It’s been a rough spell for Jordan Spieth in recent years, with his last win on the PGA Tour coming all the way back in April 2022.
Spieth broke onto the scene over a decade ago, quickly making a name for himself with both his electric style of play and his approachable personality.
Now 32, he’s racked up 13 PGA Tour victories and three major titles over his career. But most of those wins came during a two-year stretch between 2015 and 2017.
Jordan Spieth goes into detail on his current swing
Spieth stopped by Golf.com’s YouTube channel to talk through some of the tweaks he’s working on before the new season gets underway.
The 32-year-old was asked if he was trying to mimic his swing from 2015 to 2017, a period when he won ten PGA Tour titles, including three majors.
“So we call them our templates,” Spieth said.
“So I have templates from different time periods, and it’s a really good question because it goes into a lot of what I’ve done over the last few months. It’s taking this template from ‘17 when I thought ball striking was good for me, but also understanding that my body is very different than then.
“I don’t want to step into an exact swing I made seven years ago because my body’s changed. I could do some things better now that I couldn’t do then, and I could do a lot of things that were really good then.”
Jordan Spieth outlines the adjustments he’s making to his game
Fans who enjoy the technical side of golf will be interested to hear Spieth break down the changes he’s focusing on.
Spieth has been open about how his swing path and what he refers to as the ‘pitch of his club’ have evolved over time, and what steps he’s taking to address those areas.
“To me, it ended up being my hands. So, my path had gotten more in, and then, as I got to the middle of my backswing, it would go up, so I would lose some of the pitch of the club,” he explained.
Spieth continued: “It went really long, all these things that are not good. And so, I had to really work on my hand path.”
Despite his focus on technique lately, there are concerns that Spieth might be getting away from what originally made him successful – playing more by feel than by mechanics.
Kaufman pointed this out recently, saying that Spieth needs to trust his instincts a bit more rather than get too caught up in technical details. Historically, Spieth has played his best golf when reacting naturally rather than overthinking each shot.
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