“If I made bogey it won’t have been worth it” – Jordan Spieth on his dangerous shot off a 70-foot cliff at Pebble Beach

“If I made bogey it won’t have been worth it” – Jordan Spieth on his dangerous shot off a 70-foot cliff at Pebble Beach

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Daredevil Jordan Spieth has a knack for playing daredevil shots every then and now. The American golfer, who holds the second spot at the ongoing AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, played a similar shot on the edge of a cliff!

This incident took place Spieth went on to hit his second shot on Saturday on the par-4 8th with his right foot a yard from a cliff and his left foot sloping down into it. And some 70-foot drop into the Pacific Ocean below him. Meanwhile, a disclaimer popped in between to warn him. In 16 white letters across a green background, Danger, the first line read. Steep, it followed. Cliff, it advised at the end.

However, he defied all odds and ended up hitting it just over the green during the day’s third round of the tournament.

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“Would have pulled the ball back if I felt my life was in danger” 

Screenshot of Jordan Spieth's shot
Screenshot of Jordan Spieth’s shot

In an interview with CBS Sports, the Texas native Spieth revealed what all was going on in his mind before the shot and how he came to the decision of going for it.

“It was like, ‘Well if I can get a swing on it and I can hit it then why would I take a drop?’ You’re never over … a 65-foot cliff. So it’s an unusual situation, normally if you’re walking into a hazard, you see a ball, you hit it out. [Caddie] Michael [Greller] hated it. He tried to talk me out of it three times. I don’t blame him, looking back. I’m just glad I made the par to make it worth it because I don’t think I would have made par with a drop, but if I made bogey it would have really not been worth it.

“Footing was solid, but I didn’t have much room past where my left foot was, and the problem was it’s downsloped,” said Spieth.

“If I felt like I was in real danger of losing my life, I would have pulled the ball back and dropped it. It wasn’t quite that severe. But it was enough to where I certainly couldn’t put a normal swing or shot on it,” he added.

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