There was nothing ho-hum about Jordan Spieth's opening round of 2-under 70 at the 2025 Players Championship. Well, except if you put it into the context of Spieth's entire career. The three-time major champion hit for the cycle Thursday at TPC Sawgrass, and in the process, shot his way into contention in the PGA Tour's flagship event.

Here are three possible lead paragraphs for this story about Jordan Spieth, who on Thursday at the Players Championship lived up to (and perhaps beyond) his reputation for chaotic stretches of golf, with two chip-ins for eagle,

Jordan Spieth knows how to put on a show. The TPC Sawgrass was made for that. Spieth had an eagle, birdie, par, bogey and double bogey before he reached his seventh hole of the first round at The Players Championship.