16-Year-Old Jordan Spieth Taking the Byron Nelson, PGA Tour, by Storm

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Published: May 23, 2010

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If you didn't know the name Jordan Spieth before the Byron Nelson, you certainly know the name now.

The 16-year-old phenom from Jesuit College Prep High School right here in Dallas, Texas, has taken this tournament over and has made fans forget all about Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

His galleries have been the biggest all week and Jordan became the sixth youngest player ever to make a PGA Tour cut and he's made the best of his first PGA Tour event. His friends, family, school classmates, and his teachers have all made appearances here in Dallas to root on young Spieth but it's not just his family that gets him fired up, it's the large gallery as well.

During his post-round press conference on Saturday, Spieth commented that he wanted to get the gallery into it right off the bat, and he did just that on the very first hole.

After an errant tee shot into the left side rough, he flew the green and landed in the green-side bunker on the right side. Walking up, he still heard claps and encouragement from fans and friends alike that had come to walk the course with him.

Spieth, after looking over his shot from the bunker, promptly fired a perfect shot that rolled into the cup, sending the gallery into a full force frenzy.

It didn't stop there, Spieth rolled in tough par save on the second hole with a right-to-left break that, once again, sent the crowd into a roar.

From there, Spieth had an up-and-down time over the next seven holes going bogey, birdie, birdie, bogey, and finishing the final three holes on the front nine with three straight pars.

Through most of the round, Jordan made his usual tip of the cap after a made putt or as he was walking down the fairway. But his emotions were apparently being bottled up for one moment, and that moment came on the 12th green.

Spieth, with ice in his veins, drained a long par save and did his best Tiger Wo...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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