ATLANTA If youre a Jordan Spieth fanand there are a lot of youthe following will be music to your ears.<\/p>\n
Going into next year, I should putt a lot better, Spieth told Golf Digest on Saturday after finishing his third-round 69 at the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. I found some key stuff to work on in the offseason, and then continue to get better in the full swing as well.<\/p>\n
Spieth, tied for 20th when the round was suspended by weather, is one Tour Championship round away from finishing a season he marks seven out of 10. There was a victory at the RBC Heritage at the iconic Harbour Town Golf Linkshis 13th on the PGA Tourand runners-up at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am and the AT&T Byron Nelson. He cracked back into the top 10 on the World Ranking after the Heritage win and now sits at No. 13. There were three other top-10 results coming into the season-ending Tour Championship.<\/p>\n
Probably like a 7.5, Spieth said when asked to grade his 2021-22 campaign. I wish I was more consistent this year. I struck the ball better than last year and felt I putted better, too. I just felt like I couldn't really get anything to go in this year. Kind of one of those years.<\/p>\n
The majors held considerable weight in the 29-year-olds self-assessment. Spieths best showing was a T-8 at the Open Championship at St. Andrews, but there was a missed cut at the Masters and only top-40 results at the PGA Championship and U.S. Open.<\/p>\n
I normally judge it off majors, and this was my worst majors season by far, the three-time major winner said. It was just weird. I felt everything was in place, but I just didn't score well.<\/p>\n
But Spieth is upbeat about next season, particularly because he feels confident of turning around his putting performance from his current rank of 153rd in strokes gained\/putting. The former World No. 1 has turned around lackluster putting years before, like in 2018-19, when he was second in putting after ranking 123rd the season prior.<\/p>\n
Spieth said the key was discovering a couple of inconsistencies within the early part of the putting processsome technical and some fundamentals.<\/p>\n
Yeah, a bit [technical] but really a lot of set-up stuff and the start of the stroke; for a while I was having to save it a bit and now I feel a lot better, Spieth said. I got really off in 2018, finished [123rd] in putting, was in top five the next year. But this [year] was different than the '18 year. I felt way more comfortable felt my stroke was a lot cleaner. Some tournaments, you get the ball going in from the beginning and I didnt seem to get many of those.<\/p>\n
With another chance to complete the career grand slam at the PGA Championship (the only major he hasnt won) and a Ryder Cup in Europe, there are plenty of golf fans who want to see Spieth putt well in 2023.<\/p>\n
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