Jordan Spieth Rebounds with 3-Under Par 2nd Round to Climb Masters Leaderboard

After a quadruple bogey marred his opening round, Jordan Spieth bounced back in a big way with a three-under 69 on Friday in the second round at the Masters from Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Spieth now sits at even par for the tournament, which leaves him in a tie for 10th, four shots behind Rickie Fowler, Charley Hoffman, Sergio Garcia and Thomas Pieters:

The 23-year-old carded five birdies, two bogeys and 11 pars en route to moving up the leaderboard and putting himself within striking distance:

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	36
Round 2	4	6	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	36
Overall	+3	+4	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+3	+3
Par	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4	36
Round 2	4	4	3	4	4	5	2	4	3	33
Overall	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	E	E

With low scores being tough to come by for most of the field Friday, Spieth made gains before he even entered the tee box on No. 1, according to Scott Bell of the Dallas Morning News:

There was some concern about how the quadruple bogey on the 15th would impact Spieth early in the second round, however.

That manifested itself when Spieth settled for a bogey on the par-five second, which dropped him to four-over on the tournament and moved him closer to the cut line, as seen in this video courtesy of Masters Highlights:

Although Spieth bounced right back with a birdie on the third, it was sandwiched between bogeys when he carded a four on the par-three fourth.

With the front nine winding down, Spieth picked up some momentum by taking advantage of a nearly perfect chip and sinking a birdie putt on No. 8 to get back to even on the day:

On the heels of four consecutive pars, Spieth managed to get himself in red numbers on the 13th.

The Texan left a long eagle putt just one or two revolutions short, but he was able to easily tap in for birdie:

The narrow eagle miss seemed to suggest Spieth's putter was coming to life, and that was the case on the par-three 16th.

Despite leaving himself with a fairly long birdie putt off the tee, Spieth converted and punctuated the make with a fist pump.

As pointed out by Shane Bacon of Fox Sports, Spieth's ascent meant some big names were in contention heading toward the third round:

Following a par on the 17th, Spieth inched even closer to the top of the leaderboard on No. 18.

He had a fantastic second shot that left him 15 feet from the hole, and his scorching-hot putter was true again for birdie.

Ewan Murray of the Guardian pointed out how quickly Spieth's fortunes had turned for the better at Augusta:

The biggest difference was the fact that Spieth was able to avoid a disastrous hole like the quad bogey that plagued him on No. 15 on Thursday.

Per golf analyst Josh Pick, Spieth was also able to turn around a recent trend of struggling on the back nine at the Masters:

While Spieth still has plenty of ground to make up, few other golfers in the field are set to enter the weekend with more momentum than him.

He was able to break a two-round streak at Augusta of carding a quadruple bogey, and the fact that he didn't register anything worse than a bogey despite less-than-ideal conditions is promising.

The wind is set to die down Saturday and Sunday, which bodes well for Spieth's chances to make some gains.

Spieth has never finished worse than second at the Masters during his career, and the 2015 green jacket winner has given himself a golden opportunity to keep that going.