Young American golfer Jordan Spieth has been dubbed as the Wyatt Earp of golf by his fellow Texan Ben Crenshaw after he fired to the top of the leaderboard at the Masters following the second round with a record 36-hole score.
Former world number one Tiger Woods shot to worldwide fame by winning his first Green Jacket at the Augusta National by 12 shots as a 21-year-old in 1997. And at the same age, the next American superstar is threatening to blow away the best players in similarly stunning style.
Spieth shot a second round 66 to reach the halfway stage at 14-under par - the lowest 36-hole score in Masters history, beating Raymond Floyd's 13-under par in 1976, The Mirror reported.
Woods, who is not known to lavish praise on fellow pros, said that he thinks Spieth could be great, while fellow American golfer Brandt Snedeker added that Spieth has that wow factor.
And Spieth's fellow Texan Ben Crenshaw, who is making his 44th and final Masters appearance, said that he thinks the world of Spieth, adding that he would never forget the first time he met him.
Crenshaw said that he looked right at Spieth and he looked at him and he thought that he was looking at Wyatt Earp. He added that Spieth just had that look about him, just wonderful, insisting that he's way more mature than what he was when he was 21.
Earp was a famous gun slinger in the Wild West and he killed three outlaw Cowboys in a gunfight at the O.K. Corral when he was a Deputy Town Marshall in Tombstone, Arizona.
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The double US Junior Amateur winner became the youngest winner on the PGA Tour since 1931 when he claimed the 2013 John Deere Classic and earned a wildcard pick on the Presidents Cup team.
Spieth finished tied second behind Bubba Watson on his Masters debut last year, aged 20, after playing in the final group on Sunday and leading after 11 holes, the report added.
