American Express Round 1 Leaderboard
-10 M Lee (Australia), P Coody (USA). -9 V. Whaley (USA), S. Scheffler (USA), S. Kim (Cole), R. McIntyre (Scotland), J. Day (Australia). -8 A. Novak (USA), S. Stevens (USA), B. Horschel (USA)
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Other selections: -7 H English (USA), A Scott (Australia). -6 M Wallace (UK), W Clark (USA); -5 S Power (Ireland), J Parry (UK)
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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, making his first PGA Tour appearance this season, shot a 9-under 63 in the first round of the American Express in California.
The 29-year-old has not played this year and is yet to win the American Express tournament, which carries a prize money of 1.236 million pounds ($1.656 billion).
Scheffler is one spot behind the lead in La Quinta, which is jointly held by Australia’s Min Woo Lee and America’s Pierceson Coody.
He is tied with a number of players including Scotland’s Robert McIntyre and former PGA Champion Jason Day at 9 under par.
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Unusually, field play spanned three different courses before Saturday’s cut.
Scheffler birdied five of the first six holes, and Coody shot a 29 on the back nine for consecutive birdies.
