Caddie Michael Greller (left) and Jordan Spieth on the 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews.
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Throughout his lengthy profession carrying the bag of PGA Tour star Jordan Spieth, caddie Michael Greller has loved his share of unimaginable highs.
Which isn’t to say there haven’t been a number of lows, too.
Although he has gathered three main titles amongst 13 whole PGA Tour wins in what shall be a Corridor of Fame profession, Spieth has had a roller-coaster run. For each massive victory, he’s endured a handful of painful losses.
Within the newest episode of The Scoop with GOLF’s Claire Rogers, Rogers requested Greller if there was one mistake that stands out in his time on Spieth’s bag. It didn’t take lengthy for Greller to establish the one choice he needs he may “re-do” — from the 2015 Open Championship at St. Andrews.
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“For me, that was the toughest loss,” Greller started. “A caddie as soon as instructed me the higher a participant you’re employed for the extra nice wins you’re going to have, and the extra powerful losses you’re going to have. You wish to work for the greats, and also you’re going to have these powerful losses.”
Heading into the 2015 Open at St. Andrews, Spieth already had gained the Masters and the U.S. Open earlier that yr. On Sunday on the Previous Course, he had an opportunity to win his third main of the season however didn’t birdie both of the ultimate two holes to earn a spot in a playoff.
The second that also stings Greller at this time, he stated, got here on 18 when Spieth got here up quick together with his strategy, leaving himself with an all however unmakeable birdie putt and ending his title hopes. Greller nonetheless thinks about his boss’s membership choice.
“If I had a re-do,” Greller stated, “he ended up hitting a spot wedge, he was left and he was being aggressive as a result of he was making an attempt to make birdie there on the 18th gap at St. Andrews. And he ended up coming…quick and it got here all the way in which again all the way down to the underside, and he needed to make a 40-footer to get within the playoff. However in hindsight I want he would have hit it to twenty ft behind it.”
Greller’s response within the second spoke to how a lot he burned to win.
“I really cried after that one I used to be so upset,” he stated. “And never simply that call… it was simply he was on the cusp of getting an important probability to actually win the primary three majors. Then he ended up getting solo-second at Whistling Straits that yr on the PGA. He was not far off from profitable all 4 majors In order that’s most likely one which I take into consideration.”
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