Jordan Spieth Details Swing Change Post Surgery: ‘Big, Big Shift’

Jordan Spieth is finally healthy after dealing with an annoying wrist problem since 2018 and he will return to PGA Tour this week on 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with a recovered turn.

The three-time great champion had wrist surgery back in August. Once it was medically cleared, Spieth went to work to finish an important part of his turn. Having months to get back in the laboratory spied something good as he made a simple but necessary fine -tuning to his turn, which he hopes will allow him to rediscover his old form.

“I was able to work on some things in that swing kind in a way that I hadn’t worked on them since I was 13 years old, where I had this time, this wet concrete to try to shape some things , get out of some bad habits, ”Spieth said Wednesday during his press conference before the tournament. “It’s still an ongoing job, but I made a lot of progress in the few months that I had to do.”

The change?

Spieth had to change some of his backswing to help improve a wedge game that is sliding too late.

“It was kind of necessary to fix – honestly, it’s my hand trail how I used to wear the club steeper, go back with my hands traveling a little deeper,” Spieth said. “Then do it and combine it with what is needed to turn it around to put it up by the ball. I had got tall hands, the hands that pulled much longer. So much of my wedding, some of my finesse shots and things suffered. You can still run the ball well by doing it because you have enough time to compensate for it. It was mainly that to me felt like a big, big shift. In fact, if you brake it on video, you probably see a shift, but it probably wouldn’t look so crazy to the naked eye. Small adjustments for us feel crazy big. “

According to Data Golf, Spieth got his best strokes achieved: The approach season of his career in 2017 when he got 1.14 shots on approach. Since then, Spieth has not received more than 0.58 shots on approach (2018) in a single season. Last year Spieth ended the year with -0.07 SG: Access. It was the second -worthy brand in his professional career.

The Spieth initially injured his wrist in 2018, which affected his grip. He made some adjustments over time, but eventually he developed some bad habits that he is now trying to correct.

“My grip around (2018), I had hurt it, and I didn’t get it resolved,” Spieth said. “I already have a weak grip and it got too weak and I went into bad habits for a long time. It wasn’t until Legitimate Tuesday (Waste Management Phoenix open in 2021) that I actually changed the grip to suffer five, eight degrees more on top with my left hand.

“It was 2021, and I played well, decently good for a few years. And then this happened in May (2023), and then it was just kind – whether it affected it or not, I never know, but it doesn’t really matter now. “

Now fully healthy, Spieth has no restrictions on its turn. He arrives at Pebble Beach with realistic expectations for his week and the early part of his return. Spieth will rely on a patient approach when he gets back into swing with competition. The 31-year-old hopes that the next three weeks will serve as building blocks to get him back to the top of the sport.

A recovered turn that he can now trust will serve him well in that journey.

“The results are results. The results come, you fall or you are in violation, it goes your way, ”Spieth said. “But just being consistent, just step up and know that I want to start the ball right there, it can lead to 69 the day it can lead to 65, maybe 74, but I know I know the next day what to Improve you. Just much less guessing, more confidence in what I’m doing, and keeping me until it’s really what I look forward to. “

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