BMW CHAMPIONSHIP

August 19, 2022

Jordan Spieth

Wilmington Country Club

Quick Quotes

Q. Jordan, adventurous finish to that round but in good position going into the weekend.

JORDAN SPIETH: Yeah, just barely off on 18 from having a wedge into a nice pin. Out here, fairways are just becoming more and more important with how firm the greens are getting. I tried to play one to run up the green, it just flew five yards too far and ended up in a tough spot.

Really I just wanted to be bogey-free. I thought that would have been pretty impressive today, this afternoon. But overall just really managing my way around the course really well. I feel like I'm doing everything good, nothing spectacular, but I feel like in every facet of my game, it's trending and improving, and I know what to do to get it better and better. Certainly feels really good.

Coming into the weekend, it's a good opportunity to just have a lot of trust, focus on trying to win this golf tournament, not think about next week.

Q. Around the greens they're getting bouncier, faster; you've really got to use your creativity, don't you?

JORDAN SPIETH: Yeah, and it's a course that we've never come to. The course changing a lot, it would be nice to have course knowledge, but nobody has it. Trying to really -- if I'm inside of 100 yards, run up to the green and take a look, stuff that the twosomes is allowing us to do because we've got a lot of space and time.

But yeah, it's going to get trickier this weekend, and you've got to really focus on where you're leaving the ball, and if you're out of position off the tee for sure.

Q. Good to see some nice results in terms of catching up with your swing?

JORDAN SPIETH: Yeah, I was swinging pretty well at the Scottish and British and the results were pretty good. I just didn't putt good enough.

Now my putting feels a little tighter in a good way, and I'm getting kind of back to where I was. I took time off, and I just was not ready to play last week.

It feels a little closer to that, but I'm having Michael kind of check the length of the swings, trying to shorten it up a bit, and I haven't -- I've been in maybe five or six first cuts, which really the first cut out here is tough. So I think if I can just push those in just a few yards, it gives me another three, four, five scoring opportunities.

But like you said, just -- the result is nice, but it feels about how I've scored.

Q. You weren't ready to play last week, rust?

JORDAN SPIETH: Well, I took probably a little too much time off, and then every course in Dallas that I play had completely shut down, punched and sanded everything, and I didn't know that until I got back home. We went out of town. So I tried to work a little with my coach, then I went to Nashville to play some with Justin, and I'm like, man, it's not great right now but I'll try and figure it out. Cameron wasn't able to come last week. He had some family in town. Finally I really felt like I got my Playoffs started on Monday this week. Unfortunately missed out on some last week.

Q. How about Sunday with Scottie?

JORDAN SPIETH: Yeah, he played in the group in front of us. Michael almost accidentally hit him a few times. But yeah, that was a fun round. But my progress really started, I think, on Monday.

Q. Who did you play with?

JORDAN SPIETH: Mike McDermott, Danzi and Michael.

Q. Why does Danzi always get to play?

JORDAN SPIETH: He's itching for a membership there.