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Spieth, who won the British Open at Royal
Birkdale in 2017 and just missed out on a play-off at St Andrews
in 2015, carded a 68 in the first round of the Scottish Open on
Thursday in calm conditions that helped Cameron Tringale fire a
nine-under 61.
Asked if the St Andrews layout might become defenceless in
similar conditions, Spieth said, "Yeah, I think it might be.
"It's hard for me to tell given 2015 we had so much wind that we
couldn't even play. But I think if it's like it was this morning
out here, it's just a wedge contest, really.
"It was not necessarily built for today's technology. But I
think that even a nice 10-15 mph (wind) would show something to
it. It doesn't look like we are going to get any rain, so I
think the defence could be how fast it plays."
Spieth added that conditions could become similar to the 2013
edition in Muirfield, when the first two days were played in
baking temperatures and players found it almost impossible to
stop the ball on the greens.
"It could get like Muirfield was in 2013 and I think that
regardless of wind conditions, that would change the golf course
significantly and make it challenging to hold fairways and
greens," the three-times major winner said.
The British Open will be played from July 14-17 and is expected
to draw a record attendance of 290,000. It will be the 30th time
that golf's oldest major has been held over the Old Course.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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