PGA Tour: Jordan Spieth gets red hot in first round of RBC Heritage

For the second straight week on the PGA Tour, Jordan Spieth finds himself in contention, this time at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links.

As the PGA Tour resumed last week, Jordan Spieth found himself in the mix at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Many wondered if it was just the course, or if Spieth was truly back on his game and if he could even contend at this week’s RBC Heritage.

Spieth shot consecutive rounds of 5-under par 65 last week at Colonial Country Club to find himself one shot off the lead after 36 holes. Spieth would shoot a 68 on Saturday and was two shots behind 54-hole leader Xander Schauffele with one round left to play last week.

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However, he shot a 1-over par 71 on Sunday to fall out of contention. Spieth finished in a tie for ninth, which was a good showing, but a little disappointing considering where he started.

The big question after last week was, could Spieth continue his hot play as the tour moves forward?

Or was last week just a case of him loving Colonial, a place where he won in 2016.

Spieth’s first chance to prove his worth came on Thursday at Harbour Town in the first round of the RBC Heritage. But the round did not start well for Spieth.

Playing the back nine first, Spieth recorded a triple bogey on the 12th hole and found himself at 3-over par just three holes into his round. He would bounce back with a birdie on the 13th hole, but finished his first nine with five consecutive pars to shoot a 2-over par 37.

Spieth parred the first hole to remain at 2-over par through 10 holes of play. Then, he got hot. Really, really hot.

Spieth had birdies on numbers two, three, four, five, six and seven. Yes, six birdies in a row and he suddenly went from 2-over par to 4-under par and back into the mix of the tournament. It was the longest birdie streak in Spieth’s career.

He would par the eighth hole before dropping in another birdie on number nine to finish the front nine with a 29 and an 18-hole score of 5-under par 66.

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Spieth finds himself two shots off the lead of Ian Poulter and Mark Hubbard after one round, but he’s very much in the mix at the RBC Heritage. His goal now will be to continue to stay in the hunt all weekend long, something he was not able to do last weekend.

If Spieth can do that, most would agree that he is back. But that declaration will have to wait another 54 holes.

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