After wrist surgery, Jordan Spieth finally sounds healthy again

This has been a much-needed offseason for Jordan Spieth, who was last seen swinging a golf club in mid-August at the FedEx St. Louis Championship. Jew. Spieth finished tied for 68th that week, exiting the FedEx Cup Playoffs and doing so (mostly) happily. He needed surgery. ASAP.

That was the acronym he used. “I will be operated on as soon as possible.” Spieth said. “We’ll go through the process from there.”

This process was to “recreate the tendon” in his left wrist that provides stability to keep it from dislocating from time to time. For years he’s struggled with recurring pain in his lower back, at the point of swing contact that eventually cast doubt on his swing. “Anything that affected the ground was not a good situation for me,” Spieth said in August.

Now, in December, everything seems to have healed. Spieth detailed his positive recovery status this week on Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz’s SiriusXM radio show.

“Yeah, (the forehand is) good,” Spieth said. “Everything went according to plan. I’ve been kind of on the ball the last few weeks and then managed to go full throttle this past weekend. The weather has been nice here in Dallas, I’ve been in it for the last time, well, really, I’ve been hitting Nerf balls for a while so I could work on some mechanics and have no contact.

“Now I have zero restrictions. It feels good. None of the shooting, you know, I have no problem with it. No pain, no nothing. So now it’s just taking care of it, continuing to do therapy probably through the new year, and just getting ready to go start playing golf and get ready to play three straight weeks. I think that’s kind of the next step is to go out and play, which is going to be fun. It will be a little rusty to start with for sure.”

That mark for three straight weeks is one Spieth has discussed often, both with this wrist injury and his game consistency in general. Getting his whole body ready to handle the rides and the amount of practice involved with 21 straight days on the road is what he’s working on.

He is also working to find the face of the club again. Knost asked Spieth if, post-surgery, he was still the same ball-striker he was before he went under the knife.

“Yes, yes. I mean, now that I’ve been hitting for a while,” Spieth said. done and far.I could easily find thick toe and thin heel.

“But yes, it was very nice. I really needed to reset some mechanics, and now, whether I was limited by my wrist or not, it was really nice to see some really strong productive days back to back and just working the same thing, you know? Punctual, like, kind of annoying, right? Some of the pause reps, you know, things you do when guys go through swing changes. But I just, mine was just putting it in a really good spot, and then it’s going to work on the golf course.”

Spieth said that even though the full and complete blessing from his doctor just came recently, he’s been able to scratch and putt for a while in between therapy sessions and do some mental work — to all while leaving time for a possible role in “Happy Gilmore 2.”

Spieth said he wasn’t sure how much he could reveal about the film, but he had filmed part of the speech — it’s too early to know if it would make the final cut — and he didn’t mind sharing a list. of the other pro tournaments involved.

“When I was up there it was like Lee Trevino, Nicklaus, Freddie, we had Corey Pavin,” Spieth said. “On our stage next to me were Rickie and Collin and Xander and Keegan. So, I mean, you know, yeah, it was really fun. It was super cool to see. There are a lot of other guys who have been there before and after, have bigger parts.”

We’ll wait and see on all accounts. Fake golf written for the screen and the real thing, with Spieth expected to return to tour action in January.