Jordan Spieth ends 297-start streak with first-ever event withdrawal

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Jordan Spieth has by no means needed to withdraw from a begin at any aggressive stage of golf in his life, not to mention the PGA Tour .

There is a first time for every thing.

After making 297 straight begins at occasions he was scheduled to play, Spieth withdrew from this week’s Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands as a result of a neck damage.

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Jordan Spieth performs his shot from the primary tee in the course of the first spherical of the Vacationers Championship golf event. (Invoice Streicher/Imagn Photographs)

"I’ve by no means withdrawn from an occasion ever, anyplace at any stage, so I didn’t actually know what to do," Spieth informed reporters after making his resolution, via Yahoo Sports . "It simply grew to become an excessive amount of. … don’t know, it’s unlucky. I’ve been doing every thing proper, and I feel it was simply very random."

Spieth believes he was sleeping in an uncommon place Wednesday evening, and the ache started to hit him throughout observe pictures on the vary.

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His common warmup routine was thrown off, and Spieth left the vary early to obtain remedy on his neck. However it didn’t work.

He examined issues out on the course, however he in ache with each swing he made. After 12 holes, Spieth known as it quits.

Jordan Spieth will get right into a golf cart after withdrawing from the event on the thirteenth gap in the course of the first spherical of the Vacationers Championship. (Invoice Streicher/Imagn Photographs)

He teed off on the thirteenth gap, however after letting out a painful yell on the tee field, he knew it was time to cease pushing it. Spieth’s spherical wasn’t going nicely. He was 5-over for the event at that time.

"As I used to be on the market taking part in, I couldn’t, I simply wasn’t shifting very nicely, after which it simply bought worse," he defined. "I used to be simply going to attempt to see if I might by some means get via at even. It’s a bizarre state of affairs with an elevated occasion and no lower and necessary factors and stuff.

"I hit my tee shot on 13, and it legitimately actually damage. …I used to be like, ‘It’s solely going to worsen to complete the spherical, and it’s not value it.’ I assumed that was the time."

Jordan Spieth crouches whereas grabbing his higher physique on the twelfth gap in the course of the first spherical of the Vacationers Championship. (Invoice Streicher/Imagn Photographs)

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The 31-year-old three-time main winner and 13-time PGA Tour victor has been trying to find a win on Tour since 2022. This season, he’s managed 4 prime 10 finishes, however he hasn’t claimed a trophy.