Jordan Spieth has struggled of late, but the Valspar Championship presented a great bounce-back opportunity due to his status as defending champion.
Unfortunately, the world No. 1 couldn't get on track during Thursday's opening round at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida. Spieth posted a five-over 76 to start, putting him in danger of missing a second cut in three starts.
Beginning his day on the back nine, the 22-year-old stumbled out of the gates and couldn't scramble enough to salvage what was a woeful ball-striking round. Check out his scorecard below, per PGATour.com:
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 |
| Score | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 39 |
| Overall | +1 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 |
| Score | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 37 |
| Overall | +4 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +5 |
The only truly positive highlight of the round came at the par-four 12th, where Spieth carded his lone birdie:
After opening bogey-bogey @ValsparChamp, Jordan Spieth gets one back.