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Spieth it with a win a few weeks he always did something eth really is, only time will Besides, despite the strug-
back at the U.S. Open. amazing. Jordan — don’t tell. His career is in its in- gles of Woods in recent
Continued from page 17 Add in a British Open and get me wrong, his body of fancy still, and it’s way too times, there’s a reason-
PGA Championship title, work is amazing — but he early to crown him as the able chance he’s still got
There weren’t many fans and he would be the first doesn’t beat you with a next great player, way enough golf in him at age
around, and those who player to win the Grand crazy par, or a crazy chip- too soon to begin talking 39 to finally get past the
were seemed as if they Slam in a calendar year. in from the back of the 14th about whether he — and 14th major he won at the
were still trying to figure out He largely does it on his at Muirfield (Village). He just not Woods — will be the U.S. Open way back in
this young Texan who has own terms, taking the title beats you because he’s one who finally takes down 2008.
the golf world buzzing. better.” the record of 18 major titles “I’m still young,” Woods
They’re not alone. Those Tiger Woods of the United Just how much better Spi- held by Jack Nicklaus. said Tuesday.q
in a sport that has been States watches a shot off the
fixated for the better part 11th tee during a practice
of two decades on Tiger round at St Andrews Golf Club
Woods are still trying to de- prior to the start of the British
cipher Spieth themselves. Open Golf Championship, in
What they do know is that St. Andrews, Scotland, Mon-
he’s 21, and in the midst day, July 13, 2015.
of greatest the stretch
of golf anyone has seen Associated Press
since Woods burst on the
scene and transformed at the John Deere Clas-
the sleepy game into must- sic on Sunday when oth-
see TV. ers suggested he might be
Forget the fact that part better served by leaving
of the Woods mystique early for Scotland to dis-
was that he was a rare cover the many vagaries
player of color in a mostly of the oldest course in golf.
lily-white game. Woods But Spieth has a confi-
caused more of a stir by dence that borders on
doing other things no one swagger and, much like
had ever seen before, thrill- Woods in his prime, a belief
ing fans with his booming that his best is better than
drives and winning with yours no matter where you
clutch putts punctuated tee it up.
by his signature fist pump. “He beats you properly,”
Spieth is no Tiger Woods. former U.S. Open cham-
Doesn’t try to be, though pion Geoff Ogilvy said. “He
they do share the same beats you with better golf.
habit of talking angrily to He doesn’t beat you be-
themselves during a round. cause he hits it further. Ti-
He doesn’t overwhelm a ger’s intimidation was that
crowd with his presence,
doesn’t intimidate other
players while wearing a red
shirt on Sunday. In a game
dominated by Woods and
the power hitters who fol-
lowed, he’s not even in the
same neighborhood as the
big boys with a driver in his
hand.
What Spieth does do is win.
This year he’s done it on
the biggest stages in golf,
grabbing a green jacket at
the Masters and following
