Jordan Spieth to reporters ahead of PGA Championship: "I'm not insulted by it"

Jordan Spieth told reporters he has been surprised by the lack of questions he has received over the years about completing the career grand slam. 

It seems hard to believe it is 10 years since the American's breakout 2015 season that saw him win The Masters, U.S. Open and contend at The Open and PGA Championship. 

PGA Tour star Spieth added the claret jug to his CV in 2017 after an otherworldly performance at Royal Birkdale and he has been chasing the elusive slam ever since. 

The 31-year-old arrives for the second men's major of 2025 with hopes of joining Rory McIlroy in the history books. 

This week will represent his ninth attempt to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy. 

"I don't think so," Spieth said when asked if he has been thinking about completing the career grand slam even more in recent weeks as the golf world digested McIlroy's victory at Augusta. 

"I've been surprised at -- there's been a number of years I've come to the PGA, and no one's really asked me about it. 

"There's been some years where it was a story line, I guess."

He added: "It's funny, I think, if Rory didn't [win at Augusta], then it wouldn't have been a story line for me here necessarily. 

"I mean, it's always a story line if I work my way in, but at least ahead of time, I just feel like I've been asked about it more than other years, including years where I've come in -- I want to say '22 I came in after winning and finishing second back-to-back, which I would have thought would be a time where that would have been one."

Spieth has not won any tournament since the 2022 RBC Heritage on the PGA Tour. 

He replaced McIlroy on the PGA Tour's policy board after the Northern Irishman resigned his seat and has been heavily involved in the off-course politics with LIV Golf's backers. 

Spieth also had surgery on his wrist last August which ruled him out of action for six months. 

He has reason for optimism this week, though, given he has three top-10 finishes and placed T14 at The Masters. 

"For me, if I could only win one tournament for the rest of my life, I'd pick this one for that reason," Spieth added of completing the slam. 

"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 [others]. Most of the time he makes it look a lot easier. So that obviously was on the forefront of his mind. 

"Something like that has not been done by many people, and there's a reason why. 

"But I'd love to throw my hat in the ring and give it a chance come the weekend this week."

Spieth reinterred that he did not find it insulting that his slam hopes haven't been talked about in the same vein as others. 

"A lot of times, I wasn't in very good form," he said. 

"I had a chance in 2019, and I was not in form.

"I was in the final group on Saturday with Brooks, and I was like, I know what it's like to have control of my game. 

"I've played with Brooks with control of my game, and I see what he's doing right now, and I don't have mine. Let's see if I can fake it these next two days."

He added: "I feel a lot better now than, say, I did in that, but it's very -- I'm not insulted by it. 

"Typically there's a lot of story lines. I feel like for so many years watching Phil at the U.S. Open, there was some, then it wasn't some, and then he wins the PGA recently, and all of a sudden it becomes a story line in the U.S. Open. 

"It just kind of bounces back and forth within the noise, I guess."