Jordan Spieth’s Doubters Sent Strong 5-Word Message as Insider Chose Pro Over Scottie Scheffler’s Boring Game

The PGA Tour needs a lot of changes to happen. They need to address the slow pace of play. They need to improve the quality of golf on offer by ensuring better competition at all events, not just the signature and major events. They also need a player to become their icon, similar to what Tiger Woods did. Someone who makes the fans come back to watch the spot. Someone like Michael Jordan for the NBA. Like Shohei Ohtani for MLB. But who can that be?

Brendon Porath, Head of Content at the Fried Egg Golf Podcast, discussed the surprising results of a fan survey from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. “At Pebble Beach, the fan survey that the PGA Tour did. They want on-course personality, they want off-course personality. The style of play and results come after that, were the findings of the PGA Tour,” he said.

So, who’s got the potential to be the poster child according to the content head? “Jordan Spieth, when he is at his best, he fulfills all those things. With the on-course banter, with the way he gets the ball in the hole. This is sort of an asset to the tour and what the fans really want,” Porath said. Most pros, he notes, prioritize competition over fan entertainment. “A lot of pros were like I grew up wanting to be a golfer and I don’t care about being an entertainer,” he stated, but he also said that the players need to understand it a bit from their fans’ perspective.