PGA Tour: What Can Jordan Spieth Do as an Encore to 2015?

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Published: October 14, 2015

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Hear no evil. See no evil. Spieth no evil.

Imagine, for a moment, being 21 years old. For most that turns your once-suffocating drivers license into a golden ticket. Now imagine Jordan Spieth, starting the season at said age, and having for himself one of the best—certainly the richest—years in the history of golf.

With slightly more than $12 million in tournament earnings plus a $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup Playoffs, Spieth, now 22 years old, earned a million dollars for each precocious year.

Spieth said in Steve DiMeglio’s USA Today :

I have an opportunity now, with a year like this and a bonus like that, to celebrate and to share it with the people that have made it possible. Our team did an unbelievable job this year. Everything was exactly how we needed it to be to peak at the right times. If we can continue to do that, then we'll have more seasons like this.

Is that even possible? What can we expect as encore from the young man who won five times, including two majors, and tallied 10 top-threes in the 25 tournaments?

Just about anything Spieth does in 2016 will be a letdown compared to what he did this past season. Top two in three of the four majors? Winning the FedEx Cup Playoffs? $22 million?

Realistically, expect a dip in performance. Players who win two majors in a year fail to win one the following year. Since 1980 seven golfers (excluding Spieth) have won two or more majors in a single year (Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Nick Price, Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy). Only Woods parlayed that multiple-major year by winning at least one the following season.

In 2014 Rory McIlroy won two majors and, while somewhat competitive, never truly threatened with his best finish being a solo fourth in the Masters.

Padraig Harrington, after winning two majors in 2008, could do no better than a ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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