Spieth defends World Challenge title on a new course

And he’s the No. 1 player in the world. “But when I have done some thinking, in my mind I can certainly improve in spots of my game”.

Spieth said after his 67, which had him a stroke off the lead among the early finishers, Paul Casey, Zach Johnson and Jimmy Walker on six under.

“You hear the noise”.

“I felt like it was the right thing to do to come and play and it’s going to be a lot of fun for me as well”. I really fancy that Fowler is ready to join the game’s elite of Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day, and he won’t be fazed by the quality of this field. “With Under Armour we’ve had Tom Brady as the MVP, Bryce Harper now is an MLB MVP, and you’ve got Andy Murray and what he’s been able to do”. He made par efforts on the rest three closing holes to settle for 69. It was tough. Some of the evenings were tough for me when I didn t close them out. There are typically less than 20 players but they’re all the top talents in the world rankings. “I thought were would be ocean views”. Scott stays in the Bahamas about 15 weeks out of the year. His world number one status is not in question to this point in the young season, and he looks primed to pick up where he left off a season ago.

He finished second in the Aussie Open last week and although he is still a little inconsistent with a shorter putter, I have a feeling that is being overplayed. Most of the greens are on the small side and elevated.

LAST CHANCE: The 18-man field consists only of players who are among the top 50 in the world ranking, so it was surprising to realize that five players have gone all year without winning. “Maybe if it was a bit more fiery, I think I do, but I think these guys can figure out how to play a golf course”. The event is held at the newly built ultra-luxurious, Albany Resort in Nassau, Bahamas and has drawn golf lovers, celebrities and media from across the globe.

Spieth will play the event for the third time, hoping to cap a dream 2015.

The Hero World Challenge – a benefit for the Tiger Woods Foundation though the host will not be competing due to injury – takes place in the Bahamas for the first time, starting Thursday, with defending champion Spieth looking to match Woods’ feat of consecutive titles in 2006 and 2007.