adminTACOM. – Masters golf champ Jordan Spieth enjoys slipping on his green jacket while watching television around the house, but he says winning the first Grand Slam of his career isn’t going to change who he is.
The 21-year-old American showed he can shine on the brightest stage at The Masters in April, rolling to a record-setting triumph after being runner-up in 2014.
“I put it on last week,” Spieth said on Monday of the jacket which traditionally goes to the winner of the first major of the season.
“Why? Just to make sure it was still in the case. No, I was just watching TV and wanted to slip it on, just kind of felt like it.
“Why wouldn’t I put it on, to be honest with you?”
Spieth became the second youngest Masters champion behind Tiger Woods and the first player since Raymond Floyd in 1976 to post a wire-to-wire victory.
Spieth is seeking another Grand Slam win this week at the 115th US Open which begins tomorrow at the par 70 Chambers Bay course in the US Pacific Northwest.
Spieth has played 16 PGA Tour events this season and along with his two victories he has three runner-ups and nine top ten finishes.
The Texan is the most promising American at his age since Woods, but you can’t tell that from talking to him.
Winning the Masters isn’t going to make him complacent or give him a big head and don’t even think about calling him the next great American hope.
“I don’t put a title on myself as the American guy,” he said, following his practice round at Chambers Bay on Monday. – AFP.
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