Jordan Spieth Competing at BMW

Jordan Spieth felt his playoff start was a week late.

Sure, he was in the fray for last week's FedEx St. Jude Championship,

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But he realized that it might be a short stay. I just wasn't ready to play," he said.

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After consistently finishing in the top 10 in Scotland, Spieth took a few weeks off.

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But he admits he could go a little too long without working on his game.

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By the time he was ready to be relegated to the playoffs,

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All in-house courses in Dallas were closed for summer maintenance.

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After spending some time with swing coach Cameron McCormick,

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He decided to move to Nashville, Tennessee to play golf with Justin Thomas.

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"I'm like, man, it's not great right now, but I'll try and figure it out," Spieth said.

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