Watch the world's No. 1 golfer Jordan Spieth tee off like Happy Gilmore
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If you grew up in the 1990s, chances are you've seen Happy Gilmore, the Adam Sandler flick where he's a goofy, uncouth golf player (rather than a goofy, uncouth elementary-school student or a goofy, uncouth role model). And if you have set foot on a golf course since then, chances are you've attempted the famous Happy Gilmore golf swing.
Of course, you might have missed the tee on your running drive through the box — golf is tricky, after all. But you're not the top golfer in the world, like child-of-the-'90s Jordan Spieth is. Here's Spieth teeing off Sunday at the 70th Grapefruit Pro-Am in Florida:
It would appear that it is very fun to be the No. 1 golfer in the world at just 22 years old.
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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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