2024 Charles Schwab Challenge: Jordan Spieth aims to discover old form in get-right event at new-look Colonial

Spieth's success at Colonial has been immense, but it will be less familiar to him this time around

Jordan Spieth returns to Colonial Country Club for the 12th time in his PGA Tour career this week for the 2024 Charles Schwab Challenge. A historically comfortable spot on the calendar, Colonial will unveil a new look for Texas' native son and his peers as the golf course underwent a $25 million restoration following last year's tournament. While there may be some new features abound, Spieth is focused on finding his old game.

"It's [my] 12th start here, but really, the first start in the new Colonial era," Spieth said. "I saw the course yesterday. … I think Gil [Hanse] did a really, really good job from what I can tell playing it once. I think it's tough, I imagine it's tough for a course designer to bring a course back in time. But accommodating the modern game, making it maybe more playable for an average member 51 weeks of the year but still a championship golf course making it as or more difficult for us. I guess time will tell over the next four days, but it really seems like he's somehow done that, and that's really cool."

Spieth enters this week's tournament in the midst of an odd season, even for his standards. Across his last 10 starts, the 30-year-old has missed four cuts, been disqualified once and connected on just one top-10 finish. A couple of those weekend omissions came at tournaments usually right in his wheel house -- the Masters and the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.