Spieth speeds away from the field at the Masters (+ video)

You want records?

Jordan Spieth and Irmo’s Dustin Johnson supplied plenty in the second round of the Masters on Friday.

Spieth broke the 36-hole scoring mark, and he is well on his way toward making more history.

Johnson made three eagles, bettering the single-round record of two that he held with several others.

Spieth, a 21-year-old Texan, put together rounds of 64 and 66 for a 14-under 130 total, breaking the record of 131 set by Raymond Floyd in 1976.

He is rolling the ball so well that missing a short birdie putt on the 18th hole left him “surprised.”

“I wasn’t trying to make a statement,” Spieth said. “I didn’t even know about the record. I just wanted to hit a good putt.”

The biggest question for the final two days is can anybody catch Spieth. If so, who?

Charley Hoffman shot a second-round 68 to finish closest to Spieth at 9-under.

Making one of the biggest moves up the leader board was Johnson, who shot 67 to stand at 7-under and tied for third with Justin Rose and Paul Casey.

Phil Mickelson was next at 6-under after shooting a 68.

Also taking a big leap upward was Tiger Woods, who shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 2-under 142 and easily make the cut.

After making a double-bogey 6 on the first hole, Johnson bounced back with eagles on both the front-nine par 5s at Nos. 2 and 8. Then, he had a tap-in eagle on No. 15 to set a new record.

Johnson shares the record for most eagles in a tournament (4) with two other players.

“That always works,” Johnson said, laughing, about having three eagles help get him back in the tournament. “I was watching the leader boards, so I knew Jordan finished at 14-under. I was just trying to make as many birdies as I could. Anything can happen.”

The day also belonged to two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw, who was playing his final round at Augusta. Crenshaw shot 85 in his final round.

Spieth gave Crenshaw, a fellow Texas Longhorn, credit for helping him learn how to read the Augusta greens.

“We talked a lot about the speed of putts here and where he thinks putts will go – even when it might not look that way,” Spieth said.

Spieth will be chasing other records over the weekend, including:

▪ The tournament scoring mark of 18-under 270, which Woods established in 1997.

▪ Becoming the fifth player to lead wire-to-wire, joining Craig Wood (1941), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972) and Floyd (1976).

▪ Tying Jimmy Demaret (1940), Herman Keiser (1946) and Charl Schwartzel (2011) as the only players to win in their second Masters appearance. Three golfers won in their first Masters, and Spieth almost joined them when he played in the final group with champ Bubba Watson and finished tied for second last year.

▪ Joining Woods as the second player to win the Masters at the age of 21. Tiger won in 1979 at the age of 21 years, 3 months and 14 days. Spieth was born in Dallas on July 27, 1993.

As a comparison, Nicklaus was 25 when he won the first of six Masters. The average age of Masters winners is 31.56.

“As far as history and what happened the last couple of days, it doesn’t mean anything unless I can close it out, Spieth said. “ I don’t want to go down as the best 36 holes, but somebody who didn’t win.”

Spiith’s performance and maturity has impressed many of the other players.

“You just cannot see this kid not winning many, many majors,” Ernie Els, who was at 5-under, said. “He’s, by far, the most balanced young player I’ve seen.

“He’s got that little tenacity to him. And he’s the nicest kid in the world.”

He’s also the No. 4 player in the world and will rise with a Masters victory.

Spieth had six birdies with no bogeys in his round Friday, and his putting impressed playing partner Henrik Stenson, currently the No. 2 player in he world.

“He’s made so many great putts,” Stenson said. “And they are hard, difficult Augusta National putts. He’s making putts with so much speed and so much break, that are sensitive, coming down and across. That’s why he’s so far ahead of everyone else.”

Spieth said he would sleep well on his two-day lead.

“I’m trying to act like nothing’s going on, knowing it is just the halfway point,” he said. “I know anybody in the field can shoot 14-under the last two rounds. I just did it.”

This story was originally published April 10, 2015 at 7:42 PM with the headline "Spieth speeds away from the field at the Masters (+ video)."