Jordan Spieth with his caddie, Michael Greller, after his Masters victory on Sunday. Spieth and Greller have worked together since 2011.
Spieth said he valued his caddie, Michael Greller, who taught math and science in elementary school for 10 years, for being positive, patient and even-tempered.
Jordan Spieth is the fifth Masters tournament winner to be alone at the top of the leaderboard after each round. Other sports also have notable wire-to-wire champions.
Spieth, who at 21 was younger than four of the seven amateurs in this year’s Masters field, became the first wire-to-wire winner at the event since 1976.
With several top players lurking just a few strokes behind him at the start of the final round, Jordan Spieth coolly held them off and captured his first green jacket.
Despite sustaining a dislocated bone in his right hand, Woods said he found a lot to be encouraged about in finishing tied for 17th at the Masters.
At its core, the Masters is a golf tournament, but fans routinely spurn the greens and instead wait for a half-hour to enter the crowded central merchandise tent at Augusta National Golf Club.
Mickelson’s popularity at the Masters is unmatched, and the reaction to his improved play Saturday was amplified by the fact that he had done so little leading up to this year’s tournament.
After shooting a 73 in the third round of the Masters, Bubba Watson said, “I’m out of it.”
At 16 under par, Spieth is four strokes ahead of Justin Rose and five ahead of Phil Mickelson entering the final round.
In the absence of a Tinder-like app to match golfers and caddies, Adam Scott filled the role the old-fashioned way. He organized tryouts.
Ken Tackett played golf in high school before earning a degree in jazz studies. So, naturally, he became a jazz drummer and then a PGA Tour rules official.
Opinions differ on whether young stars like Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson and Jason Day can attract viewers in large numbers when Woods’s playing days are over.
By the time Mr. Sifford was allowed to compete against the world’s best golfers, he was almost 40. But he won the PGA Tour’s Greater Hartford Open in 1967 and its Los Angeles Open in 1969.
With many top players — like Tiger Woods — missing from recent PGA Tour events, off-the-course news has dominated the golf reports.
