article_snippet.sent: Overnight leader Jordan Spieth, who hit a fine putt to par the 18th and make it a three-way play-off, had been eliminated on a third hole.
article_snippet.sent: Spieth's one-shot overnight lead evaporated almost before Johnson Wagner had time to warm up on the course thanks to JB Holmes blistering start.
article_snippet.sent: Overnight leader Jordan Spieth saw Overnight leader Jordan Spieth advantage go before Overnight leader Jordan Spieth was on the course, but made a play-off .
article_snippet.sent: The 21-year-old, who could have gone second in the world rankings with victory in Houston, just missed taxing birdie shots on 16 and 17 to take it all down to Overnight leader Jordan Spieth final hole.
article_snippet.sent: And just after Overnight leader Jordan Spieth tee shot narrowly avoided the bunker, Overnight leader Jordan Spieth dramatically birdied the par-four 18th with a 25ft putt to card a 69 and create a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard.
article_snippet.sent: Spieth still had the chance to win Spieth outright but found a bunker, and Spieth needed a fine 42ft chip
article_snippet.sent: and then a 12ft putt to rescue par and join a play-off.
article_snippet.sent: Overnight leader Jordan Spieth found a bunker with Overnight leader Jordan Spieth second shot, and then made a poor shot out from a difficult lie, claiming something had distracted Overnight leader Jordan Spieth during Overnight leader Jordan Spieth backswing.
article_snippet.sent: Overnight leader Jordan Spieth would be eliminated with a bogey.
article_snippet.sent: Spieth was the first to drop out in the play-offs, after bogeying the first hole to fall out of contention .
article_snippet.sent: Overnight leader Jordan Spieth celebrates Overnight leader Jordan Spieth birdie at the eighteenth, to earn a place in a play-off, but Overnight leader Jordan Spieth fell just short .
article_snippet.sent: but Overnight leader Jordan Spieth's putt from four feet lipped out
highlights_snippet.sent: Jordan Spieth had crashed out on first hole after all three finish 16 under .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Englishman Paul Casey is best-placed Brit, finishing four shots back .