Jordan Spieth: "At Rory McIlroy Country Club”: Jordan Spieth gives amusing response to 5x major champion's bold claim

Jordan Spieth will be competing at the PGA Championship next week. It is the only one of the four Major Championships that he hasn't been able to win yet.

Jack Hirsch posted about a recent conversation between Spieth and McIlroy on his X account. Spieth reportedly congratulated the five-time Major champion on his Masters win and career Grand Slam. As per reports, McIlroy told Spieth that it was his turn next week. Spieth had an amusing response to the statement, saying:

"Yea, at Rory McIlroy Country Club…"

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The Masters had eluded Rory McIlroy for 16 years until he finally secured his maiden green jacket this year. Jordan Spieth will be looking for a similar end to his years-long quest for the Wanamaker Trophy this year at Quail Hollow. His best finish at the PGA Championship was second behind Jason Day in 2015.

Jordan Spieth had won the Masters and the US Open in 2015. He clinched the Open Championship victory in 2017. The PGA Championship will be held from May 15-18 this year at the Quail Hollow Golf and Country Club in Charlotte.

Who will be playing at the PGA Championship this year with Jordan Spieth? Full field explored

Jordan Spieth at the 2024 PGA Championship (Source: Getty)

The PGA Championship released its full field for this year on Tuesday, May 6. Jordan Spieth will be looking to clinch his maiden victory at the Major Championship this year. However, he will face some stiff competition from the likes of Ludvig Aberg, Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Russell Henley, etc.

Defending champion Xander Schauffele will return to the field for his title defense. Here's taking a look at the full field:

(* for PGA professionals)
Aberg, Ludvig
An Byeong Hun
Berger, Daniel
Bergstol, Brian*
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
Bhatia, Akshay
Bingaman, Brandon*
Bland, Richard
Block, Michael*
Bradley, Keegan
Bridgeman, Jacob
Burmester, Dean
Burns, Sam
Campbell, Brian
Campos, Rafael
Canter, Laurie
Cantlay, Patrick
Catlin, John
Cauley, Bud
Chacarra, Eugenio
Chi, Andre*
Clark, Wyndham
Cole, Eric
Collet, Tyler*
Conners, Corey
Davis, Cameron
Day, Jason
DeChambeau, Bryson
Detry, Thomas
Donald, Luke
Droemer, Jesse*
Dufner, Jason
Dunlap, Nick
Echavarria, Nico
Eckroat, Austin
English, Harris
Finau, Tony
Fishburn, Patrick
Fitzpatrick, Matthew
Fleetwood, Tommy
Fowler, Rickie
Garcia, Sergio
Gates, Bobby*
Gerard, Ryan
Glover, Lucas
Greyserman, Max
Griffin, Ben
Gross, Larkin*
Hadwin, Adam
Hall, Harry
Harman, Brian
Harrington, Padraig
Hatton, Tyrrell
Henley, Russell
Hicks, Justin*
Higgo, Garrick
Highsmith, Joe
Hisatsune, Ryo
Hodges, Lee
Hoge, Tom
Hojgaard, Nicolai
Hojgaard, Rasmus
Homa, Max
Hossler, Beau
Hovland, Viktor
Hughes, Mackenzie
Im, Sung-jae
Ishee, Nic*
Jaeger, Stephan
Johnson, Dustin
Johnson, Tom*
Kanaya, Takumi
Kartrude, Michael*
Kaymer, Martin
Keefer, John
Kim, Michael
Kim, Si Woo
Kim, Tom
Kirk, Chris
Kitayama, Kurt
Kizzire, Patton
Knapp, Jake
Koch, Greg*
Koepka, Brooks
Lawrence, Thriston
Lee, Min Woo
Lenahan, Ryan*
Lower, Justin
Lowry, Shane
MacIntyre, Robert
Matsuyama, Hideki
McCarthy, Denny
McCarty, Matt
McGreevy, Max
McIlroy, Rory
McKibbin, Tom
McNealy, Maverick
Micheel, Shaun
Mickelson, Phil
Mitchell, Keith
Moore, Taylor
Morikawa, Collin
Nakajima, Keita
Neergaard-Petersen, Rasmus
Newman, Dylan*
Niemann, Joaquin
Noren, Alex
Norgaard, Niklas
Norris, Shaun
Novak, Andrew
Olesen, Thorbjorn
Parry, John
Pavon, Matthieu
Pendrith, Taylor
Penge, Marco
Poston, J.T.
Power, Seamus
Puig, David
Rahm, Jon
Rai, Aaron
Reed, Patrick
Riley, Davis
Rodgers, Patrick
Rose, Justin
Schauffele, Xander
Scheffler, Scottie
Scott, Adam
Singh, Vijay
Smith, Cameron
Smylie, Elvis
Somers, John*
Sowards, Bob*
Spaun, J.J.
Spieth, Jordan
Steger, Eric*
Stevens, Sam
Straka, Sepp
Taylor, Nick
Taylor, Rupe*
Theegala, Sahith
Thomas, Justin
Thompson, Davis
Valimaki, Sami
Van Rooyen, Eric
Van Tonder, Daniel
Vegas, Jhonattan
Vilips, Karl
Walker, Jimmy
Wallace, Matt
Wiseman, Timothy*
Woodland, Gary
Young, Cameron
Yu, Kevin
Zalatoris, Will

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