How Jordan Spieth Won the Masters
I know what you're thinking...he didn't. Jordan Spieth did not win the Masters. Technically this is true, but there is a way that Jordan Spieth won the weekend at Augusta National Golf Club.
Golf is a sport that is played in eras. Yes it is constantly going, but there are eras where dominant players emerge usually led by one dominating figure. There was the Arnold Palmer era, the Jack Nicklaus era, and the Tiger Woods era each having dynamic golfers in the field from Gary Player and Sammy Sneed to Tom Watson and Greg Norman to Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els.
A new era has begun.
The golfers in this new field include Jason Day, Adam Scott, Ricky Fowler, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and many others (possibly including this years Master's tournament winner Danny Willett). But the leader of this group has likely been cemented this weekend making Jordan Spieth the winner of the Master's weekend.
After a breakout performance in the 2014 Master's finishing tied for second at the age of 20, Spieth dominated the 2015 season winning three of the four major tournaments and being named the PGA Player of the Year. It was this year's Master's that solidified his dominance in two ways. First, aside from a devastating collapse on the back nine (mainly the 12th hole) of the final round, Spieth played solid golf. He was the leader after the first round, the leader after the second round, and the leader after the third round and had a 5 stroke lead going into his final nine holes.
The second reason that Speith is the champion of the weekend is an evolving statistic that has no numbers but was introduced by Tiger Woods during his dominance. Spieth was dominant on the airwaves. The media focused so much on him and his game. Golf is no longer the "gentlman's game" but is now dominated by golfers that have fun and have a personality. The Master's Par 3 contest is becoming more exciting because that is when players and families show off their "real person" personalities.
Though Tiger, who has always worn his emotions on his sleeve, introduced the world to the emotional roller coaster that is golf, it is now a new crop of players that make the game exciting. With the media circus around Jordan Spieth as well as his dominance and personality on the course and in interviews, he is the outright leader of this era of golf.
And that is how Jordan Spieth won the Master's.
Golf is a sport that is played in eras. Yes it is constantly going, but there are eras where dominant players emerge usually led by one dominating figure. There was the Arnold Palmer era, the Jack Nicklaus era, and the Tiger Woods era each having dynamic golfers in the field from Gary Player and Sammy Sneed to Tom Watson and Greg Norman to Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els.
A new era has begun.
The golfers in this new field include Jason Day, Adam Scott, Ricky Fowler, Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and many others (possibly including this years Master's tournament winner Danny Willett). But the leader of this group has likely been cemented this weekend making Jordan Spieth the winner of the Master's weekend.
After a breakout performance in the 2014 Master's finishing tied for second at the age of 20, Spieth dominated the 2015 season winning three of the four major tournaments and being named the PGA Player of the Year. It was this year's Master's that solidified his dominance in two ways. First, aside from a devastating collapse on the back nine (mainly the 12th hole) of the final round, Spieth played solid golf. He was the leader after the first round, the leader after the second round, and the leader after the third round and had a 5 stroke lead going into his final nine holes.
The second reason that Speith is the champion of the weekend is an evolving statistic that has no numbers but was introduced by Tiger Woods during his dominance. Spieth was dominant on the airwaves. The media focused so much on him and his game. Golf is no longer the "gentlman's game" but is now dominated by golfers that have fun and have a personality. The Master's Par 3 contest is becoming more exciting because that is when players and families show off their "real person" personalities.
Though Tiger, who has always worn his emotions on his sleeve, introduced the world to the emotional roller coaster that is golf, it is now a new crop of players that make the game exciting. With the media circus around Jordan Spieth as well as his dominance and personality on the course and in interviews, he is the outright leader of this era of golf.
And that is how Jordan Spieth won the Master's.
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