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Jordan Spieth at Tour Championship 2016: Saturday Leaderboard Score, Reaction
- Updated: September 24, 2016
Jordan Spieth needed a strong third round Saturday to push himself into contention at the Tour Championship, but he struggled to a two-over 72 at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
The two-time major champion sits at two over overall for the tournament, which put him 10 shots behind leader Dustin Johnson upon entering the clubhouse. Here is a look at the Tour Championship leaderboard:
Spieth was unable to establish consistency in his first two rounds, and that continued Saturday with four birdies, four bogeys and one double bogey to his credit. The following is a full rundown of the world No. 4’s shaky scorecard:
While Spieth emerged from the front nine at one under for the round, there were early signs of trouble that foreshadowed the issues he would have over the course of the day.
Spieth seemed poised to tap in a routine par putt on the second hole after parring No. 1, but he botched a one-foot putt and had to settle for a bogey.
As Kent Spencer of WHAS pointed out, the miss made the usually automatic Spieth look like an average Joe at East Lake:
I just watched Jordan Spieth miss a 1foot putt…. and …