Boy, you talk about hype! But, after a convincing win at the Masters last weekend, Jordan Spieth looks like he could be that next rare player that comes along every 15 years or so. Nobody has really stepped up to challenge Tiger Woods' hold on the golf world but Spieth's mastery over Augusta National was very reminiscent of the way Tiger sort of broke upon the pro golf scene way back in the 90's. This is no flash in the pan event for Spieth who is the first guy since Tiger win multiple junior national titles. His 2nd place finish at last year's Masters was exceptional and if he didn't fade on the back nine he would have been the youngest Masters winner ever beating out Tiger. As it is he's only a few months older than Wood's and he's the second youngest Green Jacket owner ever. Spieth tied Woods record for lowest winning score of -18 set by Woods in 1997. Of course people were watching Woods since his childhood when it was clear Tiger's father Earl Woods taught him the game and he became a childhood phenom. It's feasible that the hoopla over Tiger was about his skill level but also about his race. Even though Tiger's mother was Asian he has always been labeled by the media a black man and to have a working class background black man take a stranglehold on a sport that was traditionally the sole providence of the white country club set made Woods all the more spectacular. Spieth is white and he is from UT so he won't be the phenomenon that Woods was and is. But he is the latest guy to be considered as potentially the next Tiger in much the same way so many guys aspired to be the next Jack (Nicklaus) until Tiger came along. We'll see how this goes, after all, wasn't Rory McIlroy the next big thing?