Jordan Spieth was golf's hottest player at the end of 2014 and the fast rising American believes he is close to that level as he prepares for the Masters, the opening major of the year.
World number nine Spieth has recorded top-10s in two of his last three PGA Tour events and was able to recover from a slow start to the Northern Trust Open first round on Thursday with a sizzling back nine."I had a couple of good weeks out of the last three," the 21-year-old Texan told reporters after climbing into early contention with a two-under-par 69 on a firm and fast-running Riviera Country Club layout.
"The way I'm striking it and the way my putting has been improving each week, I'm very confident about getting myself into contention here."