article_snippet.sent: It’s 18 months now since local boy Jordan Spieth attracted criticism for giving up on university and joining the PGA Tour as the 809th ranked player in the world.
article_snippet.sent: Spieth, only 21, has since risen to number four in the world.
article_snippet.sent: Spectators have flocked to see Texas local boy Jordan Spieth in action at the Shell Houston Open .
article_snippet.sent: In seven starts this season Spieth, who finished runner-up on his the Masters debut last year, has finished outside the top seven only twice, and here a second-round 66 lifted his to within three shots of the leader, Andrew Putnam.
highlights_snippet.sent: Record numbers have flocked to see local boy Jordan Spieth in action .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: local boy Jordan Spieth quit university in order to concentrate on golf career .