Jordan Spieth inspired by recent poor performances in FedEx Cup play-offs win
Monday 28 September 2015 09:49, UK
Jordan Spieth said the pain of missing two cuts had inspired him to victory in the Tour Championship and a £7.5m FedEx Cup pay day.
With Jason Day only finishing joint 10th in Atlanta, the 22-year-old also moved back to the top of the world rankings at the end of a PGA Tour season that also saw him win the Masters and US Open titles.
"This is incredible," Spieth told Sky Sports.
"This year is unreal. I don't know how we sit down and figure out how to improve on it, but we are going to try to do that.
"We did not have a great play-offs but we put a lot of hard work into this week. I was out here early on Monday morning. We approached it as if it was a major and mentally stayed in it, even when I didn't have my best ball striking and boy, that putter sure paid off."
Spieth had missed the cut in the first two play-off events but was 13th in the BMW Championship to ensure he arrived in Atlanta in control of his own destiny.
The top five of Day, Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Rickie Fowler and Bubba Watson were guaranteed to claim the FedEx Cup title by winning at East Lake.
"I had missed two cuts in a row and I had never done that," Spieth added.
"I lost the number one ranking and I was watching Jason Day dominating golf. I got frustrated so I got to work, put my head down more than I had after the PGA, knowing we could still peak for this week and that's what we did."
