Jordan Spieth feels he got the ‘monkey off the back’ at WM. Is he close to winning again?

Sunday at the 2025 WM Phoenix Open showcased a vintage Jordan Spieth performance.

The 31-year-old Texan is just two tournaments into his return from offseason wrist surgery. Before the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am two weeks ago, he tempered expectations, saying he simply wanted to get into contention once before the Masters. Now, just two weeks later, it looks like he may be ahead of schedule, with a return to the winner’s circle feeling more like a matter of when, not if.

Spieth has been in impressive form, recording five consecutive rounds in the 60s and making just two bogeys over his last 90 holes. His T-4 finish at TPC Scottsdale marks his best result since the 2025 Sentry. While he never truly challenged winner Thomas Detry over the weekend—no one did—Spieth’s flashes of brilliance, including an incredible par save on the 11th hole Sunday, reminded fans of his past dominance and hinted at a resurgence.

“It was a big progress week for me,” Spieth said. “I didn’t feel like this was a one-off. It felt like this is just trending in the right direction. I’m pretty realistic with myself on that. My expectations have been low, like I’ve mentioned, just trying to get a little bit better each time.”

Spieth revealed that he aggravated his wrist injury during the opening round at Pebble Beach but settled in by Sunday, shooting a bogey-free 67 and carrying that momentum into TPC Scottsdale. His strong course history—T-6 finishes at the WM in 2023 and 2024—suggested he was poised for another solid showing, and four rounds in the 60s confirmed that his return is progressing ahead of schedule.

That’s good news for Spieth—but potentially bad news for the rest of the PGA Tour.

“I had certainly less than 100 percent of my potential this week as far as structure and what I’m trying to do,” Spieth said Sunday. “I hit a lot of good putts today that didn’t go in. All in all, I’ve got some stuff to improve on significantly within tee to green and on the greens, and the fact that this is where I’m at right now is really cool. It’s a little bit of a monkey off the back, a little bit of a weight lifted off my shoulders—just feeling like I have a little bit of house money now, which I play a little bit better from. Everybody, I think, does.”