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Jordan Spieth feels he is “trending really well” ahead of his 13th PGA Championship, and with a chance to join Rory McIlroy as a career Grand Slam winner, he views Quail Hollow as “a good opportunity.” #GolfChannel #PGAChampionship #QuailHollowClub #JordanSpieth
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OF COURSE HE COULD. JORDAN SPIETH TALKING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT HIS CHANCES HERE AT QUAIL HOLLOW. >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE 107th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT QUAIL HOLLOW CLUB. WE’RE PLEASED TO START THINGS OFF IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM WITH JORDAN SPIETH. JORDAN, WELCOME TO YOUR 13th PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT YOUR GAME COMING INTO THIS WEEK? >> I THINK I’VE BEEN TRENDING REALLY WELL. I HAD A — I DIDN’T KNOW, I HAD AN OFF APPROACH WEEK LAST WEEK WHICH HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT’S BEEN TRENDING NICELY FOR ME. JUST MADE SOME DUMB MISTAKES THAT WERE MULTIPLE SHOT PROBLEMS AROUND THAT OLD-SCHOOL COURSE. KIND OF THROWING THAT OUT, I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MECHANICS AND TRACTION OF SWINGING THE CLUB OR GETTING MORE SOUND AND MORE CONSISTENT. I’M GETTING MORE CONFIDENT IN THAT, FEELING LIKE I CAN PLAY ALL THE BALL FLIGHTS I LIKE TO. YOU NEED THAT AROUND THIS GOLF COURSE. YOU HAVE TO WORK IT BOTH WAYS, DIFFERENT HEIGHTS. THE GREENS — ALTHOUGH THE COURSE IS SOFT NOW, I PLAYED YESTERDAY IN THE RAIN AND AFTER IT WAS RAINING, IT WAS FIRM. YOU HAVE TO BE A SHOT MAKER AROUND HERE. I FEEL LIKE THAT PART OF MY GAME HAS BEEN IMPROVING AS THE YEAR’S GONE ON. YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS A PLACE I’VE — YOU CAN’T FAKE IT. YOU KNOW, THERE’S A NUMBER OF GREAT COURSES WE PLAY AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. YOU GET GUYS SHOOTING FIVE, SIX, SEVEN UNDER AND GUYS SHOOTING FIVE, SIX, SEVEN OVER. THERE’S NO FAKING IT. THE ROUGH’S UP A LITTLE MORE THAN WE NORMALLY SEE WHEN WE COME HERE DURING THE SEASON. SO LITTLE MORE PREMIUM ON THE FAIRWAYS. TRYING TO FIND GREENS IN REGULATION WILL BE MY GOAL. >> THANKS, JORDAN. WE’LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. >> Reporter: SINCE THE MASTERS, HAVE YOU FOUND YOURSELF THINKING MORE ABOUT THE GRAND SLAM THAN YOU MIGHT HAVE IN PREVIOUS YEARS? >> I DON’T THINK SO. IT’S BEEN MORE — I’VE BEEN SURPRISED THAT — THERE’S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS I’VE COME TO THE PGA AND NO ONE’S ASKED ME ABOUT IT AND THERE’S BEEN SOME YEARS WHERE IT WAS A STORYLINE I GUESS. IF RORY DIDN’T, THEN IT WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN A STORYLINE FOR ME. IT’S ALWAYS A STORYLINE IF I WORK MY WAY IN. I’VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT IT MORE THAN OTHER YEARS, INCLUDING YEARS WHERE I’VE COME IN — 2022 I CAME IN AFTER WINNING AND FINISHING SECOND BACK-TO-BACK WHICH I THOUGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN A TIME WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE. I’VE BEEN SURPRISED BY THE DYNAMIC A LITTLE BIT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S ALWAYS CIRCLED ON THE CALENDAR FOR ME. IF I COULD ONLY WIN ONE TOURNAMENT THE REST OF MY LIFE, I WOULD PICK THIS ONE. OBVIOUSLY WATCHING RORY WIN AFTER, YOU KNOW, GIVING IT A TRY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WAS INSPIRING. YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TELL IT WAS A HARDER WIN THAN MOST OF THE TIME. HE MAKES IT LOOK A LOT EASIER. THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY ON THE FOREFRONT OF HIS MIND. SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE BY MANY PEOPLE. THERE’S A REASON WHY. I WOULD LOVE TO THROW MY HAT IN THE RING AND GIVE IT A CHANCE COME THE WEEKEND. >> NEXT TO DOUG FOLLOWED BY GARY. >> Reporter: WHEN YOU CAME TO A PGA AND PEOPLE WEREN’T TALKING ABOUT THE GRAND SLAM, DID YOU FIND THAT INSULTING? >> NOT REALLY, NO. THE YEARS I’M TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF TIMES I WASN’T IN GOOD FORM. IF YOU’RE NOT IN GOOD FORM COMING INTO A MAJOR — I HAD A CHANCE IN 2019 AND I WAS NOT IN FORM AND I WAS IN THE FINAL GROUP ON SATURDAY WITH BROOKS. I WAS, LIKE, I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE CONTROL OF MY GAME. I SEE WHAT BROOKS IS DOING RIGHT NOW AND I DON’T HAVE MINE. LET’S SEE IF I CAN FAKE IT THESE NEXT TWO DAYS. I FEEL BETTER NOW THAN SAY I DID IN THAT — BUT IT’S VERY — I’M NOT INSULTED BY IT. TYPICALLY THERE’S A LOT OF STORYLINES AND I FEEL LIKE FOR SO MANY YEARS WATCHING PHIL AT THE OPEN THERE WAS SOME AND WASN’T SOME. THEN HE WINS THE PGA AND IT’S A STORYLINE AGAIN IN THE U.S. OPEN. IT BOUNCES BACK AND FORTH. >> Reporter: JORDAN, YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION IN DALLAS AND I ASKED YOU ABOUT WINNING THIS CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU SAID YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE HARDEST ONE. YOU SAID IT WASN’T BECAUSE OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF THE GRAND SLAM. YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THE SETUP OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP AND KNOWING ALL THE EVENTS THAT WERE AHEAD, KNOW THE SITES. HAS THAT OPINION EVOLVED FROM THEN TO NOW? >> WELL, THE HARDEST ONE I BELIEVE STATISTICALLY FOR ME, IF I LOOK BACK ON MY HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL GOLF WOULD HAVE BEEN THE U.S. OPEN AND I SNUCK THAT ONE OUT. THE PGA IS THE SECOND. THE MASTERS AND THE OPEN PLAY MORE TO MY STRENGTHS. THAT’S WHY I WAS SAYING THAT. I WON THE U.S. OPEN BECAUSE I SNUCK IT OUT ON A COURSE THAT’S NOT A NORMAL U.S. OPEN GOLF COURSE. YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT HAD I WON THE PGA, I WOULD HAVE EASILY SAID THE U.S. OPEN AND IF I DIDN’T WIN THE U.S. OPEN I WOULD HAVE RSED THAT. I’M IN A POSITION NOW BECAUSE I HAVE FASTER BALL SPEED THAN I DID THEN BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT — IT WAS REALLY THE DRIVING ISTIC STATISTIC THAN YO AT THE U.S. OPEN. SOME OF THESE BIG AMERICAN GOLF COURSES WITH THICK ROUGH, WHICH MORE PGAs ARE PLAYED ON THOSE THAN U.S. OPENS, I WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE MORE OF A CHALLENGE THAN THE OTHER COUPLE MAJORS. I THINK THAT’S — NOWADAYS I THINK I’M ACTUALLY MAYBE HAVE A — BECAUSE OF MY DRIVER BECOMING A WEAPON MORE THAN IT USED TO BE, YOU KNOW, THAT LEAVES ME IN A POSITION WHERE I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ON THESE COURSES. HAVING SAID THAT, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND EXECUTE. A FAMILIAR GOLF COURSE IS NICE. YOU KNOW, I DON’T FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO LEARN WHERE ALL THE PINS ARE AND MISSES ARE AND STUFF. YOU COULD ASK ME A HOLE LOCATION ON ANY GREEN AROUND THIS PLACE AND I CAN TELL YOU WHERE I’M GOING TO PLAY THE HOLE AND WHERE I’M GOING TO TRY TO HIT IT. IT’S NICE TO BE AT A FAMILIAR PLACE THIS WEEK AND THAT’S AN ADVANTAGE A LITTLE BIT. THE FACT THAT IT’S THIS BIG, SLOPPY BERMUDA, I GREW UP ON THAT. IT’S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY THIS WEEK FOR SURE. >> NEXT WE’LL GO TO MIC 7, 10 AND 13. >> Reporter: AT THE UT GOLF COURSE THERE’S A TROPHY AND DISPLAY CASE RIGHT THERE IN THE CLUBHOUSE. EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT TO YOU AND WHAT THAT MEAN S TO YOUR LEGACY AS A TEXAS LONGHORN. >> IT’S VERY COOL. I LOVE GOING OUT THERE. I SPENT NOT LONG ENOUGH, BUT A LOT OF DAYS GOING OUT AND WORKING ON MY GAME OUT THERE. THEY HAVE A REALLY COOL MAJORS TROPHY IN THE TEAM FACILITY AS WELL. IT’S A LONGHORN TROPHY AND IT’S EVERY LONGHORN THAT’S WON A MAJOR AND WHAT IT WAS. YOU KNOW, THAT’S A PRETTY AWESOME ONE TOO. THERE’S A VERY COOL ONE AT THE COURSE I GREW UP AT AT BROOKE HAVEN IN DALLAS. THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE MOST SPECIAL PLACES TO ME ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO BE HONEST. I LOVE GOING BACK TO UT CLUB WHEN I GET THE CHANCE AND PLANNING ON DOING IT MORE OFTEN IN THE FUTURE THAN I’VE BEEN ABLE TO. KIDS GET A LITTLE OLDER, IT WILL BE FUN TO TAKE THEM AND SHOW THEM. IT’S A VERY NICE THING TO DO. IT’S MO OFFED — MOVED ON TO SCOTTIE’S MORE RECENTLY AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK IN THERE. >> Reporter: JORDAN, HOW DOES YOUR MENTAL PREPARATION FOR A MAJOR DIFFER FROM A STANDARD TOUR WEEK? >> I THINK IT’S MORE ABOUT THE GOLF COURSES THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THEY’RE JUST GOING TO PRESENT A LITTLE MORE OF A CHALLENGE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. EACH MAJOR’S DIFFERENT FROM THE NEXT AND WHAT THAT CHALLENGE IS. YOU KNOW, WHETHER THAT’S SIDE TO MISS ON THE FAIRWAY THAT YOU MIGHT GET AWAY WITH IN A PGA TOUR EVENT THAT YOU DON’T GET AWAY WITH IN A MAJOR. IT’S JUST EXTRA COURSE MANAGEMENT AND AHEAD OF TIME IT’S A LOT OF COURT MANAGEMENT PREPARATION THAT’S MORE OF A MENTAL SIDE. YOU KNOW, THE CROWDS ARE BIGGER. THE GRANDSTANDS ARE BIGGER. THAT OVER TIME KIND OF BECOMES A BLUR. WE ALWAYS HAVE HUGE CROWDS AT THIS EVENT. IT’S ONE OF THE — A LOT OF AMPHITHEATER SEATING AT QUAIL HOLLOW. I DON’T THINK IT WILL LOOK AS DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE GO TO AN UNFAMILIAR PLACE LIKE VALHALLA LAST YEAR WITH HUGE SETUPS, BUT WE DON’T KNOW THE COURSE VERY WELL. IT’S A BIG THING. THIS IS NORMAL FOR HERE. THINGS — OBVIOUSLY THEY’RE NOT TRIPLE DECKER. THEY’RE MAYBE DOUBLE DECKER. THE PGA THROWS IN INCREDIBLE GRANDSTANDS, WHETHER THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP OR THE RYDER CUP. EVERYTHING’S JUST A LITTLE MORE HEIGHTENED. I THINK IT’S MORE AHEAD OF TIME AND AS YOU START TO GET INTO IT, IT’S EASIER ON THE MENTAL SIDE TO NOT — EASIER THAN IT IS AHEAD OF TIME. IT JUST KIND OF SETTLES IN TO MORE OF A NORMAL TOURNAMENT. AS YOU CONTEND ON THE WEEKEND, THAT CHANGES. YOU SLEEP A LITTLE UNEASY. MAJORS HAVE THAT HISTORICAL PRESENCE TO THEM. YOU KNOW, THEY MEAN MORE TO EVERY PLAYER PLAYING THIS WEEK. IF THEY WERE GOING TO WIN ONE OF FOUR TOURNAMENTS, THEY WOULD PROBABLY PICK A MAJOR. THAT SETTLES IN AND BECOMES A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. SLEEPING A LITTLE MORE UNEASY AND ANTICIPATION. IT’S ALL THE OFF THE COURSE STUFF THAT’S HARDER TO HANDLE MENTALLY THAN ON THE COURSE. >> Reporter: IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE WRIST SURGERY, ARE YOU ABLE TO SWING THE CLUB THE WAY YOU WANT TO OR HAD WANTED TO AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY LINGERING EFFECTS TO THIS POINT STILL IN THE RECOVERY? >> LESS AND LESS AS THE YEAR HAS GONE ON, WHICH IS GREAT. IT’S HARD TO TELL IF IT WAS PREVENTING ANYTHING THAT — THAT I COULD OR COULDN’T DO. I’M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT IT’S EVERYTHING, BUT JUST THE EASE OF NOT WORRYING ABOUT IT DISLOCATING, I GUESS, OR SUBLEXING IS THE TERM, IS REALLY NICE. I’M ABLE TO BE ON THE COURSE OR PICK MY KIDS UP AND THROW THEM AROUND AND MY WRIST DOESN’T DISLOCATE. YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT’S A GOOD FEELING. WHEN YOU’RE GOLFING, I HAVEN’T BEEN THINKING ABOUT IT OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND VERY AWARE I HAD SURGERY. MY EFT HAND FEELS TWICE THE SIZE OF MY RIGHT EVERY MORNING. THEY SAY IT STOPS A YEAR POST-OP. SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. I HAVEN’T GIVEN IT A LOT OF REST, BUT THAT WILL HELP IN THE OFF SEASON. IT’S STILL THERE VERY MUCH SO. I’M STILL AWARE, BUT NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING ANYMORE THANKS TO THE DOCTORS THAT I’VE HAD AND THE REHAB PROCESS I WENT THROUGH. IT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK. LAST FALL AND INTO THE WINTER WAS PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY — IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS I’VE HAD TO DO. ANYBODY’S WHO’S COME BACK FROM AN INJURY, YOU WANT TO DO MORE AND MORE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S NOT LIKE I WAS TOP FIVE IN THE WORLD LAST YEAR. I FELT LIKE I WAS COMING FROM BEHIND AND I WASN’T ABLE TO DO MUCH WHILE OTHER GUYS WERE GETTING BETTER. JUST A HARD PROCESS TO BE PATIENT WITH, ESPECIALLY FOR ME. YOU KNOW, I HAD TO TEST IT EVERY BIT OF WHAT I COULD DO AND WENT BY THE BOOK AND I WAS — BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO PLAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK I PLAYED WELL AND WAS IN CONTENTION IN PHOENIX. I WAS LIKE, MAN, I’M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL JUST TO BE BACK OUT HERE DOING THIS. YOU KNOW, THERE’S MONTHS WHERE, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS WONDERING IF OR WHEN THAT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I DIDN’T EXPECT TH