Kokrak takes lead at Riviera; Spieth misses the cut

Following the interview where he was his normal class act the World No. 1 met instructor Cameron McCormick for a range session.

“We’ll be fine.” Last season, Spieth followed his first two missed cuts on the USA circuit with a tie for seventh and a runner-up spot.

“Did he shoot 8 over?” “I was surprised by some of the putts, I mean the greens are not greens where you’re expecting to make 20-footers”. Look at your missed cuts past year and what happened right after, and he’s right. And is it normal for him to go shoot 8-over par?

“That’s the advantage is that I’m friends with a lot of the guys, friends with Steve Ballmer – I don’t know if you know him, he’s the owner of the Clippers”, Watson said.

“All of the things that you need to do around this golf course, I did pretty well today”. “Everybody has bad days in this sport, man”.

But from the very start at Riviera on Thursday -not making birdie on the easy first hole -Spieth’s play in every facet was uncharacteristically muddled. Kevin Chappell (UCLA) shot a 2-under 69 Friday after a first-round 68 and is in good position to contend for the tournament over the weekend… I’ll take my time on this one, ‘ ” McIlroy said with a grin.

“I don’t think I think about the six, ” she said.

Overnight rain had left the course playing much softer than usual and Spieth admitted he struggled to adapt to the unfamiliar conditions. “This place was so firm on Tuesday”.

Leonard, who is sporting a beard, recently moved to Colorado and made a decision to trim his schedule to 10-12 starts a year.

The Northern Irishman, who dropped down to No3 behind Jason Day in the PGA rankings last week, carded a two-under-par 69 at the Riviera Country Club to stand at six under par after two rounds.

“Even though the rough isn’t that long, being in that kikuyu (grass) takes so much control out of your hands”.

“A bogey from the middle of the fairway at 13 and then to three-putt 15… two unforced errors there”. He has made only three bogeys in 54 holes. “Did a lot of talking with Michael throughout the end of the round today”.

“It’s just a day to forget”, a composed Spieth said. I’ve shot 80 before.

“I’ve shot in the 80s a couple times on Tour”, Spieth told reporters after carding his worst opening round on the PGA Tour. Just unfortunate when it actually does. “None of them seemed to go in but at least that’s what I was doing”. “I’m sure it didn’t”. “During those downs, the mind can get a little shaky”. Typically, it would do as you’re setting it down.

At one point during Friday’s morning wave, there was a 10-way tie at the top.

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) – American Danielle Kang shot a 5-under 67 for a share of the third-round lead in the Women’s Australian Open with South Korea’s Jenny Shin and Japan’s Haru Nomura.

It’s still wide open, even with the experience at the top of Watson and Riviera, and the experience of winning anywhere by McIlroy, who’s at No. 3 in the world.

“When you’re not used to interviewing all the time and being in front of the cameras all the time, it’s a different world”, Diana said.

That wasn’t the biggest surprise. This was his first PGA Tour event, and he made seven birdies in his round of 67. “Not everyone is just going to fade away”. After that I spent the whole week watching him and it was obvious he was on another level from the rest of the players.