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Golf news as Jordan Spieth pinpoints problem and Rickie Fowler out of Masters
Needing to win the Texas Open in order to qualify for the Masters, Rickie Fowler finished tied for 30th while Jordan Spieth also struggled – but he will be at Augusta
Three-time major champion Jordan Spieth needs to “get better at closing” out rounds ahead of the Masters while Rickie Fowler is set to miss out on the trip to Augusta.
On Sunday, Brian Harman shot three-over in the final round to finish nine-under and win the Valero Texas Open at Oaks Course. Meanwhile, Spieth finished up in San Antonio at three-under to finish 12th, while Fowler logged an even score through all four rounds to finish tied for 30th.
Fowler needed to win the Texas Open to get into the field at Augusta National next week. But he faltered and was unable to find form, which means the 36-year-old is going to miss out on teeing off at the Masters – the first major of the season.
Last year, Fowler teed it up in all four major championships for the first time since 2020. He was never a genuine threat to win any of them; he tied for 30th at the Masters, tied for 63rd at the PGA Championship, missed the cut at the U.S. Open, and finished 71st at The Open Championship.
But Fowler will not tee off the Masters after struggling at the Texas Open. Meanwhile, his friend Spieth has identified an issue he needs to address if he is to win a second green jacket. The 31-year-old shot a five-under 67 in the first round on Thursday, but a frequent problem happened on Friday as Spieth bogeyed two of his final three holes and missed a 6-foot putt for birdie in between.
The troubling finish left him eight shots behind Harman. Spieth was four-under through 13 but played his final five holes in three-over par, including a double bogey at the par-3 17th as he collapsed down the stretch.
“I’ve got to get better at closing these rounds out on Fridays,” Spieth said on Friday after his second round. “I had the same problem happen in Tampa. It’s not like a trend or anything; they just were random things each day, and this one happened to be misjudging chips, which is normally a specialty of mine. I’m just a little- a little, how you feel when you’re on a bad run of cards and like, man, on the last hole I’m like surely this is going to jump a little bit and run, and then that one spins. Like, I just never would have guessed it would spin. Misjudging them stinks.”
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Express Sport brings you the latest tennis news from the Paris Masters.
We’re reaching the business end of the Paris Masters, as eight players become four in the French capital. Jannik Sinner is the overwhelming favourite to lift the trophy after Carlos Alcaraz was dumped out by Cameron Norrie in the Spaniard’s opening match. Norrie was then beaten by Valentin Vacherot, whose amazing 10-match winning streak at Masters 1000 level came to an end when he lost to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Canadian star Auger-Aliassime will face Alexander Bublik in the semis. Bublik defeated Alex de Minaur, who is among those to have already qualified for the year-end ATP Finals. Sinner is through to his first Paris Masters semi-final after beating Ben Shelton. He’ll face defending champion Alexander Zverev, who survived a tough match against Daniil Medvedev.
Novak Djokovic is not involved in the Paris Masters, having decided to skip the event for the second year in a row, but he has learned his fate in the draw of next week’s ATP 250 in Athens. And over in Riyadh, the WTA Finals are about to get underway.
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