Step aside Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth is here
Orlando (Florida), Dec 8 (IANS)
Jordan Spieth became the youngest champion of the Hero World Challenge with a six-under 66 on the final round that took him to a tournament record 26-under 262 and gave him a victory by 10 shots at Isleworth Golf and Country Club Sunday.
The win took Spieth once again into top-10 – he was seventh after the Masters earlier in the year – and it also earned him $1 million.
He also dislodged Tiger Woods from two places in the record books -- becoming the youngest winner at 21 - Tiger was 25, when he won in 2001 - and by posting the lowest total to par in the World Challenge - the previous best was 22-under by Davis Love III in 2000 and by Woods in 2007.
Henrik Stenson (69) was a distant second at 16-under 272, while Patrick Reed (68) and Keegan Bradley (70) tied for third at 15-under and Jason Day (66) was fifth at 14-under, while Rickie Fowler (68) and Justin Rose (71) were tied sixth.
Woods who was two-under through the front nine, dropped a triple bogey on the par-5 13th hole and another bogey on 15th before he closed with birdies on 16th and 17th for a card of 72 and a total of even par 288 and tied 17th and last with Hunter Mahan.
Spieth's six-under 66 that included a double bogey on the 14th - his second double bogey of the week and he had just one other bogey - was the joint best round of the day.
Stenson rounded off the year with a second place to go with the in Dubai in his previous start. His three-under 69 with six birdies and three bogeys gave him a total of 16-under 272.
Spieth got off to a great start with three birdies in first four holes and then an eagle on the par-5 seventh took him to 25-under.
Spieth started the back ninth with the birdie on the tenth for fourth day in a row and then dropped a double on the 14th and then added further birdies on 15th and 17th - for the first time this week. He was phenomenal off the par-fives, for which he was 11-under for the week with nine birdies and an eagle.
The World Challenge for 2015 will move to the Albany Golf Course in The Bahamas.