Jordan Spieth was cruising down I-35 on Sunday morning, a bit sleepier than usual after staying up late the night before watching some March Madness action.
It was a little too much madness for his taste since his beloved Texas Longhorns had fallen by a single point.
“Yeah,” he said, “I was hoping to go to bed with six or seven minutes left and Texas up 15 points. It was hard to watch. That was really tough, especially with Andrew Jones being so clutch there late. That would have been the perfect ending.”
Until Abilene Christian’s Joe Pleasant hit a couple of equally clutch free throws to eliminate the third-seeded Longhorns 53-52 from the NCAA Tournament. Spieth’s mind is never too far away from all things Texan.
Spieth took last week off from the PGA Tour to unwind, have a couple of beers with friends, grab a few tacos or other Tex-Mex meals and get in a practice or two.
With the Masters looming, he’s especially vigilant about COVID-19. Normally he’d have taken in a Mavs or Stars game during his short break, but both his parents and sister contracted the virus last summer and his brother, Steven, who lives in Austin and sells real estate at a Driftwood golf course, is almost the only contact Spieth has had with someone who hasn’t either had COVID-19 or been vaccinated. “Almost like herd immunity within our bubble at home,” he said.