Tour rookies show no fear of veterans
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John Peterson was in the 11th grade and thought no one his age could beat him. That changed when he was at a junior event in Texas, where he heard so much about an eighth-grader that he went out to watch him.
That was his introduction to Jordan Spieth, now one of his good friends.
“I wanted to see what everyone was talking about,” Peterson said. “I’m a junior in high school, thinking no one could beat me, and here’s this eighth-grader killing everybody, already as tall as me. We battled in junior golf. I got him in a playoff at the Jones Cup, and he’s been beating me ever since.”
Spieth inspires him in a different way on the PGA Tour — just like Spieth was motivated by Russell Henley, who won the Sony Open last year.
Every year brings a new crop of rookies. Each year, the intimidation factor of playing alongside the best in the game deteriorates.
Spieth was among four rookies who won on the PGA Tour last year, joining Henley, Derek Ernst and Patrick Reed. It was one of the strongest rookie classes in years.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened again,” Spieth said.
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