Rising to win on Easter Sunday may be start of a new Jordan Spieth era

BOUNCE BACK: Jordan Spieth’s motto is to try to be in form as often as you can and consistent as you can, and you end up holding the trophy every once in a while. Picture: David Davies

When a champion golfer gets lost as deep in the wilderness as Jordan Spieth has been the last few years, he can be forgiven a little over-statement at the first sign of civilisation.

“Monumental” was the first word that came to Spieth’s mind moments after winning the PGA Tour’s Valero Texas Open on Sunday to snap a nearly four-year victory drought on the eve of Masters week. For a man who flirted with the grand slam in 2015 and was last seen winning the claret jug in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, perhaps beating Charley Hoffman at TPC San Antonio — while significant — falls somewhat short of monumental.