With Spieth only becoming the 6th man to capture The Masters and USA Open in the same year, there will be considerable press coverage leading up to the next major. And then, there are those who can claim victory with less than their best.
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It shouldn’t come as a surprise since it has never been done, but the probability of Jordan Spieth winning the Grand Slam is extremely low – about 1 percent, according to FiveThirtyEight, a statistics and analytical website. “I don’t think there is much of a rivalry”. “We will go to St Andrews looking to win and I believe we will be able to get the job done if we get the right prep in”.
“Rory has four majors and dozens of wins and I’m just starting out”.
“When I look back, obviously the last few holes of this golf course haven’t been kind to me all week, ” said McIlroy, who played holes 14 through 18 in 6 over for the tournament.
“So it’s just hard to stay patient whenever I’m not holing anything”.
For all the U.S. Golf Association’s acknowledged predilection for testing the limits of protagonists, Spieth’s ascent is still nothing short of stunning. Lowry, though, was showing some good mental strength and he rebounded again at the par-four 10th with a birdie that took to one over for his round, level for the tournament.
“I’m certainly quite a bit younger than he is”.
As thrilled as he was for his shiny trophy, Spieth was gutted for Johnson.
The victory saw Spieth join Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan and Craig Wood as the only players to have won the Masters and USA Open in the same year.
They will next clash at the year’s third major – the British Open at St Andrews in mid-July where McIlroy will have the advantage of knowing the fabled course far better than Spieth who has played just a single round there.
This new age is undoubtedly the most exciting era that golf has seen since Father Time has begun to catch up with Mickelson and Woods was involved with his series of off-the-course scandals. It would be nine more years before Sarazen won another major on his way to seven majors for his career. He also has the small consolation of being the current holder of both the Open and the United States PGA Championship. Nobody wants to win that way, especially after a week in which players grumbled about greens so choppy that it felt like putting on broccoli. “And I’m just excited for the opportunity coming then and I’m not going to think about what could possibly happen after”.
“I have played a lot of rounds with Dustin”.
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Spieth, the hottest player in the game over the past six months, raised hopes of shooting the first 62 at a major championship before he ran out of steam over the closing stretch to fire an eight-under-par 64.
