re: Where does Spieth's year rank all time?

I don't think the field was quite the same.

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Tiger won a major, at one of the toughest courses in recent golf history by 15 stokes > than anything Spieth has done this year

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Rory's dominance at majors is much more Tiger-esque than Spieth (although still not close to Tiger).

No one else was even under par

He was -12. You can make any argument you want, but that was the most dominating performance in the history of golf.

Yep. He's won 2 majors by 8 strokes. Another major he had a 6-stroke lead going into Sunday and won.

When he plays his best, he really can run away from the field.

Bobby Jones really doesn't get enough credit for that 1930 year:

- For the British Amateur, Jones had to win 8 consecutive 18-hole match-play contests. Then, he had to play a 36 hole match-play final. He won it 7 and 6.

- Jones then had to win the British Open the week after playing nine matches in the British Amateur.

- He won the U.S. Amateur with two stroke-play qualifying rounds, two 18 hole match-play contests, and three 36 hole match-play contests. He won the finals match 8 and 7.

- To win the U.S. Open, Jones needed to two-putt from 40 feet. Instead, he holed out.

Other interesting tidbits:

In total, Jones won 10 of the last 15 majors he played in (from 1926 to 1930).

Jones held a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech and a B.A. in English Literature from Harvard. After three semesters at Emory Law School, he passed the bar exam.

I could be wrong about this, but I also think Bobby Jones is the only individual to receive two separate ticker-tape parades down Broadway.

Just a plug for a pretty amazing human being.

Well Spieth this year he had the lowest total score under par in all 4 majors ever, even lower than Tiger in 2000. He was unbelievable. Spieth's year this year was the greatest year in golf history. No question.

How many SEC West titles tho?

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Well Spieth this year he had the lowest total score under par in all 4 majors ever, even lower than Tiger in 2000. He was unbelievable. Spieth's year this year was the greatest year in golf history. No question.

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Well that is a laughable statement.

3 other golfers actually won 3 majors in a year

Hell Hogan won 18 times in a season, with 11 straight wins

Tiger won 9 times in 2000, with three major wins, by a combined 20 strokes

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Well Spieth this year he had the lowest total score under par in all 4 majors ever, even lower than Tiger in 2000. He was unbelievable. Spieth's year this year was the greatest year in golf history. No question.

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I love Spieth, and I think he's currently my favorite player in the sport, but no.

Tiger's 2000 is just unreal - had Spieth played a course like 2000 Pebble, he wouldn't have broken that record.

Hogan's 1953 is, in my view, the greatest year any player has ever had in the sport...won five of six tournaments he entered, including the three majors in which he played. Had he been able to play in the PGA, there is little doubt that he would have won given his form that summer. Considering his car accident and his physical struggles, it really puts that year in a level of its own.