Spieth misses 54-hole cut at Wyndham Championship

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Jordan Spieth went into the third round 9-under par and just four off the lead at the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club.

Three double bogeys, a bogey and no birdies later, he signed for a 7-over 77 and missed the 54-hole cut – the last 54-hole cut on the PGA TOUR before a new policy takes effect.

“Yeah, it was just a bad day,” Spieth said, addressing a small scrum of reporters outside the scoring area. “Overall, just didn't play well.”

Although fans might have hoped that the 2015 FedExCup champion was finally emerging from a long slump, it all came crashing down in one round, starting with a double-bogey 6 on the first hole. Spieth, who is a work in progress with his long game but made 225 feet of putts the first two days, hit just four of 14 fairways, and took 32 putts – nine more than Thursday and Friday.

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It was a very long, hot day.

“On the front nine I actually had decent looks at birdie on a lot of holes,” Spieth said. “And then No. 10, when I hit that one out of bounds, it was like, man, I don't know what's going on.

“Yeah, I mean, I putted my ass off for two days to be able to be where I was at,” he continued, “and you can't exactly fix your ball-striking in a day from being a negative three or something Strokes Gained to trying to gain positive. It's just too much to try and force it.”

He is 2 under and will be one of the last players to miss the second cut on TOUR. Instead of going home to Dallas, he said he would most likely stay in Greensboro before flying to the New York/New Jersey area for next week’s FedExCup Playoffs opener, THE NORTHERN TRUST at Liberty National.

“This extra day could serve me really well through the Playoffs,” Spieth said before signing autographs.