Spieth recaptures magic at Texas Open for 1st victory since 2017

Jordan Spieth recaptured the winning magic that propelled him to become the world No. 1 on Sunday, firing a final-round 66 to win the Texas Open by two.

The victory over Charley Hoffman marks Spieth's 12th career win and his first since the 2017 Open Championship.

"This is a monumental win for me, one I've been waiting for for a long time," Spieth said afterward, according to Golf Digest's Dave Shedloski.

The 27-year-old began the final round sharing the lead with Englishman Matt Wallace, but he quickly started to separate himself from the field. He made two early birdies and didn't look back.

Hoffman made things interesting with a back-nine charge, but Spieth came up with an important birdie on the par-4 17th to give himself a two-shot cushion going into the last hole.

All he needed to do was tap in for par to snap a winless drought that lasted nearly four years.

"There were a lot of times I wasn't sure if I'd be here with you, talking to you about this right now," he told the Golf Channel's Steve Sands during his post-win interview. "I never really doubted in myself to be able to get back to where I wanted to go, but when you lose confidence, a lot of the time it's hard to see the positives going forward."

Spieth's win at TPC San Antonio comes 1,351 days after he claimed his third major championship at the 2017 Open.

He also moves to No. 38 in the world rankings the week before heading to Augusta National in pursuit of his second career green jacket.

Here's the final top of the leaderboard: