Jordan Spieth finished the CJ Cup’s second-round tied for second, five shots behind leader Keith Mitchell. But despite a few mishaps on the back nine, Spieth’s feeling good about his position through 36 holes.
After firing a front-nine 31, Spieth started the second nine missing a 7-footer for par and it would be deja vu two holes later. However, with three bogeys on Day 2 in Las Vegas came eight birdies, one more than Round 1. And the 28-year-old Texan was focused on the good rather than the bad after his round.
“I would say today I feel a little bit better,” said Spieth, who shot a 7-under 65 Friday, one shot better than Thursday. “Yesterday, I had a three-putt on a par 5 and another bogey from 100 yards in the fairway. At least today when I made that big mistake, I mean on 12, making that bogey there, I came back and made up for it the next few. You’re looking to kind of play 12 through – you know, 12 through 18 in 3 under, you’re trying to play a few under in the first seven and then 8 through 11 are really the tough stretch of holes out here. I got back to, on par for the course I felt like, so I feel a little better about it.”
Full-field scores from the CJ Cup at Summit
But the highlight of Spieth’s round was an eagle on the par-5 sixth. After the world No. 12’s tee shot breezed 314 yards through the air to the fairway, he grabbed a 3-wood from his bag and smashed the ball another 284 yards before converting a 14-foot putt.
“It was funny, after I hit the shot and I walked over to [caddie] Michael [Greller], I’m like, I’m laughing at how I had no chance hitting that shot at this tournament last year if we’re here,” Spieth said. “So progress is made to step up and trust it into the wind. If I hit it off the heel at all, it’s in the water. If you toe it at all, it’s in the desert. It was 280 yards into the breeze, you’re at altitude, but I needed to hit a striped 3-wood. And it was a cool shot kind of for me personally because that’s…
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