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McKINNEY, Texas — It’s becoming widely recognized that the appropriate response to the question “Did you see what Jordan Spieth pulled off?” is simply “Which time?”
On Friday, for example, the Dallas native pulled some more magic from his Under Armour hat, this time a simple par save on the 10th hole at TPC Craig Ranch, when he reworked his backswing to punch a shot on the green.
“I didn’t know how the ball got there. I thought it kind of was directly behind the tree from the tee box,” Spieth said. “I could lineup maybe left side of the left greenside bunker, so if I could just get a good somewhat of a strike on it. I could get enough cut spin, I knew that, I just needed to carry far enough to carry the rough. I wasn’t exactly sure. I maybe didn’t expect to hit the green but I thought that getting it out and up near the front of the green was certainly a possibility.
“When you spend a couple years having a lot of those shots, you start to learn how to hit ’em and so when you are playing better and you happen to be in a tough spot you get a little, you’ve had a little more practice, I guess is the best way to put it.”
That practice continues to get Spieth into advantageous positions, even if all facets of his game aren’t clicking exactly as he’d like.
On Friday at the AT&T Byron Nelson he figured out his putter, but the driver started to fail him a bit. Still, Spieth did enough to stay near the top of the leaderboard, pairing eight birdies with a single bogey to fire a 65. As the weekend approaches, Spieth is 12 under and after the early wave of action, sat three shots behind leader and fellow Texan Ryan Palmer.
When asked about his tree-hugging save on 10, Spieth reminisced about similar escapes last year at TPC Craig Ranch, one on No. 11 and another on No. 12. Spieth continues to find trouble, and then Houdinis his way free, although he’d sometimes prefer the less spectacular route.
“I’ve been driving it nicely, haven’t…
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