There’s something about Jordan Spieth and his putter.

A week ago he revealed first to www.golfbytourmiss.com how he had sought a ruling during the third round at Trump Doral whether he could apply saliva to the bottom of his putter so that it wouldn’t slide on the slick Trump Doral greens.

Now on the eve of his defence of the Valspar Championship and Spieth spoke of the love for his Scotty Cameron ‘009’ putter, and a putter he’s had in his possession for some 15 years and helped him to victory in two of the four Majors of 2015.

But then, like any relationship, Spieth’s love for his ‘009’ has been tested strongly since his eight shot success in the very first event of the New Year.

“I haven’t been putting horrible and I haven’t made many of the mid-ones,” he said.

“The 009, I haven’t always used it. I used it since I was probably 15, 16 years old which is awhile now. It’s got character. I love the way it looks. It’s from a triple black finish to now just naturally being rusted.

“It’s got a little nick on the top. It’s just got character. Looks good to me when I set it down. It just looks very, very clean, the lines and it’s a very solid putter. It’s not very soft. I like that, I like being able to feel in my hands kind of the strike of the ball instead of just feeling like you’re gliding through air.

“Some people like a softer finish. And the weighting is just distributed nicely for me. So, when putts go in anything looks good but it’s a great putter.”