It was a very Jordan Spieth-esque par.
In the final round of the WM Phoenix Open, Spieth stepped to TPC Scottsdale’s 470-yard, par-4 11th, four strokes back of Thomas Detry’s lead.
Trying to keep himself in contention, Spieth sliced his tee shot into the trees and his ball nestled in desert sand next to a bush. Therefore, the three-time major champion had to hit his second shot left-handed with a putter, giving the fans in the gallery what they wanted.
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His kick-out went 34 yards, leaving him 128 yards to the hole. He knocked his shot to 12 feet and buried his par attempt.
After his round, Spieth detailed his heroics.
“I couldn’t get to it right-handed,” he said. “It was going to be too hard. My hands were going to have to stop well short of the ball, and it wasn’t until like the last second because I thought about left-handed, but I thought about left-handed with like an iron up to the side. It wasn’t until the last second I was like, I’ve got a flat spot on the back of my putter I can at least nudge it up here, it’s better than an unplayable, and dodged the bush. I somehow made par.
“That was a steal. One of the better pars I’ve ever made to be honest because just getting it up-and-down from that third shot, it’s a one in 20, let alone kind of getting it to there.”
The scorecard may just show a par, but it was anything but ordinary.
Spieth, however, placed T4, eight strokes back of champion Thomas Detry. It was Spieth's best finish in over a year.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Jordan Spieth Hits Lefty Shot With Putter for Unreal Par Save.
