Jordan Spieth ‘on the outside looking in’ before Wyndham Championship | Golf Today | Golf Channel

Listen to Jordan Spieth interview live from Sedgefield on Golf Today as he tries to spark a run to the playoffs currently sitting in 50th in the FedExCup standings. #GolfToday #Golf #GolfChannel
» Subscribe to Golf Channel: https://www.youtube.com/golfchannel?sub_confirmation=1
» For the latest news around golf: https://www.nbcsports.com/golf

Welcome to Golf Channel’s official YouTube channel. We are the #1 destination for everything golf – 24/7. Find golf instruction tips, sneak peeks to our original series, news and tournament coverage. We are part of the NBC Sports Group.

Discover what else Golf Channel has to offer:
Live Coverage on Peacock: https://peacocktv.smart.link/v82e9dl56
Live Scores: http://bit.ly/GCScores
TV Schedule: https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/schedule
Instructional Tips: https://www.golfpass.com/learn
Golf Course Reviews: http://bit.ly/GCCourseReviews

Jordan Spieth ‘on the outside looking in’ before Wyndham | Golf Today | Golf Channel
https://www.youtube.com/golfchannel?sub_confirmation=1

FOR HIM. EARLIER TODAY, HE MET WITH TODD LEWIS. >> JORDAN HAS SOME NICE HISTORY HERE. FIRST APPEARANCE IN 2013, NEARLY WON THIS TOURNAMENT LOSING IN A PLAYOFF. YOU SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER TRACKS IN THE SCHEDULE. WHY SO? >> IT’S AN OLD CLASSIC GOLF COURSE YOU HAVE TO THINK YOURSELF AROUND. YOU HAVE TO HIT IT LOW. YOU HAVE TO HIT IT HIGH. THE PINS DETERMINE. YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT BACK WARDS ON WHERE THE PINS ARE AND THE MISSES ARE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH FAST, SLOPY BERMUDA, YOU HAVE PUTTS YOU ONLY SEE A FEW TIMES A YEAR YOU HAVE TO GET DIALED INTO. IT’S A REAL TEST. HITTING FAIRWAYS IS IMPORTANT. APPROACH PLAY IS IMPORTANT. CHIPPING IS ABOUT AS HARD AS IT GETS WITH THE BERMUDA. AND THE GREENS ARE TOUGH. IT’S NOT PARTICULARLY LONG. YOU DON’T HIT DRIVER ALL THE TIME AROUND THE PLACE. IT’S A GOOD TEST. YOU SEE SOME LOW SCORES. THAT’S GUYS THAT ARE ATTACKING WITH NO WIND FROM SHORTER CLUBS. SO IT’S WORTH PLAYING AGGRESSIVE. YOU STILL HAVE TO ROLL IN A LOT OF PUTTS OUT HERE. AND IT’S ONE THAT AS THE WIND BLOWS, THAT COURSE STARTS TO SHOW A LOT OF TEE. >> YOU’RE ROLLING NUMBER 50 IN THE FEDEX CUP STANDINGS. WHY PLAY THIS WEEK? >> 50 IS A BIG NUMBER AND 30 IS A BIG NUMBER. I’VE BEEN OFF FIVE OUT OF SIX WEEKS. YOU LOSE A LOT OF GROUND. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING WELL. YOU WANT TO BE PLAYING. SO, THERE WAS NEVER A DOUBT. I MEAN, WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, PENDING A HUGE RUN AT THE OPEN, I WAS ALWAYS GOING TO BE PLAYING HERE. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BEING AT THE 50 NUMBER IS NOT REALLY A PLACE I WANT TO BE. SO IF I CAN IMPROVE ON THAT THIS WEEK AND THEN IT SPARKS A NICE RUN AND YOU GET TO EAST LAKE AND EVERYONE STARTS FROM ZERO, THERE’S REAL OPPORTUNITY COMING UP. >> NOT ONLY THE FEDEX CUP PLAYOFFS BUT AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE PLAYERS LIKE YOURSELF TO MAKE A RYDER CUP RUN FOR THE USA TEAM. HOW MUCH IS THAT MOTIVATING YOU FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS? >> I THINK THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S A PERK OF ACCOMPLISHING THE OTHER GOALS THAT I’M TRYING TO OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I THINK IF I’M ABLE TO GET ON A GOOD RUN AND CONTEND AND HAVE A FEW HIGH FINISHES AND MAYBE GET A WIN OR SO, I MAKE A GOOD CASE. I’M ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. IT WAS GOING TO BE A TALL TASK OFF OF MY SEASON HURT LAST YEAR AND STARTING LATE THIS YEAR. IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE A LOT TO ASK WITH MAJORS BEING A HUGE PART OF MY OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THE TEAM. JUST THE MAJORS THIS YEAR. SO HAVING SAID THAT, I’VE EXPERIENCED HELP AND GUYS IN MY CORNER IF I START TO SHOW THAT GOOD THINGS ARE COMING. YOU GOT SOME GUYS THAT ARE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN THAT HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY IN THE TOP 12 THAT MAKE THE AMERICAN SIDE LOOK DROP AND DIFFICULT TO MAKE THIS LATE IN THE SEASON. LIKE I SAID, IF I’M MAKING A RUN THROUGH EAST LAKE AND MAKING A RUN THERE, THEN I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHATEVER HAPPENS. IF I’M ABLE TO PLAY ON THAT TEAM, THAT WAS MY LOFTIEST GOAL WAS TO TRY AND MAKE THAT TEAM. OBVIOUSLY, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS A TALL TASK. I’M HAPPY TO BE PLAYING HEALTHY. NOW IT’S TIME TO EXECUTE. >> YOU CAN WATCH JORDAN SPIETH THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 1:00 P.M. EASTERN ON GOLF CHANNEL. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH OUR BUDDY AARON PART OF THE CALL THIS WEEK AND JOINS US NOW FROM GREENSBORO. LET’S START WITH JORDAN SPIETH. OOHth IN THE FEDEX CUP STANDINGS. 27th IN THE U.S. RYDER CUP STANDINGS. HE’S BEEN ON FIVE TEAMS. SHOULD KEEGAN BRADLEY GIVE HIM A LOOK? >> OH, 100% HE DESERVES A LOOK. YOU LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXPERIENCE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN RYDER CUP TEAM RIGHT NOW AND THAT OF THE UNITED STATES RYDER CUP TEAM, THE EUROPEANS, THEY KIND OF DOMINATE THAT BY QUITE A FEW RYDER CUPS ON THEIR SIDE AS FAR AS PERFORMANCES AND GUYS WHO PLAYED ON IT. ON PAPER, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME WHERE THE EUROPEANS LOOK LIKE THEY’RE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER THE UNITED STATES CUP TEAM. DEFINITELY KEEGAN IS GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GUYS WHO ARE OUTSIDE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE HAD PRIOR RYDER CUP EXPERIENCE AND JORDAN SPIETH HAS TO BE AT THE TOP OF HIS LIST. >> IS THERE A MIND SET SHIFT THIS WEEK, AARON, FOR A LOT OF THE GUYS? THEY ALWAYS TELL YOU THEY WANT TO WIN ON ANY GIVEN WEEK. THIS IS THE WEEK THEY’RE PLAYING FOR POSITION. THEY KNOW WHERE THEY ARE ON THE VARIOUS BUBBLES. IS THAT A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING? >> UM, I THINK THAT IT CAN DO ONE OF TWO THINGS. ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IT CAN ABSOLUTELY NOT MAKE YOU PERFORM THE WAY YOU WANT TO. IN ANOTHER SENSE, IF YOU USE IT AS MOTIVATION AND I GUESS YOU RECONCILE WITH YOURSELF TO WHATEVER FATE YOU MAY BE IN OR MAY BE AT, YOU CAN USE IT AS ESPECIALLY GUYS AROUND 70. I’VE GOT MY CARD. I’M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO FALL 30 SPOTS, ALTHOUGH THAT COULD BE POSSIBLE. I GOT MY CARD FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS TOP 100. IF I GET TO THE PLAYOFFS, IT’S GRAVY. MAYBE THAT FREES YOU UP A BIT. IF YOU SIT THERE AND SAY I GOT TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, THAT’S PUTTING EXTRA PRESSURE ON YOURSELF. IT’S ALL IN THE WAY YOU LOOK AT IT AND APPROACH IT. YOU GOT TO GET INTO YOUR ROUTINE AND PROCESS AND GET INTO THE MENTAL SHELL. THE ONE THING I NOTICED THIS WEEK, I GOT OUT HERE YESTERDAY AND WALKING AROUND AND I WAS TALKING TO SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT REPS AND THE EQUIPMENT REPS WERE SAYING TO ME THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER THAN NORMAL WEEKS. USUALLY GUYS ARE YUCKING IT UP AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. THIS RANGE WAS A LOT QUIETER THIS WEEK THAN IT HAS BEEN IN SUBSEQUENT WEEKS. >> AARON, SO MANY BUBBLES AND STORY LINES. ONE STORY LINE IS BEN GRIFFIN AND ANDREW NOVAK PLAYING THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH THE RYDER CUP CAPTAIN KEEGAN BRADLEY. IF YOU WERE BEN OR ANDREW, HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH THIS CHALLENGE/OPPORTUNITY? >> BOY, THAT IS MY MOST INTRIGUING GROUPING OF THE WEEK FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. WHEN YOU U HAVE THE RYDER CUP CAPTAIN STARING DOWN AND GOT YOU UNDER A MICROSCOPE FOR TWO DAYS WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE AND HOW YOU GO ABOUT THINGS, THAT CAN BE UNNERVING. I KIND OF REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS LIKE WHEN I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE RYDER CUP IN 2006. I PUT WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON MYSELF. MUCH LIKE THE BUBBLE BOYS WHO ARE COMING IN HERE LIKE SPIETH AT 50 AND THE GUYS AT 70 AND THE GUYS AT 100 FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR TRYING TO KEEP THEIR CARDS, YOU HAVE TO KEEP A GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON WHERE YOU’RE AT. FOR THOSE TWO GUYS, THE QUICKER AND EASIER YOU CAN GET INTO YOUR PROCESS AND INTO YOUR ROUTINES AND FIND THAT MENTAL SHELL THAT PROTECTS YOU FROM EVERYTHING OUT THERE, THE BETTER. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE EASY, THOUGH. EVERY SHOT YOU HIT, HE’S LOOKING. HE’S WATCHING. THE FUNNY THING IS, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A GUY ABOUT THIS TODAY IN REGARDS TO KEEGAN. HOW MUCH IS KEEGAN LOOKING AT HIS OWN GAME? KEEGAN WANTS TO WIN THE GOLF COURSE JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. HE’S PAYING ATTENTION TO HIS OWN GAME AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY IF YOU ASK MY OPINION RIGHT NOW, I WOULD THINK THE TOP SIX GUYS WHO ARE GOING TO BE CHOSEN IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WHO ARE GOING TO MAKE IT ON POINTS, RIGHT NOW YOU GOT TO THINK THEY’RE GOING TO WANT KEEGAN ON THE TEAM TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. IT LOOKS LIKE KEEGAN COULD MAKE THE TEAM IF THOSE SIX WANT HIM ON THE TEAM. IT’S HARD TO DENY HE’S NOT ONE OF THE 12 BEST AMERICANS ON THE PLANET RIGHT NOW. THERE’S A LOT TO BE DETERMINED AS FAR AS THE RYDER CUP FOR THE UNITED STATES. I’M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THOSE TWO GUYS FAIR WITH KEEGAN IN THE GROUP WITH THEM THIS WEEK. >> NOT THAT LONG AGO, AARON, THE TOP 125 GUYS ON TOUR MADE THE POST SEASON. ALMOST EVERYONE WHO HAD A CARD MADE THE POST SEASON. NOW IT’S DOWN TO 70. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THIS THINNING OF THE HERD A LITTLE BIT? >> WELL, IT’S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. I HAVEN’T SEEN YET TO WHETHER OR NOT I’M IN FAVOR OF IT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT’S DOING. WHAT IT COULD DO IS MAKE FIELDS LIKE 3M. THEY HAD THE BEST FIELD IT’S EVER SEEN LAST WEEK. THAT’S A POSITIVE. OBVIOUSLY THE NEGATIVE IS LESS PLAYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A MEMBER ORGANIZATION THAT PRIDES ITSELF ON CREATING PLAYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS. THIS WEEK, WE’RE ALSO SEEING A FANTASTIC FIELD BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS. THE TOP 50, HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. GETTING TO PICK YOUR SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ALL THE SIGNATURE EVENTS. TOP 70 MAKE IT IS PLAYOFF AND TOP 100 KEEPING YOUR CARD. THERE’S GIVE AND TAKE. LIKE EVERY OTHER DECISION. THERE’S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. THE FIELDS ARE GOING TO GET STRONG AND ARE MAYBE POTENTIALLY EVENTS WE SEE STRONGER FIELDS LATER IN THE YEAR, BUT LESS PLAYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MEMBERS. WE’LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE. OBVIOUSLY IF YOU’RE ONE O F THE GUYS ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, YOU WON’T LIKE IT. IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE TOURNAMENTS, YOU LOVE HAVING THE TOP PLAYER THERE IS. >> KEEGAN BRADLEY, ONE OF THE GUYS DEFINITELY ON THE INSIDE. I’M CURIOUS, YOU SAID HE’S ONE OF THE BEST 12 AMERICANS. HE’S ONE OF THE BEST 12 PLAYERS. SO YOU SAY HE SHOULD BE ON THE TEAM. DO YOU THINK HE SHOULD BE PLAYER SLASH CAPTAIN AND SIT IN THE MORNING AND PLAY IN THE AFTERNOON OR SHOULD HE RELINQUISH ALL DECISION MAKING DUTYES TO THE LIKES OF JOHN WOODS AND WEB SIMPSON, ET CETERA. >> I THINK THAT IF HE’S GOING TO PLAY, HE HAS TO RELINQUISH ALL DUTIES. I DON’T THINK YOU CAN DO IT. AS BIG AS THE EVENT HAS GOTTEN AND AS GOOD AS THE EUROPEANS ARE, I DON’T THINK YOU CAN DO BOTH DAYS. THIS ISN’T 1963 WITH ARNOLD PALMER CAPTAIN AND PLAYING GBMI. THIS IS THE ENTIRE EUROPEAN CONTINUE TENT AND THEY’RE PHENOMENAL. IT’S GOTTEN TO A STAGE AND GROWTH THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELINQUISH IT JUST FOR BASICALLY ALLOWING OTHER PEOPLE TO DO THE JOBS THAT HE’S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO. HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS ON PLAYING. HE’S PROBABLY GOING TO PLAY AT LEAST FOUR MATCHES, IF HE PLAYS. HE MIGHT NOT PLAY FIVE. HE’LL PLAY FOUR. IF YOU’RE GOING TO PLAY AT LEAST FOUR, I JUST DON’T THINK YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO BOTH JOBS. HECK, EVEN IF YOU PLAY THREE MATCHES I DON’T THINK YOU CAN DO BOTH JOBS IN THIS DAY IN AGE. I THINK HE’LL HAVE TO RELINQUISH THAT TO A VICE CAPTAIN. I THINK HE CAN HAVE INPUT, FOR SURE, HERE AND THERE. HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS ON PLAYING IF HE DOES MAKE THE TEAM ON POINTS SOMEHOW. OR THAT TOP SIX GOES HEY, MAN, WE WANT YOU TO PLAY. WE NEED YOU TO PICK YOU. >> AS AN EUROPEAN I’M DELIGHTED TO SEE THE AMERICANS CALLING FOR THEIR CAPTAIN TO STEP ASIDE. AARON, IF A GUY DOESN’T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS THIS WEEK, THERE’S A LONG STRETCH OF TIME OFF. HOW DO THEY REMAIN COMPETITIVELY SHARP? >> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK SOME GUYS WILL WELCOME THE TIME OFF. A LOT OF GUYS HAVE PLAYED A LOT OF WEEKS IN A ROW TRYING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. THEIR BODIES AND MINDS NEED REST. AFTER THAT, THEY’LL GET INTO IT WITH PRACTICE IN LATE AUGUST AND GET READY FOR THAT FALL SERIES, OF WHICH THEY HAVE SEVEN EVENTS THEY CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO KEEP THE CARD AND BETTER THEMSELVES AND GET INTO THE NEXT TEN FOR THE FOLLOWING SEASON. SO, I THINK MOST GUYS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO WELCOME THE TIME OFF IF THEY DON’T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. >> SOME GUYS TAKE DAYS