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Jamie SquireWESTBURY, NY – AUGUST 25: Jordan Spieth of the United States reacts after putting for birdie on the 16th green during round two of The Northern Trust at Glen Oaks Club on August 25, 2017 in Westbury, New York. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)It's rare when a leader board shapes up exactly how a golf fan wants it to, but that's exactly what's happened through 36 holes at The Northern Trust, the first leg of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler lead the way at Glen Oaks Club in Old Westbury, N.Y., tied at six-under 134 along with Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas.
Spieth, 24, sat five strokes off the lead entering the second round and found himself in the same position after nine holes on Friday. That's when he went into full Spieth-mode, making five straight birdies to get to six under for the tournament. After dropping his second shot of the day at the par-3 15th, he added a sixth birdie on his back nine, then finish..
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Chris Stroud shoots front-nine even-par 35—without a par—at The Northern Trust
In the last two months, Chris Stroud has played some of the best golf of his now decade-long career. The Texas native finished T-20 at the Greenbrier, T-19 a week later at the John Deere and then earned his first career victory at the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour's opposite week event during the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
The breakthrough victory earned him a spot in the PGA Championship, where he continued to ride the wave of great form. Stroud became one of the feel good stories of the season's final major, playing in the final group alongside Kevin Kisner, ultimately finishing in a tie for ninth.
This fine stretch of golf got him into the FedEx Cup Playoffs, somewhere he hadn't been since the 2015 Barclays. His first round at The Northern Trust wasn't great, a three-over 73 at Glen Oaks Club. On Friday he came out firing, starting on the gettable back nine with five birdies on his first six holes. That's when he went backwards, which produced one ..