A target that Jordan Spieth thought, at the start of the year, was well out of his range suddenly seems as accessible as a drivable par 4. Spieth won his second consecutive start and his fourth title of 2015 on Sunday at the John Deere Classic to inch closer to golf’s summit.
If Spieth extends his winning streak next weekend at the British Open at St. Andrews, he will supplant Rory McIlroy as the world No. 1 while becoming the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win the first three legs of the Grand Slam in a calendar year.