Jordan Spieth had a field day during his second round at the CJ Cup.
It was like watching prime Jordan Spieth all over again, as he rolled back the clock 10 years to shoot a 62 around TPC Craig Ranch. Spieth was holing long putts as he did when he was at his very best to put his name in the mix.
But he wasn’t the only one. Si Woo Kim shot a 60 to go five shots clear, Sungjae Im shot a 61 in Spieth’s group, and Scottie Scheffler shot a 63. TPC Craig Ranch was eaten alive by these PGA Tour pros.
And that’s why any out-of-form player, like Tommy Fleetwood, made a big mistake by not doing what Spieth did this week.
Out-of-form players should have played at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson
We’ve been waiting for Spieth’s putter to catch fire for weeks, and it finally did at the CJ Cup. He was putting aggressively and playing with confidence on the greens, which is a great sign for the rest of his season.
Speaking after his round, the three-time major winner revealed what he’s been telling his caddie, Michael Greller, about his putting of late, “I’ve been telling Michael for a while. I just feel like one lips in instead of lips out, and I feel like the lid comes off.
“I lipped out a few yesterday. I had one on No. 10 go across the lip today, but then the one on No. 1 could have been short and fell in. It was like, oh, wow, there is a hole there.”
Seeing the ball go in the hole was a powerful thing for Spieth, as it can be for any player. Hearing the sound of the ball in the cup can turn the form of any player around, and that’s why this was a massive missed opportunity for many players on the PGA Tour.
For players like Fleetwood, who has not been able to capture his form from 2025 so far this season, this golf course is exactly what they needed. An easier test where you’d expect them to shoot low, and build some confidence ahead of the US Open.
We could see a totally different Spieth moving forward after his 62, and others may be left rueing this missed opportunity.
Jordan Spieth says how confident he’s feeling at the CJ Cup
After shooting a low score, Spieth is brimming with confidence. He has claimed this year that this is the best he’s felt since winning the 2017 Open Championship, and he put together a round that finally reflected this feeling.
Spieth spoke about this after his round, “It’s physically and my mechanics. I got pretty off for a long time. I’ve been trying to build it back, and then I’d compensate and do what worked.
“This last off-season I said no more compensating because, to be consistent, I’ve got to get it back to a certain place, and it’s been work from then to try to get there. It’s all in mechanics and health.”
And he said for the first time in a while, he was confident of adding birdies to his scorecard when he had a wedge in his hand, adding, “It’s just nice to — it’s nice to capitalize, right?
“Play the hole, and you’ve got a wedge in your hand, you’ve got a shot that you see, and you’re kind of thinking, I should make birdie here. It’s just nice to do it, right? Just a lot of it just comes down to knocking in putts. It felt good.”
There’s nothing more electric than Spieth making a charge, so hopefully we’ll see more of the same over the weekend.
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