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Jordan Spieth's Grand Slam chase lacks the hype of Tiger's 2002 run

He was arguably the greatest phenomenon in golf history and 13 years ago he was scripting the biggest story the sport had seen in three decades.

But not everyone knew Tiger Woods that summer week at fabled Muirfield in East Lothian. The young woman working British Open security at the practice range, for instance. She asked for the proper credential, something that Woods had neglected to bring with him from the locker room, and so admittance was denied.

“She was just doing her job,” Woods said that July Monday in 2002. “She may not have been a huge golf fan.