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Jordan Spieth had two eagle hole-outs, one double, two birdies and two bogeys Thursday at The Players — over his first nine holes on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.
His second nine was far more mundane and he finished with a 2-under 70 to sit four off the early lead.
Spieth began his opening round hitting his approach shot on the par-4 10th to 14 inches. Following a tap-in birdie, he holed his greenside bunker shot for eagle at the par-5 11th.
Spieth then snap-hooked his tee shot into the water at the par-4 14th on his way to double. He followed that with a bogey at No. 15, before rebounding with another hole-out eagle at the par-5 16th.
After safely hitting the green at the par-3 17th, Spieth promptly three-putted from 54 feet for bogey. And in true Spieth fashion, responded by hitting his approach shot to 4 feet at the par-4 18th.
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Spieth said he was feeling healthy but he had some issues off the tee in an erratic opening round at TPC Sawgrass.
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The ensuing birdie capped a 2-under 34.
Spieth picked up another shot with a birdie at the par-5 second, but then made six pars and one bogey over his closing stretch.
Spieth tied for fourth in his 2014 Players debut but has six missed cuts over his last nine starts.
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