This year saw Rory McIlroy achieve his first Masters top-10 finish - but the Northern Irishman really needs to eliminate that one destructive round that prevents him from challenging for the Green Jacket.
This was his fifth successive Masters to include a round of 77 or worse but the two-time major winner undoubtedly has the game for Augusta. Expect McIlroy and Spieth to provide a compelling Augusta rivalry in future years.
It didn't quite happen for English pair Lee Westwood and Justin Rose. Westwood is good enough to contend but remains wanting when it is time to press the accelerator on the final day.
Rose was largely undone by a first-round 76 and deserves credit for battling back. So does Ian Poulter - who followed an opening 76 with two rounds of 70 before slipping back to two over on the final day - but he needs something extra in his game to make the most of his tenacity.
The Englishman tweeted afterwards that he will win a Green Jacket one day but he lacks the firepower of a Watson, Adam Scott or Mickelson. It would be a brave bet.
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