World's no. 1 Golfer motivated to join list of Masters defenders

After a 2015 to remember for Jordan Spieth, the world number one is already setting targets for 2016 including joining three of the golf's luminaries in defending The Masters.

Spieth won two majors, the Tour Championship, amassed the most money ever made in a single season and climbed to the top of the world rankings in a stunning 2015.

The amiable American has no intention of resting on his laurels, though, and is targeting winning a second green jacket having won the first major of his career at Augusta last April.

Only Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods have achieved such a feat, and Spieth says joining such esteemed company is what motivates him to chase history.

"That's [adding to the list of players to defend the Masters] is certainly something that motivates me," Spieth told the official Augusta website.

"When asked, I was pretty constant in my response to that throughout the year and at the Open Championship and the PGA. When you have a chance to chase history, that's what we're doing it for.

"It's rare to get a chance to chase history at anything you can do. But when you get a chance to do it you may as well work as hard as you can for it. That's how your legacy is left.

"When I come back to my favourite tournament as a defending champion, sure there's a lot that goes with that but I certainly hope I'm healthy and coming in as confident as I was this past year and that will be on my mind to try and be that next history maker."

Last week, Spieth returned to Augusta for the first time since his victory and found out that his locker in the Champions Locker room is shared by the legendary Arnold Palmer, a four-time Masters champion.

"To share a locker with Mr Palmer, that's historic and something I'll be able to tell my kids of kids of kids passed down," Spieth added.

"I knew I'd be with somebody. It doesn't matter who you’re with in there, it's special. It just seems to be with 'The King', a pretty special moment."