Nothing super about Round 1 of the PGA for Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele - NBC Sports
The super-grouping of the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 players in the world may have a difficult time finishing that way on the final leaderboard at the PGA Championship.
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Nothing super about Round 1 of the PGA for Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele
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Published May 15, 2025 03:26 PM
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The super-grouping of the Nos. 1, 2 and 3 players in the world may have a difficult time finishing that way on the final leaderboard at the PGA Championship.
Only world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, with a 2-under 69, finished under par after the opening round at Quail Hollow. Defending PGA champion Xander Schauffele scratched out a late birdie for a 73 while Masters winner Rory McIlroy played his last 12 holes in 4 over par for a 74.
“Hopefully tomorrow we will play a little bit better,” Scheffler said afterward. “This morning was a bit of a struggle.”
It was the second time in two months that Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were grouped together; the PGA Tour put them together at The Players in March, when McIlroy emerged from the pack to deny Scheffler a three-peat at TPC Sawgrass. This one had even more juice, coming off McIlroy’s emotional triumph to complete the final leg of the career Grand Slam. Scheffler also romped to a dominant eight-shot victory in his final PGA tune-up, while Schauffele, fresh off a two-major 2024, had started to round into form after an offseason rib injury.
After a quiet first hour, all three players took turns making a mess of the par-4 16th on Thursday morning. McIlroy nearly hooked his tee shot into the pond, slipped while pitching out and took a double-bogey 6. He was promptly followed by Scheffler and then Schauffele, both of whom found the fairway off the tee but whose balls were caked in mud. The game’s preeminent iron player, Scheffler guessed wrong on the mud’s impact and watched his ball tail left and bounce into the water. In a similar position, Schauffele said he practically aimed at the grandstand down the right side and still didn’t account for enough unpredictability with his “ridiculous” mud ball, as he too slung his approach into the water.
Rating: 5