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His improbable run for victory over after a double-bogey on 15, Dallas Jesuit junior Jordan Spieth had one last thing to accomplish before closing the book on his fairytale week. He would not leave without firing at the flag on 17.

The afternoon sun glared off the water 175 yards away. Fans were packed in the skyboxes surrounding the amphitheater.

Spieth's 7-iron shot hovered in the wind, barely cleared the pond and then came down with a thud 10 feet from the hole. The aggressive play drew a deafening roar. As Spieth walked downhill, he was serenaded with a standing ovation that a champion would envy.

He may have finished in a tie for 16th, six strokes behind winner Jason Day, but the scene on 17 left an imprint that could last a lifetime.

Dallas Morning News

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Defying age and logic, Dallas Jesuit junior Jordan Spieth climbed the leaderboard of the PGA's Byron Nelson Championship in blustery Saturday conditions while facing only one quandary.

No, it wasn't the next-to-impossible par he made on the 18th hole after spraying his drive into the No. 1 fairway. It wasn't the 26-foot bunker shot he faced after short-siding himself on the opening hole. Heck, he rolled that one in for birdie.

The only thing that vexed the 16-year-old Spieth as he rose to a seventh-place tie entering today's final round was how to address his Saturday playing partner, 50-year-old Tom Pernice.

Dallas Morning News

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Dallas Jesuit junior Jordan Spieth blew a giant exhale through his rosy, 16-year-old cheeks, then piped his first tee shot down the fairway, with a gentle draw.

Playing in his first PGA Tour event, Spieth played 11 holes at even-par. As he eyed a downhill six-foot putt, a horn blast signified the end of Thursday's play as darkness fell over the TPC Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas. Spieth rolled it in. His gallery of several hundred erupted in cheers.

"That last putt was sick!" Spieth said.

As an amateur, Spieth won't earn a cent at the HP Byron Nelson Championship; but, already, he has priceless experiences to deposit in his lifetime memory bank.

Dallas Morning News

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He's about to do something guys with names like Tiger Woods and Justin Leonard have done, and, funny, that's probably not even the most interesting thing about Dallas Jesuit junior Jordan Spieth.

The kid is 16, and he often texts Tony Romo – "just an unbelievable guy, not many people know that about him," he adds. He's traveled all over the country and to England. Oh, and back to the Woods and Leonard comparison: He's making his PGA Tour debut this week in the HP Byron Nelson Championship, having gained only the second amateur exemption in the tournament since those two did so in 1993.

Dallas Morning News 

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Ask Castroville Medina Valley senior Curtis Reed what the toughest part of winning the Class 4A state golf championship was, and he'll readily give you the answer — but not the one you'd expect. It wasn't having to battle the 20-30 mph gusts that plagued the two-day tournament at Jimmy Clay Golf Course or the stiff competition.

It was the waiting.

San Antonio Express-News

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A certain level of expectation burdens every team coming off a state title.

As the Class 3A state golf tournament kicks off today at Austin’s Roy Kizer Golf Course, no team is more well-versed in that fact than the Gatesville boys’ squad.

“That’s been the hardest thing to get over, is the expectations,” Gatesville coach Guy Dean said. “People think, ‘It’s so easy, y’all are going to repeat next year.’ It’s not. These guys had to realize it’s a new team. We had to go out and make our own statement. You can’t live off the past.”

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