It’s hard to fathom now, but it wasn’t that long ago that Jordan Spieth traveled halfway around the world with a string of questions trailing behind him.
It was one year ago, in fact, that Spieth headed Down Under for his debut start at the Australian Open. But this wasn’t major champion, world No. 1, all-everything Jordan Spieth.
No, this was full-of-unrealized-potential Spieth: a player clearly on the rise, but one who was also outside the top 10 in the world rankings and 16 months removed from his lone professional win.
Spieth had his chances, notably at the 2014 Masters and Players Championship, but couldn’t hold on.