2020-05-01_Golf_Digest

(Joyce) #1

Jordan


Spieth


Still in


REMEMBER THE BEST


▶ “You look down on
your grip all the time,
but you don’t register
slight changes—even
when you hit balls nearly
every day,” Spieth says.
“Keep track of how your
grip looks when you’re
playing your best, and
use that as a reference
when you practice.”

KEEP TILT IN THE TURN


▶ “We’ve all tried to
get a little more speed
by turning bigger. But
you need it to happen
the right way to get
something out of it,”
Spieth says. “It has
to happen within your
posture, so your left
shoulder will be lower,
not level, with the right.”

W


gone back to basics, starting
with the grip. “Every year
since I was 14, my grip would
get weaker during the season,
and I had to fix it in the
offseason,” Spieth says. “But
it got to the point where I just
didn’t adjust it back enough.”
As mechanical changes go,
turning the hands 4 degrees
to the right isn’t complex. But
bringing the new grip from
the range to the course has
been bumpy. “I’m going in the
right direction, but it’s taking
some time,” he says. “This isn’t
anything new. I’m just getting
back to what I always did.”
—matthew rudy


14 gd | issue 4. 2020


by the numbers
26 / 6-1 / 175
Dallas

driver
Titleist TS
(10.5 degrees)

average drive
(2019)
294.7 yards

clubhead speed
114 miles per hour
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