Jordan Spieth during the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. | Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images
Jordan Spieth’s 2024 season came to a close in Memphis and announced that he would need surgery after his round.
Jordan Spieth will undergo surgery on the torn sheath in his left wrist after a disappointing finish at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, which ended his season. This injury has troubled him since the week before the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
He re-aggravated it after last year’s Ryder Cup, a freak injury that involved reaching for the toaster while making his son’s breakfast. Spieth said he “was shocked” when he hurt it at the time. Then, at the Hero World Challenge last December, Spieth noted that he and his team had resolved the issue.
But now, with plenty of time off until the beginning of the 2025 season, Spieth has opted for surgery to repair his wrist altogether.
“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 Doug Ferguson of The Associated Press, who originally reported the news.
“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.”
It will take Spieth three months to recover, so he says. If that timeline holds true, Spieth would likely feel fully healed by the beginning of December. Of course, the Hero World Challenge takes place then in The Bahamas, but Spieth teeing it up would come as a surprise, given that it’s not an officially sanctioned PGA Tour event.
Spieth’s wrist troubles may explain why he struggled throughout the 2024 season. He managed to qualify for the FedEx St. Jude Championship, finishing the regular season ranked 63rd in the FedEx Cup Standings. But his last top-10 finish came at the Valero Texas Open, the week before The Masters. Spieth missed the cut at Augusta National and did not factor in any of the other three majors, with his best result coming at Royal Troon, where he tied for 25th. His last win on the PGA Tour came at the 2022 RBC Heritage.
Alas, Spieth played poorly again this week, tying for 68th. He will not advance to the BMW Championship, as only the top 50 players in the FedEx Cup standings make it. He also does not gain entry into all eight of the Signature Events next season.
Yet, Spieth has more pending issues on his mind. Hopefully, for his sake, he will get healthy in the coming months and return to the winner’s circle in 2025.
Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.
