PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry embellished gorgeous views Thursday with a hole-in-one for every on totally different programs. Russell Henley birdied his final two holes for an 8-under 64 and the lead on the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am. And there was Scottie Scheffler, wanting very very like he was by no means away.
Scheffler, out of golf for a month from a freak damage making ravioli, opened with a bogey at Spyglass Hill, did not make one other bogey the remainder of the best way, missed just one inexperienced and commenced his encore with a 67.
“I like what I noticed immediately,” stated Scheffler, who wound up lacking two tournaments to start out the yr. “I hit a number of errant photographs on the market, however general stored the course in entrance of me for probably the most half, so I used to be capable of make an honest quantity of birdies.”
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Jordan Spieth, the three-time main champion who final performed in August earlier than season-ending surgical procedure on his left wrist, had the birdies dry up after a strong begin on the again 9 at Spyglass Hill. He needed to accept a 70.
The circumstances have been as calm as they in all probability will get this week, with some cloud cowl and funky climate. Pebble Seaside sometimes is the place to be when the wind does not blow due to the scoring alternatives, notably on the primary seven holes. It is the worst place to be — in golf competitors phrases, anyway — when the wind arrives.
Henley was at Spyglass, which had a course common (69.775) that was 1.6 photographs greater than Pebble Seaside. Viktor Hovland — who felt his sport was “not superb” getting into the match, shot 65 at Pebble Seaside, together with Cam Davis, Jake Knapp and Justin Rose. Sepp Straka and Rasmus Hojgaard shot their 65s at Spyglass.
Scheffler went from the hill proper of the tenth fairway at Spyglass to a entrance bunker, blasted out some 20 toes and missed his par putt. That was his solely bogey, although he was 1 over till lacing a fairway metallic to 30 toes for a two-putt birdie on the par-5 14th.
In response to golf analyst Justin Ray, Scheffler had his one centesimal spherical on the PGA Tour since 2022 with one bogey or fewer. That is what McIlroy was raving about when he spoke of golf’s finest participant earlier within the week. A month away, and a failed try at reducing ravioli dough with a wine glass, hasn’t modified that.
Info from The Related Press was used on this report.
