UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Masters champion Jordan Spieth is halfway home from the second leg of the Grand Slam. It sure feels a lot farther away in this U.S. Open. Spieth overcame a double bogey on the par-4 18th hole that he called "the dumbest hole" he has played, and a scary moment when Jason Day collapsed to the ground Friday on their final hole at the par-3 ninth from what was later diagnosed as vertigo. Spieth managed to make his birdie for a 3-under 67, giving him a share of the lead with Ryder Cup partner Patrick Reed going into what figures to be a long weekend. The competition is plenty fierce. The real challenge might be Chambers Bay, from the wobbly roll on the greens to how the...
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