Spieth's Masters meltdown leaves his peers shocked

By Mark Lamport-Stokes AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - World number one Jason Day was "absolutely shocked" while Lee Westwood pointed to the fine line between success and disaster at the Masters after Jordan Spieth's astonishing collapse in Sunday's final round. American Spieth, seeking a second consecutive victory at Augusta National and a third major title, was five strokes ahead before he imploded with a bogey-bogey start to the back nine followed by a quadruple-bogey 7 at the 12th. "I was on (hole) 15 and I was absolutely shocked when I saw Jordan go from five (under) to one (under)," Australian Day said after closing with a one-over 73 to share 10th place.

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