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Spieth in front, makes history

Jordan Spieth got a little shaken Friday, showing the human ability to score above par during his round of 74, and had a few missteps Saturday but still leads by one stroke at the 80th Masters.

Spieth became the first defending champion to hold the outright 54-hole lead since 1954 (Ben Hogan) and broke Arnold Palmer's record for most consecutive rounds holding the lead at the Masters, backing up his wire-to-wire win in 2015 with three straight rounds at the top of the leaderboard at Augusta National this year.

That's seven straight rounds that Spieth has been the standard bearer at the Masters, and though his lead is slim entering Sunday, the tournament still runs through him.