CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jordan Spieth is well aware of the anticipation and expectation that will follow him like a pesky gnat. But he’ll have none of it.

The 24-year-old Spieth, who will tee it up in Thursday’s opening round of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow, knows that a win this week would distinguish him as the youngest player ever to achieve a career Grand Slam.

“Expectations? I really don’t feel any,” Spieth said Wednesday. “This is a chance to complete a career Grand Slam. I’m here, so I’m going to go ahead and try to do it, but I believe I’m going to have plenty of chances. I’m young enough to believe with my abilities it will happen at some point.

“Do I have to be the youngest [to do it]? No. I don’t feel that kind of pressure. Would it be cool? Absolutely.”

Spieth, whose dramatic British Open victory last month at Royal Birkdale was the third leg of his Slam, acknowledged there will be pressure this week.

“This is a major championship, this is one of the four pivotal weeks a year we focus on,” he said. “So there certainly will be pressure. I’m simply stating there won’t be added expectation or pressure. How? I just don’t feel it. I don’t feel a burning desire to be the youngest to do something.

“If I don’t win [a PGA] in the next 10 years then maybe that adds pressure. Hopefully, we don’t have that conversation in 10 years. But if we do it might be different. It was only two weeks ago that I was able to get the third leg, so that’s fresh in my mind. I’m about as free and relaxed at a major than I think I’ve ever felt.”