Jordan Spieth at Masters 2015: Leaderboard Score, Twitter Reaction from Saturday

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Published: April 11, 2015

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Jordan Spieth fell back to earth a bit on Saturday at the 2015 Masters. After two brilliant rounds to start the tournament, the 21-year-old shot a two-under 70 in Round 3 to move to 16 under. 

Spieth will head into the final round with a comfortable lead but one that isn't untouchable. He'll need to avoid making any major mistakes, because Phil Mickelson, Justin Rose and Charley Hoffman will be hot on his heels.



According to Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman, Spieth now owns the course record for lowest scores after 36 and 54 holes:



Last year's co-runner-up at the Masters began his tournament with an eight-under 64 on Thursday and a six-under 66 on Friday. ESPN's John Buccigross felt the heavy lifting was already done for Spieth and that everything was in place for him to capture his first major victory:



Spieth talked about his mindset heading into Saturday's play, per Christine Brennan of USA Today:

I got off to a great start and had a chance to win last year on Sunday. I'd like to have that same opportunity this year. Again, this is only the halfway point and I'm aware of that. I'm not going to get ahead of myself and I'm going to try and stay in the moment and very patient these last two days and understand it's going to feel like a whole 'nother tournament.

Spieth started his day off strong with a birdie on No. 2. He then had two bogeys and two birdies over the final six holes of the front nine to sit at one under for the round.

The 12th hole is regarded as one of the toughest at Augusta. The difficult par three doesn't leave much room for error. When Spieth birdied 12, that's when people threw their hands up in disbelief.

Tilghman felt that perhaps youth does have its advantages:



Spieth then birdied the 13th hole and bogeyed the 14th. It was his third bogey of the round, which was two more than he pos...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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