Scottie Scheffler started the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead. He had the best round of the opening day. The math in the FedEx Cup suddenly isn't all that hard to figure out. The world's No. 1 player made five birdies over the last seven holes at revamped East Lake for a 65. With the head start, he now leads by seven shots.
Scottie Scheffler walks off the 11th green during the first round of the Tour Championship golf tournament, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. Scottie Scheffler watches his putt on the second green during the first round of the Tour Championship golf tournament, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Atlanta. Scottie Scheffler hits from the third tee during the first round of the Tour Championship golf tournament, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Atlanta.
The asterisk is because he was only one shot better than Collin Morikawa and four others who each had a 66. He got a quick reminder that a two-shot lead on Thursday — or even on a Sunday — is nothing to celebrate. Schauffele made up that deficit on the opening hole with an 8-foot birdie, while Scheffler made his lone bogey by having to play short of the green from behind a tree.
“I think I scored OK actually for how bad I hit it,” said Schauffele, who headed for the range when his round was over. “Overall it was kind of a ‘meh’ day. Wasn’t something I was proud of or disgusted by.” Indeed, Scheffler missed only two greens and putted for birdie or better on his last 14 holes. The world’s No. 1 player poured it on at the end, and with the head start, he was 16-under par.
Morikawa has a history of great starts. He made up a nine-shot deficit in one round last year with a 61. On this day, he ran off six straight birdies on the back nine, and his 66 will put him in the final group with Scheffler on Friday.
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