Jordan Spieth swapped healthy regime for beer and chicken wings post Oakmont
08:26, 19 Jun 2025Updated 14:45, 19 Jun 2025
Jordan Spieth(Image: Getty Images)
Thirsty Jordan Spieth got stuck into the beer to recover from the US Open and clear his plate for a continued run back to form.
The American hero is back refreshed for the Travelers Championship this week as he aims for a big week ahead of another busy spell which includes a trip to the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open at Royal Portrush.
Spieth, like many of his colleagues, needed a mental reset after the punishing week at the US Open and broke from his normal health regime to kick-back with caddie Michael Greller and flush Oakmont out of the system in old-fashioned style.
He smiled: “I had a few beers Sunday. We were waiting for the Schefflers to come over here and he was after the delay. So I went to Buffalo Wild Wings with Michael. I didn’t exactly eat or drink the way I normally do there. Most of the time, it’s very, very good, but sometimes post-US Open, I just needed to throw a few back. I’m still young enough that that doesn’t really bother me the next day. Last week, it was a pretty tough walk, this is my 10th out of 12 weeks as well, so my legs were a little clumsy the last two days. If you can get there by Wednesday morning or sooner after hitting a couple training sessions and kind of getting everything on the recovery side going, then we’re good to go. I eat very clean and think a lot about recovery now. That’s going to have to continue as I get older.”
Spieth is back at the scene of his epic Travelers win eight years ago where he holed a bunker shot in a play-off to win the title. He said: “Every time I come here, I think about maybe the coolest moment I’ve had in golf, which is in 2017 in that playoff. So it’s always fun to kind of relive that when I come here and get out on the course.
“I felt like it was on every promo thing that would come on past the TV. It’s on the Golf Channel, on a promo with other winning moments with other guys from a number of years. You come back here, you walk down by the locker room, there’s a big screen and it will show different moments from this tournament, so I see it there.
“It was just one of those I just don’t know how or if I would ever have something that’s kind of that epic in the sport. There was, I don’t know, 20,000 people around the hole, amphitheatre setting and everyone just going crazy. I’d love to have another opportunity, but stuff like that, you just have to relish and recognise that they’re few and far between.
“I’m looking forward to this week. This is a big week. The Open is a big week. Then look to the playoffs and there’s a chance I’d add an event somewhere. I’m not sure. It will just depend on the standings because the idea is to make it to East Lake.”
