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Jordan Spieth keen to forget nightmare finish in Masters third round

Defending champion Jordan Spieth admits that he will struggle to forget how his poor third-round finish has left the destiny of the 80th Masters up in the air.

Jordan Spieth has said that he must try to "throw away" any memories of his poor third-round finish during the final day of The Masters later today.

Spieth, the defending champion, has now led for seven straight rounds at Augusta, but his one-shot advantage over fellow American Smylie Kaufman would be much more convincing had he not gone bogey-double bogey on the 17th and 18th yesterday.

"I just have to absolutely throw it away, the finish to this round, pretend it's a new round, everyone is tied and you have to shoot the best score to win," Spieth told reporters.

"[I have to] understand it's the position I wanted to be in after 54 holes and not think about the finish to this round. It's going to be very difficult. I played the last three holes, the last two days, five-over-par. There was no challenge in those holes really.

"If I'm at five, six-under, that certainly brings anyone who is over-par almost out of the tournament. And now with very little wind [on Sunday], someone gets on a run and shoots six, seven-under, I know I have to shoot a significant under-par round in order to win this tournament, when I could have played a different style of golf like I did on Sunday last year."

Spieth is aiming to become the fourth player after Jack Nicklaus, Sir Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods to win back-to-back titles in the year's first Major.

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Jordan Spieth in action during the first round of The Masters on April 7, 2016
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