Jordan Spieth is still a box-office draw on the PGA Tour, despite his recent struggles on the golf course.
Incredibly, Spieth is without a win on the PGA Tour since April 2022, and he’s working incredibly hard to change that.
The three-time major champion grinded throughout the off-season in a bid to rediscover his very best form.
However, Jordan Spieth simply hasn’t had the results he would have liked on the PGA Tour so far this season.
He is still without a top-10 finish to his name in 13 events in 2026, although he has only missed one cut.
Spieth let yet another attempt to complete the career Grand Slam slip by at the PGA Championship last week.
And his poor putting was a key reason why he failed to contend.
The issue that is stopping Jordan Spieth from winning on the PGA Tour
Spieth has missed his fair share of short putts so far this season and he quite simply hasn’t holed enough mid-range ones either.
The reason for Spieth’s woes on the greens this year is a very simple technical issue that can easily be fixed.
Because the American has a left below right putting grip, his shoulders have always been fairly parallel to the ground, which is fine.
However, this season his lead shoulder seems to be getting lower than his trail shoulder with every tournament that passes.
This causes a big issue for him whereby he’s almost striking the ball down into the surface, rather than getting it rolling quickly off the putter face.
Rich Beem noticed this problem with Spieth back in April at the Valero Texas Open, and it seems to be getting worse with every week that passes.
The really worrying thing is that Spieth hasn’t realized this himself.
Sure, he will have coaches who run their eyes over this putting stroke, and the fact that they haven’t picked up on this issue is a concern in itself.
However, given Spieth’s experience and knowledge of the game in general, he really should have noticed the quirk mentioned above that has developed in his stroke over the past few months.
Jordan Spieth’s putting is simply not consistent enough
In fairness to Spieth, he has improved on the greens this season.
From the 2025 season going backwards, Spieth has ranked 65th, 101st, 79th, 155th, 33rd, and 105th in strokes gained putting.
In 2026, he is ranked 42nd in strokes gained putting.
However, the problem for the 32-year-old from Dallas is that he isn’t putting to that standard every single week.
Some weeks he putts well but his driver or his irons let him down. Other weeks, his putting is quite simply horrendous.
If Jordan Spieth manages to find a way to putt better more consistently, he will undoubtedly return to the PGA Tour winners’ circle very soon.
In order to do that though, his putting technique needs to improve.
