NORTON, Mass. — Jordan Spieth has missed three cuts on the PGA Tour this year, and The Barclays rated the most irritating for one reason.
"Because it happened about an hour ago," he said.
It was Spieth's first tournament as No. 1 in the world, and now he's No. 2. There was no reason to be bothered about that because the ranking could change next week, and the race for No. 1 could last for the rest of the year. Maybe even longer.
No one likes missing cuts. But for Spieth, there are 10 million reasons why The Barclays was as good a time as any to have a weekend off, none related to the trip he made to Baltusrol ahead of next year's PGA Championship or another visit to Pine Valley.