JERSEY CITY, N.J. — In 2015, veteran golfer Brandt Snedeker marveled at the performances of a group of young players, led by Jordan Spieth. Snedeker said they were pushing everybody “to get better and better and better.”
Four years later, this circle of golf has lassoed the 26-year-old Spieth, who played with 20-year-old Matthew Wolff for the first two rounds of the Northern Trust, the first of the three FedEx playoff events. Wolff’s aggressive style of play appeared to inspire Spieth, who recorded his best 36-hole start relative to par for the 2018-19 season.
“I love his mentality, the way he plays the game,” Spieth said of Wolff, who carded an even-par 71 on Friday for a 36-hole score of two under.