Jordan Spieth at PGA Championship 2015: Friday Leaderboard Score and Reaction

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Published: August 14, 2015

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Jordan Spieth charged up the leaderboard during the second round of the 2015 PGA Championship on Friday. He posted a five-under 67 to reach six under overall, which left him one stroke behind David Lingmerth in a tie for second place with the afternoon wave of play just getting underway.

The 22-year-old American nearly had a Grand Slam opportunity on the line this week. He won the Masters and the U.S. Open, but he came up one stroke short of making the playoff at The Open Championship last month. Three out of four would still be a remarkable season, though.

Let's check out how Spieth's latest trip around Whistling Straits went and an updated look at the tournament leaderboard.

 

Round 2 Scorecard

 

Tournament Leaderboard

 

Day 2 Recap Spieth came into the day five strokes off the early pace set by Dustin Johnson. He could only grind out a one-under 71 on Thursday, which he partially blames on the weather.

He noted after the round that he and playing partners Rory McIlroy and Zach Johnson discussed how they didn't have much chance of making up ground on Johnson, who teed off early, as the wind picked up in the afternoon, per Kevin Kaduk of Yahoo Sports.

"When we saw six-under on the board, we talked about it and knew that was probably not feasible for us, minus a few breaks," Spieth said. "It was a different golf course and we needed to adjust our expectations because of that."

Conditions were more favorable early Friday, and Spieth started to make his move.

He actually started the round in pretty mundane fashion. A birdie on the 11th got offset by a bogey on the 12th, and those scores were sandwiched by a quartet of pars.

Then, as if a switch got flipped on the 16th tee, he started playing more like a two-time major champion. He poured in four birdies over the next six holes to vault from ou...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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