Jordan Spieth came back to life at The Masters in round three as he carded a fine round of 69 to put himself under par and into the top 25 for the weekend.
Spieth has been struggling with his game for some time now and without a win since 2022, he’s approaching three years this week since his last victory on the PGA Tour.
At one under par, Spieth isn’t likely to trouble the leaders but with some big scores out there, the three-time major winner will know anything can happen if he gets it right on day four.
Still, while Spieth might not be firmly in contention to win, there was a hugely positive sign as he managed something at Augusta National he’s not done in nearly a decade.
Jordan Spieth does something not seen since 2016 in round three at The Masters
With Spieth playing well and scrambling a par on 18 to complete his round, it meant he’d gone through the whole entire 18 holes without making a single bogey for his round.
And when he had that put to him by a journalist in the media zone afterwards, Spieth admitted the surprise and also, what his goal was for the weekend.
“At Augusta? That’s great. That’s the goal every time I tee it up on No. 1. I made a few eight-footers for par. You’re just going to have that at some point here. Even in a really flawless round,” Spieth admitted.”
“Like on 4 I landed it just over the bunker and it shot just over the green, and if it stays on, it’s an easy two-putt, but just over, you’re like, I can’t chip it within eight feet, and that kind of stuff will happen here on just the severity.
“If you end up — now I’m right of the pin. If you’re left of the pin, you’re all good. If you’re just a little off on the direction, then you’ve got to make that six, seven, eight-footer for par, and I’ve been putting those really well as of late, so I felt very comfortable if you had to give myself six feet for par.
“I was like, okay, that frees me up a little on shot selection on chips and maybe using putter from off the green, that kind of stuff. So no, I did not know that, and that’s great.”
| Jordan Spieth’s third round of the 2025 Masters | |
| Pars | 15 |
| Birdies | 3 |
| Bogey or worse | 0 |
| Total score | 69 |
Detailing his round a bit further, Spieth then referenced the great showing by Zach Johnson and admitted that in an ideal world, he’d looked at being 10 under for the weekend.
“I kind of thought if I was perfect on the weekend, which is a lot to ask, that I’d maybe try to shoot 10-under on the weekend, and 7 would be a lot to ask for tomorrow. If I went bogey-free today, I thought maybe I’d get four or five birdies. Look at what Zach is doing; it can be done.”
Jordan Spieth’s best round when he won The Masters in 2015
When Jordan Spieth won The Masters back in 2015, he was very much the new kid on the block and produced some of the best golf we’ve ever seen at Augusta National.
That week, Spieth never went over par once and had rounds of 64, 66, 70 and 70.
Remarkably though, despite those low scores, it was only in the second round where Spieth went bogey free like he managed today.
That week, his excellent opening round of 64 saw him make a late bogey to deny him an even better score.
It mattered little, of course, as he saw off Phil Mickelson by four shots to win the tournament.
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