Jordan Spieth retires from season

Ordan Spieth ended his season Sunday after just one event in the FedEx Cup Playoffs and is already planning to undergo surgery on his left wrist, the same one that has plagued him for the past 16 months. “I need to get the surgery done as soon as possible and then I’ll go through the process of what I need to do from there,” Spieth said after finishing with a double bogey — in classic Spieth style, he made a 30-foot putt to prevent it from getting worse — and a round of 74.

Jordan Spieth, results

The problem is a tear in the sheath in his left wrist that holds the tendon in place. The first tear occurred a week before the 2023 PGA Championship. Spieth tried various treatments to avoid surgery, but the wrist never got better and he couldn’t predict how much it would affect him.

I have no reason to rush my return, I will probably take it as easy as I can. Recovery is about three months, with physical therapy starting after week six. He was nowhere near a top 50 finish in the FedEx Cup to go on, so he has time on his side.

“I have no reason to rush my return, I’ll probably take it as easy as possible,” he said. This was the second time Spieth has failed to advance beyond the first round of the postseason. He was ranked No. 100 in the 2020 season when the top 125 qualified.

Now, only the top 70 make the postseason, and Spieth was ranked No. 63, needing a top 10 to advance. He finished tied for 68th. Spieth started the 2023 season with five top-six finishes before injuring his wrist for the first time and having to withdraw from Byron Nelson.

Since then, he has only finished in the top six four times, including a sixth-place finish in a field of 20 players at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. At the time of the injury, he was ranked No. 10 in the world. Spieth was ranked 43rd going into the St.

Jude Championship. He has missed the cut eight times in 21 tournaments this year: “I kept trying not to make excuses because it didn’t hurt when I was swinging,” Spieth said. “But it doesn’t seem like a coincidence given the time that has passed and the results, which are exactly the same every week.

So I’m very optimistic.” “I think there’s some clarity in doing it,” he said. “There’s also some uncertainty, and that’s a little scary. But also, if I can learn to be patient, which I’m not very good at, then I think I can come back stronger.”

Spieth described this year as the most frustrating he’s ever experienced: “I wanted to spread myself too thin and I also had some unfortunate circumstances,” he said. Spieth agreed to join the PGA Tour board of directors when Rory McIlroy abruptly resigned last November, just as the tour brought in Strategic Sports Group as an investor in PGA Tour Enterprises’ marketing while trying to secure an investment from LIV Golf’s Saudi financiers.

This year at Pebble Beach, he played a practice round wearing headphones so he could participate in a conference call. Even more frustrating was his good year in driving, when he finished 13th in the most important statistical category off the tee.

Spieth said that could be explained: “Anything that went down was not a good scenario for me this year,” he said. He would not say when he would have the surgery and he is taking time off. He will not be eligible for The Sentry tournament in Kapalua in early 2025.

Spieth said that depending on his recovery, he could apply for a waiver to compete in the Hero World Challenge in early December in the Bahamas. Beyond that, he has no concrete plans. “Other than that, he has two kids under 3, which makes it a lot harder with one arm,” he said.