Jordan Spieth never took his foot off the gas, closing with a 6-under-par 66 to win the Hero World Challenge by 10 strokes over Henrik Stenson of Sweden at Isleworth Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Fla.
Spieth, who won’t be 22 until July, was coming off a six-stroke victory in the Emirates Australian Open last week after finishing one stroke out of a playoff in the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan.
“I just built on the momentum of last week,” said Spieth, who led virtually all the way after opening with scores of 66-67-63. “I’m playing the best golf in my life right now and it’s good enough to beat the best players in the world.
“I’m not sure about my goals for next year, but I will probably sit down in the next few weeks and write them down. It will be nice to get home and take some time off. I’ve been on a lot of airplanes in the last few weeks.”
Spieth took a seven-stroke lead into the final round and blew the tournament wide open by making birdies on three of the first four holes before adding an eagle on the seventh hole. He stumbled with a double-bogey 6 on the 14th hole, but added three more birdies on the back nine.
Stenson, who won the DP World Tour Championship-Dubai in his previous start, salvaged a runner-up finish with three birdies in five holes on the back nine to shoot 69.
Patrick Reed birdied the last hole to close with a 68 and tie for third with Keegan Bradley, who had two late birdies to finish off a 70.
Jason Day of Australia finished fifth after a 66, while Rickie Fowler of Murrieta birdied the last two holes in a 68 that lifted him into a tie for sixth with Justin Rose of England, who came in with a 71.
