Spieth enjoys RBC Heritage win after 'worst feeling' at The Masters

Jordan Spieth admitted that the frustration of missing the cut at The Masters helped fuel him to victory at the RBC Heritage.

Spieth, who claimed his maiden major victory at the 2015 Masters and has registered three further top-three finishes at Augusta National, made a surprise early exit from the opening men's major of the year last week.

The former world No 1 bounced back at Harbour Town Golf Club to secure a 13th PGA Tour title, overturning a three-stroke deficit on the final day before defeating Ryder Cup teammate Patrick Cantlay on the first extra play-off hole.

"I've never missed a cut at the Masters before and very rarely had not had a chance to win on the weekend, so I hated it," Spieth admitted. "It was the worst feeling as a golfer that I can remember.

"It's my favorite tournament in the world and I just love contending at that event. I was hitting it really, really well and honestly just didn't feel like I deserved to miss that cut. I felt like I hit shots right where I wanted to and ended up somehow at six over.

"It wasn't playing easy, but I felt like I got some unfortunate breaks on some pretty committed and nice shots. I've been hitting the ball really, really well all spring, better than I did last year, and I just haven't been scoring. So I just, I put in a lot of hours on the putting green this week, and to be honest, if it helped incrementally, it was just enough.

"I've got a lot more work to do. I've been putting a lot of work into my full swing, and that certainly takes away some of the time you put into other parts of your game, including putting. I think I can kind of shift the other direction now and get to really working on the stroke, which is what I tried to do this week off of last week.