Jordan Spieth enjoyed a solid week at the Sony Open in his PGA Tour season opener.
Spieth has been in the golfing doldrums for nearly four years now.
The 32-year-old from Dallas, Texas, is without a PGA Tour win since April 2022, and he will be desperate to end that drought in 2026.
However, Spieth admitted he is very confident heading into the new PGA Tour season, and he has real belief that he will return to his very best in the near future.
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Spieth obviously still has a long way to go, but there were some really encouraging signs in Hawaii last week.
However, in spite of the fact that Spieth feels more comfortable with his swing, could his putting still hold him back?
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Spieth’s putting on the PGA Tour has been really poor for a long time now.
Statistically, Spieth’s putting has been the worst part of his game over the past four seasons, but he showed big improvements in Hawaii last week.
Spieth was asked if the greens at Waialae Country Club were more to blame for his poor putting than his actual stroke itself.
“It’s a little bit,“ the American said.
“I didn’t stroke it very well. I’ve been working on some things trying to get my stroke nice. I made a couple really bad strokes today.
“But, you know, it’s also hard to know exactly where it’s at when you’re just playing at home. When you come out to a tournament, okay, I got to kick this in a little bit more or whatever it may be.
“So at least I know what it is and what I need to work on. It’s harder to know, like I said at home. It’s easier to know when you’re playing. There has been one official PGA TOUR event in five months, so that’s a long stretch.
“I did it last year into the beginning of the season, but I feel in a better place at this point than I was at this very time last year. All I can try and do is get better each day.“
The American is obviously feeling better about his putting than he did last year, despite a few ‘really bad’ strokes.
But do the stats back up his comments?
Jordan Spieth took huge strides at the Sony Open
Spieth actually ended the week ranked 35th in strokes gained putting.
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However, that was largely down to his exceptional third round on the greens when he gained 2.991 strokes on the field.
So, the good news for Spieth is that he seemingly made huge strides on the tricky greens at the Sony Open last week.
Over the past six seasons on the PGA Tour, Spieth ranked 65th, 101st, 79th, 155th, 33rd, and 105th in strokes gained putting.
So it’s clear to see that Spieth has every reason to be positive about his chances of returning to the PGA Tour winners’ circle in 2026.
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