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History-chaser Spieth on learning curve as British Open looms

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US golfer Jordan Spieth is pictured on the practice range at The Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland, on July 14, 2015

St Andrews (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Jordan Spieth continued his crash course on playing links golf at St Andrews on Tuesday, with two days left until the start of the 144th British Open.

Standing halfway to an unprecedented calendar year Grand Slam of all four golf majors after wins in the Masters and US Open, the 21-year-old Texan raised more than a few eyebrows by playing, and winning, a tournament in the United States in the week prior to The Open.