PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Four weeks away from golf, Jordan Spieth feels like he is starting a brand new season.
It’s everyone else who is looking behind.
The Players Championship is Spieth’s first tournament since he lost a five-shot lead on the back nine at the Masters, most of that on the par-3 12th where he put two shots into the water and made a quadruple-bogey 7.
He received text messages from people who didn’t even have his phone number, reaching out to remind him that sports can be cruel and it happens to the best. He analyzed what went wrong with coach Cameron McCormick, not just on the 12th hole at Augusta National but all week with his swing. He spent a week in the Bahamas with three players who are close friends. There were commercial shoots with corporate sponsors, time in the gym, a practice round at Oakmont and then work on the range.
When he sat down Wednesday for his press conference, 10 of the 15 questions were about the Masters.