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Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam Chances Just Increased By 33 Percent

Right after Jordan Spieth won the U.S. Open — his second consecutive major championship to start the 2015 season — we examined the probability of his finishing off golf’s Grand Slam with victories in the British Open and PGA Championship as well. According to the betting markets at the time, Spieth had roughly a 9 […]

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Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam Chances

By capturing his second major of the 2015 season, U.S. Open winner Jordan Spieth has placed himself in some very elite company. It’s only the fourth time since 1958 that the same player has won both of the year’s first two majors, and just the 13th time any player won back-to-back major titles. The conversation […]

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Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam Chances

By capturing his second major of the 2015 season, U.S. Open winner Jordan Spieth has placed himself in some very elite company. It’s only the fourth time since 1958 that the same player has won both of the year’s first two majors, and just the 13th time any player won back-to-back major titles. The conversation […]

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Rory McIlroy Could Be A Bigger Threat To Jack Nicklaus Than Tiger Woods

You couldn’t have scripted a more media-ready changing-of-the-guard than this year’s PGA Tour Championship. Since Tiger Woods’s gentle smack-talk after Rory McIlroy’s British Open win in July, McIlroy won at WGC-Bridgestone (taking back his No. 1 ranking), and on Sunday he followed that with his third win in a row and fourth major victory — […]

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Rory McIlroy Could Be A Bigger Threat To Jack Nicklaus Than Tiger Woods

You couldn’t have scripted a more media-ready changing-of-the-guard than this year’s PGA Tour Championship. Since Tiger Woods’s gentle smack-talk after Rory McIlroy’s British Open win in July, McIlroy won at WGC-Bridgestone (taking back his No. 1 ranking), and on Sunday he followed that with his third win in a row and fourth major victory — […]

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