{"id":18575,"date":"2025-06-27T08:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18575\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:22:14","slug":"hes-the-golfer-whose-only-pga-tour-win-came-at-the-masters-after-overturning-a-seven-shot-deficit-on-the-back-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/18575\/","title":{"rendered":"He’s the golfer whose only PGA Tour win came at The Masters after overturning a seven-shot deficit on the back-nine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Masters has produced some of the most enthralling back-nine finishes in the history of the game throughout the years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Augusta National<\/a> has played host to the greatest champions ever to have graced the game.<\/p>\n

And as a result, the roster of Masters<\/a> champions is arguably the most impressive out of any golf tournament on the planet.<\/p>\n

Rory McIlroy was the most recent name to be engraved on The Masters trophy<\/a>, and the Northern Irishman completing the Grand Slam at Augusta was the latest in a long line of thrilling finishes to the greatest golfing spectacle in the world.<\/p>\n

We have seen proven champions crowned time and time again at Augusta National.<\/p>\n

\"ThePhoto by Jamie Squire\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

However, there have been plenty of surprise winners as well.<\/p>\n

Perhaps none more so than the man who was presented with a green jacket nine years ago.<\/p>\n

Danny Willett\u2019s only PGA Tour win came at The Masters in 2016<\/p>\n

Willett\u2019s chances of winning The Masters looked bleak to say the least when he stood on the 10th tee at two-under par for the tournament.<\/p>\n

Spieth was six-under par standing on the same tee around 30 minutes later.<\/p>\n

However, from that point on, things changed drastically for both players.<\/p>\n

Willett carded a bogey-free round of 67 on Sunday, and he played the back nine in 33. Meanwhile, Spieth completely collapsed and shot a back-nine score of five-over par 41, including a quadruple bogey seven on the par-three 12th hole.<\/p>\n

\"DannyPhoto by Rob Carr\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The former world number one looked shell-shocked as his swing deserted him, while the Englishman snuck through the back door to take the spoils, getting the better of Spieth by three shots in the end.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Willett though, his Masters success was, and still is, his one and only victory on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n

Willett\u2019s PGA Tour record since 2016 Masters win<\/p>\n

The now 36-year-old lost his game completely not long after triumphing at Augusta National.<\/p>\n

He hasn\u2019t won again on the PGA Tour since that magical Sunday in 2016, although he has tasted victory three times on the DP World Tour \u2013 in 2018, 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n

Willett went on to play in the 2016 Ryder Cup<\/a> at Hazeltine after his Masters win, but he lost all three of his matches.<\/p>\n

He has recorded just eight top-10s on the PGA Tour over the past nine years.<\/p>\n

In 2025, he has just one top-10 to his name in 10 events, only two top-25 finishes and has missed four cuts.<\/p>\n

Life after winning a major for the first time often proves to be extremely difficult. Willett obviously wouldn\u2019t change his win at the Masters in 2016 for anything, but it\u2019s fair to argue that it hindered his future chances of success in the long run.<\/p>\n

That said, the Englishman is only 37, and he has plenty of time left to get his game back to where it needs to be.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Masters has produced some of the most enthralling back-nine finishes in the history of the game throughout…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[17647,1430,62,17648,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-18575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-danny-willett","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-the-masters","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114754364771474866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}