St ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Jordan Spieth averages 30 yards shorter off the tee than the PGA Tour's big hitters but is plenty long enough to tame St Andrews and win the British Open, says fellow American Mark Calcavecchia.
The 55-year-old Calcavecchia, winner of the British Open at Royal Troon in 1989, struggled for distance in Wednesday's practise round and thinks Sunday's winner will be a player who "can put it out there" but does not buy into the theory that 21-year-old Spieth lacks power.
"Jordan is not as short as you think he is, nobody has ever said he's short, let's put it that way," Calcavecchia told Reuters after playing in Wednesday's Champion Golfers' Challenge along with Gary Player, Stewart Cink and Padraig Harrington.