Spring put in an advantageous situation (4-10)

'an advantageous situation' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'spring put' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'spring' could be 'well' (both can mean a source of water) and 'well' is present in the answer.
'put' could be 'position' (positioning is a kind of putting) and 'position' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?