Rory McIlroy has been looking forward to this week's US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow since the moment that the North Carolina club was announced as the venue for the season's final Major.
"I know what I need to work on", said Spieth, ranked No. 2 in the world rankings. "Tiger had very parallel wins in the way that he got it done, but that was nearly like a robot, and I don't really expect that to happen with myself". If it happens great.
He can only hope to join a short list of players who have won a major on the same course where they won a PGA Tour event - Woods (Pebble Beach and Torrey Pines, both times in the same year), Jack Nicklaus (Firestone), Ben Hogan (Riviera in the same year) and Walter Hagen (Olympia Fields).
Spieth would be 24 years and 17 days old on Sunday, about six months younger than Woods-the youngest so far to win all four majors-was when he won the 2000 British Open to complete his career slam.
The Players Championship's new home on the PGA Tour calendar could be revealed on Tuesday during an announcement made at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., the site of this week's PGA Championship.
Don't be surprised to Spieth to be around the mark when the major is up for grabs on Sunday.
While a couple big changes have emerged such as the new PGA and Players Championship dates, other tournament dates and the schedule as a whole hasn't been finished.
He's priced up at around 13/2 with Paddy Power Casino, just ahead of Open Champion Jordan Spieth, who is bidding to complete the full set of Majors and can generally be backed at odds of 9/1.
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I'm happy here and would stay many more years. 'It was a hard job for Romelu to play against a team that dominates the possession. I'm so proud to have played for Madridistas!" He added: "I think we did well, we lost 2-1 which shows the result was close.
1 - it is the first time Quail Hollow has staged a men's major.
McIlroy is expected to be a contender for a third Wanamaker Trophy after wins in 2012 and 2014. "We are all about the Olympics but we also have to protect the PGA Championship and we can't just bounce the PGA Championship around every four years". "It would be nice to make that a hat trick", McIlroy said.
"I've been working very, very hard, trying to stay very disciplined with trying to stick to the process of getting better with my putting again and all throughout the whole game", Day said at Quail Hollow on Wednesday.
But now, Johnson feels he's worked out those kinks and is in prime position to challenge for what would be his second major win after his US Open success in 2016.
Texas-based Lee returned to the course a fortnight later, where his tie for 32nd place at the Canadian Open was just enough to book a third straight appearance at the PGA Championship.
Now here I am in search of my maiden win and I know it is closer than ever before.
The PGA Championship has been held in August since 1972, except for a year ago, when it was played in July to accommodate golf's return to the Olympics. The feature trio starts Thursday from the 10th tee at 8:25 a.m. (1225 GMT) and Friday from the first tee at 1:35 p.m.
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