{"id":1926,"date":"2023-04-04T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2023-04-04T00:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T05:00:41","slug":"jordan-spieth-is-rested-and-ready-to-chase-second-masters-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/jordan-spieth-is-rested-and-ready-to-chase-second-masters-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Spieth is rested and ready to chase second Masters title"},"content":{"rendered":"

As difficult as it is to believe, former Texas standout Jordan Spieth will play his 10th Masters Tournament this week. Based on his previous work at the peerless Augusta National Country Club in Augusta, Ga., Spieth has to be considered as one of the favorites to win the first of the 2023 season\u2019s four majors.<\/p>\n

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Spieth\u2019s game seems to be tailored for this event, as his record in his first nine appearances is among the best in Masters history and matched only by the legendary Arnold Palmer. He tied for second in his Masters debut in 2014 and won a green jacket the following year, claiming the first of his three majors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since then Spieth tied for second in 2016, when a quadruple bogey-7 at the par-3 12th cost him the championship. He finished third in 2018 and tied for third in 2021. That\u2019s five top-three finishes in nine appearances in the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was my favorite tournament growing up, so qualifying to get here was always a lifelong goal,\u201d Spieth said. \u201cI really fell in love with the game because of this tournament. It inspired me to really take up the game and see what kind of moments you can create, because the ball is always in your hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year Spieth missed the cut for the first time. But the following week, on Hilton Head Island, S.C. at the RBC Heritage, he captured just his second tournament since 2017 and the 13th of his professional career.<\/p>\n

This season Spieth finished sixth in Scottsdale, fourth in Orlando and third in the Tampa area, all with the designs of peaking this week in the tournament that he admits drove him to be the player he\u2019s become.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, I feel better about my game that I have since 2017,\u201d Spieth explained. \u201cI don\u2019t feel I have all the weapons right now. But I have enough, and I\u2019m continuing to work on the ones that I don\u2019t have, and I get a little better each day with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In all, 88\u00a0players will tee it up this week at Augusta National for the 87th Masters. Spieth, ranked 16th in the world, and Scottie Scheffler, the tournament\u2019s defending champion and the top-ranked player in the world, make up the contingent of Lifetime Longhorns in this year\u2019s field.<\/p>\n

Spieth, Scheffler and Ben Crenshaw, who won twice, are the only University of Texas golfers to capture the Masters.<\/p>\n

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Spieth has come a long way since winning in 2015, both on and off the golf course. He\u2019s 29 now, married and is the father of a 16-month-old toddling boy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a veteran of some of golf\u2019s biggest tournaments, produced more than his share of memorable performances and is perhaps already one of the members of the Mount Rushmore of Longhorn men\u2019s golf.<\/p>\n

\u201cTen years here, a lot of experience,\u201d Spieth said Monday. \u201cI can look back and say I learned a lot from winning, and I learned a lot from losing. I have a better perspective now than ever, and hopefully that continues to grow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, our sport doesn\u2019t get heightened more than it does this week. I like to call it our Super Bowl. But at the same time, that\u2019s still a game, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

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