No one, absolutely no one is touting Jordan Spieth as the guy who might win The Masters next week.
Reason is very, very simple.
Spieth currently ranks 172nd in strokes gained putting on the PGA Tour.
That bears repeating — Spieth is so far down the putting list he’s hard to find.
And what that means is that Spieth has no prayer anywhere until he fixes the flatstick.
At last week’s WGC Match Play, the world was looking forward to the Spieth-Patrick Reed showdown and all they got was pretty poor play from both, especially Spieth. Spieth’s opening drive in that match sailed 50 yards right and out-of-bounds and things never got better.
Spieth’s been missing from as close as two-feet.
Which brings us to the Houston Open this week at the Golf Club of Houston.
With a lot of big names taking the week off to prepare and rest up for The Masters, Spieth is one of the name players in the field along with Phil Mickelson, Henrick Stenson, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler.
After the match play, Spieth admitted he needs to work on his putting.
“I’m not sure. I’m not sure right now,” Spieth said when asked if he’ll have his putting in form for The Masters. “I’ve got so many check points in my head right now that I’m trying to get to before I get line and speed.
“I’ve put in a lot of work and I’ll get results out of it. It will just take a little time. I don’t know when it will come. I don’t know if it will come next week. I don’t know if it will come next year. But all I can do is embrace the challenge. I mean it’s better than backing away from it, that’s for sure.”
Spieth has this week to get things turned around.
