Tranlate this title Jordan Spieth’s ‘curse’: «It’s like I’ve bad luck» in spanish

At this point in the year, only two players can complete golf’s Grand Slam by winning just one of the majors: Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth. The former needs to win the U.S. Open, and the latter the PGA Championship. Spieth (32 years old) is making his tenth attempt to complete the set.

Jordan Spieth, statements

The Texan hasn’t won a tournament since the 2012 RBC Heritage. However, the «wonder boy» doesn’t feel as far from his best as the results suggest. Last year, after recovering from wrist surgery, he had several notable results, although without a real chance of winning. This year, he has finished in the top twelve three times and is playing well, although his performance is somewhat inconsistent. He is being penalized by his tendency to attack on certain holes, from which he often suffers.

Jordan won the Masters and the U.S. Open in 2015; In 2017, he won the British Open, and that summer he still had the opportunity to complete the Grand Slam. It took McIlroy no less than 11 years to achieve the coveted Masters title and complete the feat of the four majors; Spith is entering his tenth year. In 2015 and 2021, he finished second at the PGA Championship. For the Texan, his biggest challenge is patience. In fact, he compared it to a bad run in blackjack, knowing that a good hand is just around the corner. The question is when it will arrive. “It’s like I’m having bad luck at the blackjack table. You have to keep playing until your luck changes. It’s like I’m playing well. It’s been a strange run of cards,” he commented.

She’s certainly clear that she wants to enter the most important club in golf and knows very well that it now depends on one very specific thing: «If I could win one more tournament in my life, it would undoubtedly be this one, for that reason. But the easiest way to achieve it is, for some reason, not to try. Just go out there, prepare for the first hole, develop a good game plan, and attack it the right way,» she explained.

Spieth led the standings for strokes gained off the tee last week at the Truist Championship, which gives her the confidence to be, according to her own feelings, close to the level she reached at the peak of her career. “For several years I had a streak where I felt like I was competing, or had a good chance of competing, in all the Majors, and then it became intermittent. I feel like I’m close to being able to do it again. So I just want to give myself a shot.”