Jordan Spieth targets US PGA Championship title at Whistling Straits
Last Updated: 21/07/15 3:12pm
Despite falling agonisingly short at the Open, Jordan Spieth will look to etch his name into the record books next month by winning the US PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
Spieth finished just one shot outside the play-off between eventual winner Zach Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman at St Andrews.
The 21-year-old Masters and US Open champion will now head into the final major of the year with high hopes of becoming only the third player - after Ben Hogan in 1953 and Tiger Woods in 2000 - to win three majors in a single season.
And he is already in exalted company given that Arnold Palmer in 1960 and Jack Nicklaus in 1972 both won the Masters and US Open but came up short in the Open.
Palmer finished second by a shot to Kel Nagle at St Andrews, while Nicklaus was beaten by the same margin by Lee Trevino at Muirfield.
"I don't know how many guys have done three majors in a year. I'm sure there's only been a few," Spieth said on Monday. "I know Tiger has done it, and I'm sure Jack has (Nicklaus won two majors in a year five times, but never three).
"So that would be the next goal as far as the history goes. Sights set on the PGA Championship.
"I made a lot of the right decisions down the stretch and (have) certainly closed plenty of tournaments out, and this just wasn't one of those. It's hard to do that every single time. I won't beat myself up too bad because I do understand that.
"I think the way that I played this week and especially today would have won the US Open by more than just a shot. I didn't play as well there. It's just that's the kind of golf that was played by the field this week, it just took some special golf."
There's been a European major winner every year since 2009 - so can a European continue that record in the final major of the year. You can follow the PGA Championship live, starting on Thursday, August 13 from 5pm on Sky Sports 4HD.
