Jordan Spieth continues dominance heading into PGA Championship

I have been playing on developmental professional tours for three years now. What if I were to tell you I have made 18 cuts in 20 events in 2015. What if I were to tell you I have 16 Top 25s and 13 Top 10s, including four wins, three runner-ups and a third. Think you might be impressed?

What if I were to tell you I did this on the PGA Tour?

Well that is exactly what a young man three years my junior has done. His name is Jordan Spieth.

In 2015 alone, the 22-year-old has earned $9,319,715 in winnings, and that doesn't include his monster deal with Under Armour. He is No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings, well clear of the rest of the Tour, and has climbed to No. 2 in the Official World Golf Rankings, only behind Rory McIlroy. Two of his four victories this season came in the Masters and U.S. Open, the two most important golf tournaments for any American-born golfer.

Spieth has had a lot to celebrate in 2015 (Courtesy ABC News)

Spieth's 2015 scoring average of 68.795 and birdie average of 4.58 per round put him No. 1 on Tour in both categories. Although he may not wow you with his distance or proximity, he has proven to be the best closer and clutch putter in the world. He leads the Tour in putts per round, 27.74, and in one-putt percentage, 44.29%.

In his last five starts he has five Top 10s, including two wins. He finished T4 at the Open Championship at St. Andrew's, just one shot back of the playoff in his effort to complete the rare Grand Slam. In yesterday's final round at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, he fired a 66 to back his way into another Top 10 in an event in which he struggled playing against the best players on the planet.

Well now that your brain is fried from a slew of numbers, it's time to look ahead to this week's PGA Championship, held at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin for the first time since 2010. Golf enthusiasts remember this as the year in which Dustin Johnson grounded his club in a bunker, costing him the title and beginning a chain of tragedies in majors.

This year, all eyes will be on Spieth and McIlroy as the young gun looks to replace the established leader as the world's best. McIlroy, the defending champion, will be making his return to golf following an injury to his left ankle suffered on July 4th. The two will be paired together in the first two rounds, along with Zach Johnson who is fresh off his win at St. Andrew's last month.

Spieth, McIlroy and Johnson have won the last five majors. The threesome tees off at 2:20 p.m. ET on Thursday. Spieth is the odds-on favorite at 5-to-1, followed by McIlroy at 7-to-1.