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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 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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Jordan Spieth Played A Great Masters, And So Did The Rest Of The Field

After an absolutely scorching first three rounds of the 2015 Masters, 21-year-old Jordan Spieth shot a 2-under-par 70 Sunday to finish off his first major championship victory. Giving the performance even more historical import, Spieth’s 72-hole score of 270 — 18 strokes under par — tied Tiger Woods’s 1997 record for the lowest score in […]

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