Jordan Spieth

Last week I blogged about the masters. I think in the weeks and days leading up to the Masters, some of the biggest stories was Tiger coming back, Rory looking to win his first Green Jacket, or Bubba looking for his 3rd masters win in 4 years. What may have been overlooked was a young 21 year old kid named Jordan Spieth. During his memorable run at this years Masters, Jordan Spieth broke a number of Masters records. Jordan set records for best 36 hole score with -14, 54 hole score with -16, and tied with Tiger for best 72 hole score with -18, which Tiger accomplished back in 1997. Jordan got a birdie on the 15 hole in the 4th round to put him at -19, the first player ever to accomplish this feat at the Masters. He was able to set the record for most birdies in a Masters with 28, crushing Phil Mickelson's previous record of 25. It was at this point Phil Nantz exclaimed, "I've never seen anything like it." For that last remaining few people who may not have believed in him yet, he definitely got their attention. Continuing his reign of dominance, Jordan was the 2nd man in 100 years to go wire-to-wire while coming in at only 21 years of age. Walter Hagan accomplished this feat in 1914, but his numbers were not nearly the same as Jordan's. This means that Jordan stayed atop the leaderboard the entire weekend and retained the best score after each of the 4 rounds.  Finally, Speith is the second player since World War II to card three victories before turning 22. The only other golfer to accomplish this: Tiger Woods. There are many people who will say that Jordan's run still is not as dominant or impressive as Tiger Woods demolition of the 1997 masters. Tiger won that year by a margin of 12 strokes, an unbelievable victory in the sport of golf. Jordan won the 2015 masters by only 4 strokes. His performance is nothing less than extraordinary. The golfers at this years masters made one of the toughest golf courses in the world look like a putt putt course. All top five finishers were under par by double digits. The first golfer to go even was tied for 33rd. Jordan was able to fight off incredible runs by Rory who had an exceptional last round to finish at -12 and Phil who started to battle after the second round and finished tied for 2nd at -14 with Justin Rose, who was paired with Jordan in the final round. Jordan Spieth has made a statement with this win: the younger generation is here. At 21 years old, Jordan Spieth displayed incredible skill and nerves of steel at this years Masters in one of the most dominant performances since arguably the most dominant player in the sport of golf, Tiger Woods.