Spieth raring to go after missed cut woe

Young golf sensation to tee off at the BMW Championship on Thursday.

LAKE FOREST: Jordan Spieth is relishing the prospect of locking horns with golf’s young guns once more as he prepares to bounce back from the disappointment of consecutive missed cuts at the BMW Championship.

The 22-year-old Masters and US Open champion said he is nonplussed by his failure to progress to the third round in his two most recent forays and believes his game is in good order.

“Everything feels normal. Everything is on point. My game is in a solid state right now,” Spieth told reporters. “It’s in a state where I can certainly shoot into double digits under par, and I believe that.”

Spieth denied he had suffered a let-down after his stunning performances in Majors this season. “There wasn’t a let-down this year. I just had two bad weeks. Just leave it at that.”

Spieth joked he was relieved that this week’s tournament will guarantee him a spot in the final round — there is no cut at the BMW Championship, the third leg of the PGA Tour’s four-tournament playoff series.

“I’m happy to be checking into my hotel, and when they ask what day I’m checking out, I can say, ‘I’m checking out on Sunday.’ It’s nice,” said Spieth.

Spieth will tee off at Conway Farms Golf Club in a threesome that underscores the exciting, youthful new era of men’s golf, playing alongside Australia’s Jason Day, who leads the playoff points standings, and Rickie Fowler, fresh from a win at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

“Those guys are good buddies. I’m friends with both of them. We’re going to have a good time,” said Spieth, adding that the relatively tender years of golf’s top crop of players could only be good for the sport. “To have four of the top five in the world at 27 years of age or younger is really cool.” 

Published in The Express Tribune, September 17^th,  2015.

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