We are well underway in the final round of the FedEx St Jude Championship but one former world number one is already out of the running.
Hideki Matsuyama is leading the charge in Memphis as the world’s best jockey for a position inside the top 50 ahead of the BMW.
Scottie Scheffler has been tipped to be the man to try and chase down Matsuyama while Scheffler himself has put a bit of pressure on the Japanese star by insisting the back nine is a tough slog.
How that plays out, with Nick Dunlap also in contention, remains to be seen.
But one we thing we do know for certain is that former world number one and three-time major winner, Jordan Spieth, will not be competing in the rest of the FedEx.
Jordan Spieth confirms he needs surgery after crashing out of the St Jude Championship
Spieth has struggled all season in 2024 and it very much looks like there is an injury to blame for a lot of his problems.
And taking to X to confirm the news after Spieth’s final round today, golf analyst Todd Lewis has said that Spieth himself has said he needs surgery’ ASAP’.
Jordan Spieth has a lot of work to do
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Spieth is only 31 and has time on his side in terms of coming back and getting back to somewhere near his best.
But still, he has work to do, and that is before even taking his injury into account.
The fact remains that Spieth has won just twice since 2017. He’s gone from being a threat nearly every time he plays and being world number one in 2015, to being a player who most are watching to see if he even makes the cut.
Hopefully, a surgery and some rest will do Jordan Spieth the world of good.
And in 2025, golf fans around the world will be hoping that he can indeed get back to his best and add to the stockpile of world-class American golfers.
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