Jordan Spieth finds himself in a precarious position after elimination from the FedEx Cup Playoffs, with the Texan’s work now completed in terms of making the US Ryder Cup team.
He has now run out of chances to impress Keegan Bradley before the US captain names his six wildcard picks for Bethpage Black, so the question now points to whether he has done enough?
The three-time Major champion has played in each of the last five Ryder Cups but is without a win since April 2022 after struggling with his game and his wrist.
He has dropped to 52nd in the world rankings and languishes down in 28th in the US Ryder Cup standings, so a wildcard pick is certainly not guaranteed right now – especially as many of his rivals will have two more weeks in the FedEx Cup Playoffs to make their case.
“I think if I can make it to the Tour Championship, that means that I’ve played well in the Playoffs, in big events, and it may come down to if Keegan picks himself or not and opens up a spot,” he said at The Open last month.
“It may come down to how other guys are playing that are on the bubble.
Spieth has played in all of the last five Ryder Cups
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“I feel like I’m in similar to even a little better position than what Justin was in ’23. He was outside the Playoffs altogether, where I think maybe if you go off recency bias, I would have been playing better this last half of this year coming into the end of this year.
“So that gives me hope, but also remember who was on the receiving end of when Justin got picked. They’re going off the stats guys and they’re going to pick the best 12 guys.
“Do I think I’m that right this second? No. But do I think I can be that by three weeks’ time? Yeah.”
Spieth finished 40th at The Open, T31st at the Wyndham Championship and T38th at the FedEx St Jude Championship to end his season 54th in the FedEx Cup.
Spieth has failed to qualify for the BMW Championship for the second successive year
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