Jordan Spieth Looks Like Tiger Woods 2.0 After Masters-US Open Double at 21

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Published: June 22, 2015

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UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — There’s always a star in the future. And in the wings. There’s always another great one ready to move in, to keep us enthralled in golf. Always another Jack Nicklaus. Or Tiger Woods.

Always a Jordan Spieth.

He’s not the new Tiger, because Woods was unique in his preparation, his focus and intensity, and his ability to will himself to victory while the field ran for cover.

But Spieth is the new, exciting face of American golf. The same weekend the game lamented the decline of Woods, the game hailed the brilliance of Spieth. And much in the way that Woods’ domination allowed him to break records and put him on track for more, so too is Spieth forging that path.

We already knew what Spieth could do when, in April, he won the Masters, the second-youngest ever to do it (not surprisingly behind Tiger’s triumph in 1997). Then Sunday, on the afternoon of the summer solstice—and you can find symbolism in that—Spieth, at 21, won the U.S. Open, becoming only the sixth man in history to win both tournaments in the same year.



“He’s a first-class guy with an assassin inside,” said Andy North, the ESPN commentator who, as a player, twice won the Open himself. “You couldn’t ask for a better combination.”

Or for a better final day of America’s golfing championship, the lead going hither and yon until, stunningly, Dustin Johnson, who led early and rallied to tie, three-putted the 72nd hole. That left Spieth, who shot a one-under-par 69 with a cumulative five-under-par 275, one shot in front of Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen (who shot 67).

That also left Spieth with the enticing possibility of doing what never has been done: the Grand Slam; the four majors won in a calendar year.

In 1930, Bobby Jones took what were then the big four: the U.S. and British Opens, and ...
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