ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Jordan Spieth will begin his march toward history Thursday on the Old Course in the 144th British Open alongside Hideki Matsuyama and Dustin Johnson.
Spieth, who won the John Deere Classic in a playoff on Sunday, will try to join Ben Hogan as the only players to win the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in the same year. Spieth, 21, has four PGA Tour titles this year; the last player to win four times before the British Open was Tiger Woods in 2000. Woods won the Open that year.
Spieth, Johnson and Matsuyama are off at 4:33 a.