Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler had been two of the most important names to overlook the lower at The Memorial Tournament.
Neither performed effectively at Jack’s Place, but it surely did give them a head begin on their U.S. Open preparations.
Both guys had been at Pinehurst on Sunday enjoying golf, per a follower who despatched the video to the Rickie Fowler Tracker on X. It appeared they played a full 18 holes.
Neither Fowler nor Spieth has performed very effectively in 2024. Spieth has three Top 10s and three Top 25s. He has made 9 cuts in 14 occasions.
Since his T10 end on the Valero Texas Open, Speith has completed within the following order: MC, T39, MC, T29, T43, T37, and MC.
He missed the lower on the Masters and CJ Cup Byron Nelson. In his final three U.S. Opens, Speith’s finest end got here in 2022, when he was T37—he missed the lower in 2021 and 2023.
The final time the USGA held the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, although, Spieth was T17.
As for Fowler, many thought he was on the rise after lastly ending his win drought in 2023. He has one Top 25 in 2024.
In the 12 months’s first two majors, Fowler went T30 at Augusta National and T63 within the PGA Championship.
This week’s missed lower was his first for the reason that first week of April on the Valero Texas Open.
Last 12 months, Fowler was T5 at Los Angeles Country Club for the U.S. Open. He additionally completed T2 at Pinehurst in 2014.
While they had been despatched dwelling from Ohio, an early begin at Pinehurst might assist them get again on observe for the third main of the 12 months.
Savannah Leigh Richardson is a golf workers author for SB Nation’s Playing Through. For extra golf protection, you should definitely observe us @_PlayingThrough on all main social platforms. You may also observe her on Twitter @SportsGirlSL and Instagram @savannah_leigh_sports.
