UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – Jordan Spieth sat in silence in the scoring trailer, wondering if he had thrown it all away.
Only a half hour earlier, it looked like he’d won the U.S. Open with a 25-footer on 16, a moment so electric that it sent sunburned fans tumbling down the dunes in celebration. That three-shot lead disappeared a hole later.
And now, as Dustin Johnson lined up a 12-foot eagle putt to win, Spieth felt helpless. In that trailer he wondered how he would react, how he would feel, what he would say when he came up short.