Desperate Jordan Spieth Sought Help From PGA Tour Peers As Crushing Injury Details Surface: ‘Couldn’t Feel the Contact’
Wrist woes at the RBC Heritage have halted Jordan Spieth‘s run for a while. The 13-time PGA Tour winner has been on a great run with 3 major victories. However, after winning his last event on April 17th, 2022, his form dropped for some time from the unforeseen injury in his left wrist.
After the title win, Spieth, at the 2023 RBC Heritage, was defending it cool, but his tendon in the wrist popped out while hitting the bunker shot. Surgery followed in August 2024. Needless to say, he was on a roll before his injury, but recovery’s been a tough road.
Talking about the process in the recent video of 5 Clubs, Gary William, host, and Gabby Herzig, golf writer at The Athletic, shared the details. “I find the process now to be the most interesting not just about athletes, really about all of us. It is his [Jordan Spieth] process that is at the core of it, isn’t it?” asked William.
Answering that, the writer said, “100% and there’s already been an extensive process from the moment he got that surgery until now.” During recovery, Spieth “could not feel the contact with golf balls,” so he practiced with Nerf balls instead, finding creative ways to stay in the game, she added.
