Nothing like this has ever happened to him before, and it is very likely that he will never have to go through a similar situation. The world number one, Jordan Spieth, was forced to play a round in which he would only have to hit a single shot, or two at the most. When he was about to conclude his participation in the Singapore Open, the referees decided to suspend play due to a sudden storm with a large electrical device that threatened the integrity of the players.
Spieth’s ball was on the green five feet from the hole. As the storm did not abate, the completion of the round had to be postponed to the next day, Monday. Spieth was then in second place, two strokes behind the leader, South Korean Song Young Han, who was on the 16th green about to hit a four-meter putt to save par. So this morning the game was resumed and although Spieth holed a birdie, the Asian, 24 years old, 204 in the world ranking, enrolled in the Asian Tour, finally won by one stroke.
It was his first professional victory. It was no surprise that he asked Spieth to take a selfie with him. Like the good professional he is, the American posed smiling for Song’s cell phone. The procession was on the inside.
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