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Jordan Spieth: New Schedule Will Boost Comeback Effort

By Tim Letcher

SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND - JULY 23: Jordan Spieth of the United States celebrates an eagle on the 15th hole during the final round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 23, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)
SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND - JULY 23: Jordan Spieth of the United States celebrates an eagle on the 15th hole during the final round of the 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on July 23, 2017 in Southport, England. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images) /
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After having such a strong beginning to his career, Jordan Spieth has had his struggles recently. But the new PGA Tour schedule is in his favor.

Jordan Spieth is in need of a boost. After bursting onto the PGA Tour in 2013, the expectations for Spieth were through the roof.

The Texan lived up to the hype during his first five years on tour. He won 11 times, including three majors. Spieth claimed his first major title at the 2015 Masters and followed that up by winning the U.S. Open the same year.

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He concluded that special season by winning the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. Spieth was named the PGA Player of the Year that season and, at just 22 years old, the future appeared to be very bright.

In 2016, Spieth continued his hot streak. He won at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions and at the Dean & Deluca Invitational at Colonial. Spieth would finish ninth in the FedEx Cup standings that season.

The 2017 season saw Spieth win three times, including at the Open Championship. He would come up just short of a second FedEx Cup, finishing second to his friend Justin Thomas.

It appeared that Spieth could keep this trend going for years to come, but then, something changed. He failed to make the Tour Championship in 2018, which was also his first winless season since 2014. He finished 31st in the FedEx Cup standings. In 2019, he again didn’t win and fell to 44th in the FedEx Cup standings.

The 2020 season has not been good to Spieth, either. He has made seven cuts in eight starts, but has only two top 10s. He tied for eighth at the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges in October and then tied for ninth in February.

While that all seems negative, the PGA Tour’s updated schedule could give Spieth the boost he needs. In fact, the schedule probably sets up as well for Spieth as it does for any player.

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Of the first five events on the schedule, Spieth has won at three of them. He won at the Charles Schwab (then the Dean & Deluca) in 2016. Two weeks later, the tour will play the Travelers Championship, where Spieth won in 2017. And just two weeks after that is the John Deere Classic, where Spieth won in 2015.

If Spieth is to get back to that elite level that he displayed less than five years ago, now is the time. And the schedule should benefit him if he’s able to make that leap.

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