Jordan Spieth endured a topsy-turvy begin to The Gamers Championship on Thursday, accumulating two eagles, two birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey — and that was simply over his first 9 holes.
Spieth added yet one more birdie and a bogey over his last 9 holes to complete at 2-under-par 70 on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.
The primary spherical started in optimistic trend on Thursday for the three-time main winner, who began on the tenth gap. He despatched an method shot simply 14 inches from the cup for a straightforward tap-in birdie on the par-4 gap.
“Yeah, I acquired off to a dream begin, after which I simply wasn’t very tight off the tee as we speak, and out right here finally that can harm you,” Spieth mentioned after the spherical.
Spieth chipped in from a greenside bunker for an eagle on the par-5 eleventh earlier than following up two pars with a shot into the water on the par-4 14th. A double bogey was the top outcome there, and a bogey on 15 was answered by his second eagle of the day on the par-5 sixteenth.
A bogey on the par-3 seventeenth was countered by a birdie on the par-4 18th to place an finish to the chaotic stretch.
Spieth mentioned he would like avoiding that sort of volatility in a spherical. “I really feel like I would prefer it to be boring,” he mentioned.
Spieth, 31, has fared properly whereas figuring out the kinks following offseason wrist surgical procedure, recording a T4 on the WM Phoenix Open and a T9 on the Cognizant Traditional within the Palm Seashores.
A 13-time winner on the PGA Tour, Spieth has slipped to No. 65 within the Official World Golf Rating. His final title got here on the RBC Heritage in April 2022.
–Discipline Degree Media