Jordan Spieth mentioned he is excited to be again enjoying golf and that it is “all techniques go” on his surgically repaired wrist as he prepares to make his season debut Thursday at Pebble Seashore.
Spieth made the feedback on Wednesday forward of the AT&T Pebble Seashore Professional-Am.
Spieth underwent surgical procedure on his left wrist in August after first sustaining the harm in 2023. Teeing off Thursday will mark his first aggressive spherical of golf since competing within the FedEx St. Jude Basic at TPC Southwind in Memphis on Aug. 15-18.
“Yeah, issues really feel actually good. I am more than happy with how every little thing’s gone. I get up, it is a little bit tight nonetheless after placing it to make use of loads the final couple weeks to attempt to prepare, nevertheless it’s nothing that may do any harm anymore. I simply loosen it up and it feels actually good,” Spieth instructed reporters.
Spieth mentioned he initially deliberate to return earlier than this week however hadn’t gotten within the reps he felt vital to drag it off.
Pebble Seashore “was at all times going to be place to start out, and I received a pair nice items of recommendation earlier than and through restoration and one in all them was that nobody’s ever come again too late from a surgical procedure,” Spieth instructed reporters. “So I type of took that to coronary heart. As a lot as I wished to only begin getting on the market, I am glad that I’ve waited until right here.”
He added that “ideally” he will not “take into consideration” the wrist in any respect this week.
“It would take a short time, I am undecided, nevertheless it’s all techniques go now and I am excited to be again. I do not really feel like I missed a lot as a result of I feel I solely missed — I possibly missed one or two occasions that I might have performed in in any case. It type of simply feels just like the begin to a brand new season, which I feel is an effective factor,” Spieth mentioned.
Spieth has three main wins and 13 total victories on the PGA Tour, however none because the RBC Heritage in April 2022. He started the 2024 season with a third-place displaying at The Sentry and tied for sixth on the WM Phoenix Open, however he had just one extra top-10 the remainder of the yr whereas lacking seven cuts.
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