A little while ago, Jordan Spieth had hinted that it was his goal to play the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2025. Now, it's official. The 31-year-old has joined the field for the upcoming PGA Tour tournament.
The event will mark Spieth's return from the wrist injury that had affected him for much of the 2024 season.
The Pebble Beach account wrote on X:
"This one is major star. Jordan Spieth has committed to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and we can’t wait to see him back in action."
The tournament announced his commitment to the field on January 13, about two weeks ahead of the tournament's start date. It will be the last event taking place in January, but Spieth is already confirmed to be taking part.
The field is still taking shape, but the American joins several star-studded players like Viktor Hovland, Matt Fitzpatrick, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Sahith Theegala, Jason Day, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark, and others.
It was initially speculated that Spieth would need a sponsor's exemption to get into the tournament, but there are no reports of how the golfer made it into the field. It will be his first tournament since returning from wrist surgery.
Jordan Spieth discusses time off before Pebble Beach Pro-Am
For the longest stretch of his career, Jordan Spieth has not played a golf tournament. He's been absent since the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August, but that absence is poised to end soon.
Spieth has reportedly been playing for a month without pain, a good indicator that he's ready to take on tournament play. He is going to officially do that in late January at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
He said via ESPN:
"I had some really bad habits for a long time. Whether it was something that would have happened anyway or whether anything in my wrist was causing me to not be able to get into certain positions, I don't have that issue now. Having to take three months off swinging forces you to come back and be wet concrete."
Spieth went nearly three full months without being able to swing a golf club, but he's back now. It has forced him to start from the ground up after so much time off. He added:
"I'm not calling this swing changes. These are just a reset into some of the stuff I did that was my DNA, that was super advantageous that I had gotten away from for one reason or another."
The pressure to win is there, but Jordan Spieth said he wants to keep his eye on the "big picture. The one thing he doesn't want is to try too hard to get off to a "hot start." Rhythm and quality play are all he's looking for this month once he officially tees it off.