What up with Jordan?

[miamistomp]

Just now, adeangelis said:

So does this get deleted? Or? What do we do now? 

 We change it what's up with Rickie ?

[Titleist_PT23]

Does he still need to change the caddie or the coach?

[trackcoach13]

I wish I could find the thread from a few years ago where the guy said mark it down YJS will not win again. Sure he has struggled, but he has found his way out of the desert after 3 years of wandering.

[RusticGolfer]

I predict a bounce back on 4/4/2021

[mocokid]

Ok he can beat a 4 handicap wrxer so what?

[Greg_B]

What’s up with Jordan?

 

As of today, his PGA Tour win total and OWGR standing. 
 

Time for the mods to draw a sheet over this thread. 

[Go Cougs]

29 minutes ago, miamistomp said:

 We change it what's up with Rickie ?

Yes Sir.  Simple title change and onward we go...

 

What up with Jordan Rickie?

[PowerFade36]

Huge fan.

But still want to keep this thread going until he wins a Major (hopefully next week)

[Mustard_Tiger]

I'm not impressed. I still think Patrick Cantlay and Bud Cauley will do more with their careers...

 

 

 

😉

[SwooshLT]

1 minute ago, Mustard_Tiger said:

I'm not impressed. I still think Patrick Cantlay and Bud Cauley will do more with their careers...

 

 

 

😉

 

I see what you did there....

[beluga99]

2 minutes ago, SwooshLT said:

 

I see what you did there....

I miss @PuttLeftHitRight and the passion he showed.  He was a man of his convictions and I admire that.

[SwooshLT]

5 minutes ago, beluga99 said:

I miss @PuttLeftHitRight and the passion he showed.  He was a man of his convictions and I admire that.

 

Ahhhhhh......the consummate apologist......he did keep it interesting 

[extrastiff]

Yes Jordan! That’s what I’m talking bout. 

[Kdaniel72]

23 hours ago, Kdaniel72 said:

Speith just looks like a different dude this week.  He looks like he is having fun and hitting shots. I think he wins this week or next. 

Yuppers. 

[bladehunter]

2 hours ago, Greg_B said:

What’s up with Jordan?

 

As of today, his PGA Tour win total and OWGR standing. 
 

Time for the mods to draw a sheet over this thread. 

Absolutely, it’s dead-dead.   

[BlackDiamondPar5]

39 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Absolutely, it’s dead-dead.   

 

[ray9898]

Glad to see him finish the journey.  I love it even more that he proved so many couch commandos wrong.

[PowerFade36]

Where are all the posters that said he would never win again?

[dlygrisse]

#What-up-with-Rory? It's coming I tell ya....JS wins the Masters and Rory has a MC.  

[Rambler1277]

Just came to see this thread at the top of the list. The game is better when Jordan is on, way better.

[rafal]

Thread open until he wins more than an alternate field event.

 

Augusta for example.

[randywildman]

The absolute best thing about today, was the look of relief on his wife's face.

[garrifij]

32 minutes ago, rafal said:

Thread open until he wins more than an alternate field event.

 

Augusta for example.

So salty....or is that the taste of the tears streaming down your face?

[mwkbmw]

38 minutes ago, rafal said:

Thread open until he wins more than an alternate field event.

 

Augusta for example.

Wait... Alternate field?

 

You mean all the "big dogs" were playing in a major this week?

 

The ANA, maybe?

[FootWedge16]

44 minutes ago, rafal said:

Thread open until he wins more than an alternate field event.

 

Augusta for example.

There are plenty of fields worse than the one this week

[rafal]

I seem to have touched the nerve here...that's fine, typical reaction to a truth-bomb.

 

The highest ranked golfers were Finau, SW Kim and Corey Conners.

 

There's no way to ignore that elephant.  You can't measure Jordan by wins in such limited events.  I am sure he'd admit so himself.

 

He's not back yet, thread needs to stay open.

[mizuno player]

1 hour ago, rafal said:

I seem to have touched the nerve here...that's fine, typical reaction to a truth-bomb.

 

The highest ranked golfers were Finau, SW Kim and Corey Conners.

 

There's no way to ignore that elephant.  You can't measure Jordan by wins in such limited events.  I am sure he'd admit so himself.

 

He's not back yet, thread needs to stay open.

-18 under has nothing to do with strength of field. 

[straightshot7]

17 minutes ago, mizuno player said:

-18 under has nothing to do with strength of field. 

Charley Hoffman shot -18 in the previous Valero Texas Open...

 

And no one cared because it was only good for 2nd place.

 

if all of the top players played in this and Spieth shoots -18 for T3 then there is no parade. 

 

Of course strength of field matters.
 

But that doesn’t invalidate this win for Spieth. 

 

Edited April 5, 2021 by straightshot7

[Valtiel]

2 hours ago, rafal said:

I seem to have touched the nerve here...that's fine, typical reaction to a truth-bomb.

 

The highest ranked golfers were Finau, SW Kim and Corey Conners.

 

There's no way to ignore that elephant.  You can't measure Jordan by wins in such limited events.  I am sure he'd admit so himself.

 

He's not back yet, thread needs to stay open.

You say "truth bomb", I say speculative cynicism just for the sake of it.

Let's look at total stokes gained in order from 2014-2021 left to right:



If what he said about a nagging hand injury in 2018 is true, then these numbers support that it caused a sharp decline with 2021 being just as sharp of a reversal. It isn't full Jordan Spieth from 2015-2017 but it is both worlds different than 2018-2020 Spieth and strongly trending in the right direction. 2015 form may never be duplicated again, but he is trending towards 2016 numbers since that 1.176 is still being suppressed by poor driving stats. 

[Titleist_PT23]

To me, the fans were just as wrong as the haters.  Go back to late-2017, 2018 and the fans would have told you he was just about to turn the corner.  They were way off - it was much worse than they ever expected.

 

I'd say a reasonable over-under career total for this guy is 20 wins / 5 majors.  And that would be low based on all the "hype" or "look at what he did from 2015-2017, normal people don't do that" stuff that was often cited here many years ago.

 

I'm glad to see him win and noted a few weeks ago he seemed to be back (or on the way back for real).  But let's see if he returns to a multiple winner per year, multiple more majors, etc vs. some random tour event winner.  There's a big difference between the two...