Golf

2014 Farmers Insurance Open: Jordan Spieth vaults into the lead, Tiger Woods fades

Tiger Woods has gone low plenty of times at Torrey Pines, but on Friday it was his playing partner playing his way into the lead.

by Mark Sandritter

Jan 25, 2014, 1:44 AM UTC

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODA

Tiger Woods playing at Torrey Pines usually makes his group a must watch. That was the case on Friday, but it had nothing to do with Woods. Instead, 20-year-old Justin Spieth stole the show, carding a 9-under 63, the best round of the day. Spieth is now 10-under for the tournament and will head into the weekend with a one-stroke lead.

Although he shot just a 1-under 71 on Thursday, Spieth didn’t necessarily play poorly. He just failed to capitalize on his birdie opportunities. He didn’t have that same issue on Friday. Spieth hit 17 of 18 greens in regulation and capitalized on more than half, making nine birdies. According to PGATour.com, six of his nine birdie putts were inside of four feet. Woods was one of many who came away impressed.

“The kid’s got talent,” Woods said, via PGATour.com. “He hits it a long way, phenomenal putter. He made a boat load of putts today from the 10- to 20-foot range, and on poa greens, that’s not easy to do. He was pouring them in there. He had speed to them, too. That’s what you have to do to putt on poa.”

If Woods is going win for a ninth time at Torrey Pines, he’s going to need a round similar to Spieth’s. Woods shot a 1-under 71 in the second round and is nine strokes off the lead and in a tie for 50th place at 1-under. He made just two birdies on Friday and finished the round with a bogey. He isn’t the only notable name well down the leaderboard. Phil Mickelson shot a 73 in the second round and is 2-under overall. He is battling some back issues and said withdrawing is still a possibility, depending on how his back feels on Saturday.

Spieth holds a one-stroke lead over Stewart Cink. Cink followed a 64 on Thursday with a 1-under 71 on Friday. Nicolas Colsaerts at 8-under, Billy Horschel at 7-under and Marc Leishman at 7-under round out the top five. A few notable names won’t be around for the weekend. Rickie Fowler and Brandt Snedeker were among the players who finished on the wrong side of the cut line.

Here is a complete look at the scoreboard through 36 holes:

Place	Player	Score	1st Round	2nd Round
1	Jordan Spieth	-10	71	63
2	Stewart Cink	-9	64	71
3	Nicolas Colsaerts	-8	69	67
T4	Billy Horschel	-7	70	67
T4	Marc Leishman	-7	66	71
T6	Morgan Hoffmann	-6	72	66
T6	Gary Woodland	-6	65	73
T6	Russell Knox	-6	71	67
T6	Pat Perez	-6	67	71
T6	Erik Compton	-6	69	69
T11	J.B. Holmes	-5	71	68
T11	Brad Fritsch	-5	69	70
T11	Kevin Tway	-5	69	70
T11	Justin Hicks	-5	71	68
T11	Charley Hoffman	-5	69	70
T11	Scott Stallings	-5	72	67
T11	Jason Day	-5	66	73
T11	Kevin Chappell	-5	73	66
T11	Jamie Lovemark	-5	72	67
T20	Martin Laird	-4	69	71
T20	Matt Jones	-4	75	65
T22	Victor Dubuisson	-3	72	69
T22	D.A. Points	-3	67	74
T22	Will MacKenzie	-3	72	69
T22	Jim Herman	-3	66	75
T22	Seung-yul Noh	-3	68	73
T22	David Lynn	-3	68	73
T22	Lee Westwood	-3	73	68
T22	Keegan Bradley	-3	69	72
T22	Justin Thomas	-3	68	73
T22	Robert Gates	-3	69	72
T32	Charlie Wi	-2	72	70
T32	Trevor Immelman	-2	68	74
T32	David Lingmerth	-2	72	70
T32	Ian Poulter	-2	75	67
T32	Harrison Frazar	-2	68	74
T32	Nicholas Thompson	-2	72	70
T32	Ryo Ishikawa	-2	72	70
T32	Michael Putnam	-2	69	73
T32	Robert Streb	-2	73	69
T32	Bryce Molder	-2	77	65
T32	Robert Garrigus	-2	71	71
T32	Cameron Tringale	-2	71	71
T32	Rory Sabbatini	-2	74	68
T32	Charles Howell III	-2	70	72
T32	Jonathan Byrd	-2	70	72
T32	Phil Mickelson	-2	69	73
T32	Brendon Todd	-2	69	73
T32	Tyrone van Aswegen	-2	66	76
T50	Camilo Villegas	-1	72	71
T50	Brian Stuard	-1	70	73
T50	Brendan Steele	-1	76	67
T50	John Merrick	-1	69	74
T50	Justin Leonard	-1	74	69
T50	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	68	75
T50	Sang-Moon Bae	-1	67	76
T50	Tiger Woods	-1	72	71
T50	Brice Garnett	-1	75	68
T50	Graham Delaet	-1	70	73
T50	Y.E. Yang	-1	76	67
T50	Stuart Appleby	-1	74	69
T50	Bubba Watson	-1	70	73
T50	Michael Block	-1	74	69
T50	Chris Williams	-1	71	72
T50	Tag Ridings	-1	73	70
T66	D.H. Lee	E	73	71
T66	Greg Owen	E	70	74
T66	Hideki Matsuyama	E	72	72
T66	Matt Bettencourt	E	71	73
T66	Nick Watney	E	70	74
T66	Chad Collins	E	78	66
T66	Mark Calcavecchia	E	70	74
T66	Tim Herron	E	70	74
T66	Blake Adams	E	75	69
T66	Steven Bowditch	E	68	76
T66	Aaron Baddeley	E	71	73
T66	Luke Guthrie	E	76	68
T66	Hunter Mahan	E	72	72
T66	K.J. Choi	E	74	70
T66	Bill Haas	E	74	70
T66	Andres Romero	E	72	72
T66	Ben Crane	E	77	67
T66	Will Claxton	E	71	73
*The following players missed the cut*
CUT	Spencer Levin	1	71	74
CUT	James Driscoll	1	71	74
CUT	Martin Flores	1	71	74
CUT	Jimmy Walker	1	74	71
CUT	Hideto Tanihara	1	70	75
CUT	Ben Martin	1	74	71
CUT	Danny Lee	1	76	69
CUT	Alex Aragon	1	72	73
CUT	Troy Matteson	1	75	70
CUT	Johnson Wagner	1	75	70
CUT	Chris Riley	1	74	71
CUT	Chesson Hadley	1	73	72
CUT	Andrew Svoboda	1	72	73
CUT	Fabian Gomez	1	74	71
CUT	J.J. Henry	2	77	69
CUT	Peter Malnati	2	71	75
CUT	Heath Slocum	2	72	74
CUT	Brendon de Jonge	2	76	70
CUT	Tommy Gainey	2	72	74
CUT	Geoff Ogilvy	2	74	72
CUT	Jonas Blixt	2	72	74
CUT	Chris Smith	2	76	70
CUT	Roberto Castro	3	71	76
CUT	Vijay Singh	3	73	74
CUT	Rickie Fowler	3	77	70
CUT	Scott Brown	3	70	77
CUT	Ben Curtis	3	78	69
CUT	Tim Wilkinson	3	70	77
CUT	Robert Allenby	3	75	72
CUT	Paul Goydos	3	73	74
CUT	David Hearn	4	72	76
CUT	John Huh	4	76	72
CUT	Lucas Glover	4	74	74
CUT	Chad Campbell	4	81	67
CUT	Hudson Swafford	4	70	78
CUT	Alex Prugh	4	79	69
CUT	Bronson La'Cassie	4	72	76
CUT	Kevin Foley	4	71	77
CUT	Billy Mayfair	5	72	77
CUT	Dicky Pride	5	75	74
CUT	Troy Merritt	5	70	79
CUT	Andrew Loupe	5	75	74
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	5	77	72
CUT	Kyle Stanley	5	78	71
CUT	James Hahn	5	80	69
CUT	Wes Roach	5	72	77
CUT	Edward Loar	5	77	72
CUT	Miguel Angel Carballo	5	75	74
CUT	Will Strickler	5	77	72
CUT	Daniel Chopra	6	74	76
CUT	Joe Durant	6	76	74
CUT	Davis Love III	6	70	80
CUT	Derek Ernst	6	77	73
CUT	Russell Henley	6	79	71
CUT	Michael Kim	6	70	80
CUT	Max Homa	7	73	78
CUT	Richard Lee	7	72	79
CUT	Shawn Stefani	7	71	80
CUT	Jim Renner	7	74	77
CUT	Kevin Kisner	7	80	71
CUT	John Peterson	7	76	75
CUT	Charlie Beljan	8	80	72
CUT	Will Wilcox	8	78	74
CUT	Josh Teater	8	77	75
CUT	Mark Anderson	10	74	80
CUT	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	11	72	83
CUT	Scott Gardiner	11	73	82
CUT	Lee Williams	11	74	81
CUT	John Rollins	12	73	83
CUT	Riley Wheeldon	13	76	81