PARIS. — A watershed year in golf saw the emergence of a new “Big Three”, filling the vacuum left by the fast-fading Tiger Woods. Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy ended the year on the world rankings podium, in that order, and their rivalry is set to shine brightly in the new year. Spieth, at just 22, is the youngest of the three and, for much of the year gone by, he was the story.
He won the Masters for his first major title in April and followed up by taking the US Open two months later.
He then set sail for St Andrews with talk of the never-before achieved calendar-year Grand Slam starting to dominate sporting pages. — AFP.



