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Spieth secures POY honors with record-setting season
It is often said that Jordan Spieth is good at everything and therefore, he lacks any significant strengths or weaknesses on the golf course. Do not be fooled. Statistically, the PGA Tour Player of the Year Award should have been given, and deservedly so, to Jordan Spieth. As the saying goes, “the numbers don’t lie.”
Spieth finished the 2014-2015 PGA Tour season ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) and No. 1 in the season-long FedExCup, racking up five wins that included the season’s first two major championships. That earned the 22-year-old more than $12 million in official earnings, excluding the $10 million bonus awarded to him as FedExCup champion. Even Spieth’s caddie, Michael Greller, is estimated to have earned more than $2 million this season as Spieth’s ever-present golf companion.
Spieth was third in the PGA Tour’s All-Around Ranking and top 10 in both Strokes: Gained Putting and Tee-to-Green. Finally, he had an overall (unadjusted) scoring average of 68.94 based on 24 PGA Tour events, which was No. 1 among all players, and overall scoring average of 68.13 at this year’s professional majors. Consider, in addition, that Spieth was four shots from winning the professional grand slam, a feat never before accomplished.
Spieth’s three fellow nominees for the Player of the Year Award — Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler — were incidentally Nos. 1-3 and 5, respectively, in the current OWGR. Fowler’s three-win season, which included a dramatic victory at The Players Championship and a Scottish Open win, was the best of his career, and an indication of what the future might hold for the talented 26-year-old. Day matched Speith’s win count, and his late-season surge included a head-to-head victory over Spieth at the PGA Championship.
Spieth’s season stands well above and beyond the rest, however, and it was solidified when he was able to close at the Tour Championship, making missed cuts at The Barclays and Deutsche Bank Championship a distant memory.
By almost all accounts, Spieth was clearly leader in the clubhouse for POY as the players, including the hard-charging Day, teed off at the Tour Championship in the first round. If Day had continued playing as he had been at both The Barclays and BMW Championship by winning, he may have legitimately been able to lay rightful claim to POY.
Alas, in a year so absolutely incredible and rich in young golf talent and play, it was only fitting that Spieth finish with a flurry, and undoubtedly on top. Spieth’s week in Atlanta absolutely epitomizes who is he as a player, which is a magician with impressive numbers to back it up.
Whether it is keeping his commitment to the RBC Heritage after lapping the field at the Masters — to playing at the John Deere Classic instead of bolting for the Open Championship to practice when chasing the professional grand slam, he seems to make the right moves, say the right things, hit the right shots, and drain the must make putts.
The numbers above only put on paper what is seemingly so hard to describe about Jordan Spieth… the why. Why he is so unbelievable; why he is so ready to win at age 22; why he is so consistently clutch; and why he is PGA Tour Player of the Year.
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Photos from the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans
GolfWRX is live on site this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for the PGA Tour’s one-and-only two-man team event.
As usual, general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums — including some pretty spicy custom putters and headcovers — await your viewing.
Be sure to check back for more photos from the Big Easy, as we’ll continue to update this page with additional galleries throughout the week.
General Albums
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Monday #2
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Zurich Classic – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Alex Fitzpatrick – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Austin Cook – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Alejandro Tosti – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Davis Riley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- MJ Daffue – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Nate Lashley – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- James Nicholas – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Kevin Streelman – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rasmus Hojgaard – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Tom Whitney – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- SangMoon Bae – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Daniel Berger – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Rory McIlroy – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Russ Cochrane – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Aldrich Potgieter – WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Steve Stricker WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Drew Brees WITB (Legendary New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Derek Carr (New Orleans Saints QB) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Thriston Lawrence WITB – 2024 Zurich Classic
Pullout Albums
- MJ Daffue’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Cameron putters – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Swag covers ( a few custom for Nick Hardy) – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Custom Bettinardi covers for Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Doug Ghim’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
- Patrick Cantlay spotted testing a Scotty Cameron blade putter – 2024 Zurich Classic
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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
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MARCUS
Oct 5, 2015 at 10:32 am
14 COMMENTS and only 2 that actually said congrats. Everyone these days are so worried about being flashy. Golf is not about being flashy its about being consistent and hitting good shots. “Golf” fans today are worried about who looks the best or has that flashy style of play. Yea that’s fun to watch but Speith goes back to golf basics. When you play do you hit amazing shots that your partners look at in awl? I know I don’t and neither does Jordan. He doesn’t hit the mile long drive or hit 2″ from the cup everytime. He does, HOWEVER, make that shots that count. Yea he doesn’t have the signature fist pump like we are use to seeing from Tiger, but he does have all the shots in the bag. Try to be positive and not so negative. It called sportsmanship and if “golfers” would start using that again maybe we can make the sport worth playing again. Congrats to Jordan for winning POTY award I can’t wait to see what next year brings.
Jake Anderson
Oct 5, 2015 at 3:25 am
i dont like speef. he is just totally unrelatable and not very impressive with his golf. just very consistent.
Rich
Oct 2, 2015 at 9:49 pm
BTW, what records did he set? The stats in the article are clearly good but no mention of what records he set for his “record setting season”.
Martin
Oct 3, 2015 at 6:18 am
$22m for one.
Rich
Oct 4, 2015 at 9:09 pm
I might be wrong but I thought I heard that Stenson earned the same in 2013 when he won the Fedex cup. Not that it matters in America but he also won the race to Dubai in the same year. Other than the majors and WGC events, did Jordan play a European Tour event this year? Let’s see how he goes when he plays a proper world schedule.
Rich
Oct 2, 2015 at 9:35 pm
I was going for Jason Day all the way. He is a golf stud! Love watching him play. Jordan probably deserves the POTY but he is so boring to watch. Oh well. That’s the way it goes. There is still something I don’t like about him too. Everyone keeps saying how nice he is, he says the right things, he does the right things. No ones that perfect. There’s got to be something wrong with him, a demon, a fault, something. I can never trust someone that seems perfect. There is always something lurking in the cupboard.
Jack
Oct 3, 2015 at 2:09 am
Let’s let 2016 be the year that men stop calling other men “studs.”
Rich
Oct 4, 2015 at 9:10 pm
You shouldn’t assume.
Bert
Oct 2, 2015 at 8:24 pm
Fantastic Champion! Well deserved.
xyz
Oct 2, 2015 at 4:06 pm
spieth is good, but he is boring to watch!
Tom
Oct 2, 2015 at 2:11 pm
Well there ya go…speculation is over.
Alex
Oct 2, 2015 at 1:12 pm
Have you ever hit a golf ball with a golf club?
BS
Oct 2, 2015 at 12:28 pm
Congrats Jordan! Well done. Thanks for entertaining us this year.