Jordan Spieth channels his old self with a 7-under 65 at Doral

TL;DR

Jordan Spieth shot a 7-under 65 at Trump National Doral, marking his lowest round of the season. This performance helped him return to the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time in over a year.

Key points

Jordan Spieth shot 7-under 65 at Trump National Doral
This is his lowest round of the season
Spieth returned to the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking
It has been 329 days since his last top-10 finish
He made seven birdies and an eagle during the round

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DORAL, Fla. – Ten years ago, when the PGA Tour last held a tournament at Trump National Doral, Jordan Spieth was ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Ten years later, Spieth drew headlines for moving back into the top 50 for the first time in more than a year, which is telling of where his game has been the last few years. Entering this week, it’s been 329 days since Spieth has recorded a top-10 finish (T-7 2025 Memorial), a span of 15 starts that is tied for his second-longest stretch in his career.

But on Thursday at Donald’s Place, Spieth was a world-beater again. Perhaps it was the return to the Blue Monster that provided Spieth a hot-tub time machine moment as he made seven birdies and an eagle to shoot 7-under 65, his lowest round of the season and lowest opening-round to par on the PGA Tour since 2023. [He shot 65 in the first round of the 2025 Wyndham Championship, too, on what is a par-70 layout.]

“It’s almost there,” Spieth said of the state of his game. “I’m inching closer every week.”

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Under blue skies and just the lightest of wind until late in his round, Spieth birdied three of the first five holes. When he chipped in with a lob wedge from 52 feet at the par-5 eighth for eagle and also holed a putt from the fringe from just over 20 feet for birdie at No. 11, Spieth soared to the top of the leaderboard at 7 under through 11 holes despite technically holing only 21 feet, 7 inches of putts to that point – and proof that numbers can be deceiving.

The Jordan Spieth Experience has given his fans several roller-coaster rides and when he made a sloppy bogey at the par-5 12th, dumping a wedge from 100 yards in a greenside bunker, there was a sense of here we go again. Spieth conceded that he has jumped out to good starts this season on several occasions but hadn’t finished the job. This time, he went to caddie Michael Greller and said, “Let's set a new goal, let's pretend we're starting over just to stay aggressive.”