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Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth , Mike Ehrmann/Getty ImagesThat might have looked like a long shot considering how they started their careers.
Spieth received PGA Tour exemptions, including one that quickly sent him on his way to immediate stardom. Koepka had nowhere to go but the remote corners of the golfing world on the Challenge Tour, with no regrets how it turned out.And here they are, among the biggest names in golf, even though Koepka's game is in better shape at the moment.
"When he came to college, everyone knew who he was," Koepka said."And from then on, it was pretty obvious what he was going to do." Spieth, who was 16 when it tied for 16th in the Byron Nelson Championship, made five cuts in the eight PGA Tour events he played. "I asked where the driving range was and it was across the street, using mats that felt like bricks," he said.
The rest was vintage Spieth. He chipped in for birdie on the 71st hole at Innisbrook to secure special temporary membership. He holed a bunker shot on the final hole of the John Deere Classic and then won a playoff. He shot 62 in the final round at the TPC Boston and was picked for the Presidents Cup.
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