Jordan Spieth is seemingly on his way back to finding his form of old, but another major championship win still looks some way away for now.
Spieth was upset after his RBC Heritage first round, a tournament in which the 31-year-old went on to finish T18.
His victory at the 2022 RBC Heritage represents his most recent success on the PGA Tour, and his 13th in his career overall.
Three major championship wins are, however, among those victories, with Spieth having won The Masters, US Open and The Open Championship.
The first of those arrived at Augusta National in 2015, with the American having finished T2 on debut a year before.
Jordan Spieth recalls putt at The Masters that he will ‘never forget’
Looking back on that superb success for The Masters on YouTube, Spieth remembers one specific putt above all else.
Analysing his birdie attempt on the par-four third in the final round while leading by three shots, he said: “I made this putt on three which I will never forget. I feel like a lot of these years I see in third person now.
“I don’t see it in first person any more because I have seen so much video of it. It is easier to see it from third person and talk about it that way but I always see this putt from third person.
“It was from behind the hole on number three to the Sunday pin and I was behind it and right, which is where a good wedge shot goes, but it’s an incredibly difficult putt and you play it out there and you can have four feet of break.
“I remember hitting this putt and everything was so brain off. I was in such a flow state on the greens there that the speed I hit it, the stroke I put on it, all of it was just natural.
“It was just instinctual. It was just so perfectly in the middle and everything was just so dialled. That was the moment where I thought this is mine now, to win or lose.
“I am in control. I was leading the whole time but that was one where it was like I have all of the pieces, this was the piece I didn’t have the year before.
“I was not making these. Now I am making these. I was just really dialled with the putter, I was looking forward to going to every green because the stroke was good.
“I made birdie on 10 at Sunday and I made that putt and thought this is ridiculous. The hole looks so big right now. It was so awesome.
“At that point I needed to just play 11, 12 and 13 well and the rest should take care of itself. You just play to the centre of greens and you don’t have to shoot 65 today, you just work your way to a few under and enjoy the walk.”
How has Jordan Spieth won his three major championship titles?
Spieth’s three major wins across three different tournaments mean he is just a PGA Championship title away from the career grand slam.
That achievement was only just clinched by Rory McIlroy, who became the sixth player to complete the career grand slam after his win at The Masters.
There has been talk of the career grand slam for Spieth, who came closest at the PGA Championship when he finished second in 2015, the same year in which he secured his first two major wins.
The 31-year-old is, however, among an exclusive group thanks to his career success, joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson as players to win The Masters, US Open and The Open.
| Year | Tournament | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
| 2015 | The Masters | −18 (64-66-70-70=270) | 4 strokes | Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose |
| 2015 | US Open | −5 (68-67-71-69=275) | 1 stroke | Dustin Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen |
| 2017 | The Open Championship | −12 (65-69-65-69=268) | 3 strokes | Matt Kuchar |
The PGA Championship is now the next major in the calendar, with Quail Hollow playing host to the event next month.
Spieth just made his 12th start at The Masters earlier this month, finishing T14 in the first major of the season.
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