Scottie Scheffler made a dream start to his bid for a maiden FedExCup victory after surging into a seven-shot lead following the opening round of the Tour Championship.
Scottie Scheffler made a dream start to his bid for a maiden FedExCup victory after surging into a seven-shot lead following the opening round of the PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship. The world No 1 has already won six times on the PGA Tour this season and arrived at East Lake with a two-shot cushion over closest challenger Xander Schauffele, with Scheffler recovering from a bogey start to take early control of the tournament.
Schauffele failed to convert from six feet to save par at the 11th and quickly fell further behind, as Scheffler posted back-to-back birdies from the 12th to jump to 13 under and four clear of the field. Scheffler missed his eagle attempt from 20 feet at the par-five 14th but tapped in for a third straight birdie, as Schauffele holed from 15 feet to also pick up a shot before bogeying the 16th to drop five strokes adrift.
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