Jordan Spieth at US Open 2015: Leaderboard Score, Twitter Reaction from Sunday

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Published: June 22, 2015

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The present and future of golf belong to Jordan Spieth. The 21-year-old captured his second major of the year, winning the 2015 U.S. Open.

At five under for the tournament, he finished one shot ahead of Dustin Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen. You can view the final leaderboard below:



According to Bleacher Report, Spieth is the youngest golfer to win two majors since 1922.

The other golfers to have won the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year don't make for a bad list, either, per ESPN.com's Jason Sobel:



Spieth's triumph all came down to Johnson's final putt on 18.

A double-bogey from Spieth on 17 opened up a three-way tie at four under between he, Johnson and Oosthuizen. Oosthuizen entered the clubhouse first, so he had to hope that neither Spieth nor Johnson birdied 18.

Spieth did exactly that, moving to five under and grabbing a one-shot lead. The MMQB's Peter King was surprised at how composed Spieth remained on No. 18 despite throwing two strokes away on the previous hole. Something like that could have a significant mental impact on other golfers:



Johnson still had the final say on the outcome. His second shot on 18 landed roughly 13 feet from the hole, which at the very least left him in a great position to birdie the hole. CBS Sports joked the end to the final round might end up aging Spieth a bit as he awaited Johnson's shot:



Sergio Garcia was glued to the action in the clubhouse:



Johnson's eagle putt missed left and coasted past the hole. He still had a very makeable birdie putt but watched as the ball slipped just off the lip. That handed Spieth the title in rather anticlimactic fashion.

"I'm in shock. I feel bad for Dustin", Spieth would say after the match, per Jason Sobel of ESPN.com. 

But Spieth will take the win all the same. And it's not like he si...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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