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Over the next 10 days, until we get to the New Year, we will be rolling out the top-10 best golf moments of 2013. After much deliberation and debate, we picked what we thought were the 10 moments you will remember about this season a decade from now. We continue with No. 6 and Jordan Spieth.
No matter what you think, this
game is built for youth. Kids can swing without pain, putt without bad
thoughts and simply just go low without any hesitation. The older you
get, the more you think about all the things bad you've done when
playing this course or that hole, but youngsters simply don't care about
that.
Welcome Jordan Spieth, a
20-year-old American that swings like his age and acts like he's 40, and
on one Sunday in the summer, won like a seasoned veteran.
Playing the John Deere Classic,
Spieth shot a third round 65 to get himself into contention, but still
had a major winner to overcome in Zach Johnson and needed an 18th hole
birdie on Sunday to even give himself a chance.
Spieth missed his second shot in
the greenside bunker, and facing a tough shot to a pin guarded by water,
he hit it a little harder than he probably wanted but the flagstick can
hurt at times (see Tiger Woods at the Masters) and help others, and
this was one of those helpful times.
Spieth's ball caught the stick, dropped in for the birdie and a second consecutive 65, but his day was far from over.
The former University of Texas
standout needed five playoff holes against Johnson and David Hearn to
win his first PGA Tour event, but he was able to outlast both veterans
and not only earned a two-year exemption on tour, but the hearts of
plenty of golf fans around the world.
Spieth's year continued with a
playoff loss to Patrick Reed at the Wyndham Championship, a T-4 at the
Deutsche Bank Championship and a T-2 at the Tour Championship, a run
that was so impressive that Presidents Cup captain Fred Couples picked
Spieth to his team with a captain's pick.
Not a bad year for a guy that started his season as a teenager without any real status on the PGA Tour.
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