(By Matt Bonesteel)
Longtime sportswriter Dan Jenkins has never been one of Tiger Woods’s biggest fans. Consider the following shade he’s thrown Tiger’s way over the years:
— “Never in my knowledge of history has any famous personality — in sports, show biz, or politics — ever fallen so far so fast. Tiger Woods is graveyard dead, as the Southern expression goes.” Golf Digest, 2010
— “I never really knew Tiger. He won’t let anybody know him. I think the reason is that he doesn’t have anything to say. All he knows is how to hit a golf ball.” Interview with Texas Monthly, March 2014
[For disclosure’s sake: Jenkins’s daughter, Sally Jenkins, is a Washington Post Sports columnist.]
Anyway, Dan Jenkins is back at it again, this time in an interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Is Jordan Spieth the next big thing on the Tour, or are we kidding ourselves that, because of the depth of talent at the top, anybody will ever replicate Tiger’s run a decade ago?
Jordan Spieth is the real deal. As I tweeted from Augusta, he appears to be the perfect Texas pro. He has the will and the focus of Ben Hogan, the likability of Byron Nelson and the putting stroke of Ben Crenshaw. I’m delighted that we now have a youthful Top Three — Rory McIlroy, Jordan and Rickie Fowler.
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