MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jordan Spieth ended his season Sunday after one FedEx Cup playoff event and already was planning for surgery on his left wrist that has troubled him the last 16 months. “I've got to have it operated on ASAP, and then I'll go through the process of what I'm supposed to do from there,” Spieth said after finishing with a double bogey — vintage Spieth, he made a 30-foot putt to keep it from being worse — and a 74.
At issue is a torn sheath in his left wrist that holds the tendon in place. It first occurred a week before the 2023 PGA Championship , and Spieth has tried various treatments to avoid surgery. But it never got any better, and he could never predict how badly it was going to affect him .
Spieth said he's talked to several people and the recovery is roughly three months, with physical therapy starting after the sixth week. He did not come close to finishing among the top 50 in the FedEx Cup to advance, so he has time on his side. “If I don't have a reason to try to rush back — which I don't — I'll probably just take it as slow as I can," he said.
This was the second time Spieth failed to advance out of the first round of the postseason. He was No. 100 in the 2020 season when the top 125 qualified.
Now only the top 70 reach the postseason and Spieth was No. 63, in need of a top 10 to advance. He tied for 68th.
Spieth started the 2023 season with five finishes in the top six before he first injured his wrist and had to pull out of the .