Masters Winner: God Doesn't Care About Golf Scores

The son of a British vicar has won the Masters Golf Tournament, but he's not sure God had much to do with it.

Danny Willett earned the victory, thanks in part to a terrific collapse by Jordan Spieth, who had been winning the contest.

Willett did his part, turning in a tremendous performance with three birdies on the last six holes. But Spieth also blew a tremendous five-shot lead, splashing into a three-shot deficit.

"We all go out there and try and play good golf, and at the end of the day, someone has got to win the golf tournament," Willett said. "And, fortunately enough, today was my day."

Willett is from Sheffield, England. And the British website Premier.org.uk reports Willet's father is a retired vicar in the Church of England.

While Willett has spoken in the past about his faith, he distanced it from golf in an interview with Daily Express.

"I am a Christian - I was brought up in a Christian family - but a lot of the Americans take it slightly over the top at times," Willett said. "I think He has bigger things to deal with than whether I shoot 65 or not..."

But his father, the retired Rev. Stephen Willett told Premier's News Hour he thinks God is blessing his son.

"I believe very seriously in the favor of God and that's what's happening," he said. "In the last two years he's played out of his socks and I think God is honoring him for being an honorable man."

For Willett, this is a career-changing victory that almost never got started. His first child was due Sunday and he didn't plan to come to the Masters.

But perhaps by divine intervention, Zachariah James Willett came early, on March 30. That allowed the new dad to rebook his ticket to Augusta, so he could play and win the green jacket.