Shane Lowry is also in action, and is one shot behind McIlroy.
WORLD NUMBER ONE Scottie Scheffler swiftly put himself in a commanding position at the Tour Championship , the finale to the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, with his 6-under 65 giving him a seven shot lead.
His closest challengers are Collin Morikawa, who shot a 5-under 66 to move to 9-under, and Xander Schauffele, who started on eight-under and shot a one-under 70. During the previous two years, Scheffler had come into this tournament with a lead, but had been unable to close out and clinch the Cup — but he said he is now trying to play the event as if it was a regular 72-hole competition.
Scheffler had said before the tournament that the key at East Lake was to keep the ball on the fairways, given the rough would make it tough to control the ball into the firm, new greens. “Scottie was almost in every fairway it looked like. It looked like he was going through wedge practice while he was out there. If you’re in the fairway you can attack this golf course,” added Schauffele.
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