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Spieth in good place at PGA as he takes long view of career

Jordan Spieth chips to the green on the 16th hole during Tuesday's practice round at the PGA Championship on the Ocean Course.
Jordan Spieth chips to the green on the 16th hole during Tuesday's practice round at the PGA Championship on the Ocean Course. Jordan Spieth chips to the green on the 16th hole during Tuesday's practice round at the PGA Championship on the Ocean Course.

By DOUG FERGUSON / The Associated Press 5 min read

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) – Jordan Spieth has a much clearer outlook now than he did the last time the PGA Championship was at Kiawah Island.

For starters, he wasn’t even at Kiawah in 2012.

Spieth was in Denver that week preparing for the U.S. Amateur while trying to decide whether to turn pro or return to Texas for his sophomore year of college. With an unclear future weighing on him, he had to face NCAA champion Thomas Pieters in the opening round at Cherry Hills and lost on the 18th hole.

Spieth headed back to school.

“I wasn’t in a good place back then,” he said with a laugh Tuesday as he headed out for his first look at the windswept Ocean Course at Kiawah Island.