Jordan Spieth ties Masters record to earn his first green jacket

There was no dramatic twist. The 79th Masters, which is dubbed "competition between the best players," started from him and came to an end with him. The hero in focus is the rising star Jordan Spieth of the U.S.

Spieth wore the green jacket at the youngest age, 21 years and seven months old, only after Tiger Woods, who became the champion at 21 years and three months in 1997. After Spieth`s victory, massive applauses heralding the Woods era are already prevailing at golf courses. Three-time Masters champ Nick Faldo said, “America wanted its superstar, and it got one very quickly.”

Spieth played 2-under-par 70 to garner 18-under 270 overall at the Masters, the first major PGA tournament of the season that concluded at Augusta National Golf Club (par 72) in Georgia, the U.S. on Sunday.

Spieth stepped to the 18th tee box at 19-under, tying the Masters scoring record set by Tiger Woods in 1997. However Spieth missed a 1.5-meter par putt on the final hole putting. The goddess of victory enabled Woods, who is on the demise, to maintain his self-confidence at least in one area, and left the new hero one challenge to overcome.

Spieth beat by four pars over runner-ups Justin Rose (England), the champion of the 2013 U.S. Open, and veteran Phil Mickelson (U.S.), who won the Masters three times. Spieth was not swayed at all despite the threat of the senior players who chased after him like predators. When he finished runner up in 2014 after squadering a two shot lead, he said that he learned patience through experience of failure.

As Spieth has led after both the first and second rounds at the Masters, he just the fifth man to lead the tournament wire to wire following legendary players, such as Arnold Palmer (1960), Raymond Floyd (1976) and Jack Nicklaus (1982).

Spieth, who never even looks into his smartphone while exercising, displays highly strong sense of concentration, which is comparable to that of Woods. Outside the golf course, however, he is earning compliments due to his social and friendly character. The World Golf Hall of Fame writer Dan Jenkins described Spieth as having “the focus and will of Hogan, the likability of Nelson and the putting stroke of Crenshaw.”

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