Spieth Wins No. 13 At Harbour Town With Little Help From His Putting

Set aside all of the Easter and fatherhood swooning—oh it was flowing—the real standout component of Jordan Spieth’s 13th PGA Tour win came on the greens. He was not good. All-time bad in the strokes gained era.

“I won this golf tournament without a putter,” he confirmed after beating Patrick Cantlay on the first hole of sudden death to win the 2022 RBC Heritage Classic.

That he could capture his 13th win over a strong field with a balky putter makes this one of his most impressive career wins. Consider:

Jordan Spieth’s Strokes Gained in @RBC_Heritage win (all 4 rounds):

Off-the-Tee: 4th (4.320)
Tee-to-Green: 1st (13.341)
Approach-the-Green: 10th (4.790)
Around-the-Green: 5th (4.233)
Putting: 60th (-2.545)

Total: T1 (10.797)
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) April 17, 2022

Worst Strokes Gained Putting in Win on @PGATOUR since 2010:

1. Jordan Spieth, 2022 RBC Heritage (-2.55)
2. Steven Bowditch, 2014 Valero Texas Open (-2.43)
3. Sam Burns, 2021 Sanderson Farms (-1.98)
4. Justin Thomas, 2020 WGC-FedEx (-1.88)

(H/T @GolfChannel)
— Jeff Eisenband (@JeffEisenband) April 17, 2022

Spieth ended Saturday’s round with a short miss estimated at 18 inches. He then overcame this bizarre lie after driving the 9th green, blasting his next into the hospitality tent area and almost salvaging par.