Jordan Spieth to his caddy: ‘Buddy, it seems like we’re collapsing’

Jordan Spieth looked deep in shock as he sat in the Butler Cabin, sitting next to the man who had just succeeded him as Masters champion.

Jordan Spieth to his caddy: ‘Buddy, it seems like we’re collapsing’

No fault of Danny Willett’s, of course. The Englishman had simply taken advantage of Spieth’s calamitous errors at the 12th hole on Sunday, where a quadruple-bogey seven cost him the lead and the chance to join Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and Tiger Woods as the only men to retain the Masters title.

Having to sit next to the fella who has denied you, though, that was a particularly cruel twist to the Augusta National tradition of having the previous year’s champion place the famous green jacket on his successor’s shoulders.

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