Jordan Spieth staged a sensational turnaround at the TPC Deere Run this weekend after being quizzed by CBS golf reporter Amanda Balionis .
The 30-year-old found himself tied for 57th after 36 holes heading into Saturday when he then hit his lowest round this year - an eight-under 63. The sensational Saturday saw Spieth surge 35 places heading into Sunday's round.
"Setting a goal, sticking to it," Spieth started, in a sit-down chat with CBS' Balionis after Saturday. "I kind of had one lapse in concentration, it was my only bogey of the day. But other than that, if I didn't have a great number, I played it to where I could make a putt.
"And then when I had a good number, I went after the pin, so it's just interesting - we've been playing some many hard golf courses that I think it took me a little while to change the way I was playing here. And I saw a couple of putts go in, and my goal was to putt more aggressively today - I left a lot of putts on the front lip the last two days."
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The PGA Tour star managed to record three top-tens earlier this year - but he hasn't finished better than T29 since he missed the cut at the Masters in April. To make matters worse in 2024 for Spieth, he has fallen out of the top 30 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
A good friend of Spieth's, NBC broadcaster Smylie Kaufman offered an explanation for the golf star's poor form. “It’s funny, right? Because if you go and look at the stats, you get confused because if you would have supplanted his driving ability this year, in any other year, he’s winning,” Kaufman said.
Kaufman added: "He’s always been able to lean on his wedge game, his short game and his iron game. His putting was good to start the year, but his putting lately has really tailed off and now he’s got an iron and wedge game that’s just mediocre from his standards.
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"I keep wanting to believe that one week it’s all just going to come together. But when you have so many things that are just slightly off, it’s it seems like he pushes a little bit too much on some days to try to make something happen, instead of just letting the tournament come to him and letting his game come to him.”
Spieth has also paid particular attention to improving his driving game, and Kaufman has suggested that it may have come to the detriment of his approach game. “Maybe there’s a correlation too, when you make swing changes, you start hitting it further, sometimes there’s a driver swing the guys have and there’s sometimes there’s an iron swing the guys have,” he said. “And I think he’s kind of caught a little bit in between.”
Sunday's action in Illinois is underway and Spieth has managed to fight his way inside the top 30.
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