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Where did Jordan Spieth hit his tee shot?
How Jordan Spieth playfully showed he’s still having a lot of fun with golf. Jordan Spieth hits his tee shot on the 6th hole at Winged Foot Golf Club on Friday. Jordan Spieth took a few short steps toward Hideki Matsuyama’s right on the 1st green at Winged Foot Golf Club on Friday afternoon.
What did Spieth want the ball to move?
He wanted it to move back right. It moved back right. A few feet farther into the ball’s fall, it was now moving right of the hole. So Spieth moved his helping hands. He raised his right one. He wanted the ball to move left. It moved back left. Chip it up and let it roll back.
How many holes did Scott Spieth bogey?
Spieth had started on the back nine and bogeyed his seventh, eighth and ninth holes during the second round of the U.S. Open to stumble to a six-over 41 for his first nine. He was 6 feet away on his 10th from a fourth straight bogey.
How far off the green was Matsuyama?
Matsuyama was maybe an inch off the green and 39 feet below the hole on the back-to-front sloping green, and he had decided that his best option was to chip his ball past the pin and let it trickle back. Spieth and Matsuyama watched. The ball started about 15 feet past the hole.
Who was the player who dropped the ball in the center of the cup?
Spieth turned to Matsuyama. Matsuyama turned to Spieth. Spieth smiled and laughed. Matsuyama smiled and raised both arms. Their other playing partner, Patrick Reed – who would go on to hold the second-round lead – raised his putter.
Did Matsuyama putt a birdie well?
“It was one of those birdies that don’t happen very often,” Matsuyama said after his round. “Again, I wasn’t putting it very well, and I could have putted it, but I thought, well, we’ll just use the backstop, and it rolled in.”
