Jordan Spieth can feel his game coming back even if the world hasn’t seen it yet. Golf is cruel that way. Style, acumen, skills don’t always translate to the scorecard. The quality of a golfer’s swing doesn’t necessarily correlate with his score. Greens can be unforgiving. Courses are subject to mercurial weather, which can result in disaster or perfection, depending on which way the wind blows or the grass bends.
Sometimes you can do everything right and still have it all come out wrong. Spieth has experienced this firsthand. At the RBC Heritage tournament in April, he saw a perfect read turn into disaster, thanks to a gust.