Jordan Spieth wins 2022 RBC Heritage: Five takeaways from improbable victory at Harbour Town

Spieth should not have picked up the win on Sunday but is now definitely poised to contend at the Open Championship

Jordan Spieth's win on Sunday at the RBC Heritage was emblematic of his entire career. It contained myriad twists and turns -- including a bizarre, off-the-beaten-path golf cart ride to the first playoff hole -- and ultimately ended with a "wait, how in the world is he holding the trophy?" final act. This is largely who Spieth has been for the last nine years, which has made him both a joy to cover and a nightmare to root for but never -- I mean never, no matter the circumstances -- inconsequential to watch.

The win for Spieth is the 13th of a career that has been both longer and shorter than it feels like it has been. It sets him up for a hopeful summer in which he'll have two hometown events to go for, a grand slam attempt at Southern Hills and, ethe grandaddy of them all, an Open Championship reprise at the 150th edition of that event this summer at the Old Course, where he nearly took home his third straight major back in 2015.

In light of what went down on Sunday at Harbour Town and what's ahead for Spieth over the next three months, I jotted down a few lingering thoughts on a win that probably shouldn't have been and how we should feel about what it foreshadows this summer.