KAPALUA, Hawaii – Jordan Spieth’s eight-stroke victory on Sunday at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions was his seventh on the PGA Tour and sixth triumph in less than a year, accolades that immediately sparked comparisons to Tiger Woods.
Although Spieth quickly dismissed the comparisons calling them “premature,” Butch Harmon, who was Woods’ swing coach from 1996 to August 2002, sees plenty of similarities.
“It’s not unfair to compare Jordan with Tiger because Jordan is doing exactly what Tiger did at the same age,” Harmon told GolfChannel.com on Sunday.