Jordan Spieth at Barclays 2016: Sunday Leaderboard Score and Reaction

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Published: August 28, 2016

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Coming into Sunday, Jordan Spieth knew he'd need a big round to compete at the Barclays. 

It didn't happen.

Spieth carded a two-under 69, moving him to five under for the tournament going into the clubhouse. He was tied with Justin Thomas for 10th place overall when he left the course.

Barring a change atop the leaderboard, Spieth is in line for his second top-10 finish in his last six tournaments. He's battled constant bouts of frustration since winning the Dean & DeLuca Invitational in May but could have contended at Bethpage State Park if it weren't for shaky first and third rounds.



On Thursday and Saturday, Spieth was a combined one over. On Friday and Sunday, he was six under. 

Entering the day six strokes behind leader Rickie Fowler, Spieth carded three birdies against one bogey in the final round. He spent most of the afternoon struggling to find the fairway, hitting less than half of his fairways and having to scramble to position himself for birdies.

After a pair of pars to start his day, Spieth began his scoring with a bogey on the par-three third. He hit his drive into the intermediate rough and failed to get up and down, missing a par putt from just outside five feet to drop to two under for the tournament.

It wound up being his only mistake of the day, as Spieth settled into a steady, albeit unspectacular, groove for the rest of the way. He got back to even on the day by birdieing the par-five fourth, two-putting his way from 46 feet out.

Spieth got to one under for the day by nailing a strong birdie from 17 feet out on the par-four sixth before parring his way to the turn. Included in that stretch was a failed seven-foot birdie putt on No. 7 that would have gotten Spieth to two under.

Instead, that hole started a stretch of nine straight pars—some featuring critical saves and others missed opportunities. Spieth mi...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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