Unfortunately, this is a day and age where a player has to be compared to a former great and be dubbed the next [insert the name of a former great here]. Being the first "you" isn't enough for spectators these days.
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Graeme McDowell is no exception. The former U.S. Open champion had glowing praise for golf's next budding superstar, Jordan Spieth, comparing him to the game's most-celebrated name.
"Rory [McIlroy] is comparable to Tiger [Woods]," McDowell said (via Independent). "But I think Jordan is more comparable to [Jack] Nicklaus."
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No pressure, Jordan, but that's golden praise linking you to the Golden Bear.
McDowell would double down on his assessment of Spieth, claiming the 21-year-old doesn't have an elite part to his game. But he doesn't have an apparent weakness, either.
"Guys like him see nothing unusual in graduating from the Walker Cup to winning PGA Tour events and competing in Major championships almost overnight," McDowell added. "Jordan doesn't drive the ball like Rory, but he drives it far enough. He doesn't hit his irons like Tiger, but he hits them well enough. He doesn't chip like Phil Mickelson, but he chips well enough. You get what I'm saying?"
"He's just a really solid, no-frills player who's going to have an amazing career."
His stretch of four consecutive top-two finishes, however, will seemingly come to an end on Sunday. Spieth enters the final round of the RBC Heritage tied for eighth and five strokes back.
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