Winner: Jordan Spieth
Around the wider world of golf: Yep, there's still some golf going on around the world. Coincidentally, Gwladys Nocera won the Hero Women’s Indian Open on the LET; Padraig Harrington won the BANK BRI Indonesia Open on the Asian Tour; Lincoln Tighe won the Nanshan NSW PGA Championship on the Australasian Tour; and Danny Willett won the Nedbank Golf Challenge on the ET. Oh, and Cheyenne Woods got her LPGA card at Q-School. Marita Engzelius (winner of the Symetra Tour Championship) didn't but will get another chance on the Symetra Tour. (Tony Jesselli is still updating last-minute results over at his blog.)
Let's get this out of the way first: Tiger did okay in his first tournament back. Despite fever and short game problems (the latter seemed to affect everybody except Jordan), his swing looked free and relaxed for the first time in a long time. He was hitting it fairly long and accurate, and he made quite a few birdies -- which is NOT what happened the last few times after injury. The Masters could be quite interesting in 2015!
Now allow's get to the up-and-comer of the yr, Jordan Spieth. Try as I would possibly, I could not get beyond the debates on GC and NBC about whether or not Jordan is probably the following dominant American golfer. Of direction it is too early to are expecting something like that, however diverse analysts (who shall remain nameless) kept harping on his loss of strength. Despite his ability to always get into rivalry and publish rankings -- that is how you win tournaments, anyway -- and his clear grasp of what it takes to be a champion, they simply couldn't get past his loss of duration.
Here's how I see it: Forget for a moment that only he and Tiger have 3 pro wins at age 21. Forget for a moment that he nearly won at Augusta National, a course unanimously considered a bomber's track. Forget his performances in the Presidents and Ryder Cups. Forget all that.
Just remember this: In the last two weeks Jordan has beaten 8 of the world’s Top10 players on world-class courses… and done so in record-breaking fashion. (And don’t forget his runner-up finish to Bubba in Japan the week before that.)
And remember this: Jordan doesn't seem to care whether the analysts believe in him or not. (He told them as much in an interview earlier in the week.)
I even have a touch join up my desk that asserts, "The global is moving so rapid in recent times that the person that says it can't be performed is commonly interrupted with the aid of a person doing it." If Jordan continues to recognition on his sport rather than what the so-known as experts say, I suspect he is going to make them all appearance quite stupid over the next few years.
In the meantime, right here's his 2d Limerick Summary in as many weeks.
Jordan desired greater victories to show
For his efforts? However analysts crowed,
?He lacks power.? ?He?S quick.?
Jordan?S best retort
Was to beat the best… twice in a row! The photo was snagged from this video at PGATOUR.com.
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