Is Jordan Spieth Back?

Recent Play Hints At Major Comeback For Major Winner

- Mike Mcallister

The buzz started after a spectacular Saturday in early February at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. A career-best 10 birdies leading to a 61, tying his career-low score on the PGA Tour. A spot in the final group on Sunday – his first in nearly two and a half years.

The following week he held the solo lead after the second and third rounds at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, evidence that the previous week had not been a fluke. Twice, he holed out from more than 100 yards – just the second player in Tour history to pull off that feat.

Another positive sign through the first two rounds of The Genesis Invitational – in contention and inside the top 12 of the leaderboard for a 10th consecutive week. Consistency and confidence were on full display.

So, is Jordan Spieth back?

If being back requires returning to the winner’s circle, then no, Spieth is not yet all the way back. He remains in search of his first PGA Tour win since the 2017 Open Championship, a drought currently at 79 worldwide starts.

But if being back means simply leaving the abyss of an extended dark period that was both perplexing and frustrating, then yes, perhaps Spieth is back. With a T4 at TPC Scottsdale and a T3 at Pebble Beach, Spieth recorded consecutive top-5 finishes for the first time since 2018.

More important, he’s showing progress and feeling confident that he’s on the proper path. With the PGA Tour schedule entering its big stretch of championships, it no longer appears to be a question of whether Spieth will make noise, but just how much he’ll make each week.