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<\/a><\/p>\nWhile Spieth and Fowler are booked for at least the first playoff event next week in Memphis, Scott needs a week like he had here in 2021, when he lost in a playoff.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually think sometimes when it\u2019s like a last-chance thing, this will be my last chance to play on the PGA Tour potentially for some weeks, it\u2019s do or die. That\u2019s a fun way to play,\u201d said Scott, who does not have a top-10 finish this year despite having had a share of the U.S. Open lead with 13 holes remaining in June.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes we or I have [fallen] in the trap of like there\u2019s always next week if it doesn\u2019t work out and that\u2019s not the case here, so I think that\u2019s not a pressure but more motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Adam Scott needs a big showing at the Wyndham Championship to advance to the playoffs next week.\u00a0 Andrew Wevers, Getty Images<\/p>\n
The game keeps moving. A decade ago, Spieth was the major championship-collecting star that Scottie Scheffler is today. Fowler won the Players Championship. Scott was still basking in the glow of his 2013 Masters victory.<\/p>\n
Now, Chris Gotterup is the flavor of the month, Ben Griffin is trying to lock down a Ryder Cup spot and 39-year-old Keegan Bradley is sitting on a decision has that the golf world guessing.<\/p>\n
For Spieth, who sits at 50th in the points race and needs to stay there or improve over the next two weeks to assure his spot in the tour\u2019s signature events next year, this has been a different kind of year.<\/p>\n
He missed the first month of the season recovering from wrist surgery, was on a good roll when a neck\/upper back issue prompted him to withdraw from the Travelers Championship, and recently he and his wife, Annie, welcomed their third child, leaving him with just one start since the U.S. Open entering the Wyndham.<\/p>\n
Standing outside Wednesday as the heat index hovered near 100, Spieth talked about how strange it felt to be on the road without his family this week. He has settled into a routine in Dallas, getting his work done early so he can be in the pool with his kids in the afternoon.<\/p>\n
He is excited to play the next two weeks, both because of what\u2019s at stake \u2013 Spieth remains in the Ryder Cup discussion \u2013 and because he feels he is on the edge of a breakthrough week. A good week here or in Memphis will lock him into the biggest events next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t like asking for exemptions this year at all. I was fortunate to receive a lot of them, but you just never know. And when you miss out on elevated events, the way it\u2019s structured, they\u2019ve got the best players in the world at all of them and you don\u2019t want to miss any of them. It\u2019s a big reason why I\u2019m here,\u201d said Spieth, who fell from 38th to 48th during his recent down time before slipping two more spots.<\/p>\n
Both Scott and Spieth sound convinced their games are good enough to win but sewing the various pieces together at the same time has been elusive.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would be nice to have a huge boost this week and not have to worry about it next week, but I\u2019m fully prepared to have some stress next week on that 50 number, and ideally a good start this week or next week really takes a lot of that off.\u00a0 So the way to have a good start is to not think about it and just play the way I\u2019ve been playing.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is a difference in chasing form and chasing results. Both Scott and Spieth sound convinced their games are good enough to win but sewing the various pieces together at the same time has been elusive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing technical that I\u2019m really doing other than I\u2019m going to have to just start willing the ball in the hole on the greens. I think I\u2019ve got to stay calm and take my time and putt each one like it\u2019s the putt to win and hopefully make it,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n
Spieth put it this way:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like I\u2019ve had nine holes here where I didn\u2019t make anything, it could have been 4-under on nine holes to spark a round, or I had nine holes of kind of some poor iron shots where you kind of throw yourself out of it so I end up finishing somewhere seventh to 13th instead of having a chance to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year wasn\u2019t necessarily terrible. [I] feel like I just didn\u2019t take very many chances where I put myself in a position where I could maybe have a decent weekend and have a solid finish.\u201d \u2013 Rickie Fowler<\/p>\n
As for Fowler, who sits 61st in the points race, there is a similar refrain. He has only missed two cuts in 18 starts (plus one withdrawal) but has just one top-10 finish to show for it. Iron play and putting have been the chief culprits.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year wasn\u2019t necessarily terrible. [I] feel like I just didn\u2019t take very many chances where I put myself in a position where I could maybe have a decent weekend and have a solid finish,\u201d Fowler said.<\/p>\n
Fowler is a 36-year-old father these days but his popularity, particularly among youngsters, endures. He has two young daughters of his own who keep him busy enough, he said, that he hasn\u2019t had a chance to watch his cameo in the recently released \u201cHappy Gilmore 2.\u201d<\/p>\n
With an ice-stuffed towel around his neck as he finished his pro-am round Wednesday, Fowler patiently posed for photographs, signed some autographs and made being accessible look easy.<\/p>\n
It has been more than five years since Scott\u2019s last victory, more than three years since Spieth won at Hilton Head and two-plus years since Fowler won.<\/p>\n
Just two weeks ago, Scheffler was talking about how quickly the thrill of victory can subside, prompting Fowler to say, \u201cIt\u2019s pretty brief and quick. It\u2019s like life doesn\u2019t stop, it keeps going.\u201d<\/p>\n
This week is one more reminder.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2025 Global Golf Post LLC<\/p>\n
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Rickie Fowler (left) and Jordan Spieth are booked for at least the first playoff event next week in Memphis.\u00a0 Gregory Shamus, Getty Images<\/p>\n