Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Jordan Spieth has two shot lead after 54 holes
Jordan Spieth's mixed round included a bogey on the 10th where his tee shot bounced in the direction of a volunteer. bag -13 J Spieth (US); -11 R Knox (Sco), P Cantlay, D Berger, N Lashley, T Hoge (all US) Selected others: -10 P. Casey (Eng), J Day (Aus); -7 T Lewis (Eng), J Dufner (USA) Full Classification
Jordan Spieth kept his lead in the Pebble Beach Pro-Am after a one-under-71 on day three in California.
The former world number one, now ranked 69th, has a two-shot pillow over a group that includes the Scottish Russell Knox as he seeks a first win since the Open 2017.
The three-time grand winner, 27, made three birdies and four bogeys before the American acted out as eagle on the 16th to get under 13 .
"It's just Jordan doing things in Jordan," said Daniel Berger, two shots behind.
"When it landed, it was right where I tried to hit it. It was certainly a bonus that it fell," added Spieth to the shot that eventually gave him his two-stroke advantage when he entered the last game. und.
"It's a good lesson to learn for Sunday how quickly things can change here."
It was Spieth & # 39; s second eagle of the week, the Ryder Cup player who finished his opening round of 65 on the 10th.
The American Berger made an eagle on the fourth and stood 13 under with Spieth for a double bogey on the 18th saw him finish level par for the day and 11 under for the tournament.
Knox is also 11 under after a three-under 69 while Americans Patrick Cantlay, Nate Lashley and Tom Hoge are also in second place.
England's Englishman Paul Casey and Australian Jason Day – like Spieth another former world number one champion and great champion in those lean times of late – are both just three behind Spieth.
Spieth got the lead on Day Two – first time leading the way in a PGA Tour event since the Northern Trust 2017
The Texan was joint leader after the third round of last week's Phoenix Open – the first time he was in such a position after 54 holes since the 2018 Open – but finished in joint fourth place, his first top-20 finish since the Memorial last July.
"In the past two weeks, I've finally been consistently doing things I wanted to do," said Spieth, who is just an American PGA title away from claiming the Grand Slam, but struggling for shape for over two years.
"The more you keep doing that, the bounces will go your way like the hole-out did on 16.
" Someone can do that to me on sunday or come shoot a 64 or something. I mean, it's golf, and it's Pebble Beach.
"You can go low and it can be a real challenge. What I'm asking is a chance to win the tournament at 18."
