Jordan Spieth trails by 3 in weather-plagued Singapore Open
For the second week in a row, the weather have wreaked havoc with Jordan Spieth’s tournament schedule.
Despite tropical storms that have oft-delayed play at this week’s Singapore Open, however, Spieth is back in contention to earn his second win of 2016.
On Saturday, Spieth, who is reported to have received nearly $1.2 million to play this week, went out and finished off a 2-under 70 in the second round of the event. Then, in the third round, Spieth managed to play 1-under golf for 16 holes before play was halted at darkness. At 6-under total, Spieth trails Younghan Song of South Korea by three shots. Song has played 13 holes of his third round.
Liang Wen-chong of China is a shot behind Song at 8 under par and is the clubhouse leader with 54 holes in the books.
Spieth downplayed the long day — perhaps because he had to deal with it last week in the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, where fog in the desert delayed play several days.
“This has happened before, it is not unusual,” Spieth said. “You have delays where you have to come out and be prepared to play a lot of golf the next day and you hope that that day you are on rhythm.”
While Spieth is in contention, he wasn’t all that sharp. He missed a number of short putts and had trouble finding the fairway. Despite lacking his best stuff, Spieth is still in position to win.
This week in Singapore is the last in a worldwide whirlwind for Spieth, who has played in China, Australia, the Bahamas, United States and Abu Dhabi since the end of November — a stretch that has left the 22-year-old admittedly tired. However, a win on Sunday might well make the jetlag all worth it.
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