Jordan Spieth pulls away for 10-shot Hero World Challenge win
If the past few weeks have been any indication, Jordan Spieth is going to have one hell of a 2015.
Spieth shot a final round of 6-under 66 at Isleworth Golf & Country Club to close out a 10-shot win at the Hero World Challenge, his second win in as many weeks, on different continents.
The 21-year-old Texan backed up the Saturday 63 that gave him a seven-shot cushion for the final round, expanding his lead en route to shooting 26-under-par 262 at the Orlando-area golf club. The 66 was great -- tying Jason Day for the Sunday best -- but could have easily equaled his Aussie Open closer were it not for a double-bogey 6 at the par-4 14th hole.
On that final day Down Under, Spieth fired a 63 so unmatched world No. 1 Rory McIlroy later said he couldn't reproduce that score in those windy conditions in 100 tries.
This week in Florida was a completely dominant performance from a player who, the week prior, became the first American in 21 years to win the Australian Open.
Spieth now has three professional wins, and, in the past two, taking down essentially the entire world top 10, of which he'll now be a part, in dominating fashion.
Perhaps the golf world should have seen this coming. In one of Spieth's two collegiate seasons at the University of Texas, Isleworth was site of one of his solo wins, taking that tournament by eight shots.
As American competitive golf goes into its brief hiberation, it's hard not to be excited for the prospect of a Masters showdown between McIlroy, who needs a green jacket to complete the career grand slam, and Spieth, who held the lead early on Sunday in the 2014 edition.
Is it April yet?
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