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Danny Willett benefits from shocking Jordan Spieth capitulation and nobody could quite believe it

Published 00:15 11 Apr 2016 BST

Updated 00:17 11 Apr 2016 BST

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Danny Willett benefits from shocking Jordan Spieth capitulation and nobody could quite believe it

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What the hell happened?

Jordan Spieth was sitting as pretty as pretty has ever sat on Sunday afternoon. The world number two would have slept relatively soundly on Saturday night after taking a one shot lead into the final round. That same final round was going swimmingly with a fifth hole bogey the only blemish on his front nine scorecard. Five birdies turned that into something of a non-issue. https://twitter.com/Grant_Croft/status/719270130950123521 https://twitter.com/BrockMcCullough/status/719269788074307585 https://twitter.com/bradybrown24/status/719270389692645378 https://twitter.com/ChrisFedor/status/719263907257430017 Then it all went up shit creek. Spieth bogeyed 10 and 11 before shit creek turned into shit rapids as he carded a seven on 12, throwing away the lead he had worked so tirelessly to put together. https://twitter.com/PT_91/status/719278509525491712 https://twitter.com/bradcuhz/status/719278649955000320 https://twitter.com/LauraDiakun/status/719280176211824640 https://twitter.com/Jarvy43/status/719278592576864256 And through all the #bottlejob jokes that flooded social media, a champion-elect calmly and determinedly went about his business as Sheffield's Danny Willet kept his composure to finish -5 and bite his nails while Spieth finished up. But Spieth could only par the 16th, bogey the 17th and par the 18th which led to excited phonecalls from Willett to his wife to let her know that the biggest day in their lives was coming to a close. Thankfully, there was much more focus on Willett's heroics than Spieth's capitulation at the end of an absolutely terrific and memorable Masters weekend. https://twitter.com/SamuelLJackson/status/719302279149408256 https://twitter.com/alanshearer/status/719298455588352000 https://twitter.com/AP_McCoy/status/719298354149199873 https://twitter.com/jackwhitehall/status/719299183098871809 https://twitter.com/JimWhite/status/719299468496146432 https://twitter.com/TheRealKirstyG/status/719300836782792704 https://twitter.com/KAKA/status/719300224427159552 https://twitter.com/jimbeglin/status/719299394437296128 https://twitter.com/ClonesCyclone/status/719299606081892352 https://twitter.com/LukeDonald/status/719298006558896129 https://twitter.com/P_J_Willett/status/719298720236511232 https://twitter.com/jduggantodayfm/status/719291876122222592 https://twitter.com/MichaelVaughan/status/719291588762038272 https://twitter.com/Graeme_McDowell/status/719290972492939264