First, the Masters and Players didn’t know what had hit them. Then, Spieth didn’t know what had hit him. In 2014, on debut in both events, the 20-year-old had the lead with 11 holes to play in the year’s first major and 14 holes to play in the game’s ‘fifth major’. From there, he played the final 11 holes at Augusta in three-over to finish three behind Bubba Watson, and fell apart even more dramatically at the Players. “Right now it really, really stings,” admitted Spieth after his final round at Sawgrass. “But almost everything is positive. One day, I think I’ll look back and laugh at these moments.”

Sieger says: “You’ve got to learn how to lose before you can learn how to win. It’s all down to pressure. To win the biggest titles you need to be comfortable under pressure, but until you are under real pressure you don’t know how you will react. Most people don’t react well under extreme pressure for the first time and Spieth and Rory McIlroy, who blew at the 2011 Masters, are proof of this. But where McIlroy and Spieth differ from most is that instead of ruminating on these failures, they learn from them, and don’t repeat them the next time. McIlroy won his next major and Spieth won his next Masters.