UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Failing is not the worst feeling in the world. If Jordan Spieth’s Grand Slam hopes had disappeared in the cup along with Dustin Johnson’s eagle putt on the 18th hole of Chambers Bay Golf Course on Sunday night, he would have learned from the few poor shots he hit in the final round and moved on.
For Spieth, the worst feeling in the world was accepting that the outcome of the 115th United States Open was out of his hands. Spieth’s burning desire to control the results is what chased him out of baseball in his middle school years.