Shane Lowry frustrated by mudballs on back nine as he opens with a two-over 74
Scottie Scheffler plays his shot on the 13th hole during the first round of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Photograph: Dylan Buell/Getty Images
Scheffler opened with a 67 and Schauffele with a 68, and although Canadian Adam Hadwin nipped in with a 66 to assume the clubhouse lead, there was a reaffirming of the world order about how the two Ss moved into contention in the $20 million signature event with a limited field and no cut. Scheffler – 2-8-1-1-2-1-1 on his last seven tour outings – has come into these events of late with a similar air of expectancy that used to accompany Tiger Woods. Time and time again, he has delivered. And an opening round of six birdies and a lone bogey, with four of those birdies coming on the back nine, enabled the Texan to move to familiar terrain.
Sweden’s Ludbig Aberg, playing alongside Scheffler, also played his way into contention with a 68 and was not distracted in any way by playing with the dominant world number one.
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