Jordan Spieth's errant tee shot hits Masters patron, golf star apologizes with signed glove

It’s been much than a decennary since Jordan Spieth won the coveted greenish jacket, but the three-time large champion returned to historical Augusta National Golf Club for the 90th Masters this week.

The 2nd circular got underway Friday morning, with Spieth scoring astatine adjacent par aft helium played the archetypal 14 holes of the day. At the time, Spieth trailed defending champion Rory McIlroy by 5 shots.

After shooting 72 successful Thursday’s opening round, Spieth birdied his archetypal spread Friday. He past parred the adjacent 10 holes successful a enactment earlier bogeying No. 12. McIlroy ended the circular astatine apical of the leaderboard astatine 12-under par.

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Jordan Spieth plays his changeable from the eighth tee during the 2nd circular of the 2026 Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 10, 2026. (Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

Spieth besides caught a interruption disconnected the tee. His thrust veered heavy near and appeared headed for the trees earlier ricocheting backmost into the fairway.

The reason? Spieth’s changeable struck a Masters patron. "What a bounce," a commentator said, per ESPN. "I deliberation that deed that patron’s hand."

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Spieth made a constituent to cheque connected the patron earlier continuing, aboriginal thanking him with a signed glove.

Jordan Spieth lines up a putt connected the eighth greenish during the 2nd circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 10, 2026. (Michael Madrid/Imagn Images)

Spieth has a knack for originative — and sometimes risky — shot-making. At past spring's Memorial Tournament successful Ohio, an errant thrust astir deed a radical of fans, though Spieth inactive saved par. He besides struck spectators astatine the CJ Cup Byron Nelson successful 2024 and 3 years agone astatine the Players Championship.

Jordan Spieth plays his changeable from the 4th tee during the 2nd circular of the 2026 Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club successful Augusta, Georgia, connected April 10, 2026. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Spieth adjacent had a viral infinitesimal astatine Augusta National past twelvemonth aft accidentally striking a patron successful the groin with his putter connected the mode to the archetypal tee.

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The 2017 Open Championship marked Spieth’s astir caller large victory. He finished Friday’s 2nd circular astatine this year’s Masters astatine 1-over, successful a necktie for 32nd.

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