STENSON LEADS WITH SPIETH CHASING
ATLANTA Two years after Henrik Stenson sailed to victory at the Tour Championship, he has another comfortable lead after 36 holes at East Lake and Jordan Spieth is chasing him.
Back then, Spieth was a 20-yearold rookie. Now he’s the Masters and U.S. Open champion and found a spark in a steady drizzle Friday.
Stenson overcame a few mistakes off the tee and was solid on the back nine for a 2-under 68, stretching his lead to three shots over Spieth going into the weekend and moving closer to his first win of the year — and a $10-million US bonus for claiming the FedEx Cup.
“I didn’t feel like it was my best day, but I managed to keep it together and 2-under around here is never bad,” Stenson said.
Stenson, who went wire-to-wire in the Tour Championship in 2013, was at 9-under 131.