Jordan Spieth does not lack for confidence and that, plus his considerable skills could be enough to carry the 2013 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year to victory at his first Masters come April.
"I’m going to have to play my butt off, I have to have my A-plus game there," Spieth told reporters on Wednesday ahead of this week’s Valspar Championship, "but if we go through the right preparation, I’m on my game, then I feel like I’ve got a good shot at it."
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Spieth, still a teenager, entered the game at Innisbrook in what was the Tampa Bay Championship with no official PGA Tour playing standing. He did not win the event (he finished T7) but walked away with special temporary status that led to his attaining full playing privileges.