By the age of just 23, Jordan Spieth had already won three of the four golf majors. He won his first major in 2015 at Augusta. Spieth finished four strokes ahead of Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose. He followed up the green jacket win two months later by securing his first U.S. Open. He finished out the PGA season with a second-place finish at the PGA Championships.
The American golfer turned professional in 2012. His professional debut came after winning the U.S. Junior Amateur two times. Spieth’s victories at the tournament make him only the second player ever to win the event twice. When Spieth turned professional, he was still a student at the University of Texas. It didn’t take the youngster long to win his first PGA Tour event. Spieth topped David Hearn and Zach Johnson in a playoff at the John Deere Classic. Although it took nearly two years for Spieth to get his next PGA Tour win, he was victories at the Emirates Australian Open in 2014.
Spieth’s 2017 campaign saw him win the Open Championship for the first time. The American won by three strokes over Matt Kuchar. It led him to his third major victory. Spieth could join a short list of golfers who have won all four majors. He is currently just missing the PGA Championship from his list of triumphs. He has a number of years left to win the tournament and etch his name into history as one of the few golfers to win the Grand Slam.
Outside of his wins, Spieth has finished in the top in Majors on eleven occasions, most recently when tied for fourth at the 2023 Masters at Augusta. Spieth is one of the brightest players in golf today. The golfer is already in the top 10 of the PGA Tour All-Time Money Winners list.
Jordan Spieth’s Major Wins
| Years | Masters | US PGA | U.S. Open | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ✅ | ✕ | ✅ | ✕ |
| 2017 | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✅ |
Masters Wins: 1
Having become the only player other than Tiger Woods to win the US Junior Amateur title, there was always a expectation that Jordan Spieth would become a successful golfer. Perhaps not even Spieth himself could’ve imagined how successful he would be in 2015, though, when he won two Majors in the same year. It was the Masters that kick-started that success, having finished tied-second the year before and going on to do so again the year after. He also finished third in 2018, tied-third in 2021 and tied-fourth in 2023, showing that he had what it takes to take on Augusta National and was unlucky not to have won it more than once.
2015 – Record Scoring in Wire-to-Wire Victory
The Masters win that Jordan Spieth did manage came in 2015, with the Texan absolutely obliterating the field as he did so. He won wire-to-wire, which is about as impressive as way as there is to win your first Major. His opening round 64 put him eight under par, three clear of the field, which he built on with a 66 on day two. A 70 on the Saturday put him on -16, with Justin Rose sitting in second four shots shy. The final day saw him shoot another 70, which meant that his 270 total over the course of the week equalled the Tournament record. He also broke Phil Mickelson’s record of total birdies in the competition, getting 28.
PGA Championship Wins: None
There is something of the ‘always the bridesmaid, never the bride’ when it comes to Jordan Spieth and the PGA Championship. He didn’t enter the competition in 2012, then when he did in 2013 and 2014 he missed the cut. When he turned up in 2015, though, he was a golfer on form and was unlucky to miss out when he finished second to Jason Day by just three shots. He also finished tied-third in 2019, although that time he was six shots off the lead. He struggled in later years, though, even though he failed to make the cut every year between his second-place finish in 2015 and finished tied-43rd in 2024.
US Open Wins: 1
Jordan Spieth’s first foray into the US Open came in 2012 when he finished tied-21st as the Low Amateur. The following year he missed the cut and then in 2014 he finished tied-17th. Although he won the tournament in his successful year of 2015, his results since then could best be described as ‘mixed’. He missed the cut three times between 2018 and 2023, whilst his highest finish in the same period was tied-19th. It is difficult to say that it is not a tournament that plays to his strengths given the fact that he was won it, but the competitive nature of it means that he isn’t always able to challenge the leaders.
2015 – Youngest Winner Since 1923
There is no question that 2015 is the most successful year of Jordan Spieth’s career, with the American having finished tied-fourth in the Open Championship, come second in the PGA Championship and won the Masters. He also won the US Open for the only time to date, becoming the youngest winner of the competition since Bobby Jones in 1923. The 21-year-old ended day one at Chambers Bay in Washington three off the lead having shot 68. Day two saw him tied for first with Patrick Reed after a 69, being tied with three players for first at the end of day three. He shot a 69 on the final day, handing him the win by one stroke.
Open Championship Wins: 1
The Open Championship is a real challenge of any golfer’s ability, forcing them to take on a links course and the weather that is always so unpredictable in the UK. Spieth’s first year at the tournament came in 2013 when he made the cut and finished tied-44th. A year later he improved by eight places, then in 2015, his most successful year in his career to date, he was tied-fourth. He was unlucky in 2021 when he finished second, having also been tied-third in the Masters at Augusta. The Open was played at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, with Spieth tied-second at the end of day one, third on days two and three and missing out by two shots from Collin Morikawa.
2017 – Leader in All Four Rounds at Royal Birkdale
It was Royal Birkdale in Southport that hosted the 2017 Open Championship, with Spieth winning his third Major by leading wire-to-wire. Although Branden Grace set a new Major championship record when he shot 62 in the third round, it was Spieth that ended up lifting the claret jug. A 65 put him at -5 at the end of day one, level with Brooks Koepka and Matt Kuchar, though a 69 put him clear on his own at the end of day two. Another 65 on day three saw him move to -11, then his victory was secured thanks to a final day 69, which put him on 268 and -12 for the week. He won by three shots to Kuchar in second place.