Spieth sparkles with sizzling 9-under 63
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Jordan Spieth showed maturity beyond his 20 years to take a one-shot lead at the Farmers Insurance Open by shooting a 9-under 63 on Friday in California.
Spieth played his round on the easier North Course at Torrey Pines while second-placed Stewart Cink had a 71 on the South.
Spieth achieved the rare feat of upstaging his playing partner Tiger Woods. In his first competition in six weeks, Woods did not make birdie on any of the par 5s for the second straight day and shot 71.
He was nine shots behind, but at least he was still in the tournament, unlike long-time rival Phil Mickelson, who completed the second round but then withdrew due to back muscle pain.
Mickelson shot a 1-over 73 on the South Course in the second round, leaving him eight strokes behind Spieth. Mickelson said after the round he feared getting into bad habits by altering his swing to keep his back from hurting.
“Any time you can shoot a lower score than a 66 or 65 and you can really get it deep and be in a zone and not worry about what your score is ... that’s special,” Spieth said. “That’s proving that I can play my best golf when it matters on a PGA Tour venue. Each time you can do that, you get more and more confident that you can do it more often.”
Spieth was at 10-under 134 and will be in the last group with Cink and Nicolas Colsaerts, who shot 67 on the South and was two shots behind.
“I’m looking forward to playing with Jordan. I’ve never seen him hit a ball, so that will be fun,” Cink said. “It’s always exciting to see the young guys play.”
The final two rounds will be on the South Course.
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