AVONDALE, La. – The Jordan Spieth-Ryan Palmer partnership at the Zurich Classic is obvious for many reasons – fellow Texans, close friends – but there’s an even better backstory behind their union.
A large group that included Spieth, Palmer, Palmer’s caddie James Edmondson, Beau Hossler and Harrison Frazar played a wolf game last November at Trinity Forest in Dallas.
Before they teed off, Edmondson made a wager with Spieth: If I beat you today, you have to partner with Ryan at the Zurich.
Edmondson, a former college player and four-time club champion at Colonial, shot 71 and clipped Spieth.