Jordan Spieth tweaked with his putter the night before the brilliant Friday round. The result was that he gained nearly four strokes on the field with his putting alone. Then, he capped it off with his personal best round in nearly a decade.

Starting on the back nine in R2, Spieth birdied the 14th and the 17th to make the turn in 2-under 33. Then he came out firing on the front, rattling off six straight birdies from holes 1st to the 6th, with a little luck mixed in when his ball found the thick rough at the 5th. According to the PGA Tour, that consecutive birdie run tied his personal Tour record from round 1 of the 2020 RBC Heritage.

But, as mentioned before, his entire round gave the vintage Spieth feeling.

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Spieth found eight fairways, hit 14 greens, and topped the field in Strokes Gained: Putting on his way to a 9-under 62, six shots behind second-round leader Si Woo Kim. His misses with the driver never became a big problem, as Spieth scrambled superbly and saved par on every missed green. It’s an interesting and inspiring surge, considering this was the tournament where Spieth made his first Tour start back in 2010.

“I felt fluid. I got pretty off for a long time. I’ve been trying to build it back,” said Jordan Spieth after his round. But he’s definitely not thinking of slacking off. “I’m going to need to improve on it, I think, each day,” he added in a post-round interview.

But this wasn’t even the lone highlight.

His second-round group posted a best-ball 57, with Chris Kirk and Sungjae Im a part of the threesome. Between them, they produced 19 birdies and three eagles, one of which came from Im’s ace at the 7th, a 5-iron from 224 yards that curled from left to right and disappeared into the cup. Spieth, in awe, called it “one of the prettiest hole-in-ones I’ve ever seen.”

Spieth himself has played nicely so far. Going into Friday, Spieth was sitting six strokes behind first-round leader Taylor Moore. But he covered the deficit within the first six holes that he played. Suddenly, the 32-year-old was sitting level on score with the first round leader at 9-under par.

The last time he scored six consecutive birdies was indeed in the opening round (holes 2-7) of the 2020 RBC Heritage. Spieth ended the round with a 5-under par (29), a career low.

Coming back to his performance at the 2026 CJ Cup Byron Nelson, he is now sitting at T6 with a score of 12-under par. And the fans were excited to watch Spieth’s enthralling performance in Texas. And they shared their enthusiasm all over social media. Let’s see what they had to say.

The internet explodes as Jordan Spieth goes berserk at TPC Craig Ranch

One of them called him, “Michael Jordan Spieth.”

Michael Jordan was famous for scoring one-pointers. He made 7,327 free throws, which accounted for nearly 22.7% of his 32,292 career points. The fan suggests that Spieth essentially imitated MJ by scoring nine birdies in 18 holes.

One fan wrote, “Me watching Jordan Spieth shoot 62.”

They also shared a picture that read, “‘We are so back,’ Says Woman Who Was Never Even There.” As exciting as Spieth’s record may be, the last time he scored six birdies was when he finished close to the bottom of the leaderboard. So the fan’s sentiment reflects well with the picture they shared.

Another fan wrote, “DON’T LET JORDAN GET HOT 🔥.”

It has been a very long time since Spieth has gone on a hot streak like this. Interestingly, while he may have recorded six birdies in the 2020 RBC Heritage, his last PGA Tour win came in the 2022 RBC Heritage. So there might be a connection there, which suggests he is getting close to a win.

A fan wrote, “Bro this deserves way more eyes on it.”

This only caught fire after Spieth had completed his round. So they are true, the 32-year-old’s brilliant performance on Friday certainly deserves to be in the headlines in bold letters.

One, simplifying Spieth’s tactics for today, said, “Pitch and putt.”

That’s all he did, really. Found the greens in regulation 77.78% of the time, had 100% sand saves and scrambling stats, and made 106′ 7″ of putts. That was enough to jump 41 places up the leaderboard. As long as Spieth continues to do this, the home state title will be in his hands by the end of Sunday evening.