Jordan Spieth at BMW Championship 2015: Saturday Leaderboard Score and Reaction

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Published: September 19, 2015

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For the first time at the 2015 BMW Championship, Jordan Spieth struggled to find a rhythm en route to a Saturday score of 72 that leaves his three-round total at 10 under. 

About the only positive to say from Spieth's round is Jason Day started the day so far ahead of everyone else—and continued to play well on Saturday—that it didn't impact his chances of winning. Here is what the scorecard looked like for the Texas native in the third round:



Expectations were raised so high for the 22-year-old, understandably so, earlier this year when he won two major titles and had four total wins from March through July. He did finish second at the PGA Championship, but hasn't kept up that early-season pace down the stretch. 

Here's how the leaderboard looks after Saturday's round:





Spieth entered Saturday with a clear understanding of what he had to do coming off the first two rounds if he wanted a chance to win, telling Jeff Arnold of the New York Times he needed to be on point to give himself a shot. 

“Eleven under is pretty stout for two rounds,” Spieth said. “But the fact I could double that and probably not win, well—may as well just try and double it and see what happens.”

His round got off to a mediocre start with a bogey on No. 2, leaving him a hole to dig out of that he was never really able to do. Even when things seemed to be looking up, like after birdies on eight and 13, he followed them up with a bogey on the next hole. 

One problem Spieth has had during his late-season slide is putting up low numbers. He seemed to get past those issues in the first two rounds with a 65-66 to build momentum, but Saturday's 72 marks the fifth time in his last seven rounds that he's failed to break par. 

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