World No 1 Jordan Spieth fired the worst first-round score of his professional career to fall 16 strokes off the pace at the Northern Trust Open. Spieth struggled to an eight-over 79 in scoring friendly conditions on Thursday, as Camilo Villegas fired a birdie-filled 63 to surge up the leaderboard and open up a three-stroke lead over the chasing pack.The world No 1 told reporters earlier in the week that Riviera Country Club was a course he was excited to return to, but he was noticeably off the pace on his way to recording his worst round since the 2014 Tour Championship. Spieth now faces a battle to avoid a first missed cut of 2016 after carding eight bogeys and one double-bogey in an error-strewn display, with the 22-year-old unable to think of an explanation for why his first round went so wrong. The world No 1s last missed cut came at the Deutsche Bank Championship I feel really confident about where my game is, and I had a great range session, Spieth told reporters. There was nothing pinpointed that was wrong.I just played really poorly from good positions off the tee and didnt strike the iron shots bad either. I just overdrew it when you cant be left and I overcut it when you cant be right. It was just bad timing.Having two-putted the first and tapped in the second, Spieth carded a three-putt bogey at the next and missed another par-save from less than six feet at the par-three sixth. Spieth spoke to a PGA Tour official after his ball ended being positioned near a sprinkler head at the ninth A solid 20-foot gain was quickly cancelled out by back-to-back blemishes to see Spieth reach the turn in 38, before the 22-year-old briefly halted the bogey run with a close-range birdie at the 10th.After missing an opportunity from 10-feet at the par-five 11th, Spieths round quickly unravelled with four bogeys in a five-hole stretch, starting when a short putt lipped out at the 12th. Although Spieth recovered from another wayward tee shot at the 17th to leave a kick-in par, the world No 1 closed a day to forget with an uncharacteristic three-putt double-bogey at the last from less than 15 feet.The Masters and U.S. Open winner later said he had struggled adapting to a Riviera layout that had run firm and fast earlier in the week before it was softened by overnight rain.I found it very difficult to trust the way the golf course is playing, the 22-year-old added. Ive never played the golf course soft.Ive always played where you have to kind of float it on to the front of the greens and let it bounce, and I just never trusted the adjustment.Watch the Northern Trust Open throughout the week on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf. Or watch from £6.99 without a contract, on NOW TV.Jordan Spieth features as part of the featured group coverage on Friday from 3pm. 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Eric ONeal says most of the arrests at Monday nights game were for public drunkenness, though one person was taken into custody on suspicion of trying to steal a seat from the stadium.CINCINNATI, Ohio -- Xavier Paul and Jack Hannahan were looking for opportunities to redeem themselves after making mistakes that helped cost the Reds a game on Saturday. They didnt have to wait long. Paul came off the bench to hit a game-tying home run in the eighth inning and Hannahan scored the winning run on Joey Vottos sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 13th to give Cincinnati a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. Paul committed one error and made a terrible baserunning blunder on Saturday. Hannahan was charged with a career-high three errors and grounded into a double play in that loss. "Live to fight another day," Hannahan said. "One of the best things about baseball is you can put a bad day behind you and show up the next day ready to win." Hannahan drew a one-out walk from Tim Stauffer (1-1) and Shin-Soo Choo snapped a 0-for-16 slump with a one-out double to right field. Ryan Hanigan, pinch-hitting against a drawn-in, five-man infield and shallow two-man outfield, was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The Padres went back to three outfielders with everybody drawn in, and Votto hit a fly to left field to drive in Hannahan from third base. Paul tied the score with a two-run, pinch-hit homer off Ian Kennedy in the eighth and the Reds overcame two more errors for their fourth win in five games. They finished their eight-game homestand with five wins after starting 1-2 against St. Louis. "After last night and making a few mistakes that some people say cost us the game, to be able to come back today late in the game and help put the team in position to win makes me feel good," Paul said. The Padres, whove lost four of their last five games, were 1 for 17 with runners in scoring position and left 15 men on base. "Were just having a bad stretch," second baseman Logan Forsythe said. "Were still playing good, fundamental baseball. Theres just a couple of things we need to get better at, and one of them is good situational hitting." Sam LeCure (2-1), Cincinnatis seventh pitcher, pitched 1 1-3 innings for the win. Kennedy was positioned to improve his career record against the Reds to 4-0 in four starts. Kennedy, in his second start for San Diego after being acquired from Arizona in a July 31 ttrade, allowed one hit -- pitcher Mike Leakes leadoff single in the third -- in 7 1-3 scoreless innings and retired 16 consecutive batters before pinch-hitter Zack Cozart reached with an infield single.dddddddddddd "Kennedy was dealing," manager Dusty Baker said. "I dont know if it was more him or us. We had to persevere. They threatened a bunch of times. It looked bleak for a while. Every time you turned around we were in trouble. It really taxed our bullpen heading to Chicago. We had to bear down to our last man today." Paul tied the game with his seventh homer of the season, a 422-foot shot into the right-field seats on a 1-2 pitch. Paul has three pinch-hit homers this season and five in his career. Leake allowed one earned run in seven innings, giving up six hits and two runs with three walks and four strikeouts. He also committed an error, the Reds sixth in the last two games. Manny Parra and J.J. Hoover pitched a scoreless eighth before Aroldis Chapman struck out the side in the ninth. "We didnt get it done," San Diego manager Bud Black said. "Its a topic we talk about all the time. We got some good pitches to hit, but we didnt advance runners." The Reds, who were charged with four errors in their 3-1 loss to San Diego on Saturday, committed another to help the Padres take a 2-0 lead on Rene Riveras bases-loaded sacrifice fly to centre field with one out in the second. As Yonder Alonso scored from third, backup shortstop Cesar Izturis cut off Choos throw, but Izturis quick throw to second trying to get Forsythe going back sailed past Brandon Phillips into foul territory down the right-field line, allowing Forsythe to score. Notes: Cedenos second-inning single was his first hit in six at-bats since being called up by San Diego on Wednesday. Cedeno now has hits with each of the six major league teams for which hes played since breaking in in 2005. ... Votto went 0 for 4, ending his eight-game hitting streak. ... RHP Mat Latos (11-3) is scheduled to start Monday for the Reds at Chicago in the first game of a three-game series and seven-game road trip. ... San Diegos brief five-game road trip is scheduled to continue Monday at Colorado with RHP Edison Volquez (8-9) scheduled to start for the Padres. ' ' '