Sizzling Spieth back on track in bid for third major

But is awesome Aussie Jason Day ready to earn his membership against the sport’s most vibrant young superstar, Jordan Spieth? Should Spieth prevail and claim a third major championship of his career, McIlroy will be replaced at the top of the PGA rankings if he unable to finish outright second. A firmer course with pins with tougher hole locations combined with windier conditions would make Whistling Straits play much more hard than it did on Saturday. It was the first time he missed the cut in three majors in the same year.

Round 3 at the 2015 PGA Championship was one of the best single rounds at a major this year, perhaps the second best behind Sunday at the US Open. “I haven’t won before, so that’s something that is possibly a new experience for me tomorrow”. The volunteers were slow to post Day’s double bogey on the large leaderboard on the 18th green, which Spieth couldn’t help but notice as he lined up his 7-foot putt. The irony being that Dustin Johnson was penalized two strokes at the 2010 PGA when he grounded his club in a bunker adjacent to the 18th hole that is now covered by a corporate tent.

Encouraging for Day was the show of spine that might serve him well when the heat gets dialled up on Sunday.

His wedge approach ended up in a collar of rough in a bad lie left of the green from where he chipped and two-putted for a bogey five.

“To me, I’m looking at it as it’s going to be a really fun day”.

“I’ll go into tomorrow strictly for the history piece of trying to get my name on a different major”.

The 27-year-old Australian played a six-hole stretch around the turn in 6 under, which included a 15-foot eagle at No. 11. To have the control that I need to have going forward, it’s starting to come back. Unfortunately for the players ahead of him, there is no more unsafe version of Spieth than an angry Spieth.

“My confidence level is high and I’m enjoying more being out on the golf course rather than in previous positions I’ve been in in major championships”, Day said.

“When that putt missed and I was walking off to 11, I said, “All right, it’s now or never” at that point”, Spieth said. It’s good to be in the lead. I need to make this to have a chance within four of the lead.

And not look too closely at the man chasing him.

Twice this year, Jordan Spieth has posed with the trophy.

No one complained about the storm that tore through the property Friday afternoon, forcing 57 players into a 7 a.m. Saturday restart.

But the Masters and US Open champion revived his bid for a third major of the year in spectacular style, reeling off three straight birdies from the 11th before repeating the feat over the final three holes in a scintillating back-nine 30.

But when Spieth birdied each of the three diabolical closing holes at the visually intimidating Whistling Straits layout, he put himself in position to win his third major of the season and apply some heat to Day.

Spieth was five shots behind with two holes to play when he capped off a stunning charge along the back nine at Whistling Straits. The stuff in between was a little patchy at times. And then we’re off to the races.

He join Tiger Woods and Ben Hogan as the only players to win three majors in one season.

If Woods does appear, it would be to his credit, thereby emphasising a desire to test his game where it must be tested, in a competitive format.

Lee was forced to complete his second round on Saturday at Whistling Straits after day two was suspended by inclement weather. His round started promising enough, with a birdie at the first, but after nine consecutive pars, Day and the other sharp shooters were getting away.

“I saw Jason was at 16-under (before he made a double bogey) and I said ‘You’ve got to be kidding me, ‘” Spieth said.