That's why Spieth had both them and another jacket on his mind last night.
Garcia, who has made a tournament-low five bogeys in 54 holes, shot 70 to maintain a share of the lead he held after 36 holes with three other players. In fact, there was a better chance he'd be back in Dallas watching the competition from his sofa than being in the middle of it today. On Sunday, he has the chance to alter the narrative of his career forever.
Olympic champion Justin Rose and Spain's Sergio Garcia surged to the front on an absorbing afternoon at Augusta to take a one-shot lead over Rickie Fowler into the final round of the Masters Sunday. Nowhere was that more apparent than the par-5 13th hole Saturday, when Spieth, considering his second shot out of the pine straw, looked to his caddy, Michael Greller, and asked, "What would Arnie do?" If Charley was going to go off the second round and continue on, there wasn't going to be much that anybody could do.
Spieth continued his comeback from a first round in which he quadruple-bogeyed the 15th hole. "We weren't going to win any awards in the last two holes with me being in the woods, but the support he (Couples) gets is unbelievable". We all know what happened a year ago as he fell apart late and effectively coughed up his second straight green jacket. Friday's round was huge.
"It's probably the best I've ever felt in a major, no question about it", Fowler, 28, told Sky Sports. I needed to get into the red.
What Spieth did was what the Patriots did in the second half against the Falcons.
However, after making a birdie on the par-five second, the Northern Irishman three-pu tted the fourth from 95 feet and had to scramble to save par on the next two holes.
"You've got some studs up there", said Spieth, looking at the leaderboard. I am getting more comfortable here.
"That's what's so hard. That's the challenge I'm looking forward to".
Yoenis Cespedes hits three home runs in five innings
He allowed two earned runs in his first start of the 2017 season and two more Tuesday before being removed after 5.2 innings. In Cespedes and Bruce, the team has two of them-a duo that will be very hard to handle for opposing pitchers all year long.
Jordan Spieth, the 2015 Masters champion whose back-nine Sunday meltdown past year cost him a repeat crown, fired a 68 to share fourth on 212 with fellow Americans Ryan Moore and Charley Hoffman, a co-leader until finding the water at the par-3 16th and making double bogey. He never regained the advantage, but he did battle back and gave himself a chance.
That year, Nicklaus' caddie - his son - wore the number 89.
"I had aspirations for a long, long time", he said.
It started so well for Phil Mickelson Saturday - he opened birdie-birdie - then it began to unravel when Mickelson chunked a pair of shots before reaching the green on the short par-4 third hole, leading to a double bogey.
"A new experience for me, coming from behind on Sunday at the Masters, which is kind of fun to say", he said.
"I plan to play aggressive because at this point, it's win or go home", Spieth said. It might free me up a bit being behind. I guess when you play with someone you get along, it might help. "But overall, I played well". "And I know if you fall behind to stay patient and recognize that after 10 and 11, if you hit the right shots, you have a pretty good birdie opportunity on the Sunday pins on just about every single hole".
It is the first time the Spanish golfer has led the field since the 2007 Open Championship, where he was defeated by Irish golfer Pradaig Harrington in a playoff.
"It was just about committing to what you can see and what you actually know is there". What he also knows is the pitfalls that come with it and where he wants to land. "To be able to have your fourth opportunity now".
"I think it's going to be tough for someone to really run and distance themselves too much, with the possibilities of what you can do on the back nine", he said. So this is awesome.
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