The time has come for Jordan Spieth to take drastic action, as he continues to fall further and further behind the game’s best players.
Spieth is without a victory on the PGA Tour since April 2022 and the harder he works on his game, the more problems he seems to have.
After Spieth won his third major in 2017 just before his 24th birthday, many golf fans and journalists alike were predicting that he would go on to challenge the major records of Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods.
Unfortunately for the 32-year-old, though, he has never lived up to those high expectations.
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What do you think is the real reason why Jordan Spieth has not won on the PGA Tour since 2022?
Spieth still has ambitions to become world number one again but he will need to make some big changes if he is to have any chance of doing just that.
As the old saying goes, the definition of insanity is repeating the same things over and over again while expecting different results.
With that in mind, Spieth should gain inspiration from the three best golfers in the world right now.
Jordan Spieth must try something he’s only attempted once on the PGA Tour
As Spieth continues to fall further behind the best players in the world with every year that passes, it’s time for him to mix things up.
Spieth has a reputation of being a poor driver of the ball, but that really isn’t the case in reality.
He was ranked 15th in strokes gained off the tee in 2024 and has finished outside the top 38 only once since 2021.
The three-time major champion’s real problem lies with his putter.
In fact, his lack of winning over the past eight years directly correlates to his poor performances on the greens.
Perhaps it’s time for Spieth to make a big change from his blade putter to a mallet model.
Spieth has practiced with mallet models before on a couple of occasions, but he has only put it into play once during a tournament.
The former world number one used a Scotty Cameron T5W Tour Only mallet during the Byron Nelson Classic in 2017.
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The change didn’t last long, though, as Spieth put his trusty Scotty Cameron 009 Tour Prototype back in the bag the following week.
Scottie Scheffler and Tommy Fleetwood have made changes to mallet model putters over the past two seasons and their improvements on the greens have been clear for everyone to see.
Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy’s putting has improved beyond all recognition since he switched to the TaylorMade Spider Tour X at the start of the 2024 season.
Now it’s time for Spieth to follow suit.
The American has nothing to lose by trying a different style of putter. It’s not like things can get any worse for him, is it?
The stats which prove why Jordan Spieth needs to make a change
Spieth’s putting woes are nothing new.
The Dallas native has been struggling badly with his putter on the PGA Tour for the best part of nine years now.
Aside from the 2018-19 season, which now looks like a complete anomaly, he has finished inside the top 70 in strokes gained putting only once over the past eight years.
Spieth has finished outside the top-100 on four occasions during that period as well.
| Year | Spieth’s strokes gained putting rank |
| 2025 | 65th |
| 2024 | 101st |
| 2022-23 | 79th |
| 2021-22 | 155th |
| 2020-21 | 33rd |
| 2019-20 | 105th |
| 2018-19 | 2nd |
| 2017-18 | 123rd |
| 2016-17 | 48th |
| 2015-16 | 2nd |
| 2014-15 | 9th |
| 2013-14 | 20th |
For someone who holes more than his fair share of putts from outside of 30 feet, those stats are simply not good enough.
It’s no coincidence that he was ranked as the second best putter on the PGA Tour when he was the number one ranked player in the world.
Spieth has looked incredibly awkward over his putts for quite some time now, and it always seems more likely that he will miss than actually hole out from inside six feet.
That is never a good sign. Spieth needs to go back to basics and switch to a model that will help him simplify his stroke.
Maybe a mallet model is exactly what the 13-time PGA Tour winner needs to save his career.
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