Jordan Spieth hits out of bunker on the eighth fairway during the third round of the Masters golf tournament Saturday, April 12, 2014, in Augusta, Ga.AUGUSTA, Ga. – World, meet Jordan. Jordan, the world.
That’s Jordan Spieth. The boy wonder from Texas, who not only has been saddled with the lofty expectations of the next big thing but has embraced them, awoke this morning with a share of the lead going into the final round of Masters.
The kid is 20. Twenty. The same age as your average college sophomore.
He was born in July 1993, about 15 months after Fred Couples won the Masters and in the year the world wide web was introduced. He’s a kid with a world of promise, and after shooting three rounds under par in his first Masters, those promises may be delivered overnight and arrive this very day.
“I’m 20 and this is the Masters,” Spieth said coolly after his 70 on Saturday. “This is the tournament I’ve always dreamt about.”