Jordan Spieth thankful his dream come true not actually a dream

Published Apr. 13, 2015 10:46 a.m. ET

Brett Smiley

Jordan Spieth won his first major and first green jacket on Sunday with a record-tying 18-under performance at the Masters, representing a dream realized for the 21-year-old.

Sure, every amateur and professional golfer dreams of winning the Masters, but Jordan Spieth actually made it his clear and unquivocal goal when he was only 14 years old. Watch this local television segment showing Spieth as a high school sophomore. At the end of the video, Spieth mentions his ultimate goal (although he says nothing about a wire-to-wire victory):

And on Monday morning, Spieth said this:

It may still take another few days for it to completely sink in, but that green jacket is real and it's spectacular.