Jordan Spieth has admitted that he has found the majority of the courses on the PGA Tour extremely challenging this season as he reflected on a mixed year so far.
The Memorial Tournament this past week was perhaps the lowest point in Spieth’s season so far, with the 32-year-old missing the cut after posting a 79 on Friday at Muirfield Village.
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It is quite remarkable that he has registered eight top 25 finishes without breaking into the top 10. He finished tied for 11th at both Bay Hill and the Valspar Championship.
Jordan Spieth says what he has found so challenging about the PGA Tour season
Spieth is arguably becoming a solid all-round golfer. He is not outside the top 100 on the PGA Tour for any of the major strokes gained categories.
However, that is not resulting in the three-time major champion contending for a first victory on the PGA Tour since the 2022 RBC Heritage.
And Spieth hinted at why he may be struggling to find his very best form this season, as he was asked by CBS Sports about his preparations ahead of the majors before the US Open at Shinnecock Hills.
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“No, frankly we have played probably 12 US Opens this year, it has felt like. The courses have been brutally hard this season. It’s kind of nice,” he said.
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“It’s nice to have already played it before in a US Open. That limits the field down to a lot less people who were actually there. I kind of know what to expect heading into it I guess, as far as what it is going to require.
“Then I have asked some questions from some guys who have already gone and played it. Is it going to be the narrower one or is it going to be the one in 18 where they left it a bit wider but you better hit the fairway that they give you. It seems like that will be the route.
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“I remember the greens but hitting on those, you started working on a bit more touch and finesse and chipping and stuff like that. There’s definitely a bit more work as you get closer to the green, when you are preparing for a US Open you have to be a bit tighter.”
Jordan Spieth has a surprisingly terrible US Open record
Spieth made a real statement with his victory at Chambers Bay in 2015. The win meant that he had taken home the first two majors of the year.
It was difficult not to feel that Spieth was destined to dominate the game for some time. Certainly, few would have ever imagined that he would only win one more major heading into 2026.
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It may be a real surprise to some to know that Spieth’s US Open record is incredibly poor. In fact, the 2015 win marks the only time he has finished inside the top 10 at the event.
Meanwhile, he has missed the cut four times, most recently in 2023.
Crucially, he did not make it through to the weekend when the US Open was last at Shinnecock. It was the only major that year where Spieth finished outside the top 12.
He will hope that the PGA Tour season so far has properly prepared him for the upcoming test.
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