Kyle Stanley went out and shot a 6-under 64 on Thursday, which was the round of the day by two strokes. He leads Webb Simpson, Daniel Berger, Brooks Koepka and Paul Casey by a pair after 18 holes.

 

Jordan Spieth retained his hold on the FedEx Cup, though, by firing his own 3-under 67 to get within three of the lead. Spieth only made one bogey, but he could only muster a single birdie over the last 10 holes. It was a solid round from him to get in the hunt, but there is still work to do.

 

Simpson came into this tournament in 2011 leading the FedEx Cup, but he finished outside the top 20 (of 30) and narrowly lost to Bill Haas at the end. He and Casey have both been playing terrific golf of late, but Casey hasn't won since 2009, and Simpson hasn't won since 2013.

 

Justin Thomas (-3) is worth mentioning alongside Spieth as well, given that those two are Nos. 1 and 2 in the FedEx Cup race. Spieth said he thought Thomas could have scored better based on how he drove it (Thomas was No. 1 in the field off the tee). They will play together again on Friday, and I would not be surprised to seem them play together in the final pairing on Saturday and Sunday either.

 

Spieth would be just the second player besides Tiger Woods to win two FedEx Cups if he does it again this week. He has to be rooting for somebody like Stanley to win (if Spieth doesn't) because it makes his path to $10 million that much easier.

 

Russell Henley and Gary Woodland are also T6 at 3 under. Just behind this group at T11, Jason Dufner, Tony Finau, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose, Pat Perez, Kevin Kisner and Justin Rose are lurking.