What do Jordan Spieth and Andy Dalton have in common? Both crumble in playoff competition.
The current world No. 1 finished his opening round of the 2015 Barclays with a 4-over 74, his worst score in three months. Spieth will enter Friday nine strokes off the pace.
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"Just lost a little bit of focus," Spieth said, per PGATour.com. "All in all, I'm just going to take today as a fluke round. I still believe I'm playing well. It just happened to be an off day on a day where it counted."
Fortunately for Spieth, he has nothing to lose but the No. 1 ranking he's held for two weeks. With four wins and nine top-three finishes this year—including two major championships—the 22-year-old is a virtual lock for the Tour finale at East Lake.
Jordan Spieth actually gave himself a birdie look from here. https://t.co/smDQT9Mosr
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 27, 2015
It wasn't all doom and gloom at Plainfield Country Club, though. Bubba Watson, Spencer Levin, Camilo Villegas and Tony Finau all finished at 5-under and hold a share of the lead.
Bryce Molder, Danny Lee and four others remain in contention just one stroke behind.
Shot of the Day
Jimmy Walker just had a real-life Caddyshack moment at No. 18. #QuickHits https://t.co/lNBYOBghm3
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 27, 2015
Leaderboard
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | Thru | ||
T1 | Bubba Watson | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | F |
T1 | Spencer Levin | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | F |
T1 | Camilo Villegas | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | F |
T1 | Tony Finau | -5 | - | - | - | -5 | F |
T5 | Bryce Molder | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | F |
T5 | Paul Casey | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | F |
T5 | Jason Dufner | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | F |
T5 | Danny Lee | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | F |
T5 | Russell Knox | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | F |
T5 | Cameron Tringale | -4 | - | - | - | -4 | F |
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