‘Don’t mention the mud balls’: Jordan Spieth hints at Masters censorship

• Former Masters champion hits out over mud balls
• You're not supposed to talk about them'

Jordan Spieth has suggested the organisers of the Masters are applying censorship to competitors in relation to a golfing annoyance: mud balls.

Spieth, the champion at Augusta National in 2015, is playing only for a place in 2025 after a third round of 69 moved him to one under par. This marked Spieth's best round of this Masters by four but the Texan cut a frustrated figure. When mud attaches itself to a ball, a regular Masters feature and primarily from drives, approach shots can be impacted.