2015 PGA Championship

What a charge by Speith; he's craming a career of charges in one year; amazing...if he does it, Day is going to feel like Els to Woods

 

Guy shoots 20 under in a major and no comments?

 

If not for that bout with vertigo back at the U.S. Open, we might be talking about Day as the best player in golf right now, and not Spieth.

 

Certainly makes a strong argument. Day has been knocking on the door for the last few years. Glad to finally see him open it.
I don't think he'll be the next Ben Hogan and win five, six or seven majors, but I think he can bag a few more. He's had a lot of top five finishes at majors and could certainly lay claim to one of the best in the world.

As for his score. Nice, but I think it's also exaggerated ... by the new trend to craft short, par 4 holes. Dottie Pepper tweeted these guys are basically starting each day 2 or 3-under. She's right.

 

The "highest" winning score at a PGA Championship in the last 30 years is three under, typical winning score is somewhere between 8 and 12 under.

 

Let's not overlook Spieth's year. First, first, tie for fourth, and second in the four majors respectively. For a 21-year-old, that is amazing.

Looks like we now know the Big 3 for the next decade or so: Spieth, Rory and Day. They could be joined by any number of guys: Fowler, Bubba Watson, Keegan Bradley, etc.

 

And calling his British finish a "tie for fourth" really misses the point that he was one stroke out of the playoff. I can't imagine I'll see a better year of performances in the majors the rest of my life.

 

It's the Jason Day Era now.

 

Jordan Spieth gracious in defeat to Jason Day at PGA Championship

Excellent story. I watched yesterday and kept thinking how cool it was to see the leaders openly engaging in conversation during the round and seemingly rooting for one another. So different from Tiger's heyday. It was fun to watch those guys.

 

Wow, did CBS balllick Spieth or what? Even when Day first reached 20 under, they barely mentioned it...as opposed to when Spieth did it earlier this year and the broadcaster when gonzo about "tying the record."

At one point, Fehrety or someone said "we are living in Justin Spieth's world" and then they cut to Day, who at the time was 4 ahead of Spieth, and they muttered something about Day playing well, too. Good grief.

 

Spieth was completing one of the most remarkable seasons ever, so he deserved to be praised for it, but it was very clear all CBS personnel woke up Sunday prepped to announce a Spieth victory. Funny thing. Back when Greg Norman was world number one for eons, nobody gave a rat's ass about the world rankings. Now, they're treated as just as or more important than who wins a damn major.

 

For the most part, it was a boring day of golf and a course which was a bit too easy. Every time that it looked like Jordan would be in a position to make the rest of the round interesting, Day slammed the door or Jordan didn't make the shot.

CBS knows where its bread is buttered, but they should have dialed it back a bit.