Spieth still leads at Masters, even after double bogey

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Jordan Spieth is still comfortably presiding over the Masters, seemingly unfazed by the unpredictable gusts that have confounded many of his rivals.

Spieth hit the course with gusto again just before 1 p.m. today, a couple of hours after players like Jason Day and Danny Lee, amid 10-mph breezes from the west raking across Augusta National that were only expected to get stronger. The early return: A 14-foot birdie putt on the first hole that was almost an early "take that" statement to the course, the conditions and his closest competitors. He birdied again two holes later to move to 8 under.

After 22 holes without a bogey, Spieth had his first stumble at the fifth hole, four-putting for a double-bogey that dropped him to 6 under. Still, he held a three-shot lead over Justin Rose, who was 3 under.

The South Korea-born Lee, now a citizen of New Zealand, dropped to 2 under with bogeys on the last two holes. It's the 25-year-old Lee's second Masters and first since 2009 when he was the U.S. Amateur champion but failed to make the cut.

Sergio Garcia's bogey-birdie-birdie-bogey start pretty much summed up the havoc that the blustery conditions were creating.