Saturday, August 29, 2015

Russell Knox slips to T15 with a 71 for 137


Spieth misses Barclays cut, No. 1 ranking; 

Watson takes one-shot lead

 CBSSports.com wire reports
EDISON, New Jerseu. -- Jordan Spieth lost out on a chance to play the weekend at The Barclays. He also lost his No. 1 ranking.

Bubba Watson, pictured below, momentarily distracted by a rare warning for taking too long to play a shot, recovered with a birdie on the 18th hole at Plainfield Country Club for a 2-under 68 and a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the opening FedEx Cup play=off event.

On an otherwise sleepy afternoon at a course where no one could get some separation, two peculiar moments stood out -- a bad time for Watson, bad golf from Spieth.
Trying to rally to make the cut, Spieth hit into a hazard on the 12th hole, and a bogey later became a double bogey when he was penalised one shot for stepping on his ball during the search. 
He had a 73, the first time since the Tour Championship last year that he had consecutive rounds over par.
He missed the cut by five shots. That means Rory McIlroy, who isn't playing this week, returns to No. 1.
''I've reached that peak already and I know it's going to be close enough to where if I just get the job done next week, I'll be back in that ranking,'' Spieth said. ''But again, that ranking, it's great once you reach it but it's not something that I'm going to live or die on each week.''
McIlroy becomes the 14th player since the world ranking began in 1986 to get to No. 1 without playing that week.
Watson is in good shape through 36 holes to claim his own No. 1 ranking -- a victory would move him to the top of the FedEx Cup. Much like the world ranking right now, that figures to change by the week.
Ultimately, what matters to Watson, Spieth and others is winning the Tour Championship to capture the $10 million bonus.
Halfway through this event, no telling what else will happen over the next two days.
PGA Tour rookie Justin Thomas had a few late bogeys for a 69 and shrugged when asked if he was happy with his score. He was seven shots back.
''This is a course where if you make the cut, you have a chance to win,'' Thomas said.
Watson was at 7-under 133.
Open champion Zach Johnson made five birdies to go with four par-saving putts from outside 8 feet for a 65. He was one shot out of the lead, along with Henrik Stenson (66), Tony Finau (69) and Jason Dufner (68).
Watson typically struggles on courses with blind shots, and Plainfield has plenty of them. But he's picking out targets, smashing his driver close to the green on the shorter holes and getting by just fine.
The bad time came on No. 16 with a difficult pin position, made even tougher by the fact Watson watched Spieth's shot roll back some 100 feet off the green.
 Watson took longer than 40 seconds -- 1 minutes, 2 seconds to be exact -- and was given the bad time. One more bad time would have led to a one-shot penalty. Watson said he rushed his next shot from the fairway and came up 30 yards short of the green, leading to bogey.
Asked about his round, the first thing he brought up was the bad time, which he thought was ''hilarious.'' He spoke to the rules official after the round.
''I told them, 'I'm not mad at anybody about the bad time.' I went over the time, which is the right ruling,'' he said. ''It's just on a hole like that, one of the toughest holes we've ever played besides 2011 when we played the same pin placement, it's very difficult.
''But yeah, I'm very happy about my round,'' he said. ''I'm excited where I'm at. I made the cut and I'm in the last group. Hopefully, I'm here talking to y'all tomorrow about something else crazy that happened.''
Spieth made 10 bogeys and two double bogeys over 36 holes. He had one stretch on the front nine of four bogeys in five holes. The exception was a birdie. But after starting the back nine with back-to-back birdies to get within two shots of the cut line, his long approach on the par-5 12th found a hazard of thick grass.
Spieth said he told his caddie he was going to play the shot if he could see the ball, and take a penalty drop if he could not see it. Instead, he stepped on it. He thought because he announced that he might take a penalty that stepping on the ball didn't matter. Spieth, instead of getting into a long explanation with a rules official on the next hole, waited until after the round and accepted the additional one-shot penalty.
Ultimately, it didn't matter. He still missed the cut for the third time this year. He has a week before he tees it up next week in the TPC Boston, which has a Labor Day finish. And he sounded frustrated when he said, ''I'm definitely searching for answers.''
Some players have a month to search by missing the cut, making it impossible to move into the top 100 in the FedEx Cup and advance to the top 100. That group included Tim Clark and Graham DeLaet. Adam Scott also missed the cut and is likely to fall out of the top 100.
Inverness-born Russell Knox slipped to joint 15th with a 71 for 137. Martin Laird missed the cut by one stroke with scores of 72-71 for 143
SECOND ROUND SCOREBOARD
 

1 --


65 68 -- -- 133



T2


68 66 -- -- 134




T2


         65 69 -- -- 134



T2




  69 65 -- -- 134




T2


       66 68 -- -- 134



T6 52 -5 F -6 71 64 -- -- 135 23 33 10
T6 5 -5 F E 65 70 -- -- 135 60 123 63
T8 10 -4 F -2 68 68 -- -- 136 47 67 20
T8 24 -4 F* -3 69 67 -- -- 136 37 56 19
T8 10 -4 F* -2 68 68 -- -- 136 6 6 --
T8 24 -4 F* -3 69 67 -- -- 136 27 34 7
T8 10 -4 F -2 68 68 -- -- 136 3 2 1
T8 10 -4 F -2 68 68 -- -- 136 63 100 37
T8 7 -4 F* 1 65 71 -- -- 136 70 115 45
T15 10 -3 F* 1 66 71 -- -- 137 46 57 11
T15




66 71 -- -- 137



T15 3 -3 F* -1 68 69 -- -- 137 14 18 4
T15 10 -3 F 1 66 71 -- -- 137 67 92 25
T15 17 -3 F* -2 69 68 -- -- 137 76 106 30
T15 4 -3 F* E 67 70 -- -- 137 54 66 12
T15 3 -3 F -1 68 69 -- -- 137 44 54 10
T15 3 -3 F -1 68 69 -- -- 137 8 8 --
T15 10 -3 F 1 66 71 -- -- 137 9 10 1
T24 22 -2 F -2 70 68 -- -- 138 68 82 14
T24 34 -2 F -3 71 67 -- -- 138 33 37 4
T24 13 -2 F* 1 67 71 -- -- 138 15 17 2
T24 8 -2 F -1 69 69 -- -- 138 30 30 --
T24 8 -2 F* -1 69 69 -- -- 138 17 20 3
T24 34 -2 F* -3 71 67 -- -- 138 22 22 --
T24 8 -2 F* -1 69 69 -- -- 138 69 89 20
T24 13 -2 F 1 67 71 -- -- 138 80 101 21
T32 26 -1 F -2 71 68 -- -- 139 62 69 7
T32 14 -1 F* -1 70 69 -- -- 139 64 70 6
T32 21 -1 F* 2 67 72 -- -- 139 50 55 5
T32 26 -1 F -2 71 68 -- -- 139 38 40 2
T32 -- -1 F E 69 70 -- -- 139 25 24 1
T32 14 -1 F -1 70 69 -- -- 139 45 49 4
T32 14 -1 F 1 68 71 -- -- 139 49 51 2
T32 -- -1 F* E 69 70 -- -- 139 75 88 13
T40 37 E F -2 72 68 -- -- 140 82 91 9
T40 6 E F E 70 70 -- -- 140 103 118 15
T40 6 E F E 70 70 -- -- 140 53 53 --
T40 8 E F 1 69 71 -- -- 140 13 14 1
T40 18 E F* -1 71 69 -- -- 140 36 36 --
T40 6 E F E 70 70 -- -- 140 7 7 --
T40 18 E F -1 71 69 -- -- 140 85 98 13
T40 29 E F 3 67 73 -- -- 140 87 102 15
T40 37 E F* -2 72 68 -- -- 140 101 114 13
T40 29 E F* 3 67 73 -- -- 140 102 116 14
T50 8 1 F E 71 70 -- -- 141 73 68 5
T50 8 1 F* E 71 70 -- -- 141 78 72 6
T50 8 1 F E 71 70 -- -- 141 26 23 3
T50 27 1 F* -1 72 69 -- -- 141 5 4 1
T50 8 1 F E 71 70 -- -- 141 112 117 5
T50 36 1 F -2 73 68 -- -- 141 114 119 5
T50 4 1 F 1 70 71 -- -- 141 83 78 5
T50 4 1 F* 1 70 71 -- -- 141 65 61 4
T50 4 1 F 1 70 71 -- -- 141 19 16 3
T50 18 1 F* 2 69 72 -- -- 141 41 35 6
T50 8 1 F* E 71 70 -- -- 141 31 26 5
T50 32 1 F* 3 68 73 -- -- 141 105 110 5
T50 36 1 F* -2 73 68 -- -- 141 109 112 3
T50 18 1 F 2 69 72 -- -- 141 120 125 5
T64 6 2 F 1 71 71 -- -- 142 66 58 8
T64 31 2 F -2 74 68 -- -- 142 51 42 9
T64 6 2 F* 1 71 71 -- -- 142 52 43 9
T64 22 2 F -1 73 69 -- -- 142 48 38 10
T64 59 2 F* 6 66 76 -- -- 142 24 19 5
T64 49 2 F* -5 77 65 -- -- 142


T64 18 2 F* 2 70 72 -- -- 142



T64 22 2 F* -1 73 69 -- -- 142



T64 46 2 F 4 68 74 -- -- 142


MISSED THE CUT

 CUT -- -- -- 72 71 -- -- 143



CUT -- 3 -- -- 69 74 -- -- 143 43 32 11
CUT -- 3 -- -- 71 72 -- -- 143 20 13 7
CUT -- 3 -- -- 70 73 -- -- 143 104 93 11
CUT -- 3 -- -- 67 76 -- -- 143 89 75 14
CUT -- 3 -- -- 68 75 -- -- 143 21 15 6
CUT -- 4 -- -- 68 76 -- -- 144 97 84 13
CUT -- 4 -- -- 71 73 -- -- 144 106 94 12
CUT -- 4 -- -- 72 72 -- -- 144 108 96 12
CUT -- 4 -- -- 73 71 -- -- 144 116 107 9
CUT -- 4 -- -- 74 70 -- -- 144 98 86 12
CUT -- 4 -- -- 71 73 -- -- 144 86 73 13
CUT -- 4 -- -- 68 76 -- -- 144 77 63 14
CUT -- 4 -- -- 71 73 -- -- 144 58 48 10
CUT -- 4 -- -- 76 68 -- -- 144 40 29 11
CUT -- 5 -- -- 72 73 -- -- 145 18 12 6
CUT -- 5 -- -- 73 72 -- -- 145 107 95 12
CUT -- 5 -- -- 72 73 -- -- 145 118 109 9
CUT -- 5 -- -- 74 71 -- -- 145 61 52 9
CUT -- 5 -- -- 75 70 -- -- 145 57 47 10
CUT -- 5 -- -- 69 76 -- -- 145 100 90 10
CUT -- 7 -- -- 72 75 -- -- 147 96 83 13
CUT -- 7 -- -- 70 77 -- -- 147 94 80 14
CUT -- 7 -- -- 76 71 -- -- 147 84 71 13
CUT -- 7 -- -- 74 73 -- -- 147 115 105 10
CUT -- 7 -- -- 72 75 -- -- 147 124 121 3
CUT -- 7 -- -- 71 76 -- -- 147 74 62 12
CUT -- 7 -- -- 73 74 -- -- 147 56 46 10
CUT -- 7 -- -- 74 73 -- -- 147 2 1 1
CUT -- 7 -- -- 74 73 -- -- 147 121 113 8
CUT -- 8 -- -- 75 73 -- -- 148 93 79 14
CUT -- 8 -- -- 73 75 -- -- 148 72 60 12
CUT -- 8 -- -- 76 72 -- -- 148 113 104 9
CUT -- 8 -- -- 73 75 -- -- 148 99 87 12
CUT -- 8 -- -- 74 74 -- -- 148 59 50 9
CUT -- 9 -- -- 75 74 -- -- 149 117 108 9
CUT -- 9 -- -- 75 74 -- -- 149 90 76 14
CUT -- 9 -- -- 78 71 -- -- 149 91 77 14
CUT -- 9 -- -- 78 71 -- -- 149 110 97 13
CUT -- 10 -- -- 75 75 -- -- 150 32 25 7
CUT -- 10 -- -- 76 74 -- -- 150 81 65 16
CUT -- 10 -- -- 78 72 -- -- 150 28 21 7
CUT -- 11 -- -- 77 74 -- -- 151 122 120 2
CUT -- 12 -- -- 78 74 -- -- 152 71 59 12
CUT -- 13 -- -- 76 77 -- -- 153 55 45 10
CUT -- 13 -- -- 78 75 -- -- 153 88 74 14
CUT -- 15 -- -- 76 79 -- -- 155 79 64 15
WD -- -- -- -- 36 -- -- -- 36 125 122 3

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