The American beat his compatriot on the primary gap of their sudden-death playoff at Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks, recording a par whereas Cantlay may solely register a bogey.
It capped off a outstanding Sunday for Spieth, who roared into rivalry with a five-under 66 — together with two eagles within the opening 5 holes — setting the clubhouse lead at 13-under par.
Cantlay carded a final-round 68 to hitch Spieth on the prime of the leaderboard, however after each gamers discovered the bunker on the 18th gap within the playoff, Spieth produced a second of magic from the sand to say his thirteenth PGA Tour victory with FedExCup champion Cantlay solely capable of finding the again of the inexperienced along with his bunker shot.
Afterwards, three-time main winner Spieth praised his spouse, Annie, for instilling some calm in him after a disappointing spherical on Saturday.
“I used to be about as upset after the spherical yesterday as I’ve ever been in a golf event,” Spieth instructed the media.
“There’s simply no excuse for these type of mind farts as knowledgeable to myself, but in addition to Michael (Greller), who’s working his butt off, to go on the market and try this, that would probably have an effect on the end result of a event. And I’ve carried out that plenty of instances on this stretch within the final 4 weeks.
“So Annie instructed me final night time, ‘It’s essential take 5 seconds now’ — and she or he by no means feedback on my golf. ‘It’s essential take 5 seconds, when you miss a putt, earlier than you hit your tap-in.’ So I thought of it in the present day. There was a pair instances I used to be simply going to rake it, and I used to be like, ‘No, I’ve obtained to take 5 seconds.’ I am simply glad it did not find yourself affecting all of it, to be sincere. Simply made it slightly extra thrilling on the finish.”
‘Biggest par of my life’
Spieth’s victory comes after an entertaining few days in South Carolina.
A deer was the star of the present on Friday, when it broke from the timber and proceeded to prance down the green whereas the previous world No. 1 took some observe swings.
And there have been nonetheless extra surprises thrown up by the course in Sunday’s remaining spherical, particularly for South African Dylan Frittelli.
On the par-four sixth gap, Frittelli hit his drive which drifted left and into a gaggle of timber.
As a substitute of discovering his ball on the ground with an ungainly angle to the inexperienced, it was much more difficult for the 31-year-old.
His ball had been caught within the branches of the tree, coming to about his eye degree. So to keep away from taking a drop and a penalty, Frittelli grabbed his putter and hit it out of the tree and onto the green.
From there, he hit his iron shot onto the inexperienced and drained the putt to save lots of what seemed to be a outstanding par.
Or that is what he thought on the time.
“I believed this is able to be the best Par of my life,” Frittelli tweeted. “I used to be assessed a 2-stroke penalty for ‘standing astride’ my supposed line of play throughout this shot. The principles of golf stay undefeated.”
He completed one-over par and tied for 66th within the subject.
