DUBLIN, Ohio – Since playing in his first PGA Tour event as a professional in the last week of January 2013, Jordan Spieth has since spent well more than half of his young life on the road.
Try 43 of 72 weeks.
He's played all over the U.S. In China, Scotland, Panama, Colombia and Puerto Rico, too.
This would raise white flags of potential burnout with most people. Then again, this is Jordan Spieth, the scrapping 20-year-old Texan who doesn't look the worse for wear – either in appearance or his results.
And he isn't cutting back on his schedule anytime soon.
"I've played a lot of golf over the last couple of years, but I enjoy it and I'm not tired," he said Tuesday at Muirfield Village Golf Club, home to the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance.
The tournament has attracted nine of the top-12 players in the world, including No. 10 Spieth. "I'm not going to be tired. I'll live for a long time, so I'll keep on playing a lot of tournaments.
"That's what it's all about for me, is getting out here and competing with these guys that I've looked up to for so many years. That's what's so cool to me."
Spieth's schedule talks to his passion to play, his targeting of major tournaments, and his character. As an amateur and as a young pro, he received sponsor's exemptions into tournaments and continues to feel an obligation and affection to those events. Plus he loves playing in the events.