Jordan Spieth Sets Return Date to PGA Tour: "Trying to find my rhythm again"

 

Jordan Spieth is set to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after undergoing surgery on his left wrist in August, according to the Associated Press.

 The 31-year-old is set to play in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am later this month after missing five months due to surgery on his left wrist, according to the Associated Press.

 "I had some really bad habits for a long time," Spieth told the Associated Press. "I don't know if it was meant to be or if something in my wrist just keeps me from getting into certain positions, but I don't have those problems anymore.

 "If I can't swing for three months, I've got to come back and hit wet concrete."

Spieth injured his wrist in May 2023 and opted for surgery last August after playing in 22 tournaments and achieving three top-10 finishes (all before the Masters) in the 2024 season.

 During the longest break in his career, Spieth couldn't hit a ball for 12 weeks and it took another month before he was able to play a full round.

As he revealed in an interview with SiriusXM last month, he's no longer in pain and believes the time off helped him recover after dropping to 70th in the world rankings (43rd at the time of the surgery).

He plans to play three consecutive weeks starting at Pebble Beach, where he won in 2017, and then reevaluate his schedule.

And he doesn't necessarily want to get back to his old self right away.

"I'm trying to look at the big picture," Spieth said. "I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to get off to a good start. I'm just trying to get my rhythm back. This has been the longest gap between tournaments for me ever."

But now that he's healthy, he hopes to finally become a household name again and get his first win since the 2022 RBC Heritage.

"I think my biggest goal is that when I step on the tee, I want to know that I'm one of the best golfers in the world - when I step on the tee, I have no doubt about it," the 13-year-old golfer said on the tour. "I want everything to go well so that I can believe that consistently day in and day out. The focus is on getting in the top 10 or top 15 every week.

"I know that feeling," he said. "That's the feeling I want to have again. "