Jordan Spieth is going through a really tough time out on the golf course right now, and he has been for years in all fairness.
Spieth’s last win came at the RBC Heritage in 2022 and as things stand, he looks to be further away from returning to the PGA Tour winners’ circle than ever before.
The 32-year-old from Dallas was a generational talent when he burst onto the scene more than a decade ago now.
Jordan Spieth won three majors in 11 starts from 2015 through to 2017 and he was the best golfer in the world during that period, and the most exciting to watch.
However, he has never been the same player since his Open Championship win at Royal Birkdale in 2017.
Now Spieth is being told to copy a change recently made by Matt Fitzpatrick as he looks to win again.
What Jordan Spieth said about his game before The Open
Spieth’s poor showing at The Open Championship last week was symptomatic of his season as a whole.
The three-time major champion continues to work incredibly hard on his game, but nothing is changing.
Perhaps Spieth’s real issue is that he is doing the same old things all the time.
He needs to get honest with himself real quick. He is not, in fact, ‘close’. The truth of the matter is that he is further away from winning than he has ever been before during his career.
Before the opening day at Birkdale, Spieth commented on the current state of his game.
“I am quite frustrated at the results considering where I know my game is at,“ he said.
“It’s better than it was four or five years ago, when I got back to top 10 in the world. It’s without a doubt better than it was then, it’s just not quite showing up in the results.
“Knowing me when a lid pops off the hole, I feel like I can go on a run about as hot as anybody can run. I am just waiting for that opportunity.“
There is delusion, and then there are those comments from Spieth.
The sooner he gets honest with himself, the better it will be for him in the long run.
Jordan Spieth urged to make similar change to Matt Fitzpatrick
Dan Rapaport urged Spieth to make some kind of change in order to mix things up.
When speaking on his Dan on Golf Show on YouTube, Rapaport suggested that Spieth needs to get honest with himself.
“The word waiting there was the one I wanted to zoom in on. Waiting is a passive activity. Given his last nine years, maybe he could take on a bit more of an active posture. Like a new set of eyes on the swing, a new putter,“ Rapaport said.
“There is still so much to play for. You don’t win three majors before your 24th birthday without generational ability. As he pointed out Phil Mickelson did not win his first major until he was 34, but I would like to see a bit more red-ass in Jordan.
“There comes a point where patience moves from a virtue to borderline lethargy. We have seen so many players make changes which jumpstart them out of a bad stretch, like Matt Fitzpatrick going to Mark Blackburn.
“We all want Spieth to become Spieth again but how long can you continue to do the same thing and waiting and expect a different result?“
Fitzpatrick made the switch to Mark Blackburn in 2025 and the Englishman has completely changed his game ever since then.
He has won three times on the PGA Tour in 2026 and has taken his game to a whole new level entirely.
Perhaps Jordan Spieth just needs a different set of eyes looking at his swing. Perhaps he needs to put a new putter in the bag.
One things for sure: he needs to do something different. Remember, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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