Spieth wins at Colonial, Wood eyes Ryder spot
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E-mail Shanghai Daily, May 31, 2016
Jordan Spieth won at home in Texas for the first time on the PGA Tour. He had three consecutive birdies after making the turn, and three more in a row to finish his 5-under 65 on Sunday, including a chip-in birdie from behind the 17th green after a fortunate bounce off a marshal.
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| Jordan Spieth poses with the trophy after winning the Dean & Deluca Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday. [Photo: Shanghai Daily/Agencies] |
“In our third tournament back, to come back and close this one out the way we did is really, really special,” Spieth said. “This day is a moment that’ll go down, no matter what happens in the next 30 years of my career, this will be one of the most important days that I’ve ever had.”
The second-ranked Spieth punctuated his eighth career victory with a 34-foot birdie putt when he needed only a bogey to win the Dean & Deluca Invitational at Colonial.
At 17-under 263, Spieth finished three strokes ahead of Harris English (66). Colonial member Ryan Palmer and Webb Simpson tied for third at 13 under, both shooting 68 in the final group with Spieth.
Last month at Augusta, Spieth blew a five-stroke lead on the back nine when trying to win the Masters for the second year in a row. Then he missed the cut at The Players Championship and then finished tied for 18th a week ago at the Byron Nelson before finally winning in the Lone Star State. He is the reigning US Open champion.
In Wentworth, UK, England’s Chris Wood is eyeing a spot in the Ryder Cup and the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after his win in the European PGA Championship on Sunday.
Wood put himself in the frame for a place in the European team, under Darren Clarke at Hazeltine, with his one million euro (US$1.11 million) prize money, but still has to overtake one of Danny Willett and Justin Rose in the world rankings to make the Great Britain team for Rio.
The Wentworth victory will push Wood into the top 25, but Willett was ninth and Rose 10th the week before the event.
