Inside Jordan Spieth's 190-ball range session—and the 3 big gear changes that came out of it
The three-time major winner knew something had been off for a little while with his shots. Here's how he addressed it and how average golfer can too
Jordan Spieth doesn't make equipment changes casually. So when the three-time major winner showed up to the Cadillac Championship with a new Titleist driver, 3-wood and golf ball, three consequential part of his bag, it's worth paying attention to what got him there. The short version: His shots have been spinning too much, and he had the data to prove it.
That's not a problem most golfers have. But for a tour player whose iron game is built on precision distance control, it's a real one. “I just thought it was a driving range thing.
And I've been taking my monitor onto the golf course and trying to see,” Spieth said on Thursday after the opening round at Doral. “Then I had, I don't know, maybe a dozen shots I could tell you in the last year or so that came off just odd for an iron, spinny, ended up short. " The breakthrough came two weeks ago at Harbour Town.
Spieth brought a monitor onto the course during a practice round, hit what felt like a perfect iron and watched it come up short. Then it happened again. "It was enough of a sample size to say let me explore other options," he said.