Jordan Spieth Donates Signed 3 Iron To Royal Birkdale
Spieth has donated a replica of the club he hit from the Birkdale driving range
The 2017 Open Champion sent a replica of the 3 iron he used from the driving range on the final day to Royal Birkdale and autographed it too!
Jordan Spieth Donates Signed 3 Iron To Royal Birkdale
Think back to the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and one thing stands out doesn't it? Jordan Spieth's shot from the driving range on the final day.
The Texan hit his ball down the right on the 13th hole and took an unplayable lie back in line with the flag into the tour trucks before getting relief onto the driving range.
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After his 2016 Masters collapse, it was looking like another crisis.
The shot and ruling took 22 minutes and and set up a thrilling end to the final day, where he eventually steamed past playing partner Matt Kuchar to win his third major.
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It caused enormous controversy around the golfing world and will go down in Open history as one of the most famous shots.
Spieth has donated a replica of that 3 iron, a Titleist 718 T-MB, to Royal Birkdale and signed it too.
The shot, hit with the club that hadn't even been released to the public yet in front of the Titleist tour truck, was estimated at 240 yards according to his caddie Michael Greller's notes and was his third on the par-4.
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He hit a beauty just short-right of the green and made a bogey to save his championship.
He would birdie the next, the par-3 14th, by nearly acing it and then eagled the par-5 15th, birdied the 16th and the 17th too.
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Crisis? What crisis?
It was one of the greatest finishes in the championship's history.
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!
Elliott is currently playing:
Driver: Titleist TSR4
3 wood: Titleist TSi2
Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1
Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Ball: Srixon Z Star XV
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