But since the Masters, Woods has struggled while Spieth has dominated the field. Last week, Spieth won his fourth tournament of the year taking the John Deere Classic. The event was the second time he has won the tournament.
Spieth has the opportunity to do something no golfer has done: Win all four majors in the same year.
"I think the parallels that are drawn between me and Tiger are unfair," Spieth, who is 12 major titles shy of Woods, said. "I think that that's not something that in my mind is necessary. I think that's something that people are looking for but is not there with anybody right now because it's something I don't think that can be compared until at least midway through their career."
Spieth admits that he doesn't have the ability to intimidate like Woods did during his hay day.
"I don't hit the ball the furthest, which I think is one of the reasons Tiger intimidated people so much is he was the longest and the straight he's, but we find a way to get it in the hole," Spieth said.
Though Spieth has had a dominant year, he is second in the Official World Golf Rankings behind No. 1 Rory McIlroy.
Spieth has yet to become the World's No. 1. Meanwhile, Woods spent 683 weeks as the No. 1 golfer. Even though Woods has not won a major since 2008, he was the No. 1 golfer in the world for a 14-month span from 2013-14.
It has been a rare occurrence during Woods' career to answer questions about other golfers, but earlier this week, Woods was asked several questions about Spieth.
"Obviously he's in great form. It's just a matter of going out there and executing his game plan. I mean, that's what he talks about a lot is formulating a game plan and executing it, and this is a golf course in which you have to do that," Woods said.
Second round play is expected to resume this afternoon after a lengthy wind delay. The final round of play has been pushed back to Monday.
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