Jordan Spieth Has Made A Big Prediction For His 2026 Season
In the 2010s, Jordan Spieth ranked among the top golfers in the world, winning back-to-back majors in 2015 and adding a third in 2017. But over the past several years, he's found success hard to come by, so he's setting a new goal for 2026.
Speaking to reporters at the Wyndham Championship, Spieth said that he expects he can be back at the top of the golf world next year. He believes that 2026 is "going to be a really good year" for him and believes that he's improving to that end.
"Next year's going to be a really good year for me, I can feel it. It's all coming along. I'll be healthy, and just structurally putting, the mechanics are all getting really, really close," Spieth said. "One good offseason should get me nailed down to where I could be as good as I've been. That's my goal."
Spieth has a pretty steep hill to climb towards that goal though. He currently ranks No. 51 in the Official World Golf Ranking and has not won an event since 2022.
His luck hasn't been particularly good in the majors either. He has missed the cut in three of his last 11 major appearances and has not cracked the top 10 in any. Spieth only finished in the top 20 in one of them - this year's Masters.
The 2025 golf major season saw Rory McIlroy complete the rare career Grand Slam by winning the Masters. With a Masters, Open Championship and U.S. Open under his belt, Spieth needs to win a PGA Championship to join McIlroy, Tiger, Jack and all of those other legends.
It's just going to be hard to take Spieth seriously as a real contender until he finally starts winning events again. In the eight years since he won the 2017 Open Championship he has won a grand total of two events and none since the 2022 RBC Heritage.Jordan Spieth Has Made A Big Prediction For His 2026 Season first appeared on The Spun on Jul 31, 2025
This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 31, 2025, where it first appeared.
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