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As Jordan Spieth stepped through the long Saturday afternoon shadows and onto the 17th tee here at Augusta National, the Masters was all but over, certainly as over as it can be with 20 holes remaining. Spieth was up four strokes and was about to close his seventh consecutive round leading this tournament. The nearest challengers were Smylie Kaufman, he of one career victory, and Bernhard Langer, who's 58 years old.