KAPALUA, Hawaii — As for the question he’s been hearing for more than a month now — “How are you going to follow up on last year?” — Jordan Spieth has tried with words.
Numbers might work more effectively.
Like 66 and 64, which is what he has shot the first two rounds of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. And like 16-under 130, his score for 36 holes. Oh, and four (his lead at the halfway point), 14 (birdies he has made), one (total of eagles), and zero (bogeys).
Friday’s 9-under 64 was a clinic, perhaps not so much in vintage ball-striking, but in executing a plan.