Jordan Spieth had golf fans purring with an incredible piece of improvisation from a bush at the Phoenix Open.
The American got himself into a spot of bother on the 11th hole at TPC Scottsdale when he sliced his ball into the trees.
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Spieth produced a piece of magic at ScottsdaleCredit: Getty
With the pressure on to keep up with the leaders, Spieth played the shot left-handed with a putter, and what followed was simply magic.
Spieth’s kick-out squeezed past another shrub and back onto the fairway, leaving him just 128 yards to the hole.
The 31-year-old former Masters champion knocked his approach shot to 12 feet and had no issues with his par putt.
And fans watching the shot were left marvelling at Spieth’s brilliance.
“Golf is better with Jordan Spieth is playing well. No more evident with that par,” one fan said.
“Hahahaha what an all-time par save from Jordan Spieth,” another added.
“Jordan Spieth doing Jordan Spieth things. There’s no better player to watch on the PGA Tour. Great to see him back in contention after the wrist surgery,” this fan said.
“Jordan Spieth is so back,” another posted.
Spieth is searching for his first title since the 2022 RMC Heritage having battled injuries for the best part of two years.
He underwent wrist surgery last summer but aggravated it in the first round of last week’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
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Spieth saved par from this positionCredit: CBS
“I had to flick one and it jammed it pretty good, and it locked up on me for a little while,” Spieth said.
“My wrist kind of hurt in the first round last week and I went away from all the work that I had been doing just to kind of manipulate what I could, and then I said, you know what, I just have to get through it.
“So I was back to the status quo Sunday on all the stuff that I had been doing, and it paid off there.”
Spieth finished the Phoenix Open in a tie for fourth on 16-under-par.
Despite a decent final round, Spieth was no match for champion Thomas Detry with the Belgian carding a final round 65 to claim glory at 24-under.
But Spieth will take a lot of confidence from his showing on Arizona and will hope to continue his good form at The Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines next week.
