World No4 heads to the first major of the year as one of the tournament favourites having won the green jacket in 2015
JORDAN SPIETH showed off his talent at Augusta just days before the start of the Masters.
The 2015 champion took to the 16th on Monday and impressively skimmed a ball across the water and onto the green.
The 24-year-old heads into the tournament as one of the favourites alongside Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and Dustin Johnson.
And he proved just how good he is by wowing the crowd who were watching the players practice ahead of the first day on Thursday.
It remains a tradition for the players to skim the ball across the water on the famous 16th hole on the week leading up to the Masters.
And there wouldn't be many more better efforts that Spieth's who saw his effort skip off the water five times before rolling close to the pin.
Spieth, world No4, went into the fourth and final round last year just two shots off the lead but imploded on the Sunday.
Sergio Garcia will be looking to defend the Green Jacket after winning his first major a year ago.
And he exclusively told SunSport how he almost blew his chances while taking on the notorious Amen Corner.
He said: "I’d say to anyone, enjoy Amen Corner for the incredible drama it can generate, especially on the fourth day.
“Just don’t try to play them the way I did!"
The Spaniard dropped a shot on the fearsome 11th — Augusta’s longest par four at 505 yards — to fall two shots off Justin Rose.
He scrambled a par three on the 12th, often rated the most scary short hole in the game.
But his hopes of claiming that elusive first Major title looked over when he hooked his drive into a bush on the par-five 13th.
Garcia, 38, said: “It could have finished so differently if I hadn’t managed to stay calm after that drive — because it did look like my chance might have gone."
