DORAL, Fla. -- This is a story about spit.
Well, not just any spit -- Jordan Spieth's spit, and the legal questions over whether it can be applied to the bottom of his putter.
Let's allow Spieth himself to explain, as he did following a third-round 73 at the WGC-Cadillac Championship on Saturday.
"On the practice green," he said, "if it gets shiny and we don't have a rag there, I'll lick my thumb and put it over the sole of the putter, because when it has moisture on it, it sets on the ground better.