Jordan Spieth won his first Masters golf tournament in record-breaking style, as well as being the first wire-to-wire winner since 1976. Spieth tied the lowest 72-hole record in Masters tournament history, at -18. He also had the most birdies in one tournament at 28. This was Spieth’s first major victory of his career.
Spieth beat both Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose by 4 strokes, and #1 player in the world, Rory McIlroy by 6 strokes. Also of note, Tiger Woods showed some life, finishing tied for 17th, but 13 strokes back of Spieth. This was the first tournament that he has finished under par in almost 2 years, if you can believe that.
Will Jordan Spieth replace Tiger Woods as the next great American golfer? He’s only 21, and from Dallas, Texas. He’s 4 years younger than McIlroy, but has been steadily getting better in the past few years. It seems as if these two, for the most part, will be the future in the men’s golf game.
I’m not a huge golf fan to be honest. But while I was having lunch on Sunday, I was watching the Masters. Maybe it was just that point in the tournament during the final round, but no one looked particularly impressive to me. I saw Rose and Woods hit drives into the crowd, and Spieth was even struggling in his putting during the time I watched. I was thinking I could play that well, but of course that’s absurd, isn’t it?
The results of Spieth for the entire Masters shows how well he played all 4 rounds, especially the first 2 rounds. He set the 36-hole and 54-hole records at the Masters this past weekend. He was already -14 halfway through the tournament.
Like always, much of the attention went to Woods. He is a 4-time Masters champion, but is now out of the Top 100 golfers. It was good to see him his game improve, but I don’t think he will ever get his game back to even close to where it was. Can we start focusing mainly on the winners, and upcoming stars, then those in the twilight of their career?
The next major is the U.S. Open in June. Can Spieth win another, or will McIlroy reassert himself, or will a new star appear?
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