The week ahead
What: The 81st Masters, the first major of the season
When: Thursday-next Sunday
Where: Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Club
TV: ESPN and Ch. 4
Last year: Danny Willett won the Masters with a 67 in the final round. Jordan Spieth lost it with a quadruple bogey on the 12th hole. Spieth had a five-shot lead until starting the back nine Sunday with two bogeys, then hitting two shots in Rae's Creek and making 7 on the par-3 12th. He never caught up. Willett became the first player from England to win the green jacket since 1996, when Nick Faldo closed with a 67 and took advantage of a collapse by Greg Norman.
Chip shots: Rory McIlroy needs a Masters victory to become only the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam. This will be his third attempt at it. … Dustin Johnson will try to become only the fourth player to win the Masters as the No. 1-ranked player in the world.
Associated Press
