Scott Alexander Scheffler (Scottie Scheffler) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. As of August 2022, he is the World’s Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. His interest in golf began at age 3 when his parents gave him a set of plastic clubs and a ball.
For the most part, Day 1 of The Tour Championship at East Lake went the way of the entire PGA Tour season. Scott Scheffler entered with a lead and left with an even bigger lead, and now he goes into the next three days trying to win the richest prize – $18 million for first in PGA Tour history.
Scottie dominated the day like he dominated the season and added a 5-under 65 to his total of 10 under, by coming in at No. 1 in the FedEx Cup standings to begin his week. His total of 15 under is five better than second and seven better than all but two players in this 29-golfer field.
Scottie does have some heat around him, mostly from Xander Schauffele, one of the best players in East Lake history. That was Scheffler’s primary competition on Thursday as he tried to create space between him and the rest of the leaderboard.
Let’s take a look at what he did on Day 1 and what’s in store for the rest of the week: Scottie was quietly great on Thursday. Following an early 3-under start through six holes, he looked like he was going to run away from the field even earlier than some predicted. However, he uncharacteristically struggled from tee to green in the middle of his round before closing with three straight birdies to touch off a 65 that included just one bogey.
When the day ended he was five up on the world staring down the $18 million first prize. Scottie has been one of the best scorers of the year. He will try to become the first golfer since Justin Thomas in 2017 to lead the PGA Tour with five wins in a season.
