Jordan Spieth has dislocated his wrist 12 times in five months ahead of The Open. Could this be the cause of his inconsistency?

Jordan Spieth has been struggling with a wrist injury for the past five months and has now explained the full extent of the issue holding him back.

Jordan Spieth has disclosed that his wrist has popped out of place an astonishing twelve times in just five months ahead of The Open. Yet the resilient American refuses to be defeated, declaring that every good day feels like a return to his peak.

Once the golden boy of golf, Spieth’s ascent was meteoric. Back in 2015, he arrived at St Andrews for The Open on the cusp of an unprecedented single-year Grand Slam and poised to claim the World No.1 spot.

His victory at Birkdale two years later with the Claret Jug in hand seemed to herald an era of Spieth supremacy. But since then, major wins have eluded him.

Currently ranked 34th globally, it’s hard to fathom there are 33 better players out there, but Spieth’s recent record speaks volumes. Yet, what fans haven’t seen is the struggle behind the scenes.

The 30-year-old has been battling a persistent issue for six months, now revealing the severity of his wrist problem. Spieth has laid it all out: “My tendon essentially dislocates. It’s dislocated about a dozen times since February.