If the rest of the year is any indication, Jordan Spieth is trending in the right direction heading to the final major of the year.
Spieth closed with a 4-under 66 on Sunday at the Bridgestone Invitational, his last round before heading to Whistling Straits for the PGA Championship.
Spieth had a 70 and lost in a playoff at the Shell Houston Open the week before he won the Masters. He shot 65 to tie for third at the Memorial in his final start before he won the U.S. Open. And he shot 68 to win the John Deere Classic before he went to the British Open.
Spieth missed out on a playoff by one shot at St. Andrews to end his bid for the Grand Slam.
"I think it helps a lot," Spieth said. "We seem to have nice timing with where we're trending upward this year. Whether that's the plan we put in place or it's dumb luck, one of the two, I'll take it. This golf course just may not be the best fit for me. But going off today and that second round (68), that felt like I'd have been at 10 under through those two rounds anywhere else. So that's how I'm looking at it.
"I'm looking at it as a nice solid week, and I'll really just try and feed off of this round more than anything."
Spieth will try next week to become the first player to win all the American-based majors in the same year. Tiger Woods was the last to have that chance, and he finished one shot behind Rich Beem in the 2002 PGA Championship.