The Dallas native, who started the day tied for 47th, caught fire in the second half of his round, sinking a PGA Tour career-best six consecutive birdies from hole Nos. 1-6. Spieth started the round on the 10th tee.

Jordan Spieth's six consecutive birdies to start his back nine at TPC Craig Ranch helped catapult the Texan up the leaderboard during Friday's second round. He sits tied with Kensei Hirata and Sungjae Im at 11 under with just a few holes left to play.

As last week’s PGA Championship showed, it is pretty amazing how quickly superintendents can change a golf course's entire identity. A similar thing is happenin