Jordan Spieth

Jordan Spieth is an American three-time major champion from Dallas, Texas, ranked approximately world number 5, with victories at the Masters (2015), U.S. Open (2015), and The Open Championship (2017). He needs only the PGA Championship to complete the career Grand Slam, a feat achieved by just six players in the history of the game.

Spieth's game has never been about textbook mechanics. His swing is unorthodox, his driving can be erratic, and his ball-striking statistics rarely top the charts. None of that matters, because what Spieth brings to major championships is something that cannot be measured: a competitive instinct so fierce that it bends outcomes in his direction. His putting is among the best the sport has ever seen, reading break and pace with an intuition that borders on clairvoyance. His course management, honed by an encyclopedic memory for risk and reward, allows him to navigate brutal setups even when his ball-striking is off. He does not always play the best golf. He almost always plays the smartest golf.

His 2015 season was one of the greatest in modern golf. He won the Masters at 21, leading wire to wire with a record-tying 18-under-par total. He added the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay weeks later, birdieing the 72nd hole to win by one. The 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale produced one of the great final-round stories: Spieth hit a wild drive on the 13th that ended up on the practice range, took an unplayable lie, and then recovered with birdies down the stretch to win by three, a sequence that makes no logical sense but makes perfect sense if you understand Spieth. His near-miss at the 2016 Masters, where he held a five-shot lead on the back nine Sunday before a quadruple-bogey at the 12th, was devastating. But he returned to Augusta and contended again, because that is what Spieth does.

In 2026, the PGA Championship at Aronimink is the Grand Slam opportunity. Spieth returns to Royal Birkdale for The Open where he won in 2017, carrying course knowledge and memories that no other player in the field shares. Augusta is always dangerous ground for a former champion. He will play all four: The Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open, and The Open Championship. Follow tee times in United States time.