At 2 pm local time on Thursday at the Tour Championship, world No.1 Scottie Scheffler had a two-shot lead when he teed off. Two hours later, he had a five-shot advantage at East Lake. But by the end of the day, he was, somehow, one shot behind.
“I’m obviously pretty frustrated,” the Texan put it mildly.
FedEx Cup leader Scheffler began Day 1 at 10 under par using the Tour Championship’s adjusted scoring—two shots ahead of Viktor Hovland. After a front nine as hot as the sweltering temperatures around Atlanta, Scheffler cooled off on the inward nine. He carded bogeys at Nos. 8, 11 and 12. He made a triple-bogey 6 on the par-3 15th having rinsed his tee shot in the water before missing a three-foot putt for double bogey. Until then, Scheffler, the Players champion, had not registered a single triple-bogey on a par 3 this season.
The 27-year-old birdied No….
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