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Spieth Eyes Grand Slam at 2026 PGA Championship

5/12/2026

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Spieth Pursues Grand Slam

Jordan Spieth tees off at Aronimink Golf Club for the 2026 PGA Championship, with a win set to make him seventh player to achieve a Grand Slam.
He has five top-20 finishes in his eight events, showing ball-striking.
After a 52nd-place finish at the Truist Championship, Spieth fell outside the world top 50, saying a victory would be amazing because the Grand Slam winners list is short, rehabbing a hand injury.

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Spieth Targets Aronimink

Jordan Spieth entered the PGA Championship ranked No. 51, far below his former top-10 status.
He said two weeks at Doral and Quail Hollow gave him legs for Aronimink.
Spieth called his recent play a “whack-a-mole” swing, alternating weeks of leading in putting and in driving.
He advised avoiding overthinking, focusing on the first tee, attacking each hole, and using Gary Player’s prayer for patience and courage as a mental cue.

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Historical Context

Jordan Spieth, ranked 51st, eyes a PGA Championship win at Aronimink, hoping to echo Ben Hogan’s 1953 triumph at Oakmont that completed his career Grand Slam. Hogan’s 1953 season—winning the Masters, U.S. Open and Open—made him the first to secure the modern Triple Crown, and he finished with nine major titles, the most of his era.

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Spieth Pursues Grand Slam

Jordan Spieth tees off at Aronimink Golf Club for the 2026 PGA Championship, with a win set to make him seventh player to achieve a Grand Slam.
He has five top-20 finishes in his eight events, showing ball-striking.
After a 52nd-place finish at the Truist Championship, Spieth fell outside the world top 50, saying a victory would be amazing because the Grand Slam winners list is short, rehabbing a hand injury.

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