Spieth: Official approved shot off cart path

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SPRINGFIELD, N.J. – Jordan Spieth avoided a potentially contentious rules situation during the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday by repeatedly asking a rules official what he could do and making sure he signed off before hitting the shot.

Spieth hit a wayward drive at the par-4 seventh hole – his 16th of the day after starting on the back nine – that came to rest in casual water at Baltusrol Golf Club.

The course was saturated after heavy rains early in the morning, the rules of golf allow a free drop in such a situation. But those rules also stipulate that if you get relief, you must take full relief – hence it took Spieth several tries to drop the ball in the correct spot. And yet, even when he did, television replays still showed him with a toe on the edge of casual water – a circumstance from which Spieth said PGA of America rules official Brad Gregory allowed him to proceed.

“It was really weird,” Spieth said after signing for a 3-under-par 67 which put him at 137, 3-under-par through two rounds and four strokes back of Emilian Grillo.

“It was as complicated as I’ve ever really had it. Took about as much time as I’ve ever taken on a free drop.”

PGA of America official Brad Gregory (left) …

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