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Hargis: Spieth an easy-to-like young champion
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth’s historic victory at the Masters on Sunday made a little girl — sitting on her couch about 240 miles away in Rocky Face — smile from ear to ear.
He has made Claire Holtzclaw smile on other occasions.
A few months before Spieth turned professional, he and the University of Texas golf team were hosted at the 2012 Carpet Capital Collegiate by the Holtzclaw family.
“He was probably the nicest on the Texas team,” Claire said after she saw on her television that Spieth made a birdie on No. 13 at Augusta National Golf Club