Jordan Spieth picks the part of Scottie Scheffler’s game which he’d love to steal and could lower every PGA Tour player’s scores

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Jordan Spieth is just one player you can never count out heading into the major championships, regardless of the form he is in during the weeks prior.

On paper, Jordan Spieth has little right to be considered a favourite for the PGA Championship this week. The 31-year-old has struggled in the signature events on the PGA Tour so far this year, while his last major win came in 2017.

And yet, because of what Spieth is capable of, it would be foolish to discount him at Quail Hollow.

What would help Spieth in his quest to complete the career grand slam is if he could take a couple of attributes from some of his peers.

Jordan Spieth suggests what part of Scottie Scheffler’s game he would add to his own

No player in the world has been better over the last 18 months than Scottie Scheffler. The world number one has won 10 times worldwide since the start of 2024, including at last year’s Masters.

Scheffler seemed unbeatable at times last year. So perhaps it is no surprise that Spieth opted for Scheffler when asked which part of the game he would take from another PGA Tour player ahead of this week’s event at Quail Hollow.

“I’d probably replace approach with Scottie. I think that probably would lend to the lowest score differential for probably most anybody, but I don’t actually know how they’re weighted overall for scoring average. I don’t know that specifically,” he said.

“But that would be my short, easy answer there. If you’re going to lead in approach at historic levels, you’re going to have a chance most every week.”

The amazing gap between Scottie Scheffler’s approach play and the rest of the PGA Tour in 2024

It is hard to argue with his answer, particularly as Spieth is perhaps driving the ball better than he ever has. Meanwhile, there was a stage early on in his career when he appeared to make every single putt he stepped up to.

But Scheffler’s iron play seems to be about as good as the game has seen since Tiger Woods was at something like his peak.

In fact, Scheffler’s iron play was so good that the gap between his 2024 strokes gained and Tony Finau‘s – the player in second place – was larger than the gap between Finau and 31st place Chan Kim.

Spieth is spot on when he says any player with that ability would expect to find themselves in contention every single week.