Northwest Iowa – Jordan Spieth bogeyed the final hole on Sunday, but the only thing it cost him was a Masters record.
Spieth closed with a 2-under 70 to win the Masters by four strokes. The win was his first major championship title.
The 21-year-old Texan was the first to reach 19-under par at the Masters with a birdie at the 15th, but his bogey at the 18th left him at 18-under-par 270, which tied him with Tiger Woods for low 72-hole score in tournament history.
On the bag for Spieth at the Masters was a caddie with very local ties. Michael Greller is an MOC Floyd Valley High School and Northwestern College graduate.
A Michigan native, Greller moved to Orange City in 1992 when his father, John Greller became vice president of development at Northwestern. Greller graduated from MOC-Floyd Valley in 1996 and Northwestern in 2000, earning a bachelor’s degree in business.
Greller was the No. 2 player for Northwestern College on teams coached by Dave Mulder and Mark Bloemendaal.
Through his ties in golf, Greller would eventually walk away from a 10-year teaching career to become a caddie and that’s how he found himself in the midst of a record performace at Augusta on Sunday afternoon.
