Does anyone have any info on the fall of Jordan Spieth?

He has probably played better than people have given him credit - he was in the 20's in Datagolf for almost all of last year. He is actually probably a better driver now than he was when he was at his peak. He didn't fall completely off the face of the earth.

Two things, I think, with him:
1. The rate at which he was making the 10 - 20+ footers, especially in critical situations, when he was at his peak was unsustainable - that was a generational run he was on and that probabilistically was just never going to last

2. The game more or less passed him. He probably isn't that different of a player compared to 10 years ago, but the mix of people against whom he is competing is better. Longer, better iron players, more complete, etc. The bar was raised, and he wasn't able to quite compete like he once could. Look at the list of players in the top 15 of the OWGR in 2016:

1. Jason Day, Australia, 10.9145
2. Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland, 9.8336
3. Dustin Johnson, United States, 9.5330
4. Henrik Stenson, Sweden, 8.6940
5. Jordan Spieth, United States, 8.0436
6. Hideki Matsuyama, Japan, 7.4883
7. Adam Scott, Australia, 6.5476
8. Patrick Reed, United States, 5.3972
9. Alex Noren, Sweden, 5.3525
10. Bubba Watson, United States, 5.1949
11. Danny Willett, England, 5.0889
12. Rickie Fowler, United States, 4.9676
13. Sergio Garcia, Spain, 4.7346
14. Paul Casey, England, 4.6999
15. Justin Rose, England, 4.4397

Of that set (putting Jordan beside), only Rory, Hideki, Adam Scott, Reed, and Rose are still playing world class golf week in and week out, and only Rory and Hideki have been quite clearly better than Jordan the last few years.

He also was never that good of a ball striker. He just putted and chipped his mind off for three years. Over time that just isn’t sustainable and he got reeled in by guys who are better and more consistent ball strikers

He got married and had kids

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Through 36 holes, Koivun has carded 18 birdies and an eagle while not dropping a shot

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It seems like coaches over coach sometimes.

A golfer’s swing has to be his swing. There are many ways to move a club. The good ones look exactly alike at impact, but how they get there varies some from player to player.

Maybe with all the changes Speith is thinking too much over the shots.

He had kids and made 100 million bucks.

Got married.
Had kids.

I would assume major wins are held by people married with kids in an insane majority vs single without kids.

This is it in my opinion. He tried to change his swing to chase 15 yards. Ruined his confidence.