Jordan Spieth Reveals Plans to Fix Injury That Has Ruined His Game

Jordan Spieth revealed plans to have his wrist surgically repaired during his off-season in a move that aims to solve the issues his game has suffered from for several years.

Spieth did not qualify for next week’s BMW Championship as he fell out of the Top 50 in the FedEx Cup Standings at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis this past weekend. He finished +9.

An early offseason for Spieth means he will have a nagging wrist injury repaired within the coming days:

“Yeah I’m going to get operated on ASAP. We’ll go through the process from there.”

A final round 72(+) for @JordanSpieth at the @FedExChamp. He will not advance to the @BMWchamps. Jordan has been bothered by a left wrist tendon injury this season and implied last week he may have surgery. After his round today Spieth said he needs to have the procedure “ASAP.”

— Todd Lewis (@ToddLewisGC) August 18, 2024

Spieth did not reveal the exact injury or procedure he plans to have done, but he did detail the relocation of a ligament, which is likely the thing to blame for his nagging issues over the past several seasons.

The injury was a major bottleneck in what was a disappointing season. Jordan revealed that digging into the ground with any shot was tremendously painful and impacted his game negatively for basically the entire year:

“Anything that impacted the ground was not a good situation for me this year.”

Obviously, golf is a game that requires constant contact with the ground. Irons and wedges are especially relevant here, two areas of Spieth’s game that he was known for several years ago, but has lost through the past few seasons.

The issue was it wasn’t persistent, he told the AP:

“[It’s] a come-and-go thing. I could oddly enough twist in the wrong way getting off the ground, and I couldn’t play tomorrow. But I could play the next day. The ulnar side of the wrist is hard to heal.”

Here’s Jordan Spieth on his wrist injury (s/o to whoever asked the question, can’t reaalllly tell here).

Added later he is “pain free until it subluxes and then I’m in very much pain until I get it back” which happens about every other week pic.twitter.com/K65Pler3b3

— Patrick McDonald (@pmcdonaldCBS) August 6, 2024

Spieth said this season was the “most frustrating” he’s had as a professional. From what we’ve come to expect from Spieth, it is no secret that this year was truly disappointing.

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