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Colin Montgomerie backs Masters champion Danny Willett for further success

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Danny Willett is backed by his brother, Matt, to enjoy more success this year after his victory at the Masters in Augusta.

Colin Montgomerie believes Danny Willett's Masters victory won't be his last major title, while he feels Jordan Spieth could be haunted by his back-nine collapse.

You saw Willett smiling and accepting what was going on out there and he was the only one that was accepting what was going on really.

He was the world's No 1 amateur, won European Tour events and then came third in the WGC events at Doral, so he has been building up to something very special. This is very special indeed.

Danny Willett of England reacts after finishing on the 18th green during the final round of the 2016 Masters Tournament at Augusta
Image: Willett carded a bogey-free 67 on Sunday

To play a bogey-free round on Sunday with five birdies and no bogeys is exceptional golf. I really do feel like there's more to come from Danny Willett and we certainly haven't heard the last of him, that's for sure.

I played a few rounds with Danny towards the end of my European Tour career and there was always huge ability and talent there. He did always believe he was going to succeed.

I believe what was very important on Sunday though was that he was playing with Lee Westwood and Billy Foster. He felt comfortable in that group with them and playing with them, so it was like a European Tour event in a way. He wasn't playing with a no-name American that he might have felt uncomfortable with.

"I think this will be very difficult for Spieth to accept and to take forward."
Colin Montgomerie

It wasn't just the tee shot at 16 that helped him secure victory, but it was the putt to follow that was special. A lot of people missed that, but he banged it in there straight.

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Then at 17 he was out of position after the second shot, but what a chip shot that followed. Viewers watching on Sky Sports would have had no idea how difficult that was, so that's why Billy gave him the thumbs up and all credit to him.

That's the sort of day they were having together, they were egging each other on which was super for both of them. He's going to go to the US Open now full of confidence.

Jordan Spieth of the United States presents Danny Willett of England with the green jacket after Willett won the final round
Image: Spieth presented Willett the Green Jacket

It's very easy to say when people win their first major that they're going to win more and more, but I really do think he is because of his attitude as well.

SPIETH WOES

You can talk about Rory's back nine here, and then how the very next major he went and won at Congressional for the US Open, but I think this will be very difficult for Spieth to accept and to take forward.

To fly in the coach showed signs of panic and you could see all week there was edginess about him.

He was shouting at the ball and talking to the ball, but the problem was that everything was going right. The bogey on 10 was because he was right, the bogey on 11 was because he was right and then the quadruple bogey at 12 he was right again.

I've had it a few times where you have either thrown it away or people have beaten you and it is difficult to accept. Will it affect him going forward? It will be interesting to see. 

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