Masters 2021: Jordan Spieth has earned consideration as favorite at Augusta amid two-month resurgence

Spieth's climb to the top of the betting boards goes far beyond just his first win in four years at the Texas Open

Easter weekend may have passed, but the resurrection of Jordan Spieth's career continues. Spieth capped a two-month heater with a victory at the Texas Open on Sunday over Charley Hoffman and Matt Wallace, and, improbably, the 27-year-old former wunderkind has now stumbled into life within the group of 2021 Masters favorites. This was an almost unfathomable scenario as recently as Jan. 1. Spieth, affectionately known as "the lost boy" in golf podcasting circles, could be spotted on every event's driving range for the last few years trying to find that evasive glory he captured as a 20-year-old that made him the best golfer on the planet. Since the start of 2018, he had missed more cuts than he'd had top 10s. He missed the cut again at the Farmers Insurance Open in January, to the surprise of nobody, and dropped to No. 92 in the world heading into the Phoenix Open. The calendar turned to a new year, but it was the same Spieth.