No Bogeys And Four Doubles... Jordan Spieth's Odd RBC Heritage Week Continues With Surpassing Of 20-Year Record

It has been another strange week for Spieth, whose stats during the first two rounds do not match up with his performance at the RBC Heritage

Jordan Spieth endured a tough weekend at the RBC Heritage
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It's never straightforward for Jordan Spieth, with the three-time Major winner enduring another bizarre week, even by his standards, at the RBC Heritage.

Sitting one-under through 36 holes at Harbour Town, Spieth is well back of the leaders, with Matt Fitzpatrick out in front at 14-under.

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Jordan Spieth hits from the bunker at the ninth green during the second round of RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links

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On Thursday, the American found his golf ball resting right up against the boundary barrier, but that was nothing compared to the remainder of his first and second rounds.

First revealed by reporter, Justin Ray, it turned out that Spieth had achieved an incredibly rare feat this week at the RBC Heritage.

After the first 36 holes, Spieth had managed to clock up a score of one-under despite having a whopping four double bogeys on his scorecard.

The fact he had zero bogeys alongside that speaks volumes for just how weird the performance was over those first two days.

Thankfully, Spieth had nine impressive birdies to help him out of the sticky situation those doubles put him in. To have a scorecard under-par despite all that is so rare, though, that it hasn't occurred on the PGA Tour since way back in 2006.

Just a couple of months ago, Spieth claimed he was "in a great spot" with his golf. Indeed, he does appear to be getting back to his best, but there is no getting away from the chaotic nature of his play at the moment.

Just to compound the frustrating tournament Spieth has endured so far, it's worth noting that he was ranked fourth for Strokes Gained: Putting prior to the start of round three at the RBC Heritage.

The only players ahead of him at that time were Fitzpatrick, Viktor Hovland and Harris English, who hold the top three spots on the overall leaderboard, too.

Spieth was actually the top player for SG: Putting in round two at 3.447. However, that success on the green is not translating to a real charge at the title this week.

Jakob Barnes
Freelance Writer

Jakob has over 11 years of experience in journalism across sports, entertainment, tech, and politics. Now a freelance writer for Golf Monthly, he covers the top stories from the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and more.

He is relatively new to the game of golf, having first picked up a club in January 2023, but like many, he's now obsessed with this frustrating yet wonderful sport. Jakob broke 100 for the first time in late 2025 and is now ramping up his practice and is getting out to as many courses as possible in order to improve and become more consistent.

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