Jordan Spieth's 'Unfortunate' Update After Withdrawing From Travelers Championship
Jordan Spieth's 'Unfortunate' Update After Withdrawing From Travelers Championship originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
On Thursday at TPC River Highlands, Jordan Spieth was forced to withdraw mid‑round from the Travelers Championship, a first in his 297 PGA Tour events, after suffering sudden tightness in his shoulder blade that made swinging impossible.
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Spieth, a three‑time major champion, began the first round visibly laboring through the opening holes, posting a 5‑over par score through 12 holes before he halted play on the par‑5 13th.
Despite receiving on‑range treatment from his physio, the pain intensified, compelling Spieth to concede the round and depart the course via cart.
'It was just like midway through on my irons,' Spieth explained during a press conference on Thursday. 'Everything was great in my gym session, and I've been very, very excited to go out and play. Things have been getting better and better, and then my right (shoulder) just kind of locked, like tightened midway through the warm‑up."
"I just kept hitting, and then all of a sudden it was moving up," Spieth added. "Everything around it started to and then it was over the left and then it was like everything, so I stopped. It was both sides of my neck and upper back.'
Jordan Spieth crouches while grabbing his upper body on the 12th hole.© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images
After ending his warm‑up 30 minutes early, Spieth consulted Marnus Marais, who also treats Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas, but couldn't regain mobility.
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"I was just going to try to see if I could somehow get through at even... just finishing even if it's ugly, and then I hit my tee shot on 13, and it legitimately really hurt," Spieth admitted.
"It's only going to get worse to finish the round, and it's not worth it. I thought that was the time."
Spieth remains unsure of the cause of the issue, labeling the sequence of events as "unfortunate,"
"I've never withdrawn from an event ever anywhere at any level, so I didn't really know what to do. It just became too much. It's unfortunate," He said. "I've been doing everything right, and I think it was just very random."
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 20, 2025, where it first appeared.
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