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British Open 2017, Jordan Spieth wins: Twitter reacts

By Veronica Elizabeth Bruno

SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND - JULY 20: Jordan Spieth of the United States on the 18th hole during the first round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 20, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)
SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND - JULY 20: Jordan Spieth of the United States on the 18th hole during the first round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 20, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) /
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Jordan Spieth is the youngest American player at age 23 to win The Open and goes from “choking” with a lead to winning with thrill, setting the Twitter world on fire.

For those watching the first 13 holes of The British Open’s final day, we had taken the blue pill from The Matrix, but then we decided to take red pill, with Jordan Spieth showing us the “truth” of his brilliance. He hit a horrible drive at hole 13 and everyone was saying it was all over. His steady lead from the day before was evaporating before our very eyes. But then he bogeyed his way out in amazing fashion.

He stopped playing safe and played to win.

Then hole 15 happened, with a 48-foot putt. Then two birdies and -5 strokes later, he hit the last beautiful stroke for the win. It was a victory for the ages and the Internet went wild.

The final day of The Open started out like this:

But ended up like this for Jordan Spieth:

https://twitter.com/mrdanwalker/status/889170488165117953

How the American golfer felt when looking at his chances at the 13th hole:

How things looked pre-hole 14:

How he handled starting to choke:

He wasn’t the only one who labeled the golfer a superhero:

Hilarious:

Showed he’s one of the greats:

https://twitter.com/GreatestGolfers/status/889103834244456449

This summed up play for the day:

Sums up what watching the last five holes was like:

Emulating Maximus from Gladiator on hole 15:

https://twitter.com/MikeWilkinson09/status/889170322519449600

Also channeled McGregor with the bunker shot woke up Spieth:

Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus was enthralled:

On par with Tiger Woods:

Just in time for his upcoming 24th birthday:

The bunker hole that woke up Spieth impressed just about everyone:

https://twitter.com/JasonDufner/status/879108048782012416

Putting things in perspective:

How Jordan Spieth played the last four holes:

He’s only 23, and if he wins the next major, he will be the youngest to hold all four:

All eyes will be on Spieth for the PGA Championship coming up in August now.

Next: Complete List Of PGA Championship Winners

Can he get the job done?.

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