Jordan Spieth will be keen to win his second AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am title when he competes in this year’s tournament.
The American star, who is a former world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, won this competition in 2017 finishing at −19.
Spieth became just the second man, along with Tiger Woods, to win nine times on the PGA Tour before the age of 24, post-World War II.
His first major win came in the 2015 Masters Tournament when he shot a 270 (−18) and pocketed $1.8 million.
The 27-year-old tied the 72-hole record set by Tiger Woods in 1997 and became the second-youngest golfer (behind Woods) to win the Masters.
Spieth then won the 2015 U.S Open with a score of 5-under-par and he was the youngest U.S Open champion since amateur Bobby Jones in 1923.
The Texas-born golfer followed up with a win in the 2015 Tour Championship, which clinched the 2015 FedEx Cup.
Two years later, Spieth, who turned professional in 2012, won his third major at the 2017 Open Championship, by three shots at 12 under par.
It remains Spieth’s last win in the PGA Tour and he will be determined to end his trophy drought by winning this year’s AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Spieth, who won 11 times on the PGA Tour and twice internationally between 2011 and 2017, recently admitted that his swing work has been a ‘difficult process’
“I kind of got to where I was swinging behind me instead of in front of me. What that means is I just kind of get — that right elbow just got going a little wild on me,” Spieth said.
“And so it could go up and go back behind my torso. What I didn’t realize I did so well for a number of years is being able to swing in front of my body, pretty much taking it back and through.
“It just kind of gradually started getting more and more behind me, and, all of a sudden, I found myself late into the ball, and from there, you just can’t play consistent golf — you’re relying too much on your hands at impact,” he added.
“It just becomes a significant challenge through the bag, and obviously as you go up the bag, you’re one or two degrees off becomes way more widespread.”
Last five AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am winners
2016 – Vaughn Taylor – USA
2017 – Jordan Spieth – USA
2018 – Ted Potter Jr – USA
2019 – Phil Mickelson – USA
2020 – Nick Taylor – Canada