Jordan Spieth's dominance at the Masters summed up in one stat

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April 6, 2018 3:56 AM

Jordan Spieth has already led as many rounds at the Masters as Tiger Woods.

Jordan Spieth has a two-stroke lead after the first round at the Masters.
It was just the 17th round Spieth has played at the Masters — and yet it was the ninth time he had at least a share of the lead at the end of the day.
Spieth's nine rounds led at the Masters is already as many as Tiger Woods has had in 21 Masters and is tied for the fourth-most of all time.

After one round of the Masters, Jordan Spieth is a familiar position: on top of the leaderboard.

Spieth used a run of five straight birdies on the back-nine to shoot an opening-round 6-under, 66, to take a two-shot lead over Tony Finau and Matt Kuchar.

If it seems as if Spieth is always leading the Masters, that is because he is — and one stat sums up that dominance.

Thursday's opening round was just the 17th career round for Spieth, 24, at the Masters. Spieth has now been in first or tied for first in nine of those 17 rounds.

As Brad Townsend pointed out, Spieth's nine rounds led is already as many as Tiger Woods has had in 21 trips to Augusta National Golf Club to play the Masters.

In fact, Spieth's nine rounds led at the Masters is already tied for the fourth-most in the history of the tournament and already ahead of some of golf's biggest names:

Jordan Spieth — 9

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