FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — Back in the limelight on the course where he learned to play the game, Jordan Spieth looked at home on Monday. And home is a place the Texan has been getting mighty familiar with in recent weeks.
Spieth didn’t manage a victory during the 2024 season, and though he did make it to the FedEx Cup Playoffs, he was knocked out after the opening event, the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. But the three-time major champion had wrist surgery in late August and he’s hoping to make a big comeback once the 2025 season rolls around.
Spieth originally complained of a wrist injury the week before the 2023 PGA Championship, withdrawing from his hometown event, the Byron Nelson, which at the time was sponsored by AT&T. He ended the 2023 season at No. 15 in the world but has since fallen to No. 47 in the Official World Golf Ranking after what he termed one of his most frustrating seasons.
On Monday, as part of the inaugural Crush It! Cup youth golf tournament, a fundraiser at Brookhaven Country Club just outside Dallas — the course where he first honed his skills — Spieth made his first public appearance since the surgery and insisted he’s progressing nicely.
Jordan Spieth smiles on Monday during the inaugural Crush It! Cup youth golf tournament and fundraiser at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas. (Photo: Tim Schmitt/Golfweek)
Jordan Spieth: It was hard to measure, that’s why I didn’t get it done sooner. You know, it popped up here and there. There was no telling what would cause it and it wasn’t like hurting me swinging, so it was more of a how much is my subconscious making adjustments that are not good into the ball. I would say the number one reason why I ended up getting it done was because it affects my way of life at home. Like when it would dislocate and I couldn’t get it back in, it would happen when I’m getting my daughter out of the bath, I’m putting a sweatshirt on or it just so random that it was like, I didn’t want it to continue and it happened more and more. And it wasn’t going to heal itself based on a number of different docs and scans and whatever. So it’s just inevitable. And I had a time where you know if it is going to be something that was affecting me, significantly golf-wise, then that’s a bonus. If nothing else, then I do something that you know I can get back to actually shooting a basketball and throwing a baseball and playing with my kids. I’ll be more…
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