“I always expect to play well, but this golf course is playing tough”. – Jason Day on relaxing and staying focused.
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Spieth entered the 15th hole 2-over-par and 8 strokes off the lead but finished his round with a flurry of four consecutive birdies.
But the “new” Spieth didn’t dwell on his errors. He also holed-out from a bunker on the par-3 15th to save par.
Dustin Johnson chips on the ninth hole during the first round of the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament at Firestone Country Club, Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Akron, Ohio.
The British contingent got off to a largely sold start, with Justin Rose shooting 69 for a 1-under total, while compatriots Paul Casey and Andrew “Beef” Johnston – making his first start at the tournament – are one shot further back after signing for even par 70s. “Yeah, it’s up there”, Spieth, 22, said after hitting six fairways, seven greens and saving himself with 21 putts.
“I really want to get myself into contention Sunday and hopefully either have the lead Sunday or be around the lead”, Day said.
Golf is as much mental as it is physical, if not more so because there is so much time in between shots.
1 player in the world, was among those at 67.
Runas, whose best career finish is a tie for 25th, and Uribe are looking for their first LPGA victories.
“I’ve been getting overly frustrated”.
“We (he and his caddie, Michael Greller) have really tried to approach this tournament as the turnaround for the second half of the season, and I think it was a really good start”. “I don’t know, maybe it’s something with Ohio I like”. Not specifically this, but everyone goes through a little phase … a down phase in ball-striking where you’re just trying to find something that frees you up to swing through the ball. Thursday could have been a grind for both of them, but Spieth made sure that wasn’t the case.
He pledged before the round to do better of sucking it up when the breaks didn’t go his way.
“I fell in love with the place because length is not everything out here”, McGirt said.
“I walk across to the golf course, and we’re going fishing tonight, we went fishing last night, and I’ll try and catch some bass out in the lake over here, which is nice”. The first 18 holes this year made it appear as though that trend will continue, but there is still a lot of golf to play over the next three days.
Woodland, who won at Reno in 2013, was tied for the lead when he missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th and then hit his second shot with a 6-iron into the water on the par-5 18th, leading to a bogey that cost him a point.
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That’s the power of positive thinking. “I mean, this was actually not that frustrating, surprisingly”.
