Jordan Spieth: A Lookback at His 7 Career PGA TOUR Wins

2015 U.S. Open

Jordan Spieth finds magic down the stretch as Dustin Johnson falters.

One major was in the books. One player had a chance at the Grand Slam. The only question is how Spieth could possibly follow up a performance like the one at the Masters.

The 2015 U.S. Open would take place at a new venue for major championship play. Many players and media members were outspoken on the condition of the greens at Chambers Bay. The criticism was fair. We are used to seeing brown and patchy greens at the U.S. Open, but never like what players faced that week at Chambers Bay. It was taken to the next level.

Here are a few of the tweets from some upset players.

The only player that wasn’t going to be upset with the USGA and course was going to be the guy holding the trophy.

It was set up so that the man who putted the best was going to take home the trophy. Enter Jordan Spieth. He leads just about every putting category you can think of. Imperfections in the green actually play into the better putters hands because it is much more difficult to keep the ball on line. Spieth was able to use that for his advantage.

Jordan Spieth got the week off to a great start by going 68-67 in his first two rounds respectively. This got him into the lead going into the weekend at 5-under-par. He would take a step back on Saturday, as he shot 1-over-par, and would be in the second to last pairing in the final round.

Spieth was 1-under par through his first 15 holes on Sunday. He was tied for the lead, but needed a spark. The 16th hole was a good birdie opportunity, as it was a short par-4. Spieth would have expected to have a closer birdie putt than 25 feet, but had to suck it up. People already are starting to call him the greatest mid-range putter of all time. This is why:

That putt would give Spieth the solo lead after playing partner Branden Grace double-bogeyed the hole. It was just another highlight to add to all of the clutch performances late in tournaments he has shown throughout his very young PGA TOUR career.

He then came up to difficult par-3 17th hole where he was just trying to make a par. His tee shot was well right and in trouble. It took two hacks to get it out of the rough. It was a crushing double bogey to send Spieth back to 4-under-par and tied for the lead with Louis Oosthuizen who was in the club house at 4-under.

18 was a reachable par-5, and after a perfect drive Spieth had a go at the green. His ball squirted just a little right, but was perfect after it barely caught the slope. It would feed down to the hole and Spieth would have about 18 feet for eagle. Unfortunately he was unable to convert, and settled for the birdie.

It was down to Spieth and Dustin Johnson. Johnson had just birdied the 17th to get to 4-under-par. He knew he needed birdie at the last. Johnson absolutely bombed his drive past the bunkers, leaving himself just an iron into the par-5. The approach was as pure as it gets, and Johnson had about 12 feet left for eagle and the win.

Johnson got just a little frisky with his first putt, as it slid by the hole. That left him tricky 4 footer. Just what you didn’t want to leave yourself with. At the same time, we all still expected that he would make it.

It was another major heartbreak for Dustin Johnson, who is still in search of his first. Jordan Spieth said what everyone else watching was thinking, “I’m in shock.”

Instead of being remembered as the U.S. Open with the awful greens, it will be remembered for what Dustin Johnson did on the 18th green. Spieth did what all the great one’s before him did, he put himself in a position to have a shot.

Spieth now had won the first two majors of 2015. The narrative had changed to could he win the last two majors of 2015.

Next: Spieth Wins at the Site of His First