re: Where does Spieth's melt rank all time?

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How in the world he was in sole possession of the lead for three straight days with as many bad shots as he hit I'll never understand. It's a testament to how great his short game has been. He was playing far from his best golf yet he held the Masters lead for three straight days. I find that very impressive.

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It was very impressive. The conditions called for grinding it out and that's what he did. However he just seemed a bit "off" in that he really stumbled down the stretch Saturday and throughout the tournament, every time he seemed to get a little separation, he did something to come back to the field. He was doing a lot of scrambling and sometimes you're flirting with disaster when you're doing that. His meltdown/collapse was probably inenvitable in some form or fashion, I just never expected it to be a quadruple bogey.

Let's not forget that Smylie Kaufman was hacking around and I bet that didn't help Spieth's mojo.