Jordan Spieth says he feels “very confident” after ending the PGA Tour’s west coast swing with a good performance at the Genesis Invitational.
Spieth, 32, has not been inside the winner’s circle since the 2022 RBC Heritage.
The American got back inside the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking a year later but went on a steady decline after hurting his wrist in May 2023.
Spieth initially decided to play through the pain and registered just three top 10 finishes from 22 starts in 2024.
He then decided to have surgery to repair the damage after the Tour Championship and was forced to sit on the side-lines for seven months, making his return to action in February 2025.
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Jordan Spieth of the United States lines up his putt on hole 18 during the first round of the…
By and large, his 2025 campaign was largely forgettable, with the three-time major champion finishing 61st in the FedEx Cup standings and not contending in either The Masters, U.S. Open, Open and PGA Championship.
But he appears to believe he is starting to turn a corner, finally, after concluding the west coast swing by sharing 12th place with Scottie Scheffler at Riviera.
This season, Spieth finished 24th at the Sony Open, missed the cut at the WM Phoenix Open and shared 29th place at Pebble Beach.
“I feel like I got a lot out of my game,” Speith said of his form on the PGA Tour in 2026 so far.
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“I thought in this three-week stretch [Phoenix, Pebble Beach, Genesis] each week got better.
“I found some good clarity on what I needed to be working on, which it takes some rounds to know.
“I had a lot of off time and I played once [the season-opening Sony Open in January], and then I went to Phoenix and I just got in kind of a little bad rut [missing the cut], and then last week was kind of a bit of a mess in a way.
“All in all – not that this week wasn’t to start, but I was on the same thing the entire time.
“I didn’t quite get my swing where I wanted it to, so my ball control was probably a ‘C’ and I really managed my game extremely well here.”
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Xander Schauffele (left) and Jordan Spieth (right) on the second hole during the second round…
Spieth said he has seen a noticeable improvement on the greens.
“Looking at my spot, like looking up, looking at the hole, my spot seems to be a weapon that I’ve got back,” he said.
“Which is really nice because I feel solid whether it’s breaking or straight, anything in shorter range. Then that frees you up as you start to expand.
“So yeah, all three weeks were really good with the putter.”
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Jordan Spieth of the United States lines up his putt during the second round of the WM Phoenix…
Spieth said he had been working on the issue with longtime coach Cameron McCormick.
“There’s definitely some work that went into it,” he said. “There was a change and it’s been really good for me.”
“It’s a big deal. I mean, it really, you start as close to the hole as you can and everything that feels comfortable just keeps going further and further away all the way into the long game.
“So yeah, I feel very confident.”
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Spieth will now take a short break before returning to action at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
He accepted a sponsor invite into the signature event at Bay Hill.
“I don’t ever want to use an exemption again and I was hoping to not have to use that one, but I have a good history there and I feel like I got some momentum,” Spieth said.
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