SPIETH TO STORM IT

started but Friday looks like it’s going to be brutal for everybody.

“It looks like wind and rain in the morning and extreme winds in the afternoon.

“But it’s how you handle that adversity and rebound quickly.”

Grand Slam-chasing Spieth – with the Masters and US Open already in the bag – will repeat the feat of Ben Hogan by winning the first three Majors of the year if he triumphs over the Old Course. history and continue his meteoric rise to the top of world golf is a challenge that gets the juices flowing rather than nerves jangling.

He added: “I don’t look on this as trying to win three in a row.

“I look at this as trying to win The Open at a special place.

“Here and Augusta are my two favourite places in the world.

“It would mean the world to me to win this championship and to do it here would be even more special.”

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