Has the real Jordan Spieth been abducted by aliens?
Is he being held by them at some secret location?
Is this guy we’ve seen miss the cut last week at the Players a clone without the real skills of Jordan Spieth?
Silly, yes. But Spieth hasn’t looked anything like the player everyone saw last year, his putting has been off, his short game, not so great and his scoring isn’t that good.
The rubber meets the road, so to speak for Spieth this week. He’s at home in Dallas at the Byron Nelson, where he grabbed everyone’s attention as a 16-year-old high school kid. Fast forward six years later and we have the young man who won the Masters and U.S. Open last year, could have won the British and stayed on Jason Day’s heels at the PGA.
This week’s event is backed by one of Spieth’s major sponsors — AT&T. There will be friends and family galore watching him.
Time for Spieth to break out of what can only be described as a “mini-slump” and give us a glimpse of the player we saw last year.
He’s the big draw this week. World’s No. 1 Jason Day will take the next two weeks off then play in his hometown of Columbus at The Memorial. That will be Day’s prep for the U.S. Open.
For Spieth, he’ll play at least the next three weeks straight and possibly in Memphis, the week before the U.S. Open at Oakmont.
Spieth needs to get things going his way.
That’s a given.
