Touring championship: Scottie Scheffler two in mind as Russell Henley Card Nine-Under from 61 at East Lake | News Golf

Scottie Scheffler is in second position, two shots from the head of the tour championship, after an amazing nine under 61 of Russell Henley in the race for the Fedexcup.

Global scheffler n ° 1, biding to become the first player to defend the title of the tour championship, closed with three birdies in his last four holes – plus a vital peer safeguard at 16 – to sit alone on seven sous.

A blow further in equality for the third is Collin Morikawa, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay and the British hopes Robert Macintyre and Tommy Fleetwood.

Rory McILroy of Northern Ireland is four years old after a mixed opening lap, the world No. 2 of which reported with a remarkable birdie in the 18th by five after his third chopped of the deviated bunker of the tribune and back on the green.

McILroy, playing in the last twinning with Scheffler, helped the sixth by-five to obtain his overview, after another birdie at seven years old, when he moved four sous with another at 11.

The shots abandoned at 14 and 17 turned out to be expensive, although he at least followed them both with Birdies at each of the following holes – including this breathtaking finish at 18.

Scheffler, meanwhile, made a card without imperfection, his steep ascent on the section interspersed with a crucial safeguard at 16, where Thomas and JJ Spaun had previously carded double and triple Bogeys, respectively.

But it was still not enough to win the quadruple major winner for the head, with this honor belonging to Henley after he also finished strongly, by signing his turn with three consecutive birdies.

Thomas had been in front of himself for a large part of the opening round, the 2017 Fedexcup champion, a better career score of nine of six sous Lake East Round, before waving later at 16 years old.

Morikawa held a part of the advance at a given time, while Cantlay, Fleetwood and Macintyre are all firmly in the mixture in this group at six – the latter brilliantly rebounding the disappointment to lose his big lead in Scheffler on the last day of the BMW championship last week.

With storms scheduled for Friday, starting hours for the second round have been put forward, with live coverage on Main Sky Sports event From 3 p.m.

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