Jordan Spieth unsurprised by lukewarm response to Slam hopes

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Jordan Spieth has an opportunity to become only the sixth player in history to win all four professional majors.

from the career Grand Slam, the most elite club in golf. It's like that every year, and it doesn't make it any easier when he gets to the Masters.Now that McIlroy missed again at the Masters -- his 10th straight attempt at getting the final leg -- Spieth is next up with an opportunity to become only the sixth player in history to win all four professional majors.

Sarazen is the only player with the career Grand Slam who completed it at Augusta National. But that was in 1935, long before the Masters was considered a major and 25 years before Arnold Palmer first brought a professional Slam into the golf conversation. "We play a few tournaments a year that could be PGA Championships if you change the branding and the grandstands.""Is Tom Watson good enough to win the Grand Slam? Absolutely. Was Arnold Palmer good enough to win the Grand Slam? Absolutely," Nicklaus said."It's like the PGA Championship feels decently similar to a number of tournaments we play. I don't mean that in a bad way. It's played on some of the biggest, best golf courses.

 

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