The three-time major champion believes his long recovery is now paying off.
Jordan Spieth’s 2025 season did not deliver the surge many expected after his return from wrist surgery, but the former world number one insists he is finally seeing meaningful progress. After years battling physical limitations, Spieth believes he is now capable of doing something that had been missing from his game for a long time.
While the season produced only flashes — including a brief run near the top at the WM Phoenix Open — Spieth struggled to sustain momentum and finished the year without a win, extending his PGA Tour drought back to 2022.
Spieth explains why confidence has returned
Speaking to Golf.com, Spieth explained that his recovery prevented him from fully rebuilding his swing during the offseason, forcing him to make changes while competing.
“After I had surgery, I wasn’t really able to go full until almost Jan. 1,” Spieth said. “I played a couple of rounds in December, but it’s not like I had it and I was able to come back and have an off-season to work on things.”
He added that much of his progress came gradually, with major gains only arriving once the season ended.
“I felt like I got 25 percent there during the season, and then about 70 percent once it ended and I could really focus on improving mechanics,” he explained.
Spieth likened the process to a slow, patient build, describing the final stages as the hardest to complete.
“It’s like smoking meats,” he said. “You can get close quickly, but that last little bit takes just as long as everything before it.”
“I know great things are coming”
The most encouraging sign, according to Spieth, is that he can now consistently place the club where he wants — something he says had been missing for years.
“Once the feel, the real, and the performance matches, it’s like, man, I know great things are coming,” Spieth said.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve been able to position the club this way. I’m not doing it every time, but I know how to do it — and I’m doing it some.”
That belief, he insists, is what fuels his optimism heading into 2026.
“I know how to do it more and more as I continue to work on the right things,” he added.
While questions remain about whether Spieth can rejoin the PGA Tour’s elite, his renewed confidence suggests the pieces may finally be falling back into place.
