Quite the double
With his victory at Chambers Bay on Sunday, Jordan Spieth is 2-for-2 this year in majors and became the sixth golfer to win both the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year. Those winners:
1941: Craig Wood
1953: Ben Hogan
1960: Arnold Palmer
1972: Jack Nicklaus
2002: Tiger Woods
2015: Jordan Spieth
Next major: The 144th British Open will be held July 16–19 at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. It will be the 29th Open Championship played at St Andrews.
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