PGA Tour star Jordan Spieth is not comfortable that he is not enjoying in addition to his longtime good friend Scottie Scheffler, however he is hoping to make use of the world No. 1 golfer’s success as inspiration.
Spieth, a three-time main championship winner, mentioned he used final week as a reset after a so-so begin to the 2024 season. He has three top-10 finishes in 10 begins, however had a disqualification and three missed cuts, together with at The Gamers and Masters, in his previous seven.
He’s hoping to show issues round, beginning at The CJ Cup Bryon Nelson, which tees off Thursday at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas.
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“I feel I sort of wished to hit the reset button this final week and I took extra days off than I normally do,” Spieth instructed reporters Wednesday. “Received a bit of burned out looking for stuff. I wished to take a while off, clear my thoughts, after which get again to it.
“… Sort of taking a look at this as sort of a restart. I have never had the 12 months I wished to have after getting off to a reasonably optimistic begin in Hawaii. I really feel actually good concerning the work I put in for the reason that weekend into the few days this week, so I imagine that I am actually near some nice issues.”
It will be time for Spieth to show his type round with the Wells Fargo Championship — a signature occasion — and the PGA Championship — at Valhalla Golf Membership in Louisville, Kentucky — developing subsequent on the schedule.
Spieth must win a PGA Championship to finish the profession Grand Slam. His final victory in a serious got here on the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale Golf Membership in Southport, England.
“Generally that may be disguised proper earlier than it occurs,” Spieth mentioned of turning issues round. “I am believing that has been the case and wish a pair confidence-building rounds or no matter it could be, and really feel like I am going on a very nice run. That is the plan.”
At the least Spieth will not need to cope with Scheffler this week. Scheffler, who has received in 4 of his previous 5 begins, together with The Gamers and Masters, is taking his second straight week off as he and his spouse, Meredith, are ready for the start of their first youngster.
“Like, I’m impressed by what he’s doing,” Spieth mentioned of Scheffler. “It makes me need to exit and get higher … and that is at all times been somebody that is older than me. Sort of the primary time I felt that approach about any person that is youthful.”
Spieth, 30, is about three years older than Scheffler. They each performed golf on the College of Texas and reside in Dallas.
“I play an honest quantity of rounds with him right here on the town,” Spieth mentioned. “I am consistently seeing it and attempting to beat him at dwelling, and when he is enjoying higher than I’m, it sucks. I do not get pleasure from it once I’m aspect by aspect as a result of there have been nonetheless a few years of our life [when] it wasn’t that approach.
“It is flipped and I really feel like I’ve obtained loads of runway to have the ability to get it again. It is inspiring on the similar time to attempt to make that occur. I’ve nothing in my approach of with the ability to make that occur however my very own self. I’ve obtained sufficient. I imagine in my ceiling, and I imagine my ceiling is as excessive as anyone’s. I’ve to get every a part of my recreation up towards its ceiling.”
