"Done it before, can do it again" - Jordan Spieth oozes confidence despite mediocre start at 2024 John Deere Classic

The 2024 John Deere Classic is underway at the TPC Deere Run course in Silvis, Illinois. Jordan Spieth carded an opening round score of two under par to sit tied for 98th place and 11 shots off the lead.

During the 2013 and 2015 editions of the John Deere Classic, Spieth shot opening round scores of one under par 70 and level par 71 respectively. Despite the mediocre start, he went on to take home the title in both years. Spieth is seemingly drawing confidence from his past starts and said at the end of Round 1 (via the PGA Tour):

"Done it before. I can do it again. ”

Currently sitting outside of the projected cut line of four under par, Spieth needs a round of two under par or better to move inside the line and play in the weekend rounds. He will be looking to improve his performance to stay in contention and earn his third John Deere Classic title.

Jordan Spieth's performance at the 2024 John Deere Classic - Round 1 recap

Jordan Spieth is currently tied for 98th place at the 2024 John Deere Classic after posting an opening round score of two under par 69. He will tee off for the second round of the tournament at 12:49 PM local time in Illinois.

Spieth started the first day at TPC Deere Run's par-five tenth hole with a par. However, he quickly followed it with a bogey on the next hole and fought back to neutralize the bogey with two birdies on holes 15 and 17.

Building on the confidence earned on the first nine, Spieth opened up the back nine with two back-to-back birdies on the par-four first hole and par-five second hole. He ended the day by carding in 12 pars, four birdies, and two bogeys.

Spieth ranks 9th in the field with an average driving distance of 319.70 yards. With his longest drive being 345 yards, he had hit ten out of 14 fairways to have a driving accuracy of 71.43 percent.

The PGA Tour star has hit 14 out of 18 greens with his regulation shot to give him a greens in regulation percentage of 77.78 percent. Having missed the green four times, he made three successful ups and downs to save to par and give him a scrambling percentage of 75%.

Spieth has made a total of 61 feet worth of putts and averaged 1.86 putts per green in regulation hit. Here's a look into Jordan Spieth's strokes gained stats at the end of Round 1 at the John Deere Classic:

Strokes Gained Off the Tee: 0.967
Strokes Gained Approach to Green: -1.279
Strokes Gained Around the Green: -0.252
Strokes Gained Putting: -0.359
Strokes Gained Total: -0.923

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