The 21-year-old Masters and US Open champion can join Ben Hogan in the record books with victory at the Open but his rocket-fuelled progress is no surpriseLong before Jordan Spieth was burdened by fixed attention,he had acquainted himself with lofty ambition. On YouTube, a 2008 video exists of a 14-year-old Spieth outlining his golfing plans. My final goal is to win the Masters, or ” says the skinny teenager. Skip forward to December 2012 and footage appears of Spieth explaining his decision to leave the University of Texas only 18 months into a four-year degree to embark on a career in professional golf. At that juncture,he was ranked as the eighth best amateur player in the world. “I had to feel ready to be out there on my own,” Spieth explains. “I have made that decision, and I am comfortable with it,I am ready to disappear.” Related: Rory McIlroy pulls out of Open title defence at St Andrews through injury Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com