Jordan Spieth withdrew from the Travelers Championship on Thursday afternoon due to a neck injury, marking a first for him in his career. Spieth had made 297 starts in his career on the PGA Tour without having to withdraw from an event. Jordan Spieth has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship due to injury.This is Spieth's first career WD in 297 PGA TOUR starts.pic.twitter.com/DSu2UaTdVL — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR)June 19, 2025 "I've never withdrawn from an event ever anywhere at any level, so I didn't really know what to do," Spieth said. "It just became too much ... I don't know, it's unfortunate. I've been doing everything right, and I think it was just very random." Spieth, who said he thinks he may have slept wrong last night, said he started to feel pain during his warmups on Thursday. He quit early to receive treatment, but things only got worse throughout the day. He was clearly struggling throughout the first half of his opening round at TPC River Highlands, too. Spieth looked like he was in pain with just about every swing, and he stopped to receive more treatment when he made the turn. Finally, Spieth called it after the 12th hole. He teed off at No. 13, but let out a massive grunt after making contact with the ball, clearly in a lot of pain. Jordan Spieth has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship. 😢pic.twitter.com/S4ZYVgYjwm — Spieth Tracker (@Spieth_Tracker)June 19, 2025 He was 5-over at that point, which had him at the bottom of the leaderboard. By then, he said, it was simply time to call it. "As I was out there playing, I couldn't, I just wasn't moving very well, and then it just got worse," he said. "I was just going to try to see if I could somehow get through at even. It's a weird situation with an elevated event and no cut and important points and stuff. It's like, well, what's the downside if I can finish off just finishing even if it's ugly, and then I hit my tee shot on 13, and it legitimately really hurt ... I was like, it's only going to get worse to finish the round, and it's not worth it. I thought that was the time." Spieth has won 13 times on the PGA Tour in his career, most recently at the RBC Heritage in 2022. He has four top-10 finishes on Tour this season and he's only missed two cuts in 16 starts. Spieth entered this week at No. 44 in the Official World Golf Rankings.
