Comparisons with the new and old.

[Scotsclaff]

Spieth is Tiger.

Rory is Seve.

These are my personal comparisons.

Both of them will be exciting to watch in the next couple of years and I look forward to watching them both.

In your own opinon,who will be the most exciting to watch in future.

[boogielicious]

Spieth is Tiger.

Rory is Seve.

These are my personal comparisons.

Both of them will be exciting to watch in the next couple of years and I look forward to watching them both.

In your own opinon,who will be the most exciting to watch in future.

I would say the opposite. Seve was a master at the recovery shot. Spieth demonstrated that a couple of times at the PGA. The bunker shot in the final round comes to mind.

Rory is more like Tiger in that his approach shots can be spectacular. Tiger in his prime was amazing.

[saevel25]

Spieth is Tiger.

Rory is Seve.

These are my personal comparisons.

Nah. Really I would have said Phil is Seve because of how they both liked to put themselves into crazy positions on the course then only to hit an amazing recovery shot.

Spieth reminds me of Tom Watson but a better putter. Both were very gritty players who just grind it out.

Rory is tough to peg. He has glimpses of Tiger in the way he can just take over a tournament with his power and his long iron game. He's also streaky like Phil with his consistency. Rory is an average putter of the ball, very inconsistent in putting.

I would say Rory is closer to Tiger than anything.

[ccotenj]

other than the fact that they both play golf (played in seve's case, RIP), rory and seve don't have a lot in common... agree with the post above that phil would be the most "seve like", although i'm not sure we will ever see another seve... seve was unique... we will see another tiger (rory is similar in his ability to just completely dominate, although he doesn't have the putter tiger had), and another phil, and another spieth (i like the watson comparison), and so on long before we see another seve... similar to basketball... we will see many "jordan like" players (already we've had kobe), but it is unlikely we will ever see another kevin mchale... some guys are just "one of a kind"... to me, seve fits in that category...

[jbishop15]

Rory is the most like Tiger to me, as well. His A game is miles ahead of everyone else's A game; it's just that his B, C, and D game aren't quite the same level of quality.

Whereas Tiger could grind out a round playing poorly, I'm not sure Rory can do that, at least not yet.

But yeah, Phil is definitely Seve. Spieth to me reminds me of Gary Player; not as physically imposing as Jack or Arnie, but was more than a match for them with his overall game.

[turtleback]

I look at is as more of an issue of style and approach to the game than just pure ability.  Golf has always benefited from rivalries that involved clashes in style.  It goes back as far as Vardon-Ray (maybe further - my golf history pre-Vardon is a little weak).

You had Vardon, the buttoned down champion, who showed that you did not need to be born a gentleman to BE a gentleman, vs. Ray - burly, flamboyant, man of the people.

In each of the following we have a similar dichotomy:

Jones and Hagen.

Hogan and Snead

Jack and Arnie

Faldo and Norman

Some might say Tiger and Phil, but I think Tiger is a little unique as he combined both. But Phil definitely belongs in the former.  Had there been no Tiger than I think Vijay and Phil would occupy those 2 roles.

In this way of looking at it I think clearly Spieth is in the former role and Rory is in the later.  Meticulous preparation and great course management are a couple of the commonalities that I think puts Spieth in that category.  It is the difference between the coldly calculating player as compared to the let'er'rip guys.  The latter guys hit more spectacular shots, but generally (but not universally) speaking the former guys have more success.