A fine 66 means Spieth can whistle all the way to the PGA

AKRON, Ohio: Jordan Spieth gave himself ideal momentum heading into the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits as he signed off with his best score of the week at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday.

The Masters and US Open champion fired a sparkling four-under-par 66 in the final round at Firestone Country Club to climb into the top 10 at the elite World Golf Championships event.

“Today was a good solid round,” world number two Spieth told reporters after racking up six birdies and two bogeys on the challenging, heavily tree-lined layout.

“I had more momentum. I felt more connected too. I liked the course set-up today for a Sunday. You can make birdies, but you can also get into trouble and I’m very pleased with the way that we rebounded.

“Aside from yesterday, I thought I played some really good golf this week, good enough to contend in the tournament. This golf course just may not be the best fit for me.”

Spieth had gone into the final round a distant nine strokes off the lead after struggling to a 72 on Saturday.

“But going off of today and that second round (68), that felt like I’d have been at 10-under through those two rounds any- where else,” said the 22-yearold American.

“So that’s how I’m looking at it. I’m looking at it as a nice solid week, and I’ll really just try and feed off of this round more than anything.”

This week at Whistling Straits, Spieth will be bidding to join fellow Americans Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods as the only players in the modern era to have won three majors in a single year.

Spieth said: “Going into the US Open and going into the Masters, I maybe felt even more confident about my game then maybe right now just in the way I’m striking it, but that can change in a couple of days.” – Reuters