Jordan Spieth plays almost every Tuesday practice round on the PGA Tour with Ryan Palmer.
The DFW residents have a game on those Tuesdays in which they involve their caddies. The pros will play each hole until they're putting for par. That's when the caddies take over. They'll represent the pro they loop for and try to make par.
The two joked after their third round that on Sunday the caddies won't get to putt. That's because Spieth (-12) and Palmer (-11) are paired together in the final group on Sunday at the Dean and DeLuca Colonial Invitational.
Palmer walked off the 18th hole scheduled to play in the 2nd to last group, but a bogey from Webb Simpson bumped the Texan back 10 minutes to play with Spieth.
“That was what I wanted,” Palmer said. “I wanted to be with him in the final group on my home course in front of my family and friends and in front of the members of Colonial. That’s what I wanted, and it worked out, so I’m very excited.”
There's a few side-bar stories that will make the Colonial's final pairing more interesting. Spieth went to the University of Texas. Palmer went to Texas A&M. Spieth represents Dallas. Palmer represents Colleyville and Fort Worth and he's a member at Colonial. Spieth laughed off the idea about the side-bar story lines. He's focused on beating the course, Palmer and everyone else in the field.
“I’ll be disappointed if I don’t win tomorrow. Being in this position two weeks in a row, last Sunday was a tough day for me given the importance of the Byron Nelson to me personally," said Spieth.
