No Doubt Golf Is in a Golden Era After Jordan Spieth Wins Thrilling US Open

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Published: June 22, 2015

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Amid the endless stretches of brown at Chambers Bay, another color rose just as the sun set on the 2015 U.S. Open. It was gold, the color of the new era that dawned for golf on Sunday.

Jordan Spieth’s survival in golf’s toughest test unmistakably signals that the game has moved on to new hands. New and young.

With victories in the year’s first two majors, Spieth has served notice he’ll be around for a lot longer than 15 minutes of fame. At 21, he showed remarkable technique, drive and resilience, winning with a clutch birdie on the 18th hole right after he butchered No. 17 with a double bogey.

So don’t be afraid to say it. The coming years for golf could be every bit as good as the era of Jack vs. Arnie, or Tiger against the world. That’s how good the future looks after seeing Spieth blindside the game’s veterans twice in a row for two of the sport’s biggest prizes.

The kid is a lovable robot. Wind him up and he goes on attack, jabbering all the way. He agonized over missed putts but never pouted. His body language begs for an audience, and he never sulks. His two majors before the age of 22 also give him an accomplishment Tiger Woods never managed.

And he is playing so incredibly well at the moment that there’s a tremendous temptation to declare him one-of-a-kind. Except for one thing, or rather one human.

That would be 26-year-old Rory McIlroy, winner of the last two majors of 2014.

If golfing gods truly exist, then they will be certain to have these two unstoppable forces collide next month, when the game returns to its most sacred turf.



The British Open at St. Andrews appears fated to at least temporarily settle the score between the game’s two greatest young guns.

McIlroy will try to become the British Open’s first repeat winner since Padraig Harrington in 2007-08, while ...
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