Jordan Spieth reveals his weirdest (and deadliest?) swing thought at Pebble Beach

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The average swing thought could send your run-of-the-mill golfer into therapy. Every so often, there’s a positive, maybe even helpful idea. But for the most part, it’s cursing out oneself, coming up with bizarre strategies or cursing out other people.

One can only imagine the Alice-in-Wonderland-esque rabbit hole that Jordan Spieth frequently falls into. The man’s always finding brand new places to hit a golf ball from, and he somehow usually snatches par from the jaws of defeat. It always feels like we’re watching a miracle in the making, except for the one time where we got a little too close to tragedy.

After a six-under 66 to start this year’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Spieth broke down his most memorable Pebble Beach moment, that time he went for it from the edge of a cliff in 2022.

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When asked about his “weirdest” swing thought, Spieth immediately knew his answer: “Let’s not shift our weight forward or we might die.” Which is up there for the most unorthodox swing thought of all time.

“We might die” might sound like an exaggeration, but it really doesn’t get any scarier than Spieth’s footing on the famous par-4 8th. At the time, CBS analyst Colt Knost called the shot “downright terrifying.” And the angles that were broadcast after Spieth survived showed just how risky the entire thing was.

That’s a 68-foot drop, which is a little more than 11 Jordan Spieths. One slight shift forward or a stumble post-shot, and who knows what happens? That’s a world we don’t want to live in.

This article was originally published on golfdigest.com