Jordan Spieth gives honest opinion on being paired to play with Si Woo Kim

An enjoyable week for Jordan Spieth at The CJ Cup Bryon Nelson was made even better after being paired with one of his favorite playing partners for all four rounds at TPC Craig Ranch

Jordan Spieth produced his best week of the PGA Tour season at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson, and the experience was made all the more enjoyable by one of his playing partners.

Spieth tied his career-low round on tour with a sublime nine-under-par 62 on Sunday to surge up the leaderboard, finishing in solo fourth place. The Texan was a whopping 12 shots adrift of runaway winner Scottie Scheffler at TPC Craig Ranch, but there were plenty of positive signs in Spieth’s game as he battles back from injury woes and a dramatic loss of form.

The three-time major champion has gone more than three years without a victory, plummeting down the world rankings and failing to qualify for some of the PGA Tour’s biggest tournaments. Those woes have been underpinned by a wrist injury that required surgery at the end of last season.

But the former world No. 1 appears to be rounding into form after bagging his second top-five finish of the season. He strung together four under-par rounds in McKinney, gaining a timely boost in confidence ahead of next week’s PGA Championship – the only major missing from Spieth’s remarkable resume.

His cause was aided by being paired with Si Woo Kim for all four rounds at TPC Craig Ranch, with Spieth revealing the South Korean is one of his preferred playing partners.

“I would sign up to be paired with him, maybe one of my favorite pairings on TOUR. Just really entertaining. He and [caddie] Manny [Villegas] are so entertaining. He’s fast. He roots for you. It’s an easy pairing,” Spieth said.