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 Jordan Spieth of the U.S. walks up to putt on the 18th green during the final round of the British Open set on the PGA Championship after his bid to win the first three of golf's majors just came up short at St Andrews Monday. Spieth would have been only the second player after Ben Hogan in 1953 to win the first three of Masters, US Open and Open Champions, while Tiger Woods in 2000 won the last three after clinching the PGA. "That would be the next goal as far as the history goes," Spieth said after he left the Old Course tied for fourth, a shot behind the leading trio. "Sights set on the PGA Championship, and from here I've got a couple weeks off now, and I'm going to go home and reflect on - it won't hurt too bad." Spieth needed a birdie on the 18th to go into a play-off with eventual winner Zach Johnson of the United States, Marc Leishman of Australia and Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa. The 21-year-old Texan had dropped a shot on the 17th and played the 18th indifferently, but far more damaging was his double bogey after he four-putted on the three-par eighth. On the four par 18th, which he birdied on his first two rounds, he needed another 3 in the scorecard, but drove his tee shot to the far left on the first-tee line of the wide fairway. His pitch shot then rolled back into Valley of Sin trough in front of the green, virtually ending his hopes. "Who would have thought a drive on 18 was going to be what really hurt me at the end there?" he said. "It's kind of hard to not hit a good one on that hole. I just wish I had given myself a little better opportunity." Spieth finished on 69 to go with rounds of 67, 72 and 66 and his last round featured eight birdies including a tremendous long putt on the 16th which had looked to be a game changer. "Today was a really tough day. Just made a mental mistake on number eight and it seemed to have cost me as well as on 18, just not giving myself a chance," he said. However Spieth was generally happy with the way he played. "I made a lot of the right decisions down the stretch and certainly closed plenty of tournaments out, and this just wasn't one of those," he said. "I played a great round of golf today. I really played a solid round of golf | |||||
lundi 20 juillet 2015
Spieth already looks to next major after missing Open chance
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