Texas native Jordan Spieth will miss this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson in McKinney due to a wrist harm, and his standing for subsequent week’s PGA Championship is in query.
Spieth mentioned in a press release on Twitter on Monday that he skilled extreme ache in his left wrist over the weekend. He mentioned docs confirmed an harm that requires relaxation and restricted motion.
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“The AT&T Byron Nelson means absolutely the world to me and I am dissatisfied to overlook it this week,” Spieth wrote within the assertion. “Enjoying in entrance of household [and] associates in Dallas is likely one of the highlights of my yr, and the event employees and volunteers are second to none. I sit up for being again subsequent yr and a few years after.”
Spieth, who’s ranked tenth on this planet, mentioned his harm can be assessed week to week. He did not say whether or not he would be capable to play within the PGA Championship, the second main of the season, which is scheduled Might 18-21 at Oak Hill Nation Membership in Rochester, New York.
The three-time main champion wants a PGA Championship victory to turn into the sixth man to finish the profession grand slam within the Masters period. Spieth is one in all three gamers within the fashionable period to have received three legs of the grand slam earlier than turning 24. Gene Sarazen and Jack Nicklaus had been the others. Spieth final captured a serious championship on the 2017 Open Championship.
“I am targeted on therapeutic as rapidly as doable and must consider my restoration week to week,” Spieth wrote. “Honest because of the medical professionals who’ve supported me over the weekend.”
Spieth missed the minimize eventually week’s Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hole Membership in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is unclear when the harm occurred. He has picked up two of his 13 profession PGA Tour victories in his native state and was runner-up on the AT&T Byron Nelson final season.
Spieth was coming off a great stretch that included a tie for fourth on the Masters and a playoff loss to Matt Fitzpatrick on the RBC Heritage the following week.
