Bill,
P.S. Spieth has more gag jobs (ANGC) than hero saves so far, and this one was super close to another notch on the wrong belt...I guess time will tell his legacy. Did Tiger or Jack ever falter so much down the stretch when in the lead?
Spieth has more gag jobs than hero saves so far???
Seriously?
He's 23.
Three majors already and he's a choker? (He has the three legs of the career Grand Slam, the same as Palmer and Watson-not bad company)
While I'm no fan of his pace of play, I am a huge fan of him in general and he's certainly as gutty a competitor as anyone out there.
There's an ebb and a flow to every round and every tournament-especially when you are a player who's strength is getting the ball into the hole better than anyone, not pure consistent ball striking.
Sometimes someone gets hot just as you're not.
Sometimes, if you're good enough, you can be on the leader board even with your B game.
failing to win doesn't make you a choker, but rather gutty for hanging in until late without your best stuff.
Most players with their B game just miss the cut or finish in the back of the pack.
The better the player, the more often they have a chance of having their B game be exposed as not quite good enough to beat another player's A game.
Doesn't make them a choker.
Tiger was an absolute historical exception as far as closing an event.
Prior to that the final round leader didn't win all that often, and hence the term "moving day" for Saturday where you just tried to get into position.
Nicklaus, the greatest ever, won 18 professional majors, and finished second 19 times.
Against far less deep fields
Does that put Jordan's record into perspective?