WE’VE not seen the Woods on the tees for a long time – and we’re not sure if we ever will again – but the shadow of the Tiger still looms large over the global golfing scene.
No sooner had Jordan Spieth holed out from the bunker en route to a swashbuckling play-off victory over Daniel Berger in the Travelers Championship on Sunday, than the old chestnuts about Tiger doing this and Tiger doing that were being trotted out in wild abundance.
In securing the 10th victory of his career, Spieth, 23, joined Woods as the only players in the modern era to rack up a double-digit haul of PGA Tour titles before their 24th birthday.
It is a terrific effort from the young Texan but, in many ways, the colossal conquests of Woods down the years almost leads to an under-appreciation of what Spieth has actually achieved as eager observers obsess about players re-writing Tiger’s tales instead of focusing on the new generation’s own success stories.
Spieth is not the kind to get flustered by fevered comparisons and is simply happy to be doing what he does best.
“I will speak out adamantly about not comparing myself to anybody else,” he said.
“I think that’s unfair. I don’t think anybody will do what Tiger did for the game. “
On the domestic amateur front, meanwhile, Balmore’s Christopher Maclean landed the prestigious Tennant Cup at Glasgow Golf Club.
Maclean, runner-up in the Irish Open in May, finished with a one-over tally of 283 over the Gailes Links and Killermont and won by three shots from the defending champion, Matthew Clark.
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