Jordan Spieth off to the start he needs with a 65 to share the lead in PGA Tour playoff opener
Jordan Spieth’s 65 put him in a four-way tie for the lead as he tries to reach the top 50 and extend his postseason.
- On Thursday, Jordan Spieth shot a bogey-free 5-under 65 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, opening with eight pars before running off four birdies in five holes, including a 40-footer, to share the lead in the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
- Spieth, a three-time major winner who underwent wrist surgery at the end of 2024, enters the playoffs on the bubble for the second consecutive year, winless in more than four years and outside the top 50 in FedEx Cup standings.
- Rocket Classic champion Michael Thorbjornsen, Jake Knapp, Michael Kim, and Kurt Kitayama also posted 65s Thursday, while defending FedEx Cup champion Tommy Fleetwood, Hideki Matsuyama, Gary Woodland, and Adam Scott were at 66 in the sweltering heat at TPC Southwind.
- Spieth and Michael Kim are outside the top 50 in FedEx Cup standings required to advance to the BMW Championship next week, a threshold that secures all $20 million signature events for next season.
- Despite being the only top-70 qualifier without a top-10 finish this year, Spieth said he feels like a "better golfer" than he has been in a long time, noting the pressure has eased knowing next year will be "an awesome year.
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Jordan Spieth off to the start he needs with a 65 to share the lead in PGA Tour playoff opener
Jordan Spieth finally got a low score at just the right time. Spieth was bogey-free for a 65 that makes him part of a five-way tie for the lead in the FedEx St.
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Jordan Spieth, on top-50 bubble, part of 5-way tie for St. Jude lead
Jordan Spieth posted a bogey-free, 5-under-par 65 Thursday to share the first-round lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first leg of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs in Memphis. Five players finished the day at 65, with Spieth joined by Michael Thorbjornsen, Kurt Kitayama, Michael Kim and Jake Knapp. Seven more are just
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Spieth among five sharing Memphis lead as PGA playoffs open
Fellow Americans Jake Knapp, Kurt Kitayama, Michael Thorbjornsen and Michael Kim were also at 65 after 18 holes in the FedEx Cup playoff opener at sweltering TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. It marked the most players to share the lead in any playoff event after the first round. Hot at their heels on 66 was a pack including major winners Adam Scott, Gary Woodland and Hideki Matsuyama plus defending playoff champion Tommy Fleetwood. "Heat is …
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Three-time major winner Jordan Spieth, trying to end a four-year victory drought, fired a seven-under par 65 to share the lead after Thursday’s first round of the PGA Tour St. Jude Championship.
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