Mudball! Spieth Holes Out Second Approach Of Week, Leads AT&T Pebble Beach
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Jordan Spieth is looking for his first win since the 2017 Open at Birkdale and second AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am title Sunday.
But it was his second hole-out of the week that stole Saturday’s third round show (incidentally played an hour faster without amateurs this year). But what’s most fun about the 16th hole eagle? Spieth played for the mud.
From Steve DiMeglio’s Golfweek story:
The best swing came at the par-4 16th. After a fairway-splitting tee ball of 249 yards, Spieth holed out from 160 yards for eagle. In the first round, he holed out from 113 yards for eagle-2 on the 10th at Pebble Beach. That keyed a 65 and he added a 67 at Spyglass Hill in the second round.
“I hit an 8-iron,” Spieth said of his Saturday eagle. “I had 158 yards adjusted, with the wind in off the right and a little bit of mud on right side of the ball, so I knew I could throw it out to the right and let kind of the wind and the mud do most of the work. In the air I thought it was going to be really good, it was one of the only shots I kind of said, ‘Oh, be good,’ today. And as it landed it was just exactly where I was trying to hit it. Certainly a bonus for it to drop.
“It’s a good lesson to learn for tomorrow, that how quickly things can change out here. Guys are going to make runs and I’ve just got to stay really patient, recognize that setting a goal for myself and sticking to it is important because things can change quickly out here.”
The shot:
