Jordan Spieth admits relief after late mistakes on Saturday

Jordan Spieth refused to get carried away despite producing another solid round at the Masters.

Jordan Spieth admitted to a sense of relief after securing a four-shot lead going into the final round of the Masters at Augusta.

Spieth carded his worst round of the week so far, a two under par 70, and a lead of seven at one point on the back-nine was cut to four by the time he putted out on the 18th.

His worst mistake came at the 17th, where a wayward drive and a poor chip led to a double-bogey six, and he was lucky to escape further damage at the last.

A poor approach shot landed in the middle of the crowd, but Spieth produced a fine chip from the other side of a bunker and holed from inside eight feet to keep his advantage over a charging Justin Rose.

"I thought two under would be a good score today but obviously being four under and closing at two under is disappointing, but it could have been worse and I was very pleased with that up and down on 18," said Spieth, whose 54-hole total of 200 provided him with another Masters record.

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"It took some guts to hit that flop shot and the par putt was huge, one of the biggest putts I have ever hit.

"I was very frustrated. I didn't do any scoreboard watching until the 15th and then knew I was six clear and pars were good scores on the last two holes.

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"Driver should never have come out of my bag at that point. I was getting a little erratic with the driver and could have hit three-wood, eight iron.

"It felt a little bit different out there. It was weird.

"I played in the morning yesterday and I had more than 24 hours from the time I finished to the time I teed off and that's a long time to sit on a lead like that. Maybe I got a little bit anxious at times."

See if Jordan Spieth can hold on to his Masters lead with coverage of the final round on Sky Sports 4 from 6:00pm on Sunday.

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