Jordan Spieth: A Lookback at His 7 Career PGA TOUR Wins
By Ryan Andrade
2015 Masters Tournament
Jordan Spieth wins at Augusta in an historic wire-to-wire fashion.
There is no bigger tournament in the sport than the Masters. As he drove down Magnolia Lane, Spieth’s confidence was sky high after his last 3 starts. He won at the Valspar, and finished second the prior two weeks before the Masters at the Valero Texas Open and Shell Houston Open. He had redemption on his mind as well.
He was in the final pairing with eventual champion Bubba Watson and held the lead at one point in the final round. He couldn’t get it done. Spieth had to watch Bubba walk up to the 18th green getting cheered from the crowd. It made Spieth want to be where Watson was next year. 365 days could not go by fast enough for Spieth.
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He didn’t waste anytime getting started, as he fired an 8-under-par 64 on Thursday. It was one shot off the Augusta National course record and major championship round record. Spieth stole the spotlight as he teed off late and was the overwhelming storyline throughout almost all of the TV coverage for the afternoon.
They say the hardest thing to do in golf is follow up a great round with another one. Well, Spieth didn’t have any issues with that. Teeing up in the morning he was able to keep his momentum and shot a 6-under-par 66. That brought him to an unbelievable 14-under-par through two rounds at Augusta. That, as you might imagine, is the lowest 36 hole score in Masters history and ties the lowest 36 hole score in major championship history. He would take a five shot lead into the weekend.
It was on cruise from there for Jordan Spieth as he shot a pair of 70’s on the weekend to win by 4 shots. His 18-under-par total was matched only by Tiger Woods’ 1997 “Win for the Ages.” You could make the argument that Spieth’s victory should be called the same thing. Spieth led wire-to-wire and became the new face of American golf with the win. He was the 2nd youngest winner of the Masters, as Tiger had him beat by about 5 months back in 1997.
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— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) April 14, 2015
It was great for Spieth’s career that he got his major championship tally up and running at such a young age. The first major is always the most difficult to get – just ask Phil Mickelson. Getting close so many times and not being able to pull it out can be extremely frustrating. Jordan Spieth didn’t have to worry about that. He continued his early season momentum and redeemed himself from the year prior.
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