Jordan Spieth Hits Rough Stretch at an Unfortunate Time

It’s hard to feel any kind of sorrow for a man who has won two majors and over $10,000,000 in earnings this year on the PGA TOUR, but Jordan Spieth has found himself in a rough stretch at the wrong time.

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After an unusual missed cut at the Barclays last weekend, the Golden Child has missed the cut at the Deutsche Bank Championship this week. It’s the first time in his young career that the 22 year old has ever missed consecutive cuts at events.

Spieth was 4-over on Friday, which was the highest round to par he’s had all season, and posted a 2-over 73 on Saturday to miss the cut by three strokes and end his week early for the second straight tournament. He missed the cut at the Barclays in the previous week with rounds of 74-73.

"“I’m hitting the ball as well as I was in the PGA, as well as I was at The Open (Championship),” Spieth said. “I have control of the golf ball just fine. For whatever reason I’m not scoring. Today was my putter. (Thursday) was my irons — my distance control from the fairways. Just not everything is exact and fine tuned like it has been this whole year.”"

Spieth didn’t see any birdies until the 18th hole in his second round at TPC Boston and saw a total of eight bogeys in his first round, the most dropped shots he’s had in a round all season.

ESPN golf writer Jason Sobel tweeted out that in his first 76 rounds this season, Spieth’s scoring average has been 68.96, but in his last three rounds it has been 74.00. The magic he has seen all season has come to a screeching halt and an unfortunate time.

“It’s almost like a bad dream.”

The area that Spieth has been red hot in all year is what has let him down the past couple of weeks. He ranks 6th on TOUR in strokes gained putting, but he found himself on the bottom of that list this week. Out of 98 players in the field at the Deutsche Bank, Spieth ranked 96th in strokes gained putting, losing a total of 4.4 strokes in his two rounds.

Another problem he hasn’t experienced all year is a negative attitude, but his poor play seems to be affecting his mentality.

"“Normally, my mental game is my strength,” Spieth said. “And it’s something I feel like I have an advantage over other players. These past two weeks, it was a weakness for me. And I’ve just got to go back and reassess how to remain positive.”"

Spieth still found time to make light of his bad play, however. Once he cooled off later on Saturday evening, the former Texas Longhorn took to Twitter to express his frustration with his Alma mater’s play against Notre Dame.

Despite the rough stretch Jordan has hit, there may be some positive news that comes out of this week. Even with his missed cut, he has the chance to reclaim the number one ranking in the world if Jason Day doesn’t win and Rory McIlroy finishes outside of the top 10.

The TOUR has an off week following the Deutsche Bank Championship and then heads to Conway Farms, outside of Chicago, for the BMW Championship. Hopefully Spieth can use the down time to sharpen his mental game and bounce back for the final two events.

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