Masters champion Jordan Spieth believes that him being compared to 14-time Major winner Tiger Woods is not fair.
21-year-old Spieth became the youngest golfer after Woods to win the Masters. His spectacular four-shot victory at Augusta National on Sunday drew comparisons to Woods' own Masters triumph as a 21-year-old back in 1997.
Spieth also equaled Woods' lowest collated Masters score -set in 1997- by shooting 18-under over the four rounds, only missing out on the outright record with a bogey on the final hole, Sport24 reported.
Although the similarities are evident, Spieth believes it's too soon to start comparing. He said that he doesn't think it's fair.
The new world number two said that what Woods has done for the game of golf, he doesn't know if it could or would be matched ever. He said that it's certainly really nice to be off to a great start and accomplish this feat and equal what the former world number one did at this age.
Spieth said that those comparisons are just talk right now; adding that he doesn't see it yet, but he insisted that he sees a nice giant step towards it.
Spieth also said that to him, all that matters is that they had a goal at the beginning of the year which as a team was to prepare every part; his body, mechanics, mental side and their on-course efforts to peak at Augusta National.
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