Jordan Spieth‘s resurgence has been refreshing. He had been struggling with an injury for the longest time. But early this year, the 13x PGA Tour winner claimed that his wrist was in the best shape it has been in a long time. However, Spieth was still unsure as the injury was still affecting his game, as he claimed a few days ago. Yet, in 2025, the Texan has only missed one cut. Spieth has also managed two top-10 finishes in the 6 cuts he made. Many in the golf community hoped to see him return to his best form for a long time. Some had also lost hope considering how incredibly inconsistent the 31-year-old had been over the last few years. But everyone is overjoyed after seeing glimpses of the ‘Jordan Spieth’ who won 4 majors all those years ago. However, in a recent Fried Egg Golf podcast, an expert was still a bit skeptical of the Dallas local’s recent form.

Andy Johnson and Jaime Diaz were featured in a podcast video discussing Spieth’s career. In one of the segments, Johnson asked Diaz how he thinks Spieth would perform in the next five years, especially since he is considered the “Masters specialist” after getting two top-5s in the last four years. Finally, he asked, “Should he ‘Jordan Spieth’ be considered a top 5 player at Augusta National still?”

Diaz immediately replied, “I think he has dropped out of that top five.” Explaining why Spieth has been out of touch, the expert added, “He plays a game that is very warying mentally.” Diaz compared Spieth’s style to Phil Mickelson’s but acknowledged how the latter has “capitalized” on it to focus on winning. According to him, the only reason Mickelson was able to sustain was because “he had power” while “Jordan doesn’t have as much power.”

Mickelson does have the mental strength. His latest admission of believing that he still thinks another major is within his reach is solid proof. After his solo third in Hong Kong, which marked his first podium finish since joining LIV Golf in 2022, Mickelson boldly said, “We are starting to trend up. We are starting to play really well. And there are four majors. So, my goal is to win a LIV event. My goal to win another major, um, I can feel is within reach.”

Then in Miami, where he finished T6, he was proud of the game he’s playing lately. “I’ve been able to think much better. I’ve been able to process things much better, stay present much better, not force it much better than I have in the past. How you deal with adversity, how you deal with bad shots, how you deal with mistakes or unlucky breaks and how you come back from that and how you fight through it, that’s how you win majors,” he shared.

The analyst believes that you can only go so far with excellent short stroke play and “brilliance with the putter.” As an example, Diaz shared how Seve Ballesteros couldn’t keep up with Nick Faldo and Greg Norman despite his amazing short game. “They just hit it better than he did,” said the expert before acknowledging that he was a genius player as well. To conclude his statement, Diaz mentioned how Jordan Spieth is “outside the top 5 because he just doesn’t have the physical long game that you need to just keep hanging over 72 holes.”

Jaime Diaz is definitely onto something, as despite playing really well recently, there is still a major flaw in Jordan Spieth’s game. Let’s take a closer look at that.

Jordan Spieth is falling a bit short compared to others

Jordan Spieth may have had some brilliant performances. But he is falling well short in terms of overall stroke play. Looking at his stats in the past few tournaments, we can see that he regularly falls short of reaching the green in regulation. His driving distance and accuracy have also been abysmal.

The only time Spieth managed to have a high percentage of reaching regulation in green was at the 2025 WM Phoenix Open. With his incredible strokes gained on the green, the 31-year-old managed to finish T4 in the tournament. Otherwise, he has always ranked around 40-50 on the leaderboard when it comes to his driving and green in regulation. While his driving distance will need some time to improve, what Spieth can focus on now is his accuracy. If the Texan can find the fairway and green in regulation consistently, then there is no reason he won’t start dominating the course again.

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