Golf news as Jordan Spieth pinpoints problem and Rickie Fowler out of Masters

 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.”

Spieth is still working on his game as he hopes to rediscover his best form and win a first major since the 2017 Open Championship. Asked if the 31-year-old will know when he is back in form, he added: “When I stand over it and I’m not trying to avoid things.

“Instead [of what I’m doing now], I’m picking a target and I’m very confident it’s going to start on that target and move to where I want it. So pretty much where most of these guys are playing from, I would like to get there.”

The Masters will take place at Augusta next week from April 10-13.

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