‘Sweaty’ Jordan Spieth gets his new green jacket from Bubba Watson

Jordan Spieth has talked about winning the Masters and a green jacket since he was at least 14 years old. After getting to the Sunday final pairing last year but coming up short to Bubba Watson, Spieth returned in 2015 and never gave anyone a chance at golf’s most coveted item of clothing.

Spieth matched Tiger Woods’ overall scoring record of 18-under 270, a mark that came before the course was lengthened and renovated. He became the first to post a 19-under on a Masters leaderboard and set a new birdies record, shattering Phil Mickelson’s mark of 25.

The weekend featured a few tense moments, but most of Sunday was simply a formal march to Butler Cabin to collect his new jacket. The man who beat him last year did the honors with Jim Nantz and Augusta National Chairman Billy Payne joining them.

Spieth struggled a bit sliding into the jacket, saying he was a “little sweaty,” but that was about his only slip-up the entire week.

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