Spieth targeting McIlroy, not Woods

In-form golfer wins back-to-back titles with Hero World Challenge victory.

ORLANDO: While Tiger Woods struggled in his return from a four-month layoff, it was Jordan Spieth whose overpowering Hero World Challenge victory on Sunday revived memories of Woods in his prime.

The 21-year-old, who won the Australian Open a week earlier, fired a six-under par 66 to complete a wire-to-wire triumph in the elite 18-player event at Isleworth.

Spieth’s 26-under 262 total and his victory margin of 10 strokes over Swedish world number two Henrik Stenson were both tournament records.

“To take it to the next level, to win a major, I’ve got to look to McIlroy,” said Spieth. “He’s the one we’re all chasing.”

Spieth will be the same age as Woods was in 1997 when winning his first major at the Masters, but the latest US prodigy played down any notion he might be the ‘next Tiger’. 

Published in The Express Tribune, December 9^th,  2014.

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