After wrist surgery, Jordan Spieth finally feels healthy again

This was a much-needed break for Jordan Spieth, who last saw him swing a golf club in mid-August at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. 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’m going to have surgery right away,” Spieth said. “We will run the program from there.”

That procedure was a “muscle reconstruction” in his left wrist that provides stability from occasional dislocations. For years he has struggled with recurring pain in his lower back, the contact point of his swing that has finally put some doubt into his swing. “Anything that impacted the ground was not a good situation for me,” Spieth said in August.

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

“Yes, [the wrist is] good,” said Speth. “Everything went according to plan. I’ve been hitting the ball a lot for the past few weeks and then I got it full this past weekend. The weather was great here in Dallas, I was there last time, actually, I hit Nerf balls for a while to work on some mechanics and not have contact with him.

“Now I have zero restrictions. It sounds good. No shooting, you know, I don’t mind it. No pain, nothing. So now it’s just about taking care, continuing to do therapy around the new year, and getting ready to start playing golf and getting ready to play three weeks in a row. I think that’s kind of the next step to go out and play, which will be fun. It’s going to be a little rusty to begin with for sure.”

That mark of three straight weeks is one Spieth often discusses, both with this wrist injury but also with his playing intensity in general. Getting his whole body ready to handle the travel and the amount of training involved for 21 straight days on the road is what he’s working on.

He is also working on getting the center of the clubface back. Knost asked Spieth if, after the surgery, he is still the same golfer he was before going under the knife.

“Yes Yes. I mean like I’ve been hitting,” said Spieth. “At first it was like a joke, you know, three months of not hitting the ball and then the center of the face seems really hard to do and really far away. I can get shots of a fat toe and a little back heel easily. And now it’s great.

“But yeah, it’s been really good. I needed to reset the mechanics, and now whether or not I’ve been restricted from the wrist, it’s been really nice to see some solid productive days back and I’m working on the same thing, too. do you know? Carefully, as annoying, right? Some of the reps are suspended, you know, the things you do when guys are going through transitions. But just me, my thing was to put it in a really good place, and from now on it will be working for the golf course.”

Spieth said that even though the full, full blessing from his doctor has just come, he’s been able to record and put in some time between therapy sessions and do some mental work — all while making time to participate in “Let’s Enjoy Gilmore 2.”

Spieth said he wasn’t sure how much to divulge about the movie, but he had a speaking segment taped — it’s too early to know if it will make it to the final cut — and he had no problem sharing a list of other tours. professionals involved.

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

We will wait and see on all accounts. Fake golf is written on screen, along with the real thing, and Spieth is expected to return to Tour action in January.