A wet and wild day for Spieth, Mickelson
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. —
Phil Mickelson survived a wild finish without having to deal with the rain. Jordan Spieth endured a wet finish to his day with three tough pars.
Both were atop the leader board Friday at the AT&T Pebble Beach ProAm, joined by Lucas Glover, Paul Casey and Scott Langley, when the second round was suspended because the rain had formed large puddles on the greens.
One day after Mickelson did not miss a single fairway for the first time in 1,664 rounds on the PGA Tour, he could not seem to find one at Spyglass Hill. It caught up with him at the end. After banging in a birdie on the par-3 fifth, Mickelson missed three consecutive fairways that led to three bogeys in a row until he closed with a 4-iron to within 18 feet for birdie and a 4-under-par 68. Mickelson was the first to finish at 10-under 133.
Glover started strong in tame weather at Pebble Beach and shot a 6-under 66 to get to 10-under 134, while Langley (69 at Spyglass Hill) and Casey (7under 64 at Monterey Peninsula) narrowly finished at 10-under 133 ahead of the horn that ultimately stopped play for the rest of the day.
Spieth is among 44 players who have to to return Saturday morning — weather permitting — to finish their rounds.
In other golf news: • Jesper Parnevik shot a 9-under 63 in the Oasis Championship in Boca Raton, Fla., to take a onestroke lead over Bernhard Langer. Woody Austin, Gene Sauers, Tim Petrovic and Ken Tanigawa shot
65 in the first full-field event of the Champions Tour season.
• Kim Kaufman moved to the top of the leader board at the LPGA’s Vic Open in Barwon Heads, Australia, after a 7-under 66 gave her a two-stroke lead after two rounds. The American is at 13 under and ahead of Japan’s Haru Nomura.