ATLANTA — How will Jordan Spieth improve upon one of the greatest seasons in golf? A clue could be found on the seventh hole Sunday here at East Lake Golf Club.
Walking off the tee box after making back-to-back bogeys to fall into a share of the lead at the Tour Championship, an out-of-sorts Spieth received a pep talk from his caddie, Michael Greller. “No more talking about anything that just happened,” Spieth said Greller told him.
Spieth’s facility at putting the past behind him — and Greller’s ease in steering him back on the right thought path on those rare occasions when he doesn’t — are reasons for optimism that Spieth, 22, can build on a season in which he won five times, including the year’s first two majors, ascended to No.