Jordan Spieth of the United States reacts to his shot from the 18th tee during the second round of the Valspar Championship at Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club on March 22, 2024 in Palm Harbor, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
Spieth: I think that by 2025, by Jan. 1, it’s my goal to be tournament-ready. And for me, that would be not just going out and seeing how it feels, you know, but expecting to play at my ceiling. I’ll have an opportunity to work really hard on my short game before I can even swing. So I should be able to get back to that work pretty soon and hopefully get that really dialed so that I can then prioritize getting back to hitting balls and then eventually playing so I don’t know how long that’ll take because again, like I mentioned before, it kind of depends on how quickly the mobility and the strength comes back, but given my age and the way it’s progressed so far, those our advantages to this recovering. And it’s not uncommon. I talk to probably six or eight other professional golfers, a few tennis players, a few baseball players that have all had similar surgeries and have come back, and have come back really well. So there’s always a bit of a concern of like what if it doesn’t feel the same? But I’ll wait till it feels the same until I come back and play.