Two holes into his third round Saturday at Nine Bridges, Jordan Spieth was on pace for yet another disappointing weekend round.
Last season, Spieth was abysmal in the latter half of tournaments, ranking 170th in third-round scoring average (71.28) and 187th in final-round scoring average (72.47). Making those stats even more glaring was the fact that Spieth hadn't finished any of the past four seasons ranked worse than 30th in either category. In 2016-17, he ranked second and first, respectively.
But after bogeying each of his first two holes, Spieth clawed back for a 2-under 70 on a day where there weren't a ton of low numbers.