Rory has inspired Grand plan for Spieth to get slam

JORDAN Spieth admits he has been inspired by Rory Mcllroy completing the career grand slam as he bids to join golf’s most exclusive club himself.

- By PHIL CASEY

Just five weeks after Mcllroy won the Masters to become the sixth player to have claimed all four major titles, Spieth can make it a magnificent seven by ending his own major drought with victory in the US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow.

It will be Spieth’s ninth attempt to complete the career grand slam since he secured the third leg in the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and he will be optimistic of mounting a sustained challenge for the first time.

Although Spieth was third at Bethpage in 2019 he finished six shots behind winner Brooks Koepka and was only that close thanks to five bogeys in the last eight holes from his Ryder Cup team-mate.