesday. "I do not think I need results to prove anything else. I know where my game is and I know that good things will happen soon. "

Perhaps. Just not yet.

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