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Jordan Spieth leads as Masters gets underway

Updated on: 08 April,2016 07:34 AM IST  | 
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Jordan Spieth was the early pace-setter at the 80th Masters yesterday as the 22-year-old American set off to defend the crown he won in record-matching fashion last year

Jordan Spieth leads as Masters gets underway

Jordan Spieth

Augusta (US): Jordan Spieth was the early pace-setter at the 80th Masters yesterday as the 22-year-old American set off to defend the crown he won in record-matching fashion last year.


Jordan Spieth
Jordan Spieth


Seeking to become just the fourth player – after Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods – to win back-to-back titles at Augusta National, the 22-year-old Texan birdied the third, sixth and eighth to get to three-under approaching the turn.


Spieth is part of a trio of new generation favorites alongside Jason Day and Rory McIlroy who were under threat from a bunch of hardened former champions.  

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