AVONDALE, La. – Ryan Palmer was so confident that his partner would make a final birdie that he didn’t even bother to take out his putter.
Then Jordan Spieth missed the 3-footer – a fitting end to what was a difficult day on the greens for just about everyone but the leading team of Jonas Blixt and Cameron Smith.
Later, while watching the replay of his wedge shot into 18, Palmer remarked: “Wow, didn’t know it was that close.”
“I knew it was that close,” Spieth mumbled.
With wind gusts up to 35 mph, putting on the grainy, subtly sloping greens at TPC Louisiana became a “guessing game,” Spieth said.