Eyes on Jordan Spieth at Byron Nelson after Will Zalatoris’ setback | Golf Today | Golf Channel [Video]

0:00 | with more from TPC Craig Grant we

0:02 | welcome in Rex hoger Rex great to see

0:04 | you but we know what will zorus has put

0:06 | his body through including surgery how

0:08 | much of a setback is this

0:11 | news well first and foremost it’s a hit

0:14 | for the field he was the highest ranked

0:15 | player in the field he’s a Dallas guy I

0:16 | think there was going to be a lot of

0:17 | fans out here to watch him continue that

0:20 | comeback that he started last year in

0:21 | the Bahamas I traded text briefly with

0:24 | his performance Coach Josh Gregory he

0:25 | told me he was quote 100% fine and as

0:27 | you pointed out said he just needed some

0:30 | this sounds like off the top that it’s

0:32 | kind of a schedule crunch you look at

0:33 | what he has been through really the last

0:35 | few days he played last week in the team

0:36 | event in New Orleans of course he played

0:38 | the Masters he played Hilton Head we’re

0:40 | getting into a very busy stretch I think

0:42 | this was probably the prudent decision

0:44 | anytime you have a player that has gone

0:46 | through everything that Willie has when

0:47 | it comes to his surgery and the health

0:49 | issues that he withdraws it’s always

0:51 | going to send up some red flags but it

0:52 | seems like on the surface this has much

0:54 | to do about nothing Rex with zeelot

0:57 | Taurus now out the entire focus of the

0:59 | tournament of course turns to Jordan spe

1:02 | he did not play in this tournament a

1:03 | year ago because of a wrist issue it is

1:06 | still hampering him at least to some

1:08 | extent what’s your level of concern when

1:10 | it comes to Jordan spe and how he’s

1:11 | played so far in

1:13 | 2024 I think when it comes to Jordan I

1:16 | have concern I have excitement and

1:17 | everything else in between you and I

1:19 | talk a lot about this that I don’t think

1:20 | there’s anyone on the PGA tour right now

1:22 | who is as entertaining to watch play

1:24 | golf as Jordan Speed simply because he

1:26 | has no unspoken thoughts everything on

1:28 | the golf course is being exchange

1:30 | between he and his caddy Michael grer

1:32 | and we we actually referenced this a few

1:34 | weeks ago when I was in San Antonio for

1:36 | the Texas open and I had a chance to

1:38 | talk with Jordan just kind of about the

1:39 | idea if he’s moving in the right

1:41 | direction does he feel like whatever

1:43 | changes he’s working on with his team

1:45 | are working out and he said he’s having

1:46 | a hard time separate the results from

1:48 | the process by that the results simply

1:50 | haven’t been there but he feels like

1:52 | he’s dedicated to the process but it is

1:54 | getting to the point where you can tell

1:56 | he is aggravated Rex is understandable

1:58 | Jordan Speed is one of the best players

2:00 | of this generation that has only two

2:02 | victories since 2017 are we getting to a

2:05 | point where you know the the a four

2:08 | mentioned resume kind of outshines the

2:11 | where Jordan spe is right now and he’s

2:14 | not one of the best players in the world

2:17 | anymore well you look at where he is in

2:19 | the world ranking he is 20th right now

2:20 | and he is the only top 20 player in the

2:22 | field this week so I still think he is

2:24 | keeping Pace with some other players

2:25 | that are around him but no he’s not that

2:28 | top five player that we saw pick a time

2:30 | 2015 2016 when he was in full flight and

2:33 | he was doing things that we really

2:35 | hadn’t seen since Tiger Woods and a lot

2:37 | of this stems from as Ryan pointed out

2:39 | that there were injuries and injuries

2:41 | that he continues to deal with but I

2:42 | think the other half of this is he lost

2:44 | a lot of confidence over the last few

2:46 | years first with his swing then with his

2:48 | short game it’s going to take time if it

2:50 | if it AA comes back because he always he

2:53 | puts so much energy so much emotion into

2:56 | being able to do incredible things on

2:57 | and around the greens we were never

2:59 | surprised when he made a big prop putt

3:01 | or chipped in now he doesn’t seem to

3:03 | have the confidence to pull that off and

3:04 | I feel like that was a huge part of who

3:06 | Jordan Speed was you mentioned the hit

3:09 | to the field earlier in this segment now

3:11 | just three top 30 players in the field

3:13 | at the CJ cup Byron Nelson which which

3:15 | is not all that uncommon for these full

3:17 | field events on the PJ tour what’s your

3:20 | sense of how this is resonating with

3:22 | golf fans the split between the

3:24 | Signature Events we know the best

3:25 | players are going to be competing and

3:27 | these full field events which offer

3:28 | offer an opportunity for the ranking

3:31 | file I think last week the team event in

3:34 | New Orleans desser classic was a bit of

3:35 | an outlier because you ended up with

3:36 | Rory maroy and Shane Lowry doing really

3:39 | special things and winning in a playoff

3:41 | and I think there was a lot of

3:42 | excitement around that but it’s hard to

3:43 | carry that momentum in when you have as

3:45 | you pointed out really just one top 20

3:48 | player Jordan spe is going to have to

3:49 | carry the flag this week now we have

3:51 | seen earlier in the season you’ve seen

3:53 | those events that are in between the

3:55 | signature tournaments those events that

3:57 | are giving players an opportunity to

3:58 | play their way into the events however

4:01 | in this particular case I don’t know how

4:02 | much it’s resonating with the fans

4:04 | because you and I can talk about the Aon

4:06 | swing five and Aon swing 10 and talk

4:08 | about how important it is to play well

4:10 | this week to get in to next week the

4:12 | Wells Fargo another signature event but

4:14 | I don’t think it’s quite registered with

4:15 | the fans just yet understandable if

4:18 | there’s a bit of a

4:19 | postmasters lull I get it how much of

4:22 | the onus is on the PGA tour in the midst

4:25 | of these negotiations with the piff for

4:27 | example to think outside the box to keep

4:30 | trying to be Innovative and to do things

4:33 | in a different way to keep those golf

4:36 | fans

4:38 | engaged I think pushing the envelope is

4:40 | really important and we’re seeing that

4:41 | right now the the comparisons between

4:43 | the Signature Events the majors and then

4:45 | the full field events you do need to do

4:47 | something different I think the PGA Tour

4:49 | the players have acknowledged this I

4:50 | think maxom has probably been one of the

4:52 | more outspoken players when it comes to

4:54 | this I I reported this a few weeks ago

4:56 | at at Hilton Head that there was a

4:58 | player meeting there was a player

4:59 | advisor council meeting and Theo Epstein

5:01 | the former Boston Red Sox executive

5:03 | spoke to the players about the idea of

5:05 | trying to create a new product it’s what

5:07 | they did in baseball we look at how much

5:09 | time they cut off the average baseball

5:11 | game that resonated with the fans it

5:13 | made the game seem a little bit

5:14 | refreshed it made the game seem a little

5:16 | bit younger that’s what golf is trending

5:18 | to right now and go to last week’s news

5:20 | about the equity program that has a lot

5:21 | to do with the idea that the tour wants

5:23 | to make every player believe that

5:25 | they’re an owner of their own tour so

5:26 | not only did they buy in and they remain

5:28 | loyal to the PGA tour but they also

5:30 | understand that they have to go out of

5:32 | their way to make the product better and

5:34 | that’s probably going to take some new

5:35 | thoughts and some new experiments the

5:37 | fans wanted and needed

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