Jordan Spieth is finding his form at an opportune time.
The Dallas native closed in 9-under 62 on Sunday at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson, the 62 being Spieth’s lowest score on the PGA Tour since 2021. He gained 6.464 strokes on the field Sunday, his best performance since the final round of the 2023 Masters.
After offseason wrist surgery and a few years of questioning whether Spieth could return to peak form, he seems to finally be finding it, and at a good time, too. The PGA Championship begins in 11 days, and Spieth needs the Wanamaker Trophy to become the seventh golfer to win the career Grand Slam.
It’s something he talked about with CBS Sports’ Amanda Balionis in his post-round interview, and he said seeing McIlroy accomplish the feat last month at Augusta National was inspiring.
“The ultimate goal is consistent play, but it’s not bogey avoidance or anything like that,” Spieth said after his round. “I’m not changing strategy. It’s just that my mechanics are just getting a little bit better each week. I’m able to do sufficient stuff maybe that I wasn’t able to do last year that maybe my wrist is holding me back, I’m not sure.”
The finish at his hometown event will be Spieth’s third top 10 of 2025, and his worst finish in his past five starts was a T-28 at the Valspar Championship.
A big change at the CJ Cup? Jordan Spieth’s putting
“You can go in lulls, and I know that you can bounce out of them literally in a hole or two,” he said. “Sometimes when you’re putting well, you have to have a lot of rounds that are bad in order to not feel good. But the good news is bipolarness on the greens can bounce back to positive pretty quickly.”
Even with his stellar closing round, Spieth was going to finish at least 10 shots behind fellow Dallas native Scottie Scheffler, who Spieth played with the first two days and plays with often during off weeks.
“It’s inspiring what he’s doing. It makes me want to work harder and be better, especially after watching him for two days and just getting my butt kicked,” Spieth said. “I didn’t play great golf, but even if I did, it would have been hard to be at 18-under in two rounds. I don’t think I’ve ever done that.
“So just getting your butt kicked right there face to face at this tournament really stinks. So it’s a little icing on the cake, I guess, to finish to backdoor into a top 10 or top 5 or whatever ends up happening.”
Spieth is in the field at the upcoming Truist Championship on a sponsor exemption, his second of what will be five straight starts on Tour, ending at the Memorial. But after next week, he heads to Quail Hollow Club, where he went 5-0-0 during the 2022 Presidents Cup and where he had his first chance to complete the career grand slam in 2017, though he got beat by good friend Justin Thomas.
Spieth is trending, and he knows it.
“It feels close,” Spieth said. “I’m not going to try to force anything, and this was a good improvement.”
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2025: Jordan Spieth closes in 62, eyes PGA Champ
Jordan Spieth is finding his form at an opportune time.
The Dallas native closed in 9-under 62 on Sunday at the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson, the 62 being Spieth’s lowest score on the PGA Tour since 2021. He gained 6.464 strokes on the field Sunday, his best performance since the final round of the 2023 Masters.
After offseason wrist surgery and a few years of questioning whether Spieth could return to peak form, he seems to finally be finding it, and at a good time, too. The PGA Championship begins in 11 days, and Spieth needs the Wanamaker Trophy to become the seventh golfer to win the career Grand Slam.
It’s something he talked about with CBS Sports’ Amanda Balionis in his post-round interview, and he said seeing McIlroy accomplish the feat last month at Augusta National was inspiring.
“The ultimate goal is consistent play, but it’s not bogey avoidance or anything like that,” Spieth said after his round. “I’m not changing strategy. It’s just that my mechanics are just getting a little bit better each week. I’m able to do sufficient stuff maybe that I wasn’t able to do last year that maybe my wrist is holding me back, I’m not sure.”
The finish at his hometown event will be Spieth’s third top 10 of 2025, and his worst finish in his past five starts was a T-28 at the Valspar Championship.
A big change at the CJ Cup? Jordan Spieth’s putting
“You can go in lulls, and I know that you can bounce out of them literally in a hole or two,” he said. “Sometimes when you’re putting well, you have to have a lot of rounds that are bad in order to not feel good. But the good news is bipolarness on the greens can bounce back to positive pretty quickly.”
Even with his stellar closing round, Spieth was going to finish at least 10 shots behind fellow Dallas native Scottie Scheffler, who Spieth played with the first two days and plays with often during off weeks.
“It’s inspiring what he’s doing. It makes me want to work harder and be better, especially after watching him for two days and just getting my butt kicked,” Spieth said. “I didn’t play great golf, but even if I did, it would have been hard to be at 18-under in two rounds. I don’t think I’ve ever done that.
“So just getting your butt kicked right there face to face at this tournament really stinks. So it’s a little icing on the cake, I guess, to finish to backdoor into a top 10 or top 5 or whatever ends up happening.”
Spieth is in the field at the upcoming Truist Championship on a sponsor exemption, his second of what will be five straight starts on Tour, ending at the Memorial. But after next week, he heads to Quail Hollow Club, where he went 5-0-0 during the 2022 Presidents Cup and where he had his first chance to complete the career grand slam in 2017, though he got beat by good friend Justin Thomas.
Spieth is trending, and he knows it.
“It feels close,” Spieth said. “I’m not going to try to force anything, and this was a good improvement.”
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: CJ Cup Byron Nelson 2025: Jordan Spieth closes in 62, eyes PGA Champ
