Jordan Spieth (2-1-1)

EUROPEAN TAKES: "It's hard to question someone so obviously good, but Jordan's ball-striking is nothing like as good as those around him at the top of the World Ranking—nothing. There are people I know around the top of the game who call him 'the sclaffer; he can't hit it at all.' But he mis-hits straight, although he can lose it to the right, big-style. We've all seen that." ... "Yes, his putting is extraordinary, but when he stops holing 20 percent of his 20-footers—which no one has ever done for a sustained period—the question arises: Is he that good?" ... "The last Ryder Cup was interesting. He was well up on GMac [Graeme McDowell] early on, but there was always a sense that he was vulnerable, because he hits bad shots. GMac got at him [defeating Spieth, 2 and 1]. And Jordan succumbed to the pressure. In those situations, he's vulnerable. His head goes down. He gets frustrated, and he starts to call himself out. Given that, it's possible to get in his face. On the right day, that would get to him, and you could wind him up. All you have to do is wait for him to react." ..."When he won the Tour Championship last year, he played with Henrik [Stenson], who was shaking his head at the end. He had flushed it, and Jordan had hit the ball quite poorly. 'Quite poorly?' Henrik asked. 'He holed everything.' " ... "He relies on his putter to an unhealthy extent. His stats from tee to green are not that great, which means he can't ever dominate the game. Jason Day and Rory are both capable of being No. 1 for five years. Jordan just isn't. He cannot do what he does well for a long time. The greens are not that pure. You cannot hole that many putts. We'll find out how good he is when he stops doing that."