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Jordan Spieth’s left wrist injury isn’t getting better; it’s also not getting worse

Spieth’s nagging injury has not altered his schedule, but he hasn’t yet committed to play in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The left wrist injury Jordan Spieth first suffered a week before the PGA Championship last year hasn’t gone away.

That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s worse — or better.

“It’s a come-and-go thing,” Spieth said last week after his pro-am round at the RBC Heritage. “I could oddly enough twist in the wrong way getting off the ground, and I couldn’t play tomorrow. But I could play the next day.”

Spieth said the tendon sheath is torn enough that it won’t hold the tendon perfectly in place. He said he could lift a 20-pound weight without any issue. But then something small, like placing his hand on the counter to pick something up, could trigger it.

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It was fine when he started the first round Thursday. He had it taped up Friday and went without the next day.

Spieth, a Dallas Jesuit and the University of Texas product, doesn’t expect any changes to his schedule. The CJ Cup Bryon Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch is May 2-5, but Spieth has yet to commit. The PGA Championship is May 16-19 at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky.

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Spieth has one eye on the offseason to figure out what to do.

“It’s not really a surgical thing, it’s a rest thing,” he said. “From who I’ve talked to in other sports, the ulnar side of the wrist is hard to heal.”

Spieth said he saw a hand specialist last offseason and had imaging done, and he has yet to solve the issue.

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