Jordan Spieth has shed light on his rant to the Colonial course designer ahead of the Charles Schwab Challenge this week.
The Fort Worth course has undergone a major renovation over the past year, which started immediately after the 2023 tournament had concluded.
Work included a new irrigation system, updated greens and tee boxes, new bunkers and some of the greens being lowered. Speaking ahead of the event, Zach Johnson expressed his delight at the alterations.
2023 Open champion Brian Harman has also claimed some of the changes will make the course easier to play this week.
Jordan Spieth shares rant he had to Colonial course designer
Three-time major winner Spieth is back in action after his T43 finish in the PGA Championship at Valhalla.
Speaking ahead of the four-day event at Colonial, the 30-year-old shared details of his chat with the course designer.
He told the media: “He asked me a couple of questions, and as I do, I just seemed to go off on a rant, so I didn’t actually ask him much. A good rant!
“But I said I think you did a great job. Some of the intricacies of some of the cool pin locations that we had, that we had every year, you know where it was going to be, but it would still would fool you.
“Even though the green is in a different location and space, they are lowered or moved. Some of these hole locations have been maintained, 17 or 18 in particular, to have essentially the same putts you are used to seeing, but it’s a different green and hole altogether.”
He added: “Then you have a number of greens, which are completely different, and it is a different place. That was cool to the nerd in me to draw back on some putts you have had in the past and some course knowledge, but you can throw it out the window in other holes.”
Jordan Spieth needs something to click at the Charles Schwab Challenge
It feels like Spieth is still desperately searching for some sort of form. 2024 hasn’t been kind to the American so far.
A third-place finish at the Sentry is as good as it’s been for Spieth. Missed cuts at The Masters and The Players are the big disappointments.
Furthermore, T29 and T43 finishes at the Wells Fargo and PGA Championship are hardly outings to get excited about.
Spieth looks a shadow of the player who caught the golfing world by storm in 2015.
He’s talked up his game in recent weeks; it’s now about backing up his comments with regular top-ten finishes because, right now, it’s hard to envisage Spieth challenging at next month’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No.2
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