Masters 2024: The three words Jordan Spieth didnt want to hear heading into Augusta | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The left wrist injury that first struck prior to last year’s PGA Championship continues to hamper 2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth, including flare-ups twice in the last month prior to the Players and again a week ago Monday at the Valero Texas Open.

“It’s an ECU [extensor carpi ulnaris] tendon issue that unfortunately I’ve not fixed,” said Spieth, who struggles to hold the golf club when the problem reoccurs because it affects the ulnar nerve. “When it flares up, it flares up for like 24 hours, and then it just slowly gets better, versus last May when I couldn’t play the Byron [Nelson] and then in October it was another week and a half or so. And since then, since I’ve gotten more on top of it by December, I at least know what it is and how to get it quickly better.”

Spieth, 30, first revealed …