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Originally Posted by jebartle
Soooo. Of the predictions, Jordan Spieth, tied for third, better than most.
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Jordan's story is interesting. If he had putted the way that he did between 2013 and 2017 he would have won The Masters by ten shots.Then in 2018, his putting became average to good, but not spectacular as it had been.
He was possibly the best putter in the world and maybe the best putter in history during those five years. But he was never a good ball striker by PGA Tour standards. He has worked hard over the past three years and has improved his ball striking by leaps and bounds. His putting has stayed average. So he has found a new way to win.
I and many people have always felt that his lack of good ball striking would eventually catch up with him and it did. You can't rely on making 30 footers all the time and continue to win tournaments.
I think that he is a much more balanced player these days. Although I doubt that if he'll ever putt like he did in his prime, if he can get his putting back to 75% of what it used to be, he'll win a lot.