“This tournament will always be circled until hopefully I win it one day, ” Spieth told reporters at Bellerive. “It’s a lifelong goal.”
Wrong, in that an “era” arguably indicates a period of dominance, and despite the plaudits for his play and demeanor during that breakthrough Masters win — fellow Texan and two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw said Spieth was “way mature beyond his years” — the Woods-esque domination hasn’t quite yet resulted.
Spieth’s stellar 2015 — he was also one shot out of a playoff for the British Open, finished second at the US PGA, became world No. 1 for the first time and won the season-long Fed Ex Cup crown — did indeed suggest the dawning of a once-in-a-generation golfer.
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