Things were not going well for Jordan Spieth in the second round of the Players Championship - and were it not for a perfectly placed fan, they could have gotten worse.

Facing his last hole of the day sitting at two-over par, Spieth needed a birdie in order to make the projected cut of one-over.

But his tee shot went horribly wrong, heading hard right and towards the water. Before it got there, however, it struck a patron in the knee - ricocheting back onto the fairway.

That set Spieth up with a great second shot that landed just out of the right green-side bunker.

His ensuing chip was perfection: going right to the cup and falling in for an eagle to end his round at even par - firmly above the cut line.

Spieth later went back to check in on the fan and gave him a glove - shouting him out after the round for saving his day.

'Literally whatever he wants this weekend. Everything from here on out is because it hit him,' Spieth said.

After a first-round 69, Spieth's game faltered on the day - grabbing three bogeys and two double bogeys to card a second-round 75.

But the fan's knee saved his tournament, and he will move on to the third round at TPC Sawgrass in north Florida tomorrow.