Jordan Spieth is unconscious with every club, carrying US late at Presidents Cup

For the first time in a decade, the International team is pushing the heavily favored USA roster at the Presidents Cup. This is going to be close going to Sunday singles, and if not for the No. 1 player in the world, the US would probably be behind.

Spieth preserved the American lead in the morning four-ball session by drilling a nerve-exposing eight-footer on the final green of the final match. And that putter, which we just watched post one of the best seasons ever on tour, is on fire again in the afternoon session. Spieth is playing with Patrick Reed for the first time this week. That was the USA’s top team last year at the Ryder Cup, the rookies taking on all comers as underdogs in Scotland. The match in this Presidents Cup, however, has been all Spieth.

Spieth made five birdies in his opening nine holes and is the best player going on the course right now. With the Internationals leading comfortably in two matches, and the US only one-up in another, Spieth and Reed need to take a full point from that final match of the afternoon session. The Player of the Year appears up to the task.

Update: He’s not just hot with the putter. After draining that 40-footer above, he canned this bunker shot just a few holes later -- but not before calling his shot and telling assistant captain Davis Love III that he was about to do it.

So yes, we, and the International opponent that again includes No. 2 player in the world Jason Day, are definitely getting the full Spieth experience.