J.J. Spaun is sitting two shots adrift of the leader, Jordan Smith, heading into the weekend at the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Spaun has posted rounds of 64 and 68 so far this week at Colonial Country Club, and his game seems to be in great shape.
The 35-year-old has already won on the PGA Tour this year, when he reigned supreme at the Valero Texas Open back in April.
And now J.J. Spaun will be confident of securing his second win of the season at the Charles Schwab Challenge this weekend.
Spaun’s win at the Valero Texas Open two months ago gave him a huge boost of confidence, after he had missed four cuts in his first seven events of the season.
He proved last year that he has what it takes to win on the very biggest stage. However, after day two in Fort Worth on Friday, he wasn’t entirely happy with how he closed out his round.
J.J. Spaun’s reaction to slow play warning at the Charles Schwab
Spaun burst out of the blocks on Friday at Colonial, playing his front nine in four-under par.
However, he slowed down on the back nine, shooting a two-over par 37 before carding a second-round 68.
And Spaun suggested that the warning he and his playing partners received for slow play adversely impacted him.
When assessing his round, Spaun said: “It was good. I got off to a good start. I turned in 4-under and we got put on the clock on our second or third hole.
“Just kind of lost focus, tried to rush a lot. But, yeah, I’m still in a good position heading into the weekend.“
At least Spaun was aware of the fact that he lost focus, and he should learn from that mistake moving forward.
J.J. Spaun opens up on big change after he began to ‘resent’ his putter
Spaun recently changed putters, moving away from the L.A.B. model that famously helped him win the U.S. Open at Oakmont last year.
He responded when asked by reporters in Fort Worth on Friday why he made that decision.
“It’s been, it’s nice to see that the putter switch was a good change,“ he said.
“I found myself kind of resenting my putter at times when I’m out on the course. That’s been the only issue all year. My ball striking’s been pretty solid.
“The weeks that I putt just slightly better than average, I contend. Valero I won and I was not even like that high in putting. So I know that’s kind of a great equalizer.
“So it’s good to switch it up and see it kind of solidify that it was a good decision these first two rounds and hopefully keep it going this weekend, next week and keep it into going into the U.S. Open.“
