{"id":276499,"date":"2025-05-16T00:17:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T00:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/how-did-jordan-spieth-do-in-the-2025-pga-championship-2025-round-1-performance-explored\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:27","slug":"how-did-jordan-spieth-do-in-the-2025-pga-championship-2025-round-1-performance-explored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/16\/how-did-jordan-spieth-do-in-the-2025-pga-championship-2025-round-1-performance-explored\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Jordan Spieth do in the 2025 PGA Championship 2025, Round 1? Performance explored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4918780\" data-slug-id=\"2519817\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2025 PGA Championship has kicked off and American golfer Jordan Spieth is vying for a chance to lift the trophy. He was off to a disappointing start as he finished his first round with five-over.<\/p>\n<p>During his junior years, Spieth won the U.S. Junior Amateur twice\u2013 in 2009 and 2011. In 2011, he was ranked as the No. 1 in the AJGA Golf Rankings and he started playing golf professionally in 2012. The Dallas born golfer has won 13 events on the PGA Tour and three on the European Tour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/golf\/news-50m-worth-golf-legend-roots-jordan-spieth-winning-career-grand-slam-pga-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Jordan Spieth<\/a> has won three major championships\u2013 one in every major except the PGA Championship. Should he successfully clinch the victory this year, he will join the group of elite golfers who have won a career Grand Slam\u2014 one of the highest achievements in professional golf.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>During Spieth\u2019s first round at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/pga-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">PGA Championship<\/a>, he opened with a bogey on the first hole and shot his first birdie on the eight. His game took a disappointing turn on the back nine when he shot three straight bogeys from holes 11 to 13.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old shot a total of seven bogeys and only two birdies in the first round and carded five-over 76. He landed at T129, closer to the bottom of the leaderboard than the top.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at Jordan Spieth\u2019s scorecard from his first round at Quail Hollow Club:<\/p>\n<p>Round 1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hole 1 (par 4) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Hole 2 (par 4) &#8211; 4<\/li>\n<li>Hole 3 (par 4) &#8211; 4<\/li>\n<li>Hole 4 (par 3) &#8211; 3<\/li>\n<li>Hole 5 (par 4) &#8211; 4<\/li>\n<li>Hole 6 (par 3) &#8211; 3<\/li>\n<li>Hole 7 (par 5) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Hole 8 (par 4) &#8211; 3<\/li>\n<li>Hole 9 (par 4) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Hole 10 (par 5) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Hole 11 (par 4) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Hole 12 (par 4) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Hole 13 (par 3) &#8211; 4<\/li>\n<li>Hole 14 (par 4) &#8211; 3<\/li>\n<li>Hole 15 (par 5) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Hole 16 (par 4) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<li>Hole 17 (par 3) &#8211; 3<\/li>\n<li>Hole 18 (par 4) &#8211; 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Jordan Spieth admits to being inspired by Rory McIlroy\u2019s Grand Slam win<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy - Image Source: Imagn\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg 1920w\" alt=\"Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy - Image Source: Imagn\" src-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/20801787-1747352405.jpeg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy &#8211; Image Source: Imagn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a press conference ahead of the PGA Championship, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/golf\/news-not-insulted-jordan-spieth-owns-poor-form-fading-spotlight-pga-championship-recent-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Jordan Spieth<\/a> spoke to the media about potentially winning a career Grand Slam. He stated that he was surprised people brought up the topic of a Grand Slam this year as that\u2019s not always the case in his situation.<\/p>\n<p>The 13-time PGA Tour winner admitted that watching his colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/golf\/news-how-rory-mcilroy-perform-last-5-events-2025-pga-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Rory McIlory<\/a> achieve the feat after so many years is an inspiration to him. He said (via ASAP Sports):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFor me, if I could only win one tournament for the rest of my life, I&#8217;d pick this one for that reason. Obviously watching Rory win after giving it a try for a number of years was inspiring. You could tell it was a harder win than &#8212; most of the time he makes it look a lot easier. So that obviously was on the forefront of his mind.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan Spieth further added that he was not in good form in the past years, but now feels better about his game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-info-parent\">\n<span class=\"about-the-author\">About the author<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-pic-holder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/><rect width=\"100\" height=\"100\" style=\"fill:rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/5039152-1737824166-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Sarah Rishama Madaki&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-bio-detail-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nSarah Rishama Madaki is a dedicated Golf Writer at Sportskeeda with a passion for bringing fresh perspectives to the world of sports journalism. 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