Scottie Scheffler failed to break par in the opening round for the first time this year Thursday on a tough afternoon of blustery conditions and a new feel at renovated Colonial that seemed to befuddle just about everyone but Charley Hoffman in the Charles Schwab Challenge.
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He was in the news all day — first from Louisville, Kentucky, where police released what video they had of his arrest last Friday morning before the PGA Championship, then from an opening round at Colonial that included his first triple bogey of the year.Only 45 players from the 132-man field broke par, a stark contrast from the record scoring last week at the PGA Championship. Max Homa failed to make a birdie and posted a 78, his highest score at a non-major since the Memorial four years ago.
Hoffman saw that no one posted better than 66 in the morning — a group that included British Open champion Brian Harman and Tony Finau — and realized it probably wouldn't be easy. Fairways and greens are not always his strength, but that was the best approach. Harman and Martin Laird also played bogey-free in the morning for their 66s, and they were joined by Finau, S.H. Kim and Davis Riley.
“The fear when you redo an iconic place like this is that they mess it up, and I feel pretty confident saying that they didn’t mess it up,” Harman said."Now the course needs time to mature, the grass really isn’t quite where it needs to be yet. It takes a long time for those roots to get their structure and for everything to settle down.
Scheffler was released and made it back to Valhalla less than a hour before his tee time and shot 66. But he followed with a 73 — ending his par-or-better streak — and shot 65 on the final day to tie for eighth.
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