After an incredible third day at Aronimink, the 2026 PGA Championship is perfectly poised on Sunday, with dozens of golfers still in with a chance of winning the tournament.

One of those players within touching distance of the lead is Rory McIlroy. Despite scoring 74 on Thursday, McIlroy has gone three-under and four-under in the past two days and started Sunday three strokes back of leader Alex Smalley.

After his monumental win at Augusta last month, another Major victory here for McIlroy would naturally help to elevate him in the pantheon of the greatest golfers of all time.

Adding the Wanamaker Trophy to his collection for a second time would see McIlroy surpass Sir Nick Faldo with seven Major titles.

But, it would also put him on the list of golfers who have previously won the first two Majors of the year — a list which currently only features six players.

No one has ever won the first three Majors in a row during a season, but here are the legends to have won the first two.

Which Golfers Have Won The First Two Majors Of Any Year?

Craig Wood was the first man to go back-to-back in the Majors at the start of a golfing season. That was way back in 1941.

Incredibly, before that, Wood had a horrible record at the Majors, having lost playoffs in all four events. His luck changed, though, when he won The Masters by three strokes over Byron Nelson, and then went on to win the US Open by three over Denny Shute.

Eight years later, Sam Snead matched that feat. He won the 1949 Masters by three strokes, having clawed back a one-shot deficit heading into the final day.

Snead then won the PGA Championship, which used the match play format at the time. He almost got the hattrick, too, but a birdie chance turned into a par on the final hole at the US Open and the opportunity for a playoff evaded Snead. He would never go on to win the US Open throughout his career.

Ben Hogan is the standout name on this already impressive list — he's the only man to have won the first two Majors in two separate years, doing the Masters-US Open double in both 1951 and 1953.

What's even more impressive is that, in 1953, Hogan actually went on to lift the Claret Jug to claim a third consecutive Major win that year. However, the PGA Championship and The Open schedule overlapped that year, with the former finishing just as the latter was starting.

Essentially, Hogan had to choose one Major or the other, and he often skipped the PGA Championship at that time.

The legendary Arnold Palmer was the first man to truly chase down the single-season Grand Slam. After winning The Masters and the US Open in 1960, Palmer decided to play The Open and try to make it three in a row — he ultimately fell just short, coming second at St. Andrews — but it was at this point that he insisted the Grand Slam should comprise of the four events we consider today.

It should come as no surprise that Jack Nicklaus is on this list.

In what was arguably his greatest year of golf, 1972, Nicklaus claimed The Masters title by three strokes, and later won the US Open at Pebble Beach by the same margin.

A rollercoaster ride at The Open had Nicklaus looking down and out by day three, but a blistering final round of 66 saw him take the clubhouse lead. He was trumped by long-time rival Lee Trevino in the end, and denied the hattrick of Majors.

Another far from surprising member of this elite club is Tiger Woods. What is surprising, perhaps, is that he only managed to win the season's first two Majors on one occasion.

That was in 2002, when he defeated Retief Goosen in the Masters by three strokes, and bested Phil Mickelson in the US Open. He ended up being nowhere near the third Major, though, shooting a career-worst 81 on day three of The Open to well and truly throw away the single-season Grand Slam dream.

It was probably some semblance of a consolation that, prior to The Open, Woods was the holder of all four Majors at the same time.

The most recent man to win the first two Majors in a single season was Jordan Spieth. 2015 was an immense year for Spieth, who sealed the Masters-US Open double to really announce himself as one of the best in the sport.

He very nearly made it three Majors in the same year, too, finishing T4th at The Open but just one stroke away from being involved in a playoff with Zach Johnson, Louis Oosthuizen, and Marc Leishman.

Rory McIlroy is already one of just six golfers to have completed the career Grand Slam thanks to his triumph at Augusta last year. He's undoubtedly one of the best to ever play the sport, but joining this list by winning the PGA Championship would really cement him as a true legend.

Jordan Spieth heads into the 2026 PGA Championship making his 10th attempt at completing the career Grand Slam.

When Spieth won the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, in a swashbuckling style he's made his trademark, it gave him his third Major title - and victory at a third different Major.

It seemed inevitable that such a constant threat at the Majors would join that elusive career Grand Slam club - but a decade later the wait goes on.

And after storming onto the Major scene, almost winning his first three Masters titles and almost winning every Major in 2015, winning the Grand Slam has never seemed further away.

As Spieth has been a relative non-factor in the Majors in recent years, with a loss of form and injuries combining to add to his struggles.

So as he prepares for his latest bid to become the seventh Grand Slam winner, he's teeing it up at Aronmink in hope rather than expectation.

"So as far as the career Grand Slam, this tournament’s always highlighted. If I can win one more tournament in my life, it would obviously be this one for that reason," Spieth explained.

"But the easiest way to do that is to not try to, in a weird way, you know."

The halcyon days seem long gone for Spieth and both his recent results in the PGA Championship and Majors in general don't suggest a Wanamaker trophy is imminent.

Jordan Spieth's Major form slump

Spieth could easily have won The Masters on his first three visits, winning his one Green Jacket either side of two second-place finishes - the last being that huge 2016 collapse.

In 2015 he came closer than almost anyone else to winning all four Majors in a year as he mopped up the first two - The Masters and US Open.

He just missed out on a play-off at The Open at St Andrews before playing in the final group but coming up short in the PGA Championship.

The 2017 Open followed and two more top 10s in 2018 but they have dried up since.

"I went on a run of feeling like I was contending or having a good chance of contending at every Major for a number of years and then it was periodic," Spieth explained.

"I feel like I’m close to being able to go back to doing that again. So I just want to give myself a chance.”

In Spieth's first 24 Majors, including one as an amateur, he won three, finished second three times with three other top 10s.

In his 28 Majors since, Spieth has one runner-up spot among five top 10s, with as many missed cuts.

He's gone 12 Majors without a top 10 finish.

Jordan Spieth's PGA Championship record

Spieth's best result in the PGA Championship remains that second spot in 2015 at Whistling Straits - where he went into the final round just two shots behind Jason Day.

Playing in the final pairing though he ended up finishing three behind the Australian.

Since beginning his Grand Slam quest, Spieth has just one top-10 finish at the PGA Championship in nine attempts - and that was a distant T3 six shots behind Brooks Koepka.

So he's not really challenged at all since 2015, and certainly not since he claimed his third Major to move to the brink of Grand Slam history.

Jordan Spieth's recent stats & form

"My game has been getting better and better," Spieth has insisted this week. "It’s plenty good to have a chance to win."

It'd be a huge shock for a player without a tournament victory since 2022 to pop up and win the PGA Championship though.

Spieth hasn't even registered a top 10 finish in any event in almost a year - the last being a T7 at The Memorial last June.

Are there signs of improvement though? Well, his T12 at The Masters was Spieth's best result in 12 Majors, and he has four top-12 finishes this season overall.

He shot 65 to start the Cadillac Championship and of all things he was second in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee at the Truist Championship - a novelty for someone as wayward as Spieth usually is.

So green shoots of recovery but surely far too much to find to see him challenge the likes of Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and the rest this week.

We have learned though that where Jordan Spieth is concerned it's always best to expect the unexpected.

It's never straightforward for Jordan Spieth, with the three-time Major winner enduring another bizarre week, even by his standards, at the RBC Heritage.

Sitting one-under through 36 holes at Harbour Town, Spieth is well back of the leaders, with Matt Fitzpatrick out in front at 14-under.

Although Spieth has started his third round well in Hilton Head, his first two days haven't been without drama.

On Thursday, the American found his golf ball resting right up against the boundary barrier, but that was nothing compared to the remainder of his first and second rounds.

First revealed by reporter, Justin Ray, it turned out that Spieth had achieved an incredibly rare feat this week at the RBC Heritage.

After the first 36 holes, Spieth had managed to clock up a score of one-under despite having a whopping four double bogeys on his scorecard.

The fact he had zero bogeys alongside that speaks volumes for just how weird the performance was over those first two days.

Thankfully, Spieth had nine impressive birdies to help him out of the sticky situation those doubles put him in. To have a scorecard under-par despite all that is so rare, though, that it hasn't occurred on the PGA Tour since way back in 2006.

Just a couple of months ago, Spieth claimed he was "in a great spot" with his golf. Indeed, he does appear to be getting back to his best, but there is no getting away from the chaotic nature of his play at the moment.

Just to compound the frustrating tournament Spieth has endured so far, it's worth noting that he was ranked fourth for Strokes Gained: Putting prior to the start of round three at the RBC Heritage.

The only players ahead of him at that time were Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland and Harris English, who hold the top three spots on the overall leaderboard, too.

Spieth was actually the top player for SG: Putting in round two at 3.447. However, that success on the green is not translating to a real charge at the title this week.

There was a lot of promise of change but few firm details from Brian Rolapp's press conference as he set out his future vision for the PGA Tour.

It was more setting out themes rather than plans as Rolapp revealed the future would involve a two-tier system with more Signature Events, full-field ones with promotion and relegation to be involved.

A shorter season and later start we already knew about, while what seems certain now is that the PGA Tour want to get more involved in the major TV markets across America.

But where will these big events be played and why the big change in target areas? Let's take a look at some of the venues we could see on the all-new PGA Tour.

The 'why?' is the easy part as it's a pure numbers game. More fans through the gates means more revenue, more hospitality and aesthetically the look is much better with more fans packed around greens to create those iconic winning moments.

Then there's a larger local TV audience and also bigger local companies as potential sponsors and purchasers of hospitality.

And on the golfing side, which obviously should be the most important, there's some iconic courses near these major cities that could be used, either on rotation or as a permanent home of a big new event.

What are the top US TV markets the PGA Tour want?

"Today the PGA Tour competes in only four of the top 10 largest US media markets. That is an opportunity," said Rolapp, before naming some targets.

"We are evaluating markets like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, and many others, places where there is a strong fan demand for our sport, and a chance to reach new fans."

Those big cities mentioned include three of the top five US TV markets as reported by the Sports Business Journal so it's understandable why the PGA Tour would want to switch events from the likes of St Louis, Memphis, Greensboro and Detroit to New York, Chicago and Philadelphia to fulfil their ambition to "own the summer" as has been touted.

Rolapp did not mention Los Angeles in his press conference with the Genesis Invitational at Riviera already on the schedule - that's likely to move from February to later in the year according to Tiger Woods.

It's safe to say Pebble Beach will remain and Torrey Pines should continue as a West Coast event, but Rolapp did mention San Francisco so maybe they're after an event closer to the big city, so we'll include that in our big six target areas.

Let us know what you think of our choices and which courses you'd like to see on the new PGA Tour schedule in the future by joining the conversation below...

Top 10 US TV Markets from 2024-2025

1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Dallas-Fort Worth
5. Philadelphia
6. Atlanta
7. Houston
8. Washington
9. Boston
10. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose

Where could the PGA Tour play in the future?

So taking Rolapp at his word, here's some possible venues for his six big target markets to attack for the PGA Tour's future.

New York

The Big Apple has a big selection of iconic courses nearby so take your pick! The US Open this year is off to Shinnecock Hills out on Long Island, not far from Ryder Cup host Bethpage Black, while another Major venue Winged Foot is just 25 miles north of Times Square and is a course packed with history.

The National Golf Links of America is a stunning course always highly rated in the area, while on a similar theme Ballys Golf Links at Ferry Point, formerly owned by Donald Trump, is set to re-open in April 2026 under new management.

For views though it's hard to beat Liberty National in New Jersey, barely a long drive from the Statue of Liberty and with truly iconic vistas of the Big Apple. And it's also a previous stop on the PGA Tour having hosted The Barclays (later known as the Northern Trust) and also a Presidents Cup.

Chicago

For proximity to downtown Chicago, course history, quality and ease of access it's hard to look anywhere other than Medinah - a Major venue and scene of that incredible 2012 Ryder Cup comeback.

Olympia Fields has staged two US Opens and two PGA Championships and also the BMW Championship so would be an easy fit for the PGA Tour just south of Chicago.

Rich Harvest Farms has most recently hosted LIV Golf Chicago but also previously the Solheim Cup while Chicago Golf Club is another course steeped in history as the first 18-hole course built in the USA and Conway Farms has hosted the BMW Championship recently.

Philadelphia

The 2026 PGA Championship is at Aronimink on the outskirts of Philly, which surprisingly is just the second time it will host a men's Major as it's consistently ranked highly and is thought of as such a tough test of golf.

Just a few miles closer to downtown is five-time US Open host Merion Golf Club, of the baskets instead of flags fame, and that would be another iconic name to add to the PGA Tour rota.

Philadelphia Cricket Club held the Signature Event Truist Championship last year, while Philadelphia Country Club is one of the first six members of the USGA and although the highly-rated Pine Valley is in New Jersey it's only 20 miles from downtown.

Washington DC

Trump National will stage a LIV Golf event this year and since the US President is also hosting the PGA Tour in Miami then he'd no doubt snap up the chance of adding another event to his CV.

Robert Trent Jones Golf Club was a regular home of the Presidents Cup, hosting it four times along with the 2024 Solheim Cup and also Tiger Woods' Quicken Loans National on the PGA Tour so would be an easy fit.

Congressional might be tough to beat though. It's close to the city and is a brute of a course with Major championship history and plenty of PGA Tour previous.

Boston

TPC Boston has held 17 PGA Tour tournaments including 13 in the FedEx Cup Playoffs so you'd have to believe it'd be top of the list for Rolapp to put down some permanent roots in the area.

The Country Club at Brookline would be hard to beat though for a regular PGA Tour tournament host with a huge history of hosting Majors, USGA amateur championships and also one infamous Ryder Cup.

Balmont Country Club has also hosted USGA events and is well thought of so could be an outsider here.

San Francisco

Pebble Beach will remain on the rota but the PGA Tour seems to want an event nearer to the city of San Francisco itself, which would help with attendances and sponsorship opportunities.

The Olympic Club is a stunning venue with a bagful of Majors having been held there so it's a course than can play really tough, but can also present some iconic views of San Francisco that would help to sell the event on TV.

TPC Harding Park is just a stone's throw away from Olympic Club so offers the same benefits, but as part of the PGA Tour's TPC brand it would be the natural fit for a regular tournament.

Collin Morikawa won the 2020 PGA Championship here and it's also held the WGC-Cadillac Championship and Presidents Cup.

PGA Tour boss Brian Rolapp has outlined his vision for the future, and among the headlines is the desire to take golf into bigger markets in bigger cities in the USA.

Ahead of The Players Championship, Rolapp outlined how the PGA Tour would be moving forward, with big news being a proposed two-tier system involving promotion and relegation between them.

What's also been a priority for Rolapp since he joined, and with Tiger Woods' Future Competition Committee that's in charge of shaping the new PGA Tour, has been a move into more big cities and iconic golf courses around the United States.

A proposed shorter PGA Tour season is set to start after the NFL Super Bowl, and a priority is a big kick-off event out on the West Coast and other big tournaments in new major cities, and crucially major TV markets, in the likes of Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC and New York.

It's a plan that makes perfect sense to Jordan Spieth, who says the aim is to stage some of the PGA Tour's biggest tournaments in some of America's biggest TV Markets.

"We're not in the New York area like we used to be," Spieth told Kay Adams on here Up & Adams Show at Sawgrass.

"We're not in California other than every five or six years for a Major. The PGA Tour's not in California in July, August which is the time to be there.

"So between LA and New York they're looking at the biggest markets and put our biggest events there."

The PGA Tour does already play regular events in California at the start of the year at the likes of Torrey Pines, Riviera and of course Pebble Beach.

One of these could be earmarked for what Rolapp described as "a marquee event at an iconic venue in the west" that he wants to start the new PGA Tour season with.

But the Tour is also keen to play on the West Course courses later in the year when they'd be a much tougher test with much better weather - with Woods saying the Genesis Invitational that he hosts could be moved going forward.

Rolapp noted that the PGA Tour currently plays tournaments in just four of the top 10 TV markets in the USA, something he's determined to change.

"We are evaluating markets like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, and many others, places where there is a strong fan demand for our sport, and a chance to reach new fans," said Rolapp.

With some iconic courses dotted around some of the USA's biggest cities, the Rolapp sees it as a priority for raining the PGA Tour exposure, and it seems the players are on board with it.

Despite getting himself in a "bad kind of mental place" in Phoenix, Jordan Spieth feels confident his game is on the way back after shooting his lowest score since July at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Spieth missed the cut at the WM Phoenix Open but feels that was down more to a strange day mentally rather than continued flaws in his game.

"I got in a bad kind of mental place Friday," says Spieth. "I was swinging it well and I decided to tell myself I wasn't. I just had a bad day."

It was a different story in the opening round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am as Spieth shot 66 at Spyglass, which he says is much more like the form he shows in practice on the range.

"At Spyglass six under may be the best I ever shot around here so very pleased," was his assessment, and that bodes well for the rest of the season.

As Spieth, who has struggled with injury in the last year or so, feels his game is now finally in good shape and just needing the consistency that will come with more tournament rounds.

"I feel like it's solid," he insisted. "It's in a great spot. It's just the consistency and the tightness of the face control now so that just comes with playing more tournaments.

"I'll go do performance practice on the range and just be as good as ever, but bringing it to the course, sidehill lie, wind changes, pins tucked, that kind of stuff. I just haven't played many rounds since August and it really got really good since August with a lot of work.

"So hopefully as I continue to play in more and more rounds here, it just gets better every day. I'm not worried about it getting too far off or anything like that, I'm just trying to tighten it up just a little bit one day at a time."

The question of Spieth's form is a big one in golf, of whether he can ever recapture the kind of play that gave him three Majors as one of the most talented players of his generation. But he's certainly talking positively right now.

Spieth was never too concerned with his missed cut at TPC Scottsdale as he knew it was more a weird day mentally rather than technically, and he got that out of his system when arriving at golfing nirvana Pebble Beach.

"Things are better than what they seem there," he explained. "That was just kind of a strange deal. I came up here, I played a fun round with my brother on Sunday morning at Pebble.

"Then just once Monday hit, it was just get prepared for a normal week and just throw it out the window.

"I mean, it was just an off day and a week that is typically a really good one for me.

"So get out there and try to go off this momentum. This is more of how I feel I've been, I just thought I had a fluke kind of crappy day, woke up on the wrong side of the best kind on Friday."

Although there are still ways to sneak into the fields throughout the season, there are some big names who are currently not in the field for the Signature Events on the PGA Tour this season.

And that means the thorny issue of sponsor invites is sure to be raised again, especially with big names like Adam Scott and Jordan Spieth currently on the outside looking in.

Both men finished outside the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings last season, which gains automatic entry into every Signature Event for the 2026 season.

Playing well in upcoming PGA Tour events to get into the Aon Swing 5 or top 30 in the OWGR are both ways into the opening Signature Event at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February.

But for big names like Scott and Spieth, sponsor invites will likely be waiting as a safety net.

With $20m prize pots up for grabs in the limited field tournaments, invites into Signature Events are huge deals - and they've cause controversy before for how they're distributed.

When Scott last missed out in 2024 he received five sponsor invites, the same number as Spieth had last year, while Rickie Fowler picked up six last season but made the top 50 this time around.

“I think sponsor invites are for purely who they think they want there, and I’m fine with that,” said Scott, who returned to action at the Sony Open and is playing at The American Express in a bid to play his way into the Pebble Beach field.

Scott will happily take a sponsor invite if it comes his way this year, but although he's applied for one for the Genesis Invitational he won't be seeking a free pass to every Signature Event.

“I didn’t apply for them all the last time, and I won’t be applying for them all this time. It’s not that I’m trying to share the love or expect to get them all, but I’ve got to make some plans. It was hard waiting around to see.”

Players who just miss out on qualifying often complain about sponsor exemptions, but as Scott points out they're down to tournament organisers to hand out.

Four spots in Signature Event fields are available to sponsors to dish out, and no doubt former World No.1 and Masters champion Scott or one of the biggest draws in the game Spieth will be high on the list again.

You'd imagine Brooks Koepka would be a huge draw, but under the terms of his return he is not eligible to receive a sponsor's invite - although he can play his way in.

Among other big names who are not currently in the Signature Events is 2023 US Open champion Wyndham Clark, who'll also no doubt be in line for an invite should he not qualify beforehand.

Tony Finau is another crowd favourite who is currently not in the Signature Event fields for the year, along with Max Homa who is looking to climb his way back up the rankings after his troubled spell.

Both Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard are outside the qualification spots as it stands while Michael Thorbjornsen's standing will have increased after appearing in TGL.

Gary Woodland has received seven sponsor invites over the last two seasons while another fan favorite currently not involved is Min Woo Lee, who would be a popular choice for an invite.

Big names not in Signature Events

• Adam Scott
• Jordan Spieth
• Wyndham Clark
• Tony Finau
• Michael Thorbjornsen
• Gary Woodland
• Rasmus Hojgaard
• Nicolai Hojgaard also not in Masters
• Max Homa
• Billy Horchel
• Jake Knapp
• Chris Kirk
• Brooks Koepka
• Min Woo Lee
• Marco Penge

Jordan Spieth finds himself in a precarious position after elimination from the FedEx Cup Playoffs, with the Texan's work now completed in terms of making the US Ryder Cup team.

He has now run out of chances to impress Keegan Bradley before the US captain names his six wildcard picks for Bethpage Black, so the question now points to whether he has done enough?

The three-time Major champion has played in each of the last five Ryder Cups but is without a win since April 2022 after struggling with his game and his wrist.

He has dropped to 52nd in the world rankings and languishes down in 28th in the US Ryder Cup standings, so a wildcard pick is certainly not guaranteed right now - especially as many of his rivals will have two more weeks in the FedEx Cup Playoffs to make their case.

"I think if I can make it to the Tour Championship, that means that I've played well in the Playoffs, in big events, and it may come down to if Keegan picks himself or not and opens up a spot," he said at The Open last month.

"It may come down to how other guys are playing that are on the bubble.

"I feel like I'm in similar to even a little better position than what Justin was in '23. He was outside the Playoffs altogether, where I think maybe if you go off recency bias, I would have been playing better this last half of this year coming into the end of this year.

"So that gives me hope, but also remember who was on the receiving end of when Justin got picked. They're going off the stats guys and they're going to pick the best 12 guys.

"Do I think I'm that right this second? No. But do I think I can be that by three weeks' time? Yeah."

Spieth finished 40th at The Open, T31st at the Wyndham Championship and T38th at the FedEx St Jude Championship to end his season 54th in the FedEx Cup.

So, has Jordan Spieth done enough to be on Team USA? Our writers have their say...

I think Jordan Spieth will make the US Ryder Cup team, but I'm not sure he should.

Let's be honest, he's a shadow of the player he once was, and finishing outside the top 50 in the FedExCup with so many good players on LIV shows just how far he's fallen.

Since his victory at the 2017 Open Championship, he's won twice in eight years, the last coming at the RBC Heritage in April 2022. If he's picked, it'll be because of his past.

That said, his stats this season were actually fairly solid and Keegan Bradley knows that if he catches fire, he'll be very difficult to beat.

In the three Ryder Cups from 2014 to 1018, he had a winning percentage of 50% or more every time.

But, since then, he's played in eight matches and only recorded one victory, with three halves and four losses.

Simply put, he didn't justify his wildcard pick on either occasion, something he'll have to rely on if he's to make a sixth appearance at Bethpage Black.

This question is so tough to answer because Spieth is right on the edge of both camps. Honestly, I think he's a coin flip right now.

You could point to his experience at the Ryder Cup and his obvious chemistry with Justin Thomas, who will likely make the team as one of the first wildcard picks.

Then there is Spieth's outright power off the tee, his putting ability and a handful of really strong results this season - one of which was arguably his T14th at The Masters.

But, on the flip side, Spieth's long game has been famously erratic (if not highly entertaining) in 2025 and he is way down in the Team US standings with no more golf in the US left this month thanks to missing the FedEx Cup top-50.

If the question is 'Should Jordan Spieth make Team USA's Ryder Cup roster?' I would say no because there are far safer bets out there.

But, then again, Spieth's genius arguably makes him the ideal Ryder Cup pick.

You don't know what you're going to get with him, but he can come up clutch in those moments that matter.

Yes, he's a risk, but he could just be the pick that wins Team USA the Ryder Cup and makes Keegan Bradley a hero.

Spieth might seem like an easy pick due to his name and standing in the game, but he actually missed out on the Presidents Cup last year (due to injury) and the US were absolutely fine without him.

He sits in 28th position in the US standings and currently looks unlikely to be picked.

Bradley may want him for his experience and he has had a solid season (four top-10s and just two missed cuts in 19 events) but there are lots of players ahead of him in the rankings.

Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Cameron Young, Maverick McNealy, Ben Griffin, Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Akshay Bhatia, Andrew Novak, Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark, Lucas Glover and the captain Keegan Bradley are among the names ahead of Spieth in the race for a wildcard pick.

I would have Thomas, Morikawa, McNealy, Cantlay, Burns and Griffin or Bhatia ahead of him right now for the six wildcard spots.

It doesn't look great for Spieth, especially if one of the outsiders ahead of him (like Bhatia, Griffin and McNealy) can get a win over the next couple of weeks or at least post a couple of top-fives. Bradley will be looking for form as the top-half of his roster is already stacked.

I think Spieth will miss out this time.

There are a lot of big decisions awaiting Keegan Bradley as we head towards the Ryder Cup - and one huge one will be whether to pick Jordan Spieth or not.

He's played OK in the Majors and is 28th in Data Golf's rankings, but down in 26th in the Ryder Cup standings he won't qualify for the team by right unless something crazy happens in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

And if the 31-year-old stays way down the qualification standings, the problem Bradley has is justifying picking him for Bethpage Black in September over all those above him.

In his favor is his experience and his box office ability that would thrill the New York crowd, and with a few other big names not in the best of form he could provide a much-needed spark.

However, Spieth's game is volatile so it makes him the ultimate boom or bust pick for Bradley - with opinion across America divided on his inclusion.

Why Jordan Spieth should make the Ryder Cup team

In short - experience, ability and partnerships. Spieth has a wonderful natural talent, one that means he can win any hole from any position almost in the Seve Ballesteros mold.

The downside to that is that he puts himself in those positions in the first place, but we're not talking 72 holes of strokeplay here we're talking 18 hole matchplay sprints.

You can picture Spieth now in among the USA fans at Bethpage playing a box office recovery shot around a tree, chipping in from a horror lie off the green or canning a 40-foot putt to pinch a hole from stunned Europeans.

And depending on how qualification goes his experience could be much needed as the likes of Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa, Brooks Koepka, Wyndham Clark and Rickie Fowler have hardly been in the best of form.

Justin Thomas is close to qualifying and their partnership may force Bradley to select Spieth to play with his old buddy at Bethpage in the hope they can dig out the best in each other.

Would it be a risk? Yes, but the rewards may just make it worth it.

Why Jordan Spieth shouldn't make the Ryder Cup team

Spieth has had fantastic partnerships with Thomas and Patrick Reed (before their falling out) and has 10.5 Ryder Cup points to his name, but if you drill down into it his recent record is just not that good.

Spieth went a winless 0-2-2 in Rome last time, and even in the European beatdown at Whistling Straits he picked up just 1.5 points from four matches for the victorious Team USA.

He's also never won a singles match at the Ryder Cup in five attempts - going 0-3-2.

And as good as he can be at times, smashing the ball off the reservation so often as he does is just not condusive for Ryder Cup success - and an added worry this year is he's 77th on the PGA Tour in Strokes Gained: Putting, which is usually his strength.

Spieth himself admitted at The Open that "in all reality, it was a far-fetched goal" to make the Ryder Cup team after a delayed start to the season through injury.

He could easily turn it on at Bethpage but there looks to be some more solid, consistent options for Bradley to consider all things being equal.

The Ryder Cup is unique, it takes a special kind of player to perform in such conditions under such pressure, and Spieth certainly is special, but is the risk just too great?

Ultimately, the decision will likely depend on who qualifies by right, whether Bradley picks himself and the form of others during the summer, as you know exactly what you're going to get with Spieth - expect the unexpected!

A disappointed Jordan Spieth was forced to withdraw from the Travelers Championship during the first round due to a back injury.

Spieth, who says he was feeling good heading into the tournament, had a problem with his upper back during his warm-up for the opening round at TPC River Highlands.

He still teed off in the final Signature Event of the PGA Tour season, the first one he managed to qualify for without needing a sponsor's invite, and managed to get through 12 holes before the pain became too much.

The Travelers is an event Spieth is a known big fan of, so he was bitterly disappointed to have to withdraw from the event - with this being his first ever WD in 297 PGA Tour starts.

"I've never withdrawn from an event ever anywhere at any level, so I didn't really know what to do. It just became too much," Spieth said.

"I didn't see it turning around until probably Saturday. These things kind of last an extra day, and no matter what I was going to do, it was just going to be - I don't know, it's unfortunate.

"I've been doing everything right, and I think it was just very random.

"I may have just slept wrong and then something came along. I don't know what caused it. I've done the same routine. I didn't change anything up. I took Monday pretty easy. There was no excuses. It was very random. Unfortunate, given the timing."

With there being no cut in this Signature Event and Spieth desperate for points, he thought about just battling through even at five over - until he struck his 13th tee shot.

"It's a weird situation with an elevated event and no cut and important points," he said. "It's like, 'Well, what's the downside if I can finish, even if it's ugly?' And then I hit my tee shot on 13, and it legitimately really hurt."

It's hopefully just a minor issue for Spieth, but a bad blow just as he was climbing back up the rankings after recovering from wrist surgery he had last year.

His wife's also due to give birth to their third child imminently, so Spieth was due a break in his schedule anyway - all of which means he'll miss out on crucial points towards not only the FedEx Cup but the Ryder Cup qualification list.

"It's disappointing. We're having a baby here in a couple weeks, so I'll have some time off now, obviously, to get healthy, but hopefully after a few days I go through the right process to just get right back to where I was. Yeah, it's a bummer. It's a bummer at this event, obviously."

Spieth's heavy recent schedule wasn't to blame, he says, as he "was not overdone" and "didn't feel stress coming into this" and if anything was relaxed at one of his favorite events.

But it's no doubt a speed bump in his season, as he'd climbed back into the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking and top 40 on the FedEx Cup - and sits 22nd in the list for Keegan Bradley's Team USA.

And he had been showing signs of his old self this season, briefly contending before finishing seventh at The Memorial and a T23 at the US Open - but he'll now have to sit out a while and hope for a flying finish to the campaign.

New PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has made a great first impression on the player membership he's met with, as Jordan Spieth says "we're very lucky to have him" following his move from the NFL.

Spieth says having a long-time NFL executive joining the PGA Tour is a coup and after the new boss, who will take over from the departing Jay Monahan, met several players for the first time he made an immediate impact.

As Jordan Spieth and USA Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley were both impressed, while World No.1 Scottie Scheffler also liked what he heard.

Rolapp has a lot to do in his new job at the PGA Tour, but he certainly seems to have the players behind him already.

"I really, really liked him," said Spieth. "I think he seems like a steal from the most successful sports organization in the world and someone who is on the path to becoming potentially commissioner over there to coming over and taking the PGA Tour forward.

"I think he resonated a lot with some of the players about challenging some of the networks on how they're showing the product. Then being open and willing to adapt and change while maintaining the integrity of the game.

"I think he said all the right things. From other players to other people that are sponsors that have reached out to me since have all been super excited about that hire and that we're very lucky to have him."

Spieth says that Rolapp's approach in already reaching out to the players has gone down well, while his experience with the NFL will help improve the PGA Tour's fan experience.

"He's encouraging everyone to reach out, and he's going to reach out to players, and he wants their perspective on things. As you know, we can get quite opinionated about certain things, so I'm sure he'll take what he knows to be something that could help and not.

"It just seems like he can bring a wealth of experience in a lot of places, but then he's super open to learning more about golf and the PGA Tour's business and the product itself from those that know more about it until he gets caught up.

"It just seems like a very - I mean, it seems like a great approach that sponsors are going to really enjoy, players are going to really enjoy, the networks should enjoy working with him, and that combination hopefully makes the product better and better for the fan, which is really what we're trying to do."

'His resume is incredible'

Bradley believes the experience Rolapp brings with him from the NFL makes him a great hire for the PGA Tour.

"I spoke with him yesterday. His resume is incredible," said Bradley. "He seems like a really smart guy. I just think the PGA Tour is in such a great spot.

"A handful of years ago when all this started, I didn't know what was going to happen. I was nervous. I didn't know how this was all going to end up, but now years later,

"It's never been better than it has been right now. That was a worry, and now I'm even more excited about the future. It's going to be great."

Rolapp coming from outside the world of golf could worry some, but Scheffler echoed the popular opinion that attracting such a high-ranking executive away from the NFL could only be a positive.

"I think it's exciting to have some new leadership," said Scheffler. "I think Brian will bring some good energy. Literally the first time I heard him speak was yesterday, so I really don't know much about him. I liked what I heard yesterday.

"I think our board and Jay and everybody put a lot of research into finding his successor, and to be able to get somebody from the NFL, especially somebody high up at the NFL, I think is pretty cool.

"The NFL is obviously a very successful organization. He's got a lot of experience and some new thought processes he can bring to the Tour, and I think it's exciting."

Playing in a Major Championship is a defining moment in any golfers career. To compete at them consecutively takes great consistency and skill. Currently, one man has done that far more than any other...

Australian Adam Scott has been a household name on the PGA Tour since he gained his card in 2003. He has 14 wins to his name in America, most notably the 2013 Masters, where he beat Angel Cabrera in a playoff.

Known for having one of the elegant swings in golf, Scott has 96 consecutive Major starts, which is the longest by some way.

This phenomenal record starts way back in 2001, when he came T47 in the 130th Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club. His only previous Major before then was in the same tournament the year previous.

Scott nearly doubles the tally of the player next on the list, Jordan Spieth, who has 49 consecutive Major starts. This dates back to the US Open in 2013 at Merion Golf Club where he missed the cut.

Spieth has found more success in his fewer starts, recording three Major wins in that time. However, the American has not lifted one of the four trophies since his 146th Open success in 2017.

Unsurprisingly, Rory McIlroy is next on the list at 39 weeks. It's hard to have a modern day records list without his name not on it.

After recently securing the grand slam at the 2025 Masters, the Northern Irishman's record began in 2015 at the PGA Championship where he came 17th.

McIlroy competed in 27 Majors before then, 26 of them consecutively. But, the streak was broken at the 144th Open at the Old Course in St Andrews due to rupturing ligaments in his left ankle.

This meant he could not defend the title he won the year previous, where he won by two shots at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, edging out Rickie Fowler and Ryder Cup teammate Sergio Garcia.

Players With The Most Consecutive Major Starts:

• Adam Scott - 96 weeks
• Jordan Spieth - 49 weeks
• Rory McIlroy - 39 weeks
• Matt Fitzpatrick - 38 weeks
• Tyrrell Hatton - 36 weeks
• Tommy Fleetwood - 35 weeks

As one of the first arrivals at Oakmont, Jordan Spieth has had a good look at just how tough the test will be at the 125th US Open.

The rough around Oakmont was already making headlines even before the wet weather arrived in Pennsylvania, just to add a notch or two on the difficulty tariff.

Spieth has already experienced Oakmont Country Club after playing the course over the weekend, and although he is not surprised at all by just how tough a test it will be - he insists it's not an unfair setup.

The 2015 US Open champion has been around long enough to know how to roll with the punches this tournament throws at you, and says Oakmont offers a true test of golf.

The USGA has at times been criticized for making the US Open courses too tough, but Spieth says that Oakmont is just a tough course and does not feel like it's been tricked up for the tournament.

“This course is built to be like this,” said Spieth on the Golf Channel. “So they’re not doing a whole lot different to the golf course.

"You hit a good shot, you get rewarded for it here. And if you don’t, you’re in big trouble. It’s pure golf, no funny business about it.”

Spieth says that the penal rough on show at Oakmont is tough, but players will only have to deal with it if they hit a bad shot that misses a fairway or green.

“It magnifies once you make a mistake if you don’t play the right shot," Spieth added.

"It’s not like making a mistake is the end of the world. It might cost you half a shot. You just have to take what it gives you.”

Staging the US Open for a record 10th time, Oakmont has a fearsome reputation due to that combination of hostile rough and rapid greens.

The USGA often want to make par a good score, and that switch in mindset from players usually trying to pile up the birdies on a weekly basis often catches them out.

Spieth is one of the most gung-ho players on the PGA Tour, but even he realizes that at the US Open you have to take your medicine and accept bogeys when they come.

“That will be the biggest challenge this week - swallowing pride," Spieth said. "Bogeys don’t hurt you. Anything more will.”

Spieth is renowned for his shot making a bility when he gets into trouble, but even he'll struggle this week to escape from Oakmont's rough.

Just five men achieved the career Grand Slam in 90 years, but two more could join the club in the space of a month if Jordan Spieth can follow Rory McIlroy's example.

McIlroy became the sixth member of golf's most exclusive club with his epic victory at Augusta National, and now Spieth will go in search of his one missing Major at the PGA Championship.

So there's nobody better for Spieth to draw inspiration, and advice, from than the only other man still playing regularly who knows what it takes to win all four Majors.

After a dominant 2015 when Speith won The Masters and US Open and had a chance to win all four, he added the Claret Jug at the 2017 Open to move just a Wanamaker Trophy away from the Grand Slam.

It looks like the US Open ship has sailed for Phil Mickelson, so after McIlroy won The Masters, Spieth is the only player just one Major away from a Grand Slam.

Winning a golf tournament is tough enough, winning a Major even harder, but winning the one remaining to complete a Grand Slam offers unique challenges, as McIlroy explained.

"You know that you're not just trying to win another tournament, you're trying to become part of history, and that has a certain weight to it," McIlroy said at the Truist Championship.

"I've certainly felt that at Augusta over the years. I'm sure Jordan has felt that a bit going into each PGA that he's had a chance to do the same thing."

A big difference between the two is that while McIlroy had to deal with demons and ghosts all around Augusta National, he was at least able to learn how to play the same course every year.

Spieth, by contrast, may not have the same pressure of trying to win the most iconic Major, and first of the season, but he does have to try and win on different courses every year.

"It's hard, I think, for Jordan having to do - you have to go back to the same tournament every year for Jordan, but not the same golf course," McIlroy added.

"I think it's a little bit of a different - it's a bit of a different proposition for him rather than me having to go back to the same venue every year and trying to, I guess, do that as well.

"As much as you try to get yourself in the right frame of mind to just try to win the golf tournament and then let everything else happen, it's in there. Consciously or subconsciously, you feel that.

"I said this to people, the worst I felt on Sunday at Augusta was probably when I held the birdie putt on 10 to go 4 ahead because I'm like, oh, I really can't mess this up now. There's that pressure."

Spieth's form has struggled in recent years, but a fourth-placed finish at the Byron Nelson after a Sunday 62 showed that he's in decent form ahead of his ninth Grand Slam bid.

Jordan Spieth has delivered what he calls his "hot take" on the upcoming Masters, saying it's "technically the easiest Major to win" of the four big prizes in men's pro golf.

Spieth says that a combination of a smaller field and a more friendly and familiar course at Augusta National makes winning the Green Jacket the easiest task on paper of the four Majors.

A winner of one Green Jacket who could and should have won more, Spieth knows all about contending at Augusta compared with winning his titles at The Open and US Open.

And Spieth says that being the first Major of the year and with all the history and tradition means the actual difficulty level of winning the Masters gets a bit blown out of proportion.

That's especially the case for Rory McIlroy, who has more pressure than most on his shoulders heading down Magnolia Lane as he looks to end his Major drought and complete the career Grand Slam.

“Augusta’s just blown up more than it probably should be,” Spieth told Golf.com. “In that sense, it gets blown up towards Rory.

"Majors are Majors. Augusta’s - you know, if you look at the field, it’s technically the easiest Major to win, so the more I think someone focuses on that, the better.

“You know, it’s the biggest tournament in the world, it has the most eyeballs for golf, so I think everything - no matter what the story is - gets a little blown out of proportion.”

Spieth has had his form problems over the last few years but has still managed to contend at Augusta National at times - which in part is down to the fact it's quite forgiving off the tee.

“I’ve contended there when I’ve had next to nothing, and there’s no real reason for that,” Spieth said.

“It’s not like I love that place or not. I truly think it’s just, if I didn’t have anything, your driving accuracy is less of a problem there than it is at other Majors, except maybe the Open.

"But other than that, I think it was just because the field wasn’t the same as some of the other harder events. But that’s a hot take."

And being able to perform at a regular Major venue despite not being in form is a great confidence booster for Spieth.

“I think the fact that I’ve been there when I’ve been playing poorly and played well and had a chance to win, now I’m like, Well, I don’t really care how I’m playing,” he said. “It doesn’t matter. That’s a nice place to be.”

Jordan Spieth's return from injury continues in 2025, as the 13-time PGA Tour winner is set to tee it up in the Cognizant Classic for the very first time.

After the PGA Tour announced the full field for the event next week, it has been revealed that Spieth is a last-minute addition, with the American entering late on Friday.

Having undergone wrist surgery in August 2024, Spieth made his competitive return to the PGA Tour in February at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, with the 31-year-old going on to show glimpses of his old form at the WM Phoenix Open.

Carding rounds of 68, 65, 67 and 68 to finish in a share of fourth, Spieth was unable to replicate it at the Genesis Invitational, where he was one of the big names to miss the cut at the Signature Event.

Now set to make his fourth start of 2025, Spieth will play the Cognizant Classic, formerly Honda Classic, for the first time in his 12-year professional career, with the event taking place at PGA National, one of the statistically toughest courses on the PGA Tour calendar.

Committing to the tournament around 90 minutes after the full field dropped, it now means Karl Vilips is the first alternate, with the Australian recently announced as the first ambassador for Tiger Woods' clothing brand, Sun Day Red.

Currently, Spieth is 67th in the World Rankings and the field includes 16 of the top 50. One big name who won't be present is Rory McIlroy who, despite being a Florida resident and former champion, will miss the week after attending last year.

Among the big names are World No. 17 Russell Henley, Ryder Cup stars Sepp Straka and Shane Lowry, as well as Billy Horschel, Rickie Fowler, Daniel Berger Gary Woodland and Sungjae Im.

Jordan Spieth made his return to competitive golf at last week's AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and, a week on, he's making his name known once again.

The three-time Major winner is regarded as one of the most exciting players in the game, with his unorthodox way of creating a score catching the eyes of many. Certainly, at the WM Phoenix Open, that aspect was on full display.

Pushing his tee shot to the right at the treacherous 11th hole at TPC Scottsdale, Spieth found his ball at the base of a bush with his options extremely limited.

Consulting with his caddie, Michael Greller, Spieth took several stances with several clubs before opting to use his putter left-handed, a shot that resulted in the American bumping the ball about 30-yards in front of him.

Still in the desert, Spieth had 124-yards to the flag and, what followed, was an incredible shot that finished 13-feet from the hole. What's more, in true Spieth style, he was able to roll in the putt to save par and remain in contention going down the stretch.

Following on from the par save, Spieth then made a run of pars over the closing stretch, but it wasn't enough for him to secure a 14th PGA Tour victory.

Despite missing out on the win, the 31-year-old will be pleased by his performance, with Spieth still finding his feet after undergoing wrist surgery in August 2024. He will next tee it up at The Genesis Invitational after receiving a sponsor's exemption into the event.

The field for the PGA Tour's second Signature Event has been confirmed and, in the line-up, two of the biggest names in golf are set to return for the first time in 2025.

Being played at the iconic Pebble Beach, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am will see World No.1 Scottie Scheffler and three-time Major winner Jordan Spieth make their first competitive appearances of the season.

Both men have struggled with injury troubles lately, as Scheffler was forced to withdraw from The Sentry and The American Express after injuring his hand making Christmas dinner, which resulted in surgery shortly after.

Stating, at the beginning of this week, that he was on track to return soon, Scheffler declined to confirm whether he would be back in time for the upcoming AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but it has now been confirmed that he will indeed tee it up in the tournament that gets underway on the 30th January.

In terms of Spieth, the American has been out for much longer than his fellow countryman, undergoing wrist surgery back in August to address the long-standing issue that first flared up before the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

Laying out that Pebble Beach was the target for his return, the 31-year-old missed the first four tournaments of the 2025 PGA Tour season but, in an interview with AP’s Doug Ferguson, Spieth explained the surgery had helped him eradicate some unwanted habits that had crept into his game.

Speaking to Ferguson, he stated: “I had some really bad habits for a long time. Whether it was something that would have happened anyway or whether anything in my wrist was causing me to not be able to get into certain positions, I don’t have that issue now.”

Although Scheffler and Spieth will be joining the field that includes the likes of Rory McIlroy, Hideki Matsuyama and Viktor Hovland, one player who won't be present is World No.2 Xander Schauffele, who isn't listed in the field.

Having missed The American Express and Farmers Insurance Open, it was revealed that Schauffele has been battling a right rib injury since the end of 2024, specifically a soft tissue injury rather than skeletal.

Currently, it's unclear as to when the two-time Major winner will return but, with the WM Phoenix Open and Genesis Invitational coming up, it's possible that Schauffele will feature in the field having teed it up in The Sentry at the start of January.

Jordan Spieth is targeting a return to action in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am after recovering from wrist surgery in August.

The three-time Major winner went under the knife to address a long-standing issue with his left wrist that first flared up before the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill.

Spieth battled on despite the problem, but he suffered a slump in form, including slipping from 13^th in the world rankings at the start of 2024 to 43^rd after his most recent appearance, a T68 in August’s FedEx St. Jude Championship.

Following elimination from the FedEx Cup Playoffs, Spieth confirmed he would undergo surgery “asap” and at the end of August, he revealed it had been successful.

In December, Spieth gave an update on his progress, telling SiriusXM PGA Tour radio: “It feels good. None of the shots, you know, I don't really have any problems with it

“No pain, no anything. So now it's kind of just taking care of it, continuing to do therapy probably through the new year, and just be prepared to go start playing some golf and be prepared to play three weeks in a row.”

Now, in an interview with the AP’s Doug Ferguson, Spieth explained the surgery had helped him eradicate some unwanted habits that had crept into his game. He said: “I had some really bad habits for a long time. Whether it was something that would have happened anyway or whether anything in my wrist was causing me to not be able to get into certain positions, I don’t have that issue now.”

Spieth also revealed he wouldn’t be putting too much pressure on himself to hit the ground running at the California event, which begins on 30 January. “I think I’m trying to look big picture,” he said. “I don’t want to put too much pressure on a hot start. I just want to get back into a rhythm. This is by far the longest I’ve gone between tournament rounds.”

Despite his caution, the former World No.1, who is now ranked 70^th, still believes he can get back to his best. He added: “I want to feel like I step on the tee and I know I’m one of the best golfers in the world - I have no doubts about that when I step on the tee.

“I want things to be in place where I feel consistent enough to believe that day in and day out. It has to do with being on runs where you’re finishing in the top 10, top 15 every week. I know that feeling. That’s the feeling I want to get back to."

Jordan Spieth has confirmed he has undergone surgery on his left wrist in a bid to resolve a long-term issue.

The three-time Major winner took to X to provide the update on the surgery, writing: “I had a procedure on my left wrist last week, as I had mentioned was the plan. The operation went smoothly and I’m grateful for the exceptional medical team and support of Annie and my family.” 

Speith’s challenge in the FedEx Cup Playoffs ended after the first tournament with a T68 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, but the positive from that was he was able to address the issue sooner than if his involvement had continued, with this week’s Tour Championship marking the conclusion.

With the surgery now out of the way before the end of August, he revealed he is determined to return fully fit for the 2025 season. He wrote: “Focused on rest and rehab, and I look forward to returning to golf healthy and prepared for 2025!”

The issue has been bothering Spieth since the week before the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, and prior to the Wyndham Championship earlier this month, he admitted that surgery was "probably" needed on the long-standing problem.

“It's not hurting, but subconsciously it's hard not to look at the numbers and think this isn't a coincidence,” he explained. “I've been taking trips out as well as being in contact with a lot of doctors, getting it scanned again and trying to figure out what the next move is.

“Probably going to have to do something about it this offseason. I'm going to pretend nothing's happening, fully trust it given that I'll be able to get it fixed, and I know there's a lot of golfers that have had similar situations and come back better than ever.”

After his elimination from the FedEx Cup Playoffs, Spieth confirmed the surgery would go ahead “ASAP.”

“I've got to have it operated on ASAP, and then I'll go through the process of what I'm supposed to do from there,” Spieth told the PGA Tour. If I don't have a reason to try to rush back - which I don't - I'll probably just take it as slow as I can.

“I think there’s some clarity in getting it done. There’s also some uncertainty, and so it’s a little scary. But also, if I can learn to find some patience - which I’m not very good at doing - then I think I could come back stronger.”

The problem has coincided with a general loss of form for Spieth. The American was World No.10 when it first flared up, but is now down to 44th, while he has recorded just three top-10 finishes this year and missed seven cuts in 22 starts.

With four months to recover, Spieth will be hoping that, once the 2025 season begins, he will soon begin returning to his best form and climbing back up the world rankings.

Jordan Spieth is set for a period on the sidelines after being eliminated from the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

The former World No.1 confirmed to the PGA Tour that he is going to have surgery on his left wrist "ASAP" after finishing the season 67th in the FedEx Cup standings.

Spieth ended his final tournament of the season, the FedEx St Jude Championship, T68th out of 70 players at nine-over-par and failed to progress into this week's BMW Championship.

He has decided to undergo surgery on his left wrist to combat the injury that has plagued him for over a year now, with a recovery time of three months predicted.

“I've got to have it operated on ASAP, and then I'll go through the process of what I'm supposed to do from there,” Spieth told the PGA Tour.

“If I don't have a reason to try to rush back — which I don't — I'll probably just take it as slow as I can," he said.

The three-time Major champion said he may ask for an exemption into Tiger Woods' Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas in December, otherwise we might not see him until the Sony Open in Hawaii or later in January, as he is not exempt for the big-money season opener, The Sentry, to start 2025 at Kapalua.

He described the upcoming surgery as "a little scary" but is hopeful it can help him play his best golf next year.

“I kept trying not to make excuses for myself because it didn’t hurt when I was swinging,” Spieth said. “But it doesn’t seem coincidental based on the amount of time, and really the results being the exact same every single week. So I’m very hopeful.

“I think there’s some clarity in getting it done. There’s also some uncertainty, and so it’s a little scary. But also, if I can learn to find some patience — which I’m not very good at doing — then I think I could come back stronger.”

Spieth has recorded just three top-10 finishes this year, while he has missed seven cuts in 22 starts.

The current World No.43 had a best finish of 3rd in the opening event of the season, The Sentry, and hasn't had a top-10 since the Valero Texas Open in the week before The Masters.

Jordan Spieth has admitted that a long-term wrist injury may need to be addressed “this offseason.”

The three-time Major winner has been bothered by the issue since the week before the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, and, 15 months later, it has still not healed.

Spieth plays in this week’s Wyndham Championship, looking to improve his current FedEx Cup standing of 63rd heading into the Playoffs after a frustrating year that has seen him slip from 13th in the world rankings to 39th.

His wrist issue hasn’t helped and he revealed it's something he may have to address sooner rather than later. “It's not hurting, but subconsciously it's hard not to look at the numbers and think this isn't a coincidence,” he explained. “I've been taking trips out as well as being in contact with a lot of doctors, getting it scanned again and trying to figure out what the next move is.

“Probably going to have to do something about it this offseason. I'm going to pretend nothing's happening, fully trust it given that I'll be able to get it fixed, and I know there's a lot of golfers that have had similar situations and come back better than ever.”

Despite the uncertainty of what’s to come, Spieth insists he's focusing on the positives. He continued: “I like to think hopefully I have 10 to 15 years of prime and some of my best golf left, so I'll be optimistic about the process.

“But I'm not quite sure exactly what I'll do and where I'll do it, but unfortunately something kind of has to get done.”

Spieth then detailed precisely what is bothering him about his wrist. “I'm not in any pain playing, that's what's confusing,” he said. “If I was, I wouldn't have played anymore. It's all off the golf course weird little things where my tendon will kind of pop out, sublux or dislocate out of the groove and then I've got to get it back in or else I wouldn't be able to grip a club.

“It's a very weird scenario and one that's been a little frustrating because I would have liked to have known this is the answer or this is the answer and just have to figure it out.”

He then reiterated that it is holding him back more mentally than physically. “From what I understand, it doesn't heal or get better, so it's more of a way-of-life decision," he said. "When I'm hitting balls I'm not thinking about it, I'm not worried about it, but I just don't know subconsciously, it's too tough to measure if or if it's not making a difference."

While Spieth has been a long way from his best this year, not helped by the issue, he also revealed he’s hoping to contend for the 2028 US Olympics team, particularly as the golf tournaments will be held at Riviera Country Club.

“You know, it didn't matter where they were going to announce the golf course, but Riviera is like a top-5 golf course to me, so the idea of playing in the Olympics at Riviera when it was announced, it became from a high goal to a top goal.”

Perhaps because of his ongoing wrist issue, Spieth refuses to look too far ahead, though, and insisted the first step is putting himself back in contention for titles, adding: “I'd like to get back to starting to have a chance on Sundays more and then see where that takes me.”

The final tournament of the regular PGA Tour season comes from Sedgefield Country Club in North Carolina, where players compete for the final chance to improve their FedEx Cup standings ahead of the first of the Playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which takes place next week.

The top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings after this week's event qualify for the opening tournament in the Playoffs and, considering that in 2023 the final Playoff event, the Tour Championship, handed $18m to winner Viktor Hovland, it’s not surprising that various players hovering around 70th in the standings are committed to this week’s action as they look to secure their places.

As well as the prestige of lifting the FedEx Cup and banking such a huge sum in just three weeks, there is the immediate financial incentive of $7.9m to play for this week, with $1.422m going to the victor. That’s $300,000 more than in 2023, when Lucas Glover overcame the challenges of Byeong Hun An and Russell Henley to take the title and a check for $1.368m.

This year’s winner will claim 500 FedEx Cup points to boost their standing, while there are also world ranking points on offer.

Below is the prize money payout for the 2024 Wyndham Championship.

Wyndham Championship Prize Money Payout 2024

Who Are The Star Names In The Wyndham Championship?

Arguably the biggest name in the field is three-time Major winner Jordan Spieth, who sits 63rd in the FedEx Cup standings after a relatively disappointing season that has seen him drop to 37th in the world rankings.

He’ll be looking for a confidence-boosting performance ahead of the FedEx St. Jude Championship, where he will need to climb inside the top 50 of the FedEx Cup standings to guarantee his entry into the 2025 signature events.

Lucas Glover is the defending champion after his two-shot win in 2023, the first of back-to-back wins that brought him into the conversation over whether he would qualify for a Team USA Ryder Cup wildcard. In the end, he was overlooked and this year faces a battle to even qualify for the Playoffs as he stands 76th in the table.

The highest-ranked player in the field is 2024 open champion Brian Harman, who is 15th in the world, while Robert MacIntyre, who has two wins this season, is one place beneath Harman in the world rankings and 17th in the FedEx Cup standings.

Other big names competing this week include two-time PGA Tour winner Sungjae Im and  Team USA Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley.

Overall, 18 players who competed in the Olympics at Le Golf National are in the field, including Shane Lowry, who has no issues over FedEx Cup qualification as he sits 10th in the standings. Another Olympian battling to secure his place is Frenchman Victor Perez, who is currently one place beneath the cut-off in 71st.

Other players in and around the cut-off include 3M Open winner Jhonattan Vegas and 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational victor Kurt Kitayama.

As well as Glover, other former champions in the field include Kevin Kisner and Jim Herman. 

He's right in the thick of the PGA Tour talks with the Saudi PIF but Jordan Spieth says he'd "get in a lot of trouble" for discussing particular points such as how LIV Golf players would get back on the PGA Tour.

Spieth says discussions are still "very active" as both parties seem determined to try and get a deal done - but adds that it could still take some time as getting the right deal is more important than getting a quick deal.

Spieth has become a larger figure in the talks in recent months, after initially saying that PIF investment was not a top priority for the PGA Tour after their big $3billion deal with Strategic Sports Group.

Negotiations have been continuing though, with the likes of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy part of the committee holding talks with PIF boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan and his team.

As he tried to issue another positive bulletin, Spieth was asked about the thorny issue of LIV Golf players being welcomed back to the PGA Tour - which could be one of the biggest issues to solve in these negotiations.

"That's an extremely loaded question that I could get in a lot of trouble answering," said Spieth, who did says talks were continuing.

"I'll just say things of that nature take a little bit of time, but they're very active. That's about as far as I can go for you."

The timeline is a source of frustration for players and golf fans alike, but PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan says issues are so complex that it will take even more time.

And Spieth backed up that point and added that it's more important for both parties to get the deal done right than get it done quickly.

"I would like to see it done right for everyone," Spieth said. "So the timing is the timing.

"Obviously if anything can be done right and done sooner, that's great. But I would rather see it done correctly and done the right way for golf going forward for the longest amount of time, regardless how long that takes to get there."

Spieth has also previously hit out at the "false narratives" being spread around about players having too much power in the ongoing talks, and criticism of them being too involved.

Negotiations have had several stumbling blocks including when Jimmy Dunne resigned from the PGA Tour's policy board having been key to making the shock framework agreement on 6 June 2023.

Spieth, though is now at the sharp end of talks, and continues to send out positive messages about a potential coming together of the two sides, but just when that will be remains up in the air.

Despite the continued delay in talks, Jordan Spieth issued another upbeat bulletin on negotiations between the PGA Tour and Saudi PIF saying men's pro golf could end up "the best that it's ever been".

At the PGA Championship, Spieth hit out at the "false narratives" being spread around about players having too much power in the ongoing talks.

Negotiations took a hit when Jimmy Dunne resigned from the PGA Tour's policy board earlier this month.

Dunne was one of the senior PGA Tour figures behind the framework agreement announced on June 6 of last year, but he cited the lack of "meaningful progress" towards a unification deal.

Although the atmosphere is doom and gloom, Spieth insists that talks are not in a bad place, and says positive progress is being made on both sides.

"I said it last week, I think the narrative that things are in a bad place and are moving slowly and, you know, some of the things that are asked to me or said are untrue, I know that it's false, actually," said Spieth.

And, in fact, Spieth believes that the talks could yield a new future in men's pro golf - whereby the game is in better shape than ever. 

"Things are actually moving positively from both sides," he added. "I think ultimately we'll end up in a place where professional golf is maybe the best that it's ever been. 

"I think both sides believe that. I think although there's always frustrations I think in deal making - and I'm not a part of the deal making. From what I do know, it's cordial, there's open dialog, and it's moving along at the pace that it's moving along."

The PGA Tour players and officials believe their $3billion deal with Strategic Sports Group lessens the need for a quick deal with the PIF.

And while there are a thousand and one things that need sorting out before a deal can be signed, Spieth says any talk of negotiations hitting a dead end are just false.

"And anything else that's said about it is just, I just know to be false," Spieth added. "So I'm very optimistic I think is what I would say out of all of it.

"I think that's starting to resonate amongst players as they're able to get more and more information on the matter and it will continue to get more and more information over the coming months."

Spieth has been one of the more vocal players involved with the ongoing talks, and he's certainly seeing the positives of the situation.

And according to a report by the New York Times, negotiations over the potential merger in men's professional golf are "still very much alive".

The Times' DealBook reporter, Lauren Hirsch, has stated that not only are those conversations still ongoing, but - according to two people familiar with the talks - term sheets have been exchanged "in recent days" in relation to a deal that would see the PIF deposit $1.5 billion into PGA Tour Enterprises - the US circuit's for-profit arm.

In defence of the golfers on the PGA Tour Policy Board, Jordan Spieth says reports of players leading the negotiations with the Saudi PIF and steering the direction of the sport are "false narratives".

He also says that "things are actually in a really, really good place" with regards the PIF talks despite what it may look like from the outside.

Spieth has rejected claims that players may now have too much power, or at least are having too much of an influence on PGA Tour matters as they continue the drawn-out talks with the PIF.

"It's just balanced. It's not player driven," Spieth insisted ahead of the PGA Championship. "So we got, you guys [media] have got to stop saying that."

Spieth insisted that the player representation on the various boards and committees strikes the correct balance in line with other companies.

"It's balanced in a way that at least from what I've heard the investors, Tour management, and independents feel it should be," said Spieth. 

"I think we're in a place where that's the case - we're being told that this is how it should be as well.

"It went from a lot less players to a balanced board. It seems like we've been told that's a really good idea on a what was told to be a player-run organization, to have a balanced board with independents that are essentially making the decisions that we are not qualified to make, but us offering insights on how the membership would feel and whether it's eligibility matters or whatever is left."

The three-time Major champion added "there's a lot of committees" talking over a range of topics, including the now infamous transaction committee which is dealing with the PIF talks, that Spieth was keen to stress are not negotiations. 

"I don't even like to call it negotiating, like doing the talking and the figuring out, you know, what a lot of the future product model looks like, having those conversations with the Public Investment Fund."

And although he admitted Jimmy Dunne resigning was a blow, Spieth also painted a much more hopeful picture of the current state of things, despite from the outside many seeing the PGA Tour as in a bit of a mess.

"I think things are, unfortunately, put in a really bad light right now, and I think things are actually in a really, really good place, based on what I know, which is quite a lot in this situation," Spieth insisted.

"I think things are moving forward at a speed that both sides are probably frustrated at each other on different times when they're trying to get a hold of each other. 

"I mean, there's a lot of other things going on as well, but in general everyone on our side, I believe, are rowing the boat the right direction together, the same direction together, and I believe we're going to end up in a really good place and I'm, I just continue to kind of chuckle, because I only feel positive momentum when we're actually having these internal conversations, and then every time anything comes from the outside world it's the opposite, and it just kind of makes me chuckle a bit because it's a bit frustrating.

"So I hope our fans and the fans of golf are aware that, you know, people are trying to do the right thing and the same thing together, it just, it's going to take a little bit of time to figure out exactly what that looks like."

16-year-old Blades Brown is having the best time making his PGA Tour debut at this week's Myrtle Beach Classic. 

The Nashville-born golfer is playing brilliantly, he's meeting some of his heroes, and he's doing it all with all the assurance of a veteran pro who's been out here for decades.

Not at all intimidated by his first outing at a pro event of this stature, Brown became the second teenage amateur to make the cut on debut in successive PGA Tour events - following on from Kris Kim at last week's The CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

Brown then shot a bogey-free 66 on Saturday to temporarily move up to T10 in the PGA Tour's alternative event, which is being led by Chris Gotterup. Heading into the final round on Sunday, Brown is T22 and 10 shots off the lead but well within range of a top-10 finish still.

The amateur's success this week has not only required him to complete unfamiliar tasks like open press conferences, but Brown has also needed to become used to handing out autographs rather than asking for them himself.

Explaining one curious situation, Brown said: "He took off his hat and was like, have you ever signed a forehead before? I was like, no. I thought he was kidding, but I've signed like four shoes, so I'm keeping tally. But everything is awesome."

Despite the occasional surprising request, he has taken it all in his stride. And discussing the whirlwind week following his third round, Brown shared a story involving Jordan Spieth at The Masters which explains why the 16-year-old has been so keen and happy to give back to the fans.

He said: "I'm trying to act the way that Jordan Spieth did to me that one time just because I know it's so little for me to do that to some little kid, but I know to that kid it means the world because that's what it was like for me."

Pushed on what his meeting with Spieth entailed, Brown continued: "That was the 2018 Masters practice round. It was the tee shot on 18. He bent down, talked to me, asked my name, made me feel like I was his friend. That's the gift of influence.

"For him, that was just saying 'hi' to a little kid, but to me, for a person of his caliber and his decoration, it meant the world."

Positioned at No. 176 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, Brown admitted that he still sees many of his rivals this week as idols but is trying to shift his mindset based on the advice of his caddie.

There was one player in the field that the 16-year-old remains incredibly keen to meet in some capacity, though, given their own rise to fame in the Netflix Docuseries Full Swing.

Asked if there was any autographs Brown wanted for himself, the teenage star said: "Shoot, I wanted one of Joel Dahmen just because I've seen him on Netflix, but Jack, my caddie, was like, 'bro, you don't need these guys' signatures, just have them as friends. So that's kind of the mindset I have going into this week.

"I still haven't said hi [to Dahmen]. I stepped in his line on the practice green a few days ago. But yeah, I'll say hi to him sometime."

Brown is looking to finish ahead of Dahmen following Sunday's final round, with the amateur holding a four-shot headstart. Whatever happens, Brown is likely to go smiling his way to the Netflix star for a chat, and maybe an autograph.

Jordan Spieth may be gearing up for his latest Grand Slam attempt at next week's PGA Championship, but the three-time Major champion still looks to be battling ongoing wrist problems.

Having won the other three Majors, Spieth knows that a win at Valhalla next week will see him become just the sixth men's player to complete the fabled Grand Slam. However, the World No. 21 will not enter the week full of form, with four missed cuts in his last six events. The American is tied for 20th heading into the weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship but had a worrying moment after his drive on the 12th tee during his second round.

Having hit his drive, Spieth immediately grabbed his wrist and grimaced, with cameras picking up on him saying: "It hurt really bad."

The ongoing injury first affected Spieth at last year's PGA Championship and has flared up at a number of tournaments including the Players and RBC Heritage, where he was almost forced to withdraw.

While the 30-year-old has yet to find a permanent fix and is unsure about surgery, Golf Channel's Rex Hoggard has suggested Spieth consider taking a lengthy break to try and correct the issue.

“It’s clearly a problem, it’s clearly something which is preventing him from playing the golf that he wants to play, the golf that we all know that he’s capable of playing," he said on Golf Today before this week's tournament at Quail Hollow. 

"I spoke with Jordan about this last week, and he said he’s not going to make it worse, he’s not going to make it better by playing. The way he explained it to me is that he didn’t feel like it was a surgical procedure that was going to make it work.

"But when he talks about the idea that he doesn’t know when it’s going to pop out, and we’re talking about the ligament popping out of the sheath in his wrist, that seems to be terrifying. And I don’t know how you can possibly play professional golf with that looming over you.

"If we don't see a turnaround in the next few weeks, I think he has to make a decision on how he's going to treat this particular injury. Maybe taking six months off at this point is the best option."

Spieth gets underway at 11.50am local time alongside Nick Taylor in the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship.

As Scottie Scheffler has risen to the top of the golfing world, Jordan Spieth has had a ringside seat. As a fellow Dallas resident, the pair have played together many times - but it's been a double edged sword.

Three-time Major champion Spieth started off his career in incredible fashion but has stalled somewhat since, while Scheffler has risen up the ranks and is now looking untouchable.

While Scheffler is off preparing for his wife to give birth, Spieth is the headline act at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in their native Texas, where he's hoping to find some of his best form again.

The 30-year-old has watched Scheffler emerge as golf's leading light and, being so close to him, he's obviously happy for his friend - but is also using just a hint of jealousy as inspiration.

"I have known Scottie since he was really, really young," said Spieth. "I think he's a better person than he is a player, and having known somebody and seen them come up and obviously went to University of Texas, I'm nothing but extremely excited and happy for him. It's well deserved and all that.

"And then on the flip side, like it's kind of the first time I've ever looked at somebody younger than me and I've driven inspiration. Like I am inspired by what he is doing. It makes me want to go out and get better, and that's always been someone that's older than me. Kind of the first time I felt that way about somebody that's younger.

"Because I play a decent amount of rounds with him here in town. I'm constantly seeing it and trying to beat him at home, and when he's playing better than I am, it sucks. I don't enjoy it when I'm side by side because there were however many years of our life it wasn't that way."

And now Scheffler is out in front and Spieth is looking up to him, he says he's not too far off from putting all parts of his game together to make a challenge.

"It's flipped and I feel like I've got plenty of runway to be able to get it back. It's inspiring at the same time to try make that happen," Spieth added.

"I have nothing in my way of being able to make that happen but my own self. I've got enough. I believe in my ceiling, and I believe my ceiling is as high as anybody's. I have to get each part of my game up towards its ceiling.

"I have a couple areas that are about at it right now and a couple areas that need to get there. If they do, then I feel like we could go on runs together I guess."

After the unique team tournament served up at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, there is a regular PGA Tour event this week with the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch.

Last year, Jason Day completed a one-shot win over Austin Eckroat and Si Woo Kim for his first PGA Tour win in five years to claim a $1.71m top prize from the overall payout of $9.5m, and there’s an identical sum on offer this week. The runner-up will also receive a substantial payout of $1,035,500 as consolation for just missing out.

While this week’s tournament is not one of the PGA Tour's lucrative signature events, which regularly offer $20m, the figure available is the highest of the regular events so far this season. The Valero Texas Open was the next closest, with a payout of $9.2m.

The payout available this week is also substantially more than the $2.25m up for grabs at the Volvo China Open on the DP World Tour. However, it still falls far short of the $25m in the prize fund for the latest LIV Golf tournament in Singapore.

The winner this week will also accumulate 500 FedEx Cup points, while there are a projected 43 world ranking points available to the champion.

Below is the prize money payout for the CJ Cup Bryon Nelson. 

CJ Cup Byron Nelson Prize Money Payout

Who Are The Star Names In The CJ Cup Byron Nelson?

Not only is Jason Day defending the title he won for the second time last year, but he is also one of the highest-ranked players in the field at 22nd. That should give him plenty of confidence that his 13th PGA Tour win could be imminent.

The player in the field with the highest world ranking is Jordan Spieth, who is two places ahead of Day, and he is in search of his first win since the 2022 RBC Heritage. That would prove a timely boost to Spieth, too, who has been somewhat out of sorts of late. With the PGA Championship also now just two weeks away, Spieth will be hoping to find his best form before he begins another attempt to compete a career Grand Slam.

As well as Day and Spieth, seven other players in the world’s top 50 are in the field, including Tom Kim, Min Woo Lee and Sungjae Im, while KH Lee is another two-time winner of the tournament, and he also plays having claimed the title in 2021 and 2022.

Another intriguing name in the field is Kris Kim. The 16-year-old amateur beat Miles Russell in last year’s Junior Ryder Cup, and he makes his PGA Tour debut.

One player who won't be participating is Will Zalatoris. He had been in the field but has withdrawn, to be replaced by Nick Watney.

Jordan Spieth revealed he was almost forced to withdraw from the RBC Heritage after aggravating a long-running wrist injury while hitting a bunker shot. 

Spieth arrived on Hilton Head Island looking to rediscover some much-needed form having missed the cut in three of his last four starts, including at last week's Masters.

The American showed signs of encouragement as he shot up the leaderboard on Friday after a four-under-par 67 at Harbour Town but revealed afterwards that he was almost unable to compete in the second round due to an issue with his wrist. 

The injury first affected the three-time Major champion at last year's PGA Championship and Spieth is yet to find a permanent fix. The issue flared up at the Players last month and a similar situation arose on Thursday after he jammed his wrist into the face of a bunker. 

“I jammed it on 13 yesterday into the bulkhead on my bunker shot and it popped out," he told the PGA Tour's official website. "On 14 I thought I was done for the week. Then [the tendon]came back in, and I was like, ‘alright I’m good.’

"It’s a thing that’s recurring. I was lucky because most times it comes out, and I can’t turn it [left], and so I would have been screwed. It’s the ECU [extensor carpi ulnaris] tendon. It came out and came right back in its groove."

Spieth underwent extensive physio between the first two rounds and will wear tape on the affected wrist for the rest of the tournament but says the issue does not tend to inhibit his swing.

"Because my [wrist] sheath is torn, it doesn’t really hold [the tendon] in as well,” Spieth said. ”It’s one of those things, like it’s not affecting speed, anything like that. It’s just [a case of] managing it."

Spieth starts his third round at 11.40am local time alongside Ryder Cup partner Justin Thomas. The pair are six shots back of the lead which is shared by Tom Hoge, Sepp Straka, Collin Morikawa and JT Poston.

Jordan Spieth's participation in the 2024 Masters tournament could be short-lived following a calamitous end to round one on Friday.

Drawn as one of the later first-round starters on Thursday, Spieth was unable to complete most of his back nine on the opening day following thunderstorms in the area which delayed the beginning of the first men's golf Major of the year.

Having started on the final leg of Amen Corner at Augusta National Golf Club - the par 5 13th - at two-over, 2015 Masters champion recorded a birdie on what has historically been known as the easiest hole on the famed layout.

However, the American's morning went on to quickly unravel with a bogey five at the 14th before an unmitigated disaster one hole later.

After slightly pulled his drive on the par-5 15th, Spieth played back into position with his second and left a wedge into one of the toughest greens to hit due to its severely sloping nature. Understandably not wanting to leave his approach short with water in front, Spieth sent his ball just over the back of the horizontally-thin putting surface.

From there, Spieth - who is renowned as one of the world's best short-game players - made a real mess of getting up and down. His fourth shot, an attempted bump and run down the hill towards the flag, was far too heavy-handed and the ball trickled off into the water.

After considering a drop in the exact same spot, Spieth and caddie Michael Greller opted to take their next shot (sixth) back in the fairway with the creek in between player and green.

The 30-year-old proceeded to throw his chip over the back of the green once again, however, leaving him in almost the same position he was in three shots earlier. An under-hit putt presented Spieth with a tricky downhill putt, though, and when that was left a few inches short, the American finally tapped in for a nightmare nine. 

According to data guru, Justin Ray, "Spieth is the only player in the last 20 years with multiple scores of 9 or worse at the 15th hole at The Masters." The Texan first managed to card a nine on that hole during the opening round of the 2017 Masters - two years after his victory at Augusta. He shot 75 on Thursday that year and went on to finish T11.

However, the same result appears highly unlikely in 2024 as Spieth's first-round total of six-over moved onto seven-over in the end with a bogey on 17 - 14 shots behind leader, Bryson DeChambeau.

With a clear Augusta weather forecast for the remainder of the week, round two tee times at The Masters have remained unaffected and are set to begin at 8am ET (1pm BST) on Friday, with Spieth resuming at 10:42am ET (3:42pm BST) alongside playing partners, Ludvig Aberg and Sahith Theegala.

Jordan Spieth is well known by now as being unafraid of trying the unusual or ill-advised golf shot. It's why fans flock to see him in such numbers and everyone else knows he is never out of contention until the final putt drops.

In the latest chapter of Spieth's unofficial book titled: "What about If I try this?..." the three-time Major champion used the rules to his advantage in order to attempt another Houdini performance during the final hole of his third round at the Valero Texas Open.

Stood on 18, Spieth hooked his drive on the par 5 into the left trees after missing a fairway which has only been found by the entire field around a quarter of the time since Thursday's first attempt.

Chipping back out into the fairway almost certainly would have made the most sense, but this is Spieth - so here's how it actually went...

More than 350 yards to the pin and with trees and large rocks in front of him, the 30-year-old attempted a booming high slice which was shot down almost immediately. Spieth's ball crashed into a branch in front of him and ended up further left behind a large raised concrete drain in an unmaintained area.

Unable to thump it back out into the fairway or onto the green in front of him, Spieth assessed his options and was heard asking the rules official where he would be able to drop if he launched his golf ball onto the roof of the clubhouse about 100 yards to his left. Again, makes total sense.

On the NBC broadcast, PGA Tour Senior Director of TV Rules Orlando Pope explained that the clubhouse is still technically in bounds, and that Spieth would receive a free drop "from an immovable obstruction" (the clubhouse) and also "a temporary immovable obstruction" (the scoreboard) - all permissible under rule 16.1a.

It was a risky shot but one that, if successful, would allow the three-time Major winner an outside chance for a par. So he did it.

Spieth cracked a sand wedge onto the roof of the clubhouse before it bounced down and into the gutter where it may well stay forever. Drop taken, the Dallas-born golfer punched a low runner up onto the green to give himself a 50-foot look at par.

Unfortunately for Spieth, despite all of that adventures he had been on, the ball dropped three putts later and he would have to make do with a double-bogey seven - dropping him back from five under (T7) to three under (T17), 12 shots behind leader, Akshay Bhatia.

Spieth will tee off alongside Parker Coody and Mac Meissner in Sunday's final round at 10:20am CDT (4:20BST).

Even Jordan Spieth didn't really know how to feel about his opening round at the 2024 Valero Texas Open. 

The three-time Major champion was adamant he was playing good golf but the numbers on his scorecard were not reflective of that quality as he finished Thursday at one-over.

After bogeying the first, Spieth bogeyed four more holes, birdied four, made a par six times, pencilled down a seven on the penultimate par-five, and aced the iconic 'donut hole' on 16. So, make sense of that.

Reflecting on the round as a whole afterwards, Spieth felt he "drove the living piss out of the ball" at TPC San Antonio's Oaks Course and called his recent overall form "bizarre."

He said: "It's just like, I'm playing so much better than I've been scoring and it doesn't like look like it. It's hard to explain. I've played way worse and had consecutive top-10s than the missed cuts that I've had. It's just very bizarre.

"Like, my game feels fine and I'm just not getting much out of it. So it's extremely frustrating because I drove the living piss out of the ball today and I picked the wrong line on 14, and it's the one drive I missed honestly like five, six yards right of where I was looking and then I don't find it.

"I was like, see, now my driving stats don't look the way they actually feel and I'm 4 over. I'm like, this is not a hard track this afternoon, what in the world is going on? I got a couple nice breaks late that maybe make me feel like the game's not as hard as it's been feeling."

One of those "nice breaks" was a hole-in-one on the iconic par-3 16th. Spieth's tee shot never left the flag, bouncing just above and to the left of the unique sand trap that sits in the middle of the putting surface before taking a couple of bounces and rolling into the cup.

It was a shot that, if circumstances had been different, would have ended in a very different location.

Spieth explained that the only reason he was able to celebrate the ace was due to the fact that he put a new seven-iron into the bag this week, but only that one club.

Watch: Jordan Spieth Hole-In-One

The 30-year-old explained: "It's actually a brand new 7-iron this week, only the 7-iron. I like hitting my 7-iron and so I've got it to where, when I'm testing my gaps, it like goes five yards too far in the gap. I didn't know why.

"On Wednesday after the pro-am I was hitting on the back of the range, I had them just bring a brand new 7-iron for new grooves and it was up in the right spin window, so knocked four, five yards off of it. If I didn't change 7-irons yesterday, then I wouldn't have made it. It's funny."

Spieth will continue his pursuit of overnight leader Akshay Bhatia - who recorded a stunning nine-under first round - on Friday at 8:04am CDT (2:04pm BST) alongside Hideki Matsuyama (+1) and Lucas Glover (-2).

Jordan Spieth is one of the game's most recognized players, with the American holding a CV that many can only dream of. Along with his play, Spieth isn't one to shy away from golf's biggest talking points and, at The Players Championship, that's exactly what was asked following his second round.

Rory Drop On Thursday

The first big talking point surrounded an incident on Thursday, which involved Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland. Flying through his first round, McIlroy found the water on the 7th hole at TPC Sawgrass and, following a lengthy discussion on whether his ball had bounced inside the boundary line before dropping into the hazard, it was determined that his ball had.

At the time, Spieth claimed the ball had flown straight into the water. If that were the case, McIlroy would have had to drop further back than he eventually did. In the end, McIlroy dropped in the left rough and made double bogey. 

Speaking after the round, McIlroy said: “I think Jordan [Spieth] was just trying to make sure that I was doing the right thing. I was pretty sure that my ball had crossed where I was sort of dropping it. It’s so hard, right, because there was no TV evidence. If anything I was being conservative with it. I think at the end of the day we’re all trying to protect ourselves, and protect the field, as well."

After not speaking to the media on Thursday, Spieth has now had his say on the matter on Friday, with the three-time Major winner stating: "I thought it ended up in a good spot. I only walked over there because I thought he had dropped it, and then he was questioning where he was dropping it. So I was just trying to make sure he didn't play it and everyone was good. I was good with the spot he was choosing. Then I was just listening to the conversation of Rory and Viktor, and Rory had said, I think it's -- we think it crossed up there, could have been back there, so this seems like somewhere in between. But then that sounds like something you probably should verify with a rules official, and then he did, and it was all good."

He went on to later add: "I get it's me and Rory, but that kind of conversation probably happened a dozen times yesterday in groups. Again, it was like Viktor was having the conversation, and I only walked over because it seemed like, hey, let's just make sure everything is all right, which I wasn't even planning on getting involved and maybe shouldn't have, but it seemed like they were maybe at a sticking point. So I thought maybe I could help."

Spieth would end up firing a 74 and 72 on Thursday and Friday for a two-over total. He was amongst the big names to miss the cut at The Players Championship but, along with the drop drama, he also revealed that players are being "encouraged" to meet with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund.

Players encouraged to meet with PIF

First reported by Golfweek, it is being claimed that a group of PGA Tour players, specifically the Tour’s player-directors, are nearing a meeting with the top individuals of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, with Spieth stating on Friday that: "We are being encouraged to potentially meet with them at some point, yeah."

He went on to add: "I'm not sure that I can say much more other than we're being encouraged to potentially meet with them, but at the same time we probably feel like our membership should know timing and what could happen and, just in general, maybe it's just a meet.

"I think there's not a whole lot more I can say about that, but we are being encouraged obviously which I think is probably a good thing and the entire board should if there's going to be any potential for a negotiation."

Although time frames haven't been announced yet, various sources told Golfweek that it could happen over the next few days, with Jay Monahan revealing in a press conference on Tuesday that talks with the PIF are “accelerating.”

Speaking ahead of the 50th edition of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, Monahan also revealed he had recently met with PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan as discussions over the framework agreement, and, ultimately, the direction of the elite game, continue.

After Hideki Matsuyama claimed $4m for his win at the third of the PGA Tour’s signature events of 2024, the Genesis Invitational, it’s back to a regular event this week with the Mexico Open at Vidanta Vallarta.

As a result, many of the world’s best players have opted not to head south from LA, while the prize fund of $8.1m if significantly lower than the $20m available at the Riviera Country Club tournament.

Despite that, there is still an eye-catching first prize on offer, with the winner set to claim $1.458m – over half of the entire purse of $2.5m for the other big men’s tournament taking place this week, the Magical Kenya Open on the DP World Tour.

The purse is also $400,000 higher than the 2023 edition of the tournament, when Tony Finau held off the challenge of Jon Rahm to win $1.386m. This week’s runner-up will have the consolation of an $882,900 payday. There are also 500 FedEx Cup points for grabs.

Below is the full prize money payout for the 2024 Mexico Open at Vadanta Vallarta.

Mexico Open Prize Money Payout 2024

Who Are The Star Names In The Mexico Open?

Four of the world’s top 50 are competing at the tournament, including defending champion Tony Finau. Last year, the American beat Spaniard Jon Rahm to claim the trophy by three shots, and he will be confident of a similar outcome given he is the highest-ranked player in the field at World No.24.

Ten places beneath Finau in the rankings is Team Europe Ryder Cup player Nicolai Hojgaard, who is still looking for his maiden PGA Tour win. Will this be the occasion?

Emiliano Grillo, who won the 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge, and Ryan Fox who was one of 10 DP World Tour players to secure PGA Tour cards for the 2024 season, also play.

Rahm, who won the title in 2022, is unavailable after signing LIV Golf, and that also applies to Mexico’s two best players, Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz, but there is a place in the field for another Mexican, 2021 winner Alvaro Ortiz, whose three-shot win came in the tournament’s last as a PGA Tour Latinoamerica event.

Eight-time DP World Tour winner Thorbjorn Olesen, another member of Luke Donald’s Ryder Cup team, Robert MacIntyre, and Charley Hoffman, who finished runner up at the WM Phoenix Open, also play.

Xander Schauffele has suggested a softening of golf's scorecard-signing rules after Jordan Spieth was disqualified from the Genesis Invitational on Friday despite apparently requiring an emergency bathroom break in the aftermath of his second round.

Spieth followed up his five-under-par 66 on Thursday with what he thought was a one-over-par 72 on Friday. However, an oversight on the Texan's card meant he had actually posted 73 as a result of a bogey on the par-3 fourth.

Before Spieth was able to sit down and correct the mistake, Schauffele said that he had heard the three-time Major winner was "really sick" during his second round and needed to head to bathroom.

Upon returning to the scoring area, Spieth was informed he had been ejected from the tournament with no leniency offered up due to the situation. It was a decision that caused plenty of debate among golfers online, with veteran tour caddie Kip Henley stating the benchmark had been reset for "the dumbest rule in all of sports."

While Spieth admitted "full responsibility" for the error, his friend and Team USA buddy, Schauffele argued that losing the 30-year-old from such a prestigious event over a clerical error could easily have been avoided.

Schauffele said: "[Marking your card] is part of the tradition of the game. I mean, Jordan, he knows, he knows what happened. He was really sick and he had a rough last hole and I can see how it all went down. I heard he had to go kind of ask some questions around the -- I heard he had to go to the restroom and came back like a minute later and the card was wrong.

"Maybe there needs to be some sort of softening on the rules, but for the most part we all kind of know what goes on in there. It's really unfortunate it happened. I know Jordan, it's really unfortunate. This is a tournament people -- he's a big pull for us, he's a top-three pull for us on Tour, so it's not good that he's not here."

Spieth's enforced exit followed on from tournament host, Tiger Woods' withdrawal due to illness earlier on Friday. Woods later posted a message on X to say that he had contracted influenza and would not be returning to Riviera Country Club in order to rest at home.

Without Woods and Spieth in attendance, Patrick Cantlay saw his five-shot advantage shrink to just two on Saturday, although he still holds the 54-hole lead on 14-under in front of Schauffele and Will Zalatoris.

While Jordan Spieth certainly wasn't the first golfer to be disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard - following his second round at the Genesis Invitational on Friday - it seems like the majority of the golfing world agree it would be great if he was the last.

After putting himself in contention on Thursday via a strong opening 66 at Riviera Country Club, Spieth thought he had made 72 during Friday's play to drop back closer towards the cut line of one-over.

However, the three-time Major winner missed the fact that his scorecard equated to a par on the par-3 fourth after he had actually made bogey - pushing his total to 73 and leaving Spieth on two-over for the day although well inside the cut line.

But having been made aware of his error after it was too late, Spieth posted a message on social media admitting fault and stating his regret over the mistake.

He said: "Today, I signed for an incorrect scorecard and stepped out of the scoring area, after thinking I went through all procedures to make sure it was correct. Rules are rules, and I take full responsibility.

"I love this tournament and golf course as much as any on [the PGA Tour], so it hurts to not have a run at the weekend. Really appreciated the support in LA."

The decision to DQ Spieth caused a number of high-profile names to react, including veteran tour caddie, Kip Henley, who strongly disagreed with the regulation in its current guise. Replying to Spieth's message, Henley said: "Another benchmark in the dumbest rule in all of sports."

Meanwhile, Mike McGee - husband of iconic female golfer, Annika Sorenstam - is another against the error resulting in disqualification when there are so many external observers.

McGee said: "It’s time to stop the nonsense of players being disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. That rule was meant for the old days when it was only the players in the group that could vouch for each other.

"Today there are hundreds if not thousands of people following these marquee groups each week. Everybody knows what everybody shot. Computers, walking scorers, media, etc. A simple scorecard signing error should not matter."

Current DP World Tour player, Eddie Pepperell called on the USGA and the R&A - the game's rule-makers and breakers - to adapt the regulations in order to prevent punishing both the player for their error as well as the fans and the sponsors by disqualifying one of the field.

Pepperell said: "Why are we still doing this guys? Nobody benefits in this. @RandA and @USGA Can we please look at changing this rule to a softer penalty please?"

However, not everyone was in agreement that the rule should be altered in any way. PGA Tour golfer Dylan Wu suggested the current method of checking a scorecard properly with an official at the end of the round is simple enough already.

Wu said: "Amazes me how often this happens in pro golf. Math is hard….I guess. Takes 5 seconds for the Tour officials to read your scores back and for you to check them. Hot take but this is equivalent to forgetting to write your name down on a test lol."

Adding a degree of balance to the debate, SiriusXM Radio host, Jason Sobel argued that while PGA Tour pros should not receive special dispensation just because of their status, a fairer way of operating would be to extend the time limit until their next competitive shot so as to avoid another scenario like Spieth endured.

Sobel said: "It’s true that a PGA Tour player getting DQ’d for bad math is objectively ridiculous. Also true: If all golfers at all levels must play by the same rules, then PGA Tour pros probably shouldn’t get special dispensation just because a lot of people are watching them.

"If there’s a solution to this, it might not be, “Players shouldn’t keep their own score,” but instead, “Extend the statute of limitations to the next day, so that leaving the scoring area isn’t an auto-DQ for signing an incorrect card.”

The remaining members of the Genesis Invitational field - which also does not include Tiger Woods following his withdrawal through illness - will begin their third rounds on Saturday, with all tee times available here.

Jordan Spieth was disqualified from the 2024 Genesis Invitational as a result of signing an incorrect scorecard after Friday's second round.

After putting himself in contention on Thursday via a strong opening 66, Spieth thought he had made 72 during Friday's play to drop back closer towards the cut line of one-over.

However, the three-time Major winner missed the fact that his scorecard equated to a par on the par-3 fourth after he had actually made bogey - pushing his total to 73 and leaving Spieth on two-over for the day although well inside the cut line. The Texan had endured a tough end to his round, regardless, making a double-bogey six on 18 after finding the right-side rough.

Publishing a brief statement regarding his mistake on social media, Spieth said: "Today, I signed for an incorrect scorecard and stepped out of the scoring area, after thinking I went through all procedures to make sure it was correct. Rules are rules, and I take full responsibility.

"I love this tournament and golf course as much as any on [the PGA Tour], so it hurts to not have a run at the weekend. Really appreciated the support in LA."

Over 50 players made the cut at Riviera and are hoping to chase down leader, Patrick Cantlay - who holds a five-shot lead heading into the weekend on 13-under. But, as well as Spieth, Tiger Woods is another who will be watching on from the sidelines after he withdrew early on Friday.

The tournament host completed just six holes of his second round before being taken away on a golf cart. It later transpired that Woods was suffering from illness and had to be placed on an intravenous drip.

The 15-time Major winner - whose first PGA Tour start of the season had generated a great deal of excitement among the golfing world - had been complaining of back spasms on Thursday, leading to an uncharacteristic shank late in his first round.

Woods is expected to stick around for the weekend and hand the trophy over to the winner on the 18th green on Sunday. Yet, given his withdrawal, Woods will not be the man holding the trophy once again - with his wait for a victory at Riviera continuing.

The second of the PGA Tour’s signature events takes place with the Pebble Beach Pro-Am as Justin Rose defends his title.

Like the first tournament of the year, The Sentry, players will be competing for a huge $20m purse, with the winner in line for a $3.6m windfall.

The tournament is one of the Tour’s controversial no-cut, limited-field events, meaning only 80 players will be participating. The player who emerges as runner-up from the field will claim $2.18m, while there’s another seven-figure sum, $1.38m, available to the player who finishes third.

Even with the bumper prize money payout for the action at two courses, Pebble Beach and Spyglass Hill, it still falls $5m short of the fund available at another men’s tournament taking place at the same time, LIV Golf Mayakoba at El Camaleon Golf Club. However, it is significantly more than the $2.5m on the table at the DP World Tour’s inaugural Bahrain Championship.

Thanks to some changes to the Official World Golf ranking that were announced in December, the winner also stands to earn around 77 world ranking points, with only the four Majors and The Players Championship offering more. As well as that, there are also 700 FedEx Cup points on offer.

Below is the prize money payout for the 2024 Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Pebble Beach Pro-Am Prize Money Payout

Who Are The Star Names In The Pebble Beach Pro-Am?

As a signature event, many of the world’s best players are in the field, including the player at the top of the rankings, Scottie Scheffler, and the star directly beneath him, Rory McIlroy, who is making just his second appearance at the tournament.

Other players in the world’s top 10 competing are Viktor Hovland, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Brian Harman and Wyndham Clark.

Nick Dunlap also plays his first tournament as a professional after he made history by becoming the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event for 33 years at The American Express.

Justin Rose is the defending champion, and he also plays, along with 2022 champion Tom Hoge and 2020 winner Nick Taylor. Another former champion in the field is 2017 winner Jordan Spieth.

Kevin Kisner has enjoyed a highly encouraging start to life in the commentary booth, winning plenty of plaudits for his refreshing tone and his unique thoughts - all uttered in his charming Georgia twang - throughout the first three days of the 2024 Sentry tournament.

While some had wondered how close the 39-year-old would venture towards the line of criticizing his fellow pros - or whether the current PGA Tour player would even venture away from a plane of positivity at all - an incident involving Kisner's friend Jordan Spieth painted a pretty clear picture.

With Spieth mounting a challenge near the top of the leaderboard late on 'Moving Day', the Texan left himself nicely placed on the par-5 15th with a close-range birdie putt. To most, it seemed like a regulation tap-in. But Spieth didn't - or couldn't - see it that way and spent an age lining it up. Hyperbole aside, it was almost a minute from Spieth first arriving at the ball to taking his strike.

As the three-time Major winner continued to crouch, stand up, and shuffle backwards and forwards in the search of some enlightenment, Kisner said: “I’m watching this distance — this is always the distance I make him putt when we play matches because you never know what you’re going to get. 

“He’s spent more time on this 3-footer than he does on 25-footers. If I was going to help him, I’d tell him to speed it up a little bit on these and just knock it in. He knows how to make these.”

The reason Kisner revealed he would make Spieth putt them from that length rather than letting him have it likely centres around the fact that the 30-year-old has not ranked any higher than 110th among his PGA Tour peers for putts marked at three feet and closer over the past trio of seasons (2022/23 - 172nd, 2021/22 - 190th, 2020/21 - 110th). Granted, Spieth's success rate ranged from 98.75% to 99.49, but Kisner knew there was a small chance he could still miss.

And so it proved on the Plantation Course at Kapalua, as Spieth proceeded to look up at his target and slam a putt down the right edge of the hole before it whipped around the back and stayed above ground.

As Spieth muttered something about the wind, the grass grain, and the hill all having to be taken into account, Kisner retorted: “That’s 3 feet, Jordan. Just knock it in, bud. Ninety-nine percent on Tour.”

The comment from Kisner was largely very well received by fans online, while Spieth recovered suitably to reach 19-under and stay within two shots of leader Chris Kirk prior to the final day's play.

How To Watch Genesis Scottish Open Live Stream 2023

Rory McIlroy, who has not won in Scotland in his career, leads going into the final round by one a shot after a three-under par third-round. He was four under after 11 holes but, in his own words, “made that first bogey on 12 and it was a little scrappy coming in from there.”

It is congested at the top of the leaderboard with 17 players within 5 shots of the lead. There is a competition-within-a-competition in that the final three qualifying places for The Open will go to the three highest finishers at the Genesis Scottish Open who have not already qualified. Eric Cole and Byeong Hun An lead the chase for these places.

To make sure you miss none of the action, below are all the streaming and broadcast details on how to watch a Genesis Scottish Open live stream from wherever you are, as well as today's tee times.

The Genesis Scottish Open boasts a stellar field including defending champion Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland, Max Homa, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Jordan Spieth. Eight of the world’s top-10 ranked golfers will be playing with only Jon Rahm and LIV Golf’s Cam Smith absent. The field also includes the current US Open champion, and world number 11, Wyndham Clark, and past Major champions Justin Thomas, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry and Adam Scott.

The Genesis Scottish Open is co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour. This, allied to it being played the week before the Open Championship with a prize fund of $9,000,000, has attracted many top golfers from the US circuit.

It is a modern course on the East Lothian coast adjacent to Muirfield, designed by American Tom Doak. It opened in 2008, and was extensively remodelled a few years later. Built with the intention of attracting top professional events, it has been home to the Scottish Open since 2019, and has also hosted the 2017 Scottish Senior Open and the Ladies Scottish Opens of 2019 and 2020.

The course is “packed with variety, originality and wow-factor,” according to our reviewer Rob Smith. Although not a true links course, it does blend aspects of links and inland golf, as it runs through and beside ancient pine woodland, along cliffs and over drystone walls. It opens with several holes carved through the forest before heading towards the Firth of Forth where the best holes are found around the turn.

If you're looking for a Genesis Scottish Open live stream, the article below will tell you how to watch the latest tournament from the DP World Tour.

UK TV Schedule – How To Watch Genesis Scottish Open Live Stream

All times BST

Thursday, July 13: 8am-6.30pm (Sky Sports Golf)

Friday, July 14: 8am-6.30pm (Sky Sports Golf)

Saturday, July 15: 7am-2pm (Sky Sports Golf)

Sunday, July 16: 7am-2pm (Sky Sports Golf)

In the UK, Sky Sports should be your first port of call as Sky Sports Golf will televise action from the event. At the moment Sky has some great deals on Sky Sports for those looking to upgrade and those looking to sign up to Sky for the first time.

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Genesis Scottish Open Live Stream Live Stream: How to watch from outside your country

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US TV Schedule – How To Watch Genesis Scottish Open Live Stream

All times EDT

Thursday, July 13: 8.30am-12.30pm (Golf Channel)

Friday, July 14: 8.30am-12.30pm (Golf Channel)

Saturday, July 15: 4am-6am (Golf Channel)

Sunday, July 16: 4.30am-6.30am-12pm (Golf Channel) 

NBC's Golf Channel will televise the action from the Genesis Scottish Open. If you already have the Golf Channel as part of your cable TV package, then you're all set.

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Australia TV Schedule – How To Watch Genesis Scottish Open Live Stream

All times AEST

Thursday, July 13: 5pm-3.30am Kayo Sports (Fox Sports)

Friday, July 14: 5pm-3.30am Kayo Sports (Fox Sports)

Saturday, July 15: 7.30pm-5am Kayo Sports (Fox Sports)

Sunday, July 16: 7.30pm-5am Kayo Sports (Fox Sports)

As ever in Australia the most comprehensive golf coverage is offered by Kayo Sports where you can watch Fox Sports that broadcasts the PGA Tour coverage. Not only can you watch the action from North Berwick here, it also has all the PGA Tour, DP World Tour events and the Majors. It also has events on the LPGA as well.

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Genesis Scottish Open tee times and pairings: Round 4

Leading players’ tee times (in PT/ET/BST/AEST) and scores:

* = not currently qualified into this year’s Open Championship

• 12.02am/3.02am/8.02am/5.02pm Xander Schauffele (-7), Tyrrell Hatton (-8), Sebastian Soderberg* (-8)
• 12.13am/3.13am/8.13am/5.13pm Joakim Lagergren* (-8), David Lingmerth* (-8), Robert MacIntyre (-8)
• 12.24am/3.24am/8.24am/5.24pm Max Homa (-9), Harry Hall (-9), Tom Hoge (-9)
• 12.35am/3.35am/8.35am/5.35pm Byeong Hun An* (-10), Scottie Scheffler (-10), Shane Lowry (-10)
• 12.46am/3.46am/8.46am/5.46pm JT Poston (-10), Eric Cole* (-10), Brian Harman (-11)
• 12.57am/3.57am/8.57am/5.57pm Tommy Fleetwood (-11), Tom Kim (-12), Rory McIlroy (-13)

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Jay Monahan may have been away dealing with a health issue, but he will not get an easy ride as he returns to work with Xander Schauffele saying he's not alone in having lost trust in the PGA Tour commissioner.

Monahan's huge U-turn in doing a deal with Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) boss Yasir Al-Rumayyan took the entire PGA Tour playing membership by surprise, and there's seemingly been little communication since.

The 53-year-old will be back at work on July 17th after his health improved, but he'll have some talking to do when he returns to help calm angry PGA Tour players who feel they have been left in the dark.

Among those is Schauffele, the defending champion at the Scottish Open this week, who says Monahan will have some big questions to answer. 

"We got a memo that he'll be back on the 17th. If you want to call it one of the rockier times on Tour, the guy was supposed to be there for us, wasn't," said Schauffele.

"Obviously he had some health issues. I'm glad that he said he's feeling much better. But yeah, I'd say he has a lot of tough questions to answer in his return, and yeah, I don't trust people easily.

"He had my trust and he has a lot less of it now. So I don't stand alone when I say that. He'll just have to answer our questions when he comes back."

Documents released alongside a US Senate hearing into the potential deal had some big revelations, including proposals to have Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy captain LIV Golf teams.

Schauffele has only glanced at the 276-page document and seen bits of the hearing but insists he "will do my homework" when trying to decipher what it all means for the players. 

Players call for transparency

As Jordan Spieth said, the players just feel left out of things, so Schauffele wants them to stand together to try and get more transparency from those brokering this deal.

"Most of the players on the PGA Tour are together and sort of want to be informed and want to have a say in sort of what happens," Schauffele added. 

"Right now, with this hearing and everything that's going on, these are just sort of steps in the process to getting, I guess, not what we want but more transparency and sort of getting a seat at the table. It's a for-members organisation and that's what it should be.

"There isn't much communication right now and things are a little bit unsettling and there is a bit of a divide between management and the players.

"My hope is that a positive thing coming from that will be more communication, more transparency, and sort of understanding which direction the Tour will go with us being sort of the ambassadors of it.

"I think in any tough situation, something good will happen. It may not seem like it when you're stuck in, knee-deep in some of that. 

"But for the most part, I do expect some good things to come from everything that's happened, and hopefully it's some of our players getting more of that transparency that we have been asking for for quite some time."

Open organisers have confirmed there will be three final places for Hoylake up for grabs at this week’s Genesis Scottish Open.

Eight of the world's top 10 are in action in Scotland for the co-sanctioned event, including world No 1 Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and defending champion Xander Schauffele.

All of those involved at the Renaissance Club from inside the world's top 50 are already secured a place in next week's Open Championship field.

They are part of the 153 players confirmed to tee it up at Royal Liverpool from July 20-23, which has a first prize of £2.3million, the R&A has announced.

The leading three players not already exempt who make the cut at the Scottish will earn places in The 151st Open.

 In the event of a tie for a qualifying place, the player with the higher ranking in the Official World Golf Ranking will be awarded a place.

World No 53 Cameron Davis is the highest-ranked player in action yet to be guaranteed a spot at The Open but he is first reserve for the tournament.

Elsewhere Keith Mitchell, Alex Smalley, Taylor Montgomery and Mackenzie Hughes are the next highest-ranked players currently missing out.

England's Aaron Rai will need to build on his impressive form on the PGA Tour, at the event he won in 2020, if he's to play next week.

English duo Ben Taylor and Harry Hall, who play on the PGA Tour, are also looking to earn their spot along with compatriot Callum Tarren, who was in contention at the PGA Championship earlier this year.

Eddie Pepperell, who posted a top-five finish at The Open in 2018, former major champion Jimmy Walker and China's Haotong Li are all trying to qualify too.

This week's event has also a large amount of Ryder Cup qualification points on offer, ahead of the contest taking place in Rome this September, with Europe captain Luke Donald and vice-captain Edoardo Molinari also in the field.

The R&A have confirmed the Open will return to North West England in July 2026 with Royal Birkdale confirmed as the venue.

The Southport golf course has hosted The Open 10 times and American Jordan Spieth was the last player to lift the Claret Jug at the venue in 2017.

Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler are known for enjoying their golfing trips together, but they’ve also been living it up on their arrival in the UK as they started preparations for the Open Championship in style.

The three PGA Tour stars along with their wives first of all had a dream weekend in London, taking in the tennis at Wimbledon before enjoying a few beers around the capital.

From there, it was up to Scotland and some practice out on the links at the glorious North Berwick before the trio tackle the Genesis Scottish Open at nearby Renaissance Club.

And taking advantage of the summer conditions in Scotland, Thomas and Spieth joined old buddy Smylie Kaufman on the tee at 8pm at North Berwick with still plenty of light to work with.

Fowler was also a visitor at North Berwick a bit earlier as the club’s social feed posted a video of him tackling the course before he returns to Royal Liverpool – where he finished second to Rory McIlroy the last time Hoylake hosted the Open in 2014.

There's also been some serious work being put in with Spieth being shown at the Renaissance Club where the three Americans will look to get in some tournament links golf ahead of the Open.

Then from Scotland it will be full steam ahead to the Wirral Peninsula and the 151st Open Championship - an event Spieth won at Royal Birkdale not too far away up the coast from Hoylake.

Fowler went close at Royal Liverpool before so should fancy his chances after he recently got back to winning ways and also after getting into contention at the US Open.

Thomas really should have the game to excel at links golf given his shot-making ability but it's never really happened for him in the Open, with just one T11 finish his only one inside the top 40 in six attempts.

All three should at least tee off at the Scottish Open in good spirits given their adventures in London, which although a little bit more grown up than their golf boys spring break adventures a few years ago, still seem like their having the time of their lives and enjoying the trappings of being some of the best golfers on the planet.

The United Kingdom swing of the summer has arrived for the PGA Tour, as this week’s Genesis Scottish Open will lead right into next week’s Open Championship. As has become a tradition, this week’s event serves as a warm-up for the fourth and final major of the season, as many of the world’s best will be on hand for it. 

While this field isn’t necessarily stacked, some heavy hitters will be in attendance, with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler leading the way as Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay trail just behind. Defending champion Xander Schauffele will also be on hand.

Let’s dive into the top five in my 2023 Genesis Scottish Open power rankings.

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Genesis Scottish Open Odds

Genesis Scottish Open Course - Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Located in northern Scotland, North Berwick is a links-style course that as yo would expect, features deep bunkers and tall fescue rough. It also features larger-than-average greens, requiring approach shots dialed in from the beginning. With the total length coming in at just over 7,200 yards, distance won’t be an issue but the brutal rough demands accuracy off the tee. 

Genesis Scottish Open Power Rankings

Scottie Scheffler (+650) (Bet $100 to collect $750) For the best Scottie Scheffler odds go to DraftKings

It’s almost being taken for granted just how impressive Scottie Scheffler has been as of late. In 18 events played this year, he’s finished in the top 25 in 17 and top 10 in 14. Since the RBC Heritage in mid-April, he’s finished no worse than T5.

Rory McIlroy (+750) (Bet $100 to collect $850) Head to DraftKings for the best Rory McIlroy odds

Speaking of a guy that’s somehow quietly red hot, Rory McIlroy has finished T9 or better in five straight events to this point. With the Open just around the corner, look for a quality run-up for Rory.

Patrick Cantlay (+1200) (Bet $100 to collect $1,300) DraftKings has the best Patrick Cantlay odds

Patrick Cantlay hasn’t played professional golf since the Travelers Championship, where he finished T4. One of the best all-around players in the field, he’s a real threat to win this week.

Xander Schauffele (+1400) (Bet $100 to collect $1,500) Go to DraftKings for the best Xander Schauffele odds

The defending champ also has a top 10 at this event the year before, and Xander Schauffele comes into this one playing great golf. In his last ten starts, he’s finished top 25 in all of them. 

Rickie Fowler (+1800) (Bet $100 to collect $1,900) DraftKings has the best Rickie Fowler odds

Who in this field is going to have more juice behind him than Rickie Fowler? Coming off an incredible win at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, don’t be surprised with a strong showing here.

The Open Championship will return to Royal Birkdale in 2026, the R&A has confirmed.

The 10-time Open venue last hosted in 2017, when Jordan Spieth captured his first Claret Jug and third Major title in memorable fashion over the iconic Southport links.

Spieth famously played a shot from the driving range after hitting it right on the 13th hole to make bogey before finishing birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie-par to beat Matt Kuchar by three strokes.

The week also saw Branden Grace become the first man in history to shoot 62 in a Major championship.

Past Champion Golfers at Royal Birkdale include Peter Thomson, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Watson, Ian Baker-Finch, Mark O’Meara and Padraig Harrington.

Birkdale will follow Royal Portrush in 2025, with next year's Open heading back to Royal Troon.

Future Open venues

• 2023: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, England
• 2024: Royal Troon Golf Club, Scotland
• 2025: Royal Portrush Golf Club, Northern Ireland
• 2026: Royal Birkdale Golf Club, England

Martin Slumbers, CEO of The R&A, said, “Royal Birkdale is a world class championship venue and its outstanding links will once again provide the world’s best men’s professional golfers with a tough but fair test of their talents and capabilities as they compete for the Claret Jug.

“It has produced many memorable moments that are woven into the story of this historic Championship, including a dramatic final round in 2017 when Jordan Spieth won for the first time. We look forward to another special occasion in three years and it will be fascinating to see which player will emerge to join a list of renowned Champion Golfers to have won at Royal Birkdale.”

Andrew Maxwell, Captain of Royal Birkdale and Chairman of the Championship Committee, said, “We are thrilled and honoured to have been chosen as the host venue for The Open in 2026. Royal Birkdale Golf Club has a rich history with The Open having hosted it ten times previously.

“We look forward to welcoming the world's best golfers to our magnificent course and providing them with a true test of links golf. The Club is already working hard to ensure that The Open in 2026 will be an unforgettable event for players, spectators and fans around the globe."

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The 2023 Genesis Scottish Open will get underway from the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, United Kingdom. After a couple of weeks without golf’s top players, the vast majority of the FedExCup and OWGR top ten will be competing in the Genesis Scottish Open field, headlined by World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler. Other notable names include Rory McIlroy, Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, defending champion Xander Schauffele, and 2021 winner Min Woo Lee, who more than doubled Schauffele’s winning scorecard during his victory two years ago.

While the Genesis Scottish Open has been an event since opening in 2007, this is only the second year with the PGA Tour serving as a co-sanctioning entity, along with the DP World Tour, which is Europe’s version. 75 players from each Tour are set to compete at Renaissance Club this week, where the coastal winds, big greens, tall fescue, and deep-walled sand bunkers will be a stark contrast from the birdie fests we’ve watched during the Rocket Mortgage Classic and John Deere Classic the last couple of weeks. 

Ball striking will be huge, along with quality putting, per usual. Look for players from the United Kingdom, such as McIlroy, Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood, and Matt Fitzpatrick, to feel a bit more comfortable competing at this links course, which is what most of them grew up playing on. That’s not to say fading players from other countries is a smart decision, as California native Xander Schauffele secured the outright win here a year ago with his sharp iron play. However, Rai, a British golfer, won this event in 2020.

Let’s explore the outright betting odds leaderboard as it currently sits, then recap previous winners, a few relevant betting stats, and an in-depth course overview of the Renaissance Club. Finally, I’ll reveal my favorite golfers with lucrative outright odds to wager ahead of Thursday’s first round from North Berwick, Scotland.

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Genesis Scottish Open Betting Odds

2023 Genesis Scottish Open Betting Preview

Previous Winners

• 2022 - Xander Schauffele (-7)
• 2021 - Min Woo Lee (-18)
• 2020 - Aaron Rai (-11)
• 2019 - Bernd Weisberger (-22)
• 2018 - Brandon Stone (-20)

Relevant Betting Stats

• Strokes Gained Off-the-Tee
• Strokes Gained Approaching the Green
• Greens in Regulation percentage
• Sand Save percentage
• Scrambling
• Total driving

Course Layout

The Renaissance Club is a par 70 that runs over 7,200 yards with all of the signature designs of a British golf links course. Designed by Tom Doak and opened in 2007, the Renaissance Club will use coastal winds, deep sand bunkers, and massive greens to challenge golfers throughout the event.

Greens in regulation remains an important stat to focus on from an outright betting perspective, but hole proximity needs to be factored in as well. The deep walled sand bunkers are another staple of British golf links, punishing errant lies, along with the tall fescue serving as the primary rough, demonstrating why strong tee shots and approach shots will determine the fate of a player’s round. There are more trees located at Renaissance Club than seen at other golf links, while the doglegged fairways and lengthy par 3s are other difficult aspects to overcome on the quest of winning the 2023 Genesis Scottish Open. 

Top Players To Bet For Outright Genesis Scottish Open Winner

Rory McIlroy (+750) (Bet $100 to collect $850) Go to DraftKings for the best Rory McIlroy odds

It’s a bit chalky to start, but I like the form we’ve seen from Rory McIlroy during his last five events. The 34-year-old native of Northern Ireland struggled for a duration but has since tallied finishes of T7, T7, T9, second, and T7 entering the Genesis Scottish Open. McIlroy is well-known for his powerful driver, and strokes gained off-the-tee, ranking first in driving distance. However, his irons are pristine and do not get discussed enough. McIlroy ranks second tee-to-green, second off-the-tee, eighth approaching the green, and 13th around the green in strokes gained metrics. However, his putter is a liability on links courses with bigger greens than the standard 5,500 square foot average on the PGA Tour. This could wind up being an advantage for McIlroy. Let’s jump on these +750 odds now before McIlroy begins to climb the leaderboard.

Matt Fitzpatrick (+2200) (Bet $100 to collect $2,300) DraftKings has the best Matt Fitzpatrick odds

Last year, Matt Fitzpatrick logged a T6 finish at the Genesis Scottish Open, going -4-under-par in the second round to pull himself out of an over-par opening round. Fitzpatrick had an outright win at the RBC Heritage earlier this spring while ranking 18th in strokes gained putting, 24th in strokes gained around the green, and 38th tee-to-green. He’s a quality driver, ranked 42nd, which will be helpful at a links course like Renaissance. At 22/1, oddsmakers are bullish on Fitzpatrick, as we should be. He’s ranked 17th in scrambling, 11th in total putting, and 21st in bogey avoidance. Let’s lay a unit on Fitzpatrick to ball on a course layout he’s well versed in, relying on his irons and sound putting to go on a run this week at Renaissance.

Sungjae Im (+4000) (Bet $100 to collect $4,100) Head to DraftKings for the best Sungjae Im odds

Sungjae Im went +7 and missed the cut at the 2022 Genesis Scottish Open, but I have faith in his outlook this week. He’ll be seeking revenge, which starts with making the cut. We’ve seen the 25-year-old South Korean native dip down a bit lately, but he’s still got seven T10 finishes this season. Plus, Im ranks as one of the best overall iron players, going 28th strokes gained tee-to-green, 21st off-the-tee, and 30th around the green. His putter is an asset, not a weakness, ranked 48th in strokes gained putting, along with ranking 22nd in total driving. Im has converted over 34 percent of birdie attempts, which is top-15 on the PGA Tour this year. I’m betting on a strong bounce-back but only laying half a unit, which is more than enough to remain valuable at 40/1 odds.

Aaron Rai (+7500) (Bet $100 to collect $7,600) For the best Aaron Rai odds go to DraftKings

2020 Genesis Scottish Open winner, Aaron Rai, has enjoyed a strong campaign on the PGA Tour in 2023. The 28-year-old Englishman has three T10 finishes, two of which have come in the last three events Rai has competed in. He’s ranked 24th in strokes gained tee-to-green, 36th approaching the green, and 33rd in total driving. His driving accuracy percentage is ranked sixth, which affords Rai the ability to avoid bad lies, such as fescue and sand traps. Rai’s strongest asset is finding greens in regulation, ranking 12th at a 69 percent conversion rate, but his putter will have to perform better in order to secure his second victory at this event in four years. 70/1 is pure value, so even sprinkling Rai’s outright odds is enough to return value on investment this week.

Seamus Power (+10000) (Bet $100 to collect $10,100) DraftKings has the best Seamus Power odds

We’re digging deep into the high-value with Seamus Power’s outright 100/1 odds to win the Genesis Scottish Open. The 36-year-old Irishman has three T10 finishes this season, alongside two career wins, including earlier this season at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Power just logged a T13 finish at a birdie fest at TPC Deere Run, but he’s another UK golfer who should feel comfortable early on adapting to the links course. Power ranks 48th in strokes gained around the green, 24th in strokes gained putting, and 18th in total putting. He converts over 32.8 percent of birdie attempts, which is 42nd on the PGA Tour, and he’s 15th in three-putt avoidance. A hot flat stick usually keeps a player in contention, even with other mediocre aspects to their game, so sprinkling on Power’s 100/1 odds feels like an obligatory longshot wager to place. Plus, he’s ranked 31st in par breakers, 12th in bounce back, eighth in par 3 scoring average, and 23rd for consecutive greens in regulation. This number is too long, and we need to take advantage of it before Power gets off to a solid start on Thursday at the Renaissance Club.

The Genesis Scottish Open is currently the only co-sanctioned event between the PGA and DP World Tour. It is one of the five tournaments that is part of the Rolex Series, so it also doubles as one of the DP World Tour's five premier events. For the second time ever, it will also provide FedEx Cup points as well. The event has been played on several different courses, but in 2019, it moved to the Renaissance Club. We’ve seen a wide variety of different scoring conditions at Tom Doak’s modern links design, and like most coastal courses in the area, the wind completely dictates how challenging the course will play. In 2021, Min Woo Lee defeated Matt Fitzpatrick and Thomas Detry in a playoff at 18 under, and yet last year, it only took a winning score of seven under-par for Xander Schauffele to triumph. While this event is always the week before the Open Championship, it still receives an incredibly strong field. Schauffele will return to defend his title, and he will be met by a worthy crop of challengers, including World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler, Max Homa, Jordan Spieth, Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Viktor Hovland, amongst others.

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Genesis Scottish Open: Course Preview

The Renaissance Club

The Renaissance Club is a modern links design from the mind of one of our most well-regarded current architects, Tom Doak. About 20 miles east of Edinburgh, the Renaissance Club is not far from some of the most iconic links courses in Scotland such as North Berwick and Muirfield. While it pales in comparison to many of the classics, this event is still a wonderful change of pace from the uniform target golf that we have grown accustomed to each week on the PGA Tour. The course features five par threes and four par fives, and while two of the par threes are quite short (147 and 161 yards), the other three all measure above 200 yards. Seven of the par fours also measure over 445 yards, so it should not come as a surprise that that nearly 50% of all approach shots come from over 175 yards. Under blistery conditions, the Renaissance Club ranked as the fourth most difficult course on the PGA Tour last year, featuring the sixth hardest set of par threes, the fifth hardest set of par fours, and the eight hardest set of par fives. 

While the Doak design featured standard 31-yard wide fairways, players were able find the short grass last year at only a 48.9% rate, which can easily be explained by the extreme winds. There was not a massive price to pay for missing the fairway, as the Renaissance Club ranked 37th out of 38 courses in missed fairway penalty. At the top of the leaderboard, there was a far more prevalent correlation between driving distance than driving accuracy. Shorter players such as Tom Kim, Tommy Fleetwood, Jamie Donaldson can still succeed here, but Xander Schauffele, Kurt Kitayama, Rasmus Hojgaard, Alex Smalley, Thomas Detry, and Dean Burmester all finished top-10 ranking well above average driving distance. This week, I will primarily be looking for players that possess power off the tee, are elite with their mid to long irons, and have shown an ability to perform both on slower greens and in windy conditions.

Genesis Scottish Open Classic Key Stats

• Long-term Proximity 175 yards plus
• Strokes Gained Putting: Slow Greens
• Driving Distance

Genesis Scottish Open: Outright Winner

Tyrrell Hatton (+2200) (Bet $100 to collect $2,300) DraftKings has the best Tyrrell Hatton odds

It’s hard to believe that Tyrrell Hatton has yet to find his way into the winner’s circle this year, but I believe that changes this week in North Berwick. Hatton is coming off another solid ball-striking ball-striking performance at the U.S. Open, and he has gained strokes ball-striking in every single start this season. He’s also firing on all cylinders with the flat-stick, gaining over a stroke putting in seven straight starts. With 15 made cuts, 10 top-30 finishes, and seven top-10 finishes in 16 starts, Hatton continues to knock on the door. The Renaissance Club presents a unique opportunity for the fiery Englishman, and he has finished top-25 in all three appearances at the Tom Doak design. Hatton checks all the boxes that I am looking for this week, and he possesses above-average power off the tee, long iron play, and is one of the absolute best slow green putters and wind players on the PGA Tour. It’s only a matter of time before Hatton is the last man standing on Sunday, and we’ll be hard-pressed to find a better opportunity and course fit than the blustery Renaissance Club.

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Tommy Fleetwood (+2200) (Bet $100 to collect $2,300) Head to DraftKings for the best Tommy Fleetwood odds

Like Tyrrell Hatton, Tommy Fleetwood has done almost everything this season but find the winner’s circle. I would not be concerned by a surprising missed cut at the Travelers Championship, as before that, Fleetwood had recorded back-to-back top-fives at the Canadian Open and U.S. Open. Fleetwood faced a heartbreaking playoff defeat to Nick Taylor in Canada but followed it up the next week by gaining 12 strokes ball-striking in a major. Now Fleetwood returns to familiar territory in the Renaissance Club, where he already has a second and a fourth in three appearances. The Englishman has gained over 5.6 strokes ball-striking in two of his three visits to the Doak design and gained over three strokes putting in both of his last two. Fleetwood’s success at this event should not come as a surprise, as the 32-year-old possesses an elite short game, is one of the best slow green putters in the world, and has a sterling resume of success on challenging, windswept golf courses. Fleetwood should have no issues finding his way to the top of the leaderboard by week’s end. 

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How To Watch John Deere Classic live stream 2023

Three pars in his final six holes, added to his eagle on the 2nd, took Brandon Todd into a one-shot lead going into the final day, It is the sixth time he has been ahead in a tour event after 54 holes, and twice previously he has gone on to win.

To make it a third time, he will have to fend off a lot of close challengers as 13 players are within three shots of the lead. Nearest are Alex Smalley, Denny McCarthy and Adam Schenk, one shot back in joint second, None of this trio have won on the PGA Tour.

Nor has Cameron Young, who infamously has the joint record for most runner-up finishes (6) without ever winning. The halfway leader, after making an equipment change for this week, was the only player inside the top 15 on the leaderboard not to not break par on Saturday. But he is still in with a chance at three shots back, a score he shares with, among others, first-round leader Jonas Blixt and defending champion JT Poston.

To make sure you miss none of the action, below are all the streaming and broadcast details on how to watch a John Deere Classic live stream from wherever you are, as well as today's tee times.

Coming the week before the Scottish Open which in turn is followed by The Open Championship, the John Deere Classic has struggled to attract the biggest golfing names who are instead prioritising preparation for Royal Liverpool.

For example, of the three players who contested the playoff for the Rocket Mortgage Classic, only Adam Hadwim is in Illinois this week. But then he is also the only member of that trio who has not qualified for The Open.

One who will be at Royal Liverpool and who is at TPC Deere Run is defending champion JT Poston, the first John Deere Classic wire-to-wire winner since David Frost in 1992.

Winning scores tend to be low. The highest since the event moved to TPC Deere Run in 2000 is 16-under. In 2018 Michael Kim won by eight strokes on 27-under. This beat Steve Stricker’s 26-under winning score in 2010, the middle year of his three consecutive victories in the event.

Another notable multiple winner is Jordan Spieth, who in 2013 here became the first teenage winner on the PGA Tour since 1931.

Archaeologists have proved that Native Americans lived on this property 5,000 years ago. The most famous hole is the par-3 16th, named Mother Earth, with its green perched on on a bluff 40ft above the Rock River. The official course guide explains: “To Native Americans, the land is a living being, Mother Earth, who cares for all her children, providing them with food, shelter, beauty, and a place for contest and play. The 16th hole is dedicated to these earliest inhabitants.”

If you're looking for a John Deere Classic live stream, the article below will tell you how to watch the latest tournament from the PGA Tour.

US TV Schedule - Watch John Deere Classic live stream

All times CDT

Thursday, July 6: 3pm-6pm (Golf Channel)

Friday, July 7: 3pm-6pm (Golf Channel)

Saturday, July 8: 12pm-1.30pm (Golf Channel) 2pm-5pm (CBS)

Sunday, July 9: 12pm-1.30pm (Golf Channel) 2pm-5pm (CBS)

NBC's Golf Channel will televise the action from the John Deere Classic. If you already have the Golf Channel as part of your cable TV package, then you're all set.

No cable? No problem. Try a cord-cutting TV service such as fuboTV ($74.99), AT&T TV Now ($80/m) or Sling ($51/m) to watch the Golf Channel. There are no long contracts with these services. You can try them and cancel whenever you've had enough. FuboTV has a 7-day free trial.

For Sling you'll need the Sling Blue package plus the Sports Extra addon which usually has a very reasonable introductory price for your first month. Again, just cancel when you're done.

The most complete and the cheapest streamed choice, though, has got to be ESPN+. It's $9.99 per month (again, no contract) and has full coverage of every PGA Tour session. You can watch the main feed or stay with individual holes and marquee groups instead.

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John Deere Classic Live Stream: How to watch from outside your country

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UK TV Schedule - Watch John Deere Classic live stream

All times BST

Thursday, July 6: 6.30pm-11pm (Sky Sports Golf)

Friday, July 7: 6.30pm-11pm (Sky Sports Golf)

Saturday, July 8: 6pm-11pm (Sky Sports Golf)

Sunday, July 9: 6pm-11pm (Sky Sports Golf)

In the UK, Sky Sports should be your first port of call as Sky Sports Golf will televise action from the event. At the moment Sky has some great deals on Sky Sports for those looking to upgrade and those looking sign up to Sky for the first time.

You can get all eight Sky Sports Channels in HD for just £25 a month which not only includes all the golf action, but you can also watch the football, cricket, Formula 1, NFL and a whole host of other sporting events.

Australia TV Schedule - Watch John Deere Classic live stream

All times AEST

Thursday, July 6: 10.30pm-6am Kayo Sports (Fox Sports)

Friday, July 7: 10.30pm-6am Kayo Sports (Fox Sports)

Saturday, July 8: 10.30pm-8am Kayo Sports (Fox Sports)

Sunday, July 9: 10.30am-8am Kayo Sports (Fox Sports)

The PGA Tour coverage in Australia obviously means getting something great to watch late at night and early in the morning. As ever in Australia, the most comprehensive golf coverage is offered by Kayo Sports where you can watch Fox Sports that broadcasts the PGA Tour coverage. Not only can you watch the action from Illinois here, it has all the PGA Tour, DP World Tour events and the Majors. It also has events on the LPGA as well.

It also offers access to over 50 sports live and on-demand, with some its big name channels including Fox Sports, ESPN, and beIN Sports.

It's also good value at either $25 for Kayo One, $30 for Kayo Basic or $35 for Kayo Premium. Basic lets you stream sport on two devices at once, while Premium allows you to watch on up to three screens simultaneously, so it represents great value if your household has different sporting tastes or you're splitting the cost of the subscription. There's even a free 7-day trial.

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John Deere Classic tee times & pairings: Round 4

Leading players’ tee times (PDT/CDT/BST) and scores:

• 9.40am/11.40am/5.40pm Cameron Young (-13), Sepp Straka (-12)
• 9.55am/11.55am/5.55pm Mark Hubbard (-13), William Mouw (-13)
• 10.05am/12.05pm/6.05pm Lucas Glover (-13), Kevin Roy (-13)
• 10.15am/12.15pm/6.15pm Chris Kirk (-13), JT Poston (-13)
• 10.25am/12.25pm/6.25pm Peter Kuest (-14), Jonas Blixt (-13)
• 10.35am/12.35pm/6.35pm Denny McCarthy (-15), Adam Schenk (-15)
• 10.45am/12.45pm/6.45pm Brendon Todd (-16), Alex Smalley (-15)
  

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