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Spieth ends four-year drought in Valero Texas Open as Masters looms

JORDAN SPIETH’S odds of claiming his second green jacket shortened considerably last night when he ended a 1,351-day drought with a “monumental” two-shot victory in the Valero Texas Open.

Spieth ends four-year drought in Valero Texas Open as Masters looms

Round up: McIlroy struggles; Selfridge contending; Hoey eight back

Rory McIlroy got up and down nicely from sand for birdie at the 18th to ease his fears of not making the cut but the world No 1 may not be able to stop Jason Day or even Jordan Spieth from taking his world No 1 crown in Boston on Monday.

Round up: McIlroy struggles; Selfridge contending; Hoey eight back

Harrington scrambles to remain in touch

Pádraig Harrington speaks to reporters on the range before his third round. The third round might have been as disappointing as he feared but 13 months after confessing that he was “close to the heebie-jeebies on the greens,” Pádraig Harrington could thank his belly putter for keeping his title hopes alive in the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands last night.

Harrington squares away the Golden Triangle

Pádraig Harrington celebrates as his 51-foot birdie putt drops on the 15th in the opening round of the Travelers Championship. Pádraig Harrington put his US Open frustrations behind him when he reeled off a hat-trick of birdies at TPC River Highlands’ feared Golden Triangle to open with a four under 66 in the Travelers Championship in Connecticut.
Harrington squares away the Golden Triangle