Jordan Spieth’s comeback hits new highs in two reasons for the memorial

Jordan Spieth stood on a microphone on Dublin, Ohio on Saturday night, happy with his golf showcase for the first three days of the 2025 Memorial Championships held in Muirfield Village. But the three-time major champion raised a warning about his chances of shaking hands with Jack Nicklaus’s title on Sunday.

“It’s very frustrating for me [Scottie Scheffler is at 8 under] He just-you know, you can’t expect him to even shoot tomorrow, so that takes something special, but overall, just trying to shoot here a few times a day. ”

Yes, defending Memorial Championship champion Scheffler will sleep on a 54-hole lead after a low-pitched 68-four shot, heading into the final round with a one-shot lead at Ben Griffin. He won his last eight games, with a 54-hole lead.

Spieth will start five shots at Scheffler after a six-bird, six-stage round, which gives him a shooting percentage of even under 3 shots in the game.

Spieth’s scorecard may have a six-flag look one day, but the 13-time PGA Tour champion doesn’t feel that way. In fact, this is the best Spieth has felt in the offseason wrist surgery and the comeback of the 2024 horror season.

His 54 holes in Muirfield Village gave him confidence in his game trajectory for two reasons: his swing and the main training-style test of Jack’s place.

“It feels like it feels really good,” Spieth said after the turn. “Yesterday was a day I could have been very low. Yes, I mean, it’s not like a roller coaster. It’s nice to have firepower, the number of birds today, on the day today. The game feels getting better and better. I feel like I’m having half or 75% of the effort in half or 2-month range, i.e. more outgoing than just trying to swing, which makes a difference.

“A class like this, no matter what happens tomorrow, I know if I can play consistent golf on a class like this, and then I go in the right direction, I just need to continue the course. It will take a little time. … Today, I feel like I’m almost a big tournament on the weekend, top 5, top 5, top 8, and we all compete in this world.

Weekly statistics support Spieth’s claim that he swings better than his early stages of his comeback.

In three rounds, Spieth scored 3.912 on approach, 1.812 on the T-shirt and 2.380 around the green. This week, ranked eighth, tenth and eighth respectively. These numbers are much better than Spieth’s season numbers. During the year, Spieth’s T-shirts earned only 0.332, 0.157 in close range and 0.212 around green. None of these are the top 20 in the PGA Tour.

The only negative aspect of Spieth’s game this week was his putt, which left him losing .374 on the green.

Spieth will start five shots on Sunday, admitting he is chasing friends and peers, as do everyone else.

“I mean, not a long time ago really Better than him, now I really “I hate admitting anyone, but I just looked at the first two rounds and it was like – I had to get better. It was very inspiring,” Spieth said on CJ Cup Byron Nelson after Scheffler won the record.

Spieth knows he has to do something special tomorrow to catch up with Scheffler at Muirfield Village. But even if he didn’t, this week in Dublin, Ohio was the biggest week for Spieth’s great comeback to date.

When asked about his level of confidence, Spieth said he is currently sitting in seven out of ten, the highest since he returned from the surgery.

But the arrow pointed directly at Spieth, who was happy to be back on Sunday and try to hunt down the best player of the game.

“I know how to get it to 10, and it’s just more work,” Spieth said. “It’s more what I’m doing.”