APOLOGY FOR GAME PLAN
Jordan Spieth’s boring golf wins Pebble Beach
The double Major champion apologises for a lack of fireworks, but ‘boring game plan’ clinches his ninth PGA Tour victory
San Francisco — Jordan Spieth focused on "boring golf" and shrugged off a birdie drought in the final round as he clinched his ninth PGA Tour victory, by four shots, at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California on Sunday. A commanding six strokes ahead overnight, the world No6 carded a two-under 70. "It’s unbelievable," Spieth, 23, said after becoming the first player since Tiger Woods to win nine times on the PGA Tour before the age of 24. "Today I hit 17 greens. It was kind of a dream round for ball-striking when you are leading by a bunch and I finally got one [a birdie putt] to go on 17." "Boring golf," double Major champion Spieth said with a smile after totalling 33 putts on Sunday compared to 23 the previous day. "I apologise, but that was kind of the game plan. That’s what was needed today and fortunately that’s what we did to close it out. We could afford to make a couple of mistakes if I needed to … fortunately we didn’t and just stayed ahead." The Texan finished at 19-un...
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