Pebble Beach, California-Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry decorated a breathtaking view with a hole-in-one for each on Thursday. Russell Henley distributed his last two holes for 8-below 64 deletion and the lead. And there was Scottie Scheffler, who looked very similar, as if he was never gone.
Scheffler, who was from a freak injury Ravioli for a month, opened with a bogey in Spyglass Hill, made no further bogey the rest of the way, only missed a green and started his encore with a 67.
“I like what I saw today,” said Scheffler, who missed two tournaments to start the year. “I took a few incorrect recordings out there, but overall kept the course in front of me, so I was able to make a decent number of birdies.”
Jordan Spieth, the three -time Major Champion, who last played in August before the operation on the left wrist at the end of the season, had the birdies dry out after a solid start to the back nine in Spyglass Hill, and he had to be satisfied with 70.
The conditions were as calm as you will probably get this week, with a little cloud cover and cool weather. Pebble Beach is usually the right place where the wind does not blow due to the possibilities of scoring, especially for the first seven holes. It is the worst place – in the golf competition anyway – when the wind arrives.
The amount was relatively quiet-the product of a signature event and lost 76 players and amateurs, for decades the material of the AT&T to life as Scheffler Fairway Metal hardly covered the bunker on the Par-5 14 to build an eagle to put an eagle to set up.
But it wasn’t for Scheffler. Mcilroy played in front of him and His sand wedge from 119 meters flew directly into the cup for an ace into the cup.
“It is such an increased discount that the ball is in the air and you know that it is online, but you don’t know if you should say:” Go! “Or ‘sit!’ Or “Spin” or “Release” or whatever, “said Mcilroy. “You look at it and watch where it ends up on the green and the thing just disappears.”
McIlroy shot 66, including a 33 on the rear nine without 3 on his scorecard. He had a 1 of the ASS, a birdie on the Par-3 12 and birdies on both par 5s.
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Lowry was on the Pebble Beach when he met a beauty of 54-degree wedges, which landed on the left and rolled into the cup. It was a great shot. And yes, there is a little luck for all good golf shots.
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“Big Bounce, it was perfect. It just turned and turned directly into the hole. It was pretty cool, ”said Lowry. “I know that I am sometimes pretty good, but you know that a little luck also helps.”
Jim Nantz from CBS Sports, who lives in Pebble, mentioned “life completely” that Lowry has made an ace one of the most beautiful – and famous – par 3s of the world. Augusta National could like a word. Lowry also has a hole-in-on on the 16th hole with the masters, together with a hole-in-one on the island 17th at the TPC Sawgrass. Happiness of the Irish indeed.
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Lowry also opened with a 66 and plays Spyglass Hill on Friday, with the chance of wind and rain increasing every day.
Henley was at Spyglass, which had a course average (69.775), which was 1.6 shots more than Pebble Beach. Viktor HovlandCam Davis, Jake Knapp and Justin Rose shot 65 in Pebble Beach, while Sepp Straka and Rasmus Hojgaard shot their 65s at Spyglass.
Scheffler went from the hill on the right of the 10th Fairway in Spyglass to a front bunker, blew around 20 feet and missed his par putt. That was his only bogey, even though he was 1, until he laced the fairway metal for two-putted birds on the 14th par-5 on the hole next to him, like Mcilroy on the hole next to him from the cup stuck.
According to Justin Ray, analysts of Golf, Scheffler had his 100 round on the PGA tour with a bogey or less since 2022. Mcilroy raved about it when he spoke about Golf’s best players in the early week. A month away and a failed attempt to cut ravioli dough with a wine glass has not changed.
