Jordan Spieth inspired by Jason Day to improve at AT&T Byron Nelson

Jordan Spieth admits he is motivated by the form of Jason Day as he looks to end his poor record at the AT&T Byron Nelson this week.

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Victory in last week's Players Championship was Day's seventh in his last 17 events, taking the Australian 2.4 points clear of Spieth at the top of the world rankings.

Spieth missed the cut at TPC Sawgrass in his first event since a back-nine collapse at the Masters, but now looks to bounce back with an improved display in his home state.

The 22-year-old has a poor record at Four Seasons, not finishing inside the top-25 since a tie for 16th as an amateur in 2010, but feels his game is heading in the right direction.

"I feel great about the way I'm hitting the ball right now," Spieth told a press conference on Tuesday.

"I didn't have my putter last week and did some good work with Cameron [McCormick, his coach] the last two days and I seem to have gotten that back.

"I know it was something simple and it was. So, if we can just continue to do that and roll those putts in, we'll be in business.

"I was on my A game for all four rounds [at the AT&T] in 2010 and three out of the four in 2011. I just haven't had my A game this week since then.

"Do I know why? Not necessarily. One time, I think I wasn't driving it well. The next, I just didn't make anything. I'm looking for it all to click. I would really like to win this tournament."

The world No 2 tees off alongside Jason Dufner and Jimmy Walker for the opening two rounds, with Spieth trying to reduce the gap between him and Day in the battle for top spot.

Asked if he used Day's recent success as motivation, Spieth said: "Especially playing with him in these kinds of weeks where he's doing what he's doing.

"He's playing his game. He believes his game is better than anybody else's and he's on his game and so it is better than everyone else's. I know that feeling and I'm looking to get that back and definitely there's some motivation there.

"With what he's doing right now I think I can win the next two events and I'm still not going to surpass him in the world rankings. He's separated himself and that bothers me and it motivates me."

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