'What is he doing': Golf world in shock over 'unbelievable' moment
Jordan Spieth has left the golf world in disbelief with a moment of absolute madness at the Texas Open.
Just one week out from The Masters at Augusta, the former champion endured a nightmarish three-putt from inside three feet in Texas.
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Spieth was putting for par on the par-4 sixth hole on Friday when things went horribly wrong.
After his first putt lipped out from just three-feet away, he rushed his second attempt and missed again.
The American's rush of blood turned a probable par into a double bogey and left fans and commentators scratching their heads.
"What is he doing?" one exasperated TV commentator said.
Another added: "What is going on?"
According to Golf Digest, Spieth is ranked 171st on the PGA Tour on putts from three feet, and 150th from five feet.
Just saw the Jordan Spieth video
do not watch it. do not search for it. NSFW— Wes Blankenship (@Wes_nship) April 1, 2022
The Spieth 3 putt was an April Fools joke. Can’t believe y’all fell for it.
— GluteActivator (@Glute_Activator) April 1, 2022
Full play by play is even more unbelievable if you didn't see it..! pic.twitter.com/xuR0d6Y03B
— Ian Macfarlane (@IMac_50) April 1, 2022
Can’t believe my eyes
— Ryan Harbinson (@RyanHarbinson_) April 1, 2022
Earlier this week, American golfer-turned-analyst Brandel Chamblee declared three-time major winner Spieth is “roughly half the player he used to be”.
Chamblee was left staggered by footage showing a tweak Spieth has made to his swing.
“It’s hard to explain that move, other than by saying that it’s allowed him to dig his way out of a slump, to become roughly half the player he used to be,” Chamblee wrote.
“If you want to thwart or hobble a genius athlete all one needs to do is getting them thinking about their action.”
It’s hard to explain that move, other than by saying that it’s allowed him to dig his way out of a slump, to become roughly half the player he used to be.
If you want to thwart or hobble a genius athlete all one needs to do is getting them thinking about their action. https://t.co/b5zbi92ifN— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) March 31, 2022
Hideki Matsuyama in massive doubt for Masters
Meanwhile, reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama withdrew from the Texas Open on Friday after just nine holes of the second round, citing discomfort in his neck.
Wearing a strip of medical tape on the side of his neck, Matsuyama teed off and birdied his opening hole at TPC San Antonio.
He made bogey two holes later and came back with another birdie on the 16th hole for a 1-under-par on the back nine.
With a 1-over tournament total, he was below the cut line when he withdrew.
Matsuyama became the first Masters champion from Japan with his one-shot victory over Will Zalatoris last year.
He is scheduled to defend his title starting on Thursday, but there are now doubts that he will be able to play.
Reports have suggested the 30-year-old has suffered a recurrence of the same injury which kept him out of The Players Championship last month, eventually won by Australia's Cameron Smith.
Matsuyama's most recent result saw him tie for 20th position at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and he has won two PGA titles since last year's triumph at Augusta.
He won the Zozo Championship on home soil last October before lifting Hawaii's Sony Open in a play-off in January.
He currently sits 12th in the world rankings, and has made the top 10 in four of the 10 PGA events at which he has featured in the 2022 season.
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