The jacket ceremony got a lot of traction on Twitter. Makes me think that aside from those that did defend like Woods and Faldo, defending champs don't seem to have a great record. I can't think of another time where the defending champ would be gutted by not winning and then have to present the jacket, and to lose like he did certainly not. Unique situation that was.

As far as meltdowns go, I think that was worse than Rory in 2011 and worse than the Shark in 96. Worse than Adam at Lytham. The 12th was truly Van De Velde-esque. Think he will be fine ultimately, has shown he can bounce back already.

Danny's brothers Twitter account well worth a read

If the boy does what he should, I will be able to say 'I've shared a bath with a Masters winners - brilliant.
Spieth is lining up his putt. If I'm quick I can get a beer, go to the toilet, and paint the spare room b4 he hits it.

It appears Fergie dropped 8k on Speith. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/golf/2016/04/11/watch-sir-alex-ferguson-tell-danny-willett-his-masters-triumph-c/
Willetts first reply is superb.

he's well pished

one seriously bad round cost these two players the masters

casey
mcllroy

bet willet at 90/1 and again at 44/1 and again with out spieth 4/1 loved it all.
people can say what they like but there is one thing for sure, and no one can  dismiss it spieth will have that in his mind the rest  of his golfing life,so when he goes to play a crucial shot to win a major he will have that to content with, thats not to say  he cant do it.but he will never be the same player before it happened  thats just fact.his second try over the water at 12 where he hardly reached water is possible the most haunting shot ever for a young man to  forget.

I think next time Spieth is well ahead on day 4 of the Masters, and he will be, he will stick to plan A and not alter any strategy, i.e. begin to think par par par par par par par par par.
Play his normal game all the way, this will be his lesson.

I took a screenprint of the Betfair Masters outright pages before the 4th round.

Just for the record these were the prices

Jordan Spieth 2.6
Jason Day 6.8
Hiedki Matsuyama 8.4
Dustin Johnson 11.5
Smylie Kaufman 15.5
Rory McIlroy 23
Danny Willett 24
Bernhard Langer 36
Lee Westwood 60
Justin Rose 90
Soren Kjeldsen 120

2017 Ok ROSEY let's this party started

Thankfully the back 9 greens are faster

feliz cumpleaños Seve

Who earns invitations to the 2018 Masters golf tournament? Players who meet these qualifications (note - subject to change prior to 2018 Masters):
Former winners of The Masters
Winners of the last five U.S. Opens
Winners of the last five British Opens
Winners of the last five PGA Championships
Winners of the last three Players Championships
Winner and runner-up from the last U.S. Amateur Championship
Winner of the last British Amateur Championship
Winner of the last Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship
Winner of the last Latin America Amateur Championship
Winner of the last U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship
The top 12 finishers (including ties) from last year's Masters tournament
The top 4 finishers (including ties), from last year's U.S. Open
The top 4 finishers (including ties) from last year's British Open
The top 4 finishers (including ties) from last year's PGA Championship
Winners of PGA Tour events that award full FedEx Cup points, from the period of the previous Masters to the current Masters
All golfers who qualified for the previous year's Tour Championship
The Top 50 golfers in the final Official World Golf Ranking of the previous calendar year
The Top 50 golfers in the Official World Golf Ranking from the week prior to the current Masters

Sergio Garcia 71-69-70-69--279 $1,980,000

Justin Rose 71-72-67-69--279 $1,188,000
Charl Schwartzel 74-72-68-68--282 $748,000
Matt Kuchar 72-73-71-67--283 $484,000
Thomas Pieters 72-68-75-68--283 $484,000
Paul Casey 72-75-69-68--284 $396,000
Kevin Chappell 71-76-70-68--285 $354,750
Rory McIlroy 72-73-71-69--285 $354,750
Ryan Moore 74-69-69-74--286 $308,000
Adam Scott 75-69-69-73--286 $308,000
Rickie Fowler 73-67-71-76--287 $233,200
Russell Henley 71-76-71-69--287 $233,200
Brooks Koepka 74-73-71-69--287 $233,200
Hideki Matsuyama 76-70-74-67--287 $233,200
Jordan Spieth 75-69-68-75--287 $233,200

Sergio Garcia's Major career...
• 21 Years
• 74 Career starts
• 34 Top 25s
• 23 Top 10s
• 13 Top 5s
• 4 Runner-ups
• 1 Green Jacket