PGA Championship: Jordan Spieth has rough day on Saturday

Jordan Spieth was paired with good friend Justin Thomas on Saturday at the PGA Championship. Even that did not help the Texan in his third round.

Saturday’s PGA Championship pairing of Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth seemed that it would benefit both players. The two have known each other for many years, having grown up playing with, and against, one another. Comfort and familiarity can be one less thing for a golfer to have to deal with, especially when facing a major championship setup.

So, the natural thought was that he Thomas-Spieth pairing would produce solid results for both players. On Saturday, that turned out to be half right.

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Thomas seemed to take full advantage of playing with his old friend. The world’s number one player birdied five of his first seven holes to get to 4-under par for the championship and just four shots behind the lead at the time.

However, Thomas bogeyed the last two holes of his front nine. He would have one birdie and two bogeys on the back nine, finishing with a 2-under par round of 68. Not awful, but certainly not what it could have been.

Then there was Spieth.

As he watched his friend Thomas going low on the front nine, the Texan was heading in the other direction. He bogeyed the first two holes of his round before recording pars on the third and fourth holes.

Spieth would bogey the fifth and sixth holes, falling to 4-over par on his round. He was able to birdie the seventh hole before closing his front nine with consecutive pars. He shot a 3-over par 38 on his front nine.

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On the back nine, it went from bad to worse for Spieth. He parred the 10th hole, bogeyed the 11th and parred the 12th. Spieth then bogeyed three holes in a row, the 13th, 14th and 15th, to drop to 7-over on his Saturday round. Perhaps the only bright spot in his round was a birdie at the 18th hole that allowed him to shoot 76 on the day. Spieth is now 7-over par for the championship and, at the time of his finish, tied for last place among those who made the cut.

Many wonder if we will ever see the Jordan Spieth of five years ago again. If Saturday’s round is any indication, that player is a long way from showing his face again. If Spieth can’t be comfortable and convert, especially when playing with good friend Thomas, that shows that he has plenty of work still to do.

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