It had been a while since Jordan Spieth went bogey-free around Augusta National Golf Club. In fact, Spieth hadn’t kept a clean card here since the second round of the 2016 Masters, when he fired a 66 for what,

Spieth said that in years past, players could expect to see mud on their ball as often as 75% of their drives, because fairways are mowed into the grain and tee shots tend to dig in. The problem has gotten better, Spieth said, but it persists and can be frustrating.