Justin Thomas was inches away from setting a brand new Harbour City Golf Hyperlinks course report however nonetheless bagged a three-shot lead after day one of many RBC Heritage, with defending champion Scottie Scheffler in a tie for second.
Thomas rolled in 11 birdies and tied the single-round course report together with his 10-under-par 61, narrowly lacking a six-foot putt for birdie at 18 that might have set a brand new low mark.
“I simply performed actually strong,” Thomas mentioned. “I really feel like I did not do something loopy. I simply drove the ball properly, which could be very, essential out right here, and I felt prefer it was simply a type of days I put the ball in a spot that I had numerous good numbers.
Defending champion and world No 1 Scottie Scheffler is in a tie for second, three off the lead, after day one
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“Though you need to be just a little conservative at occasions out right here, I felt like they have been sort of pins and angles and all the things that I could possibly be just a little aggressive and I simply sort of received rolling with it.”
Thomas takes a three-shot lead over world No 1 Scheffler, and Russell Henley, into day two of the $20m PGA Tour signature occasion. Henley gained the Arnold Palmer Invitational final month.
Former US Open champion Wyndham Clark is one stroke additional again on six beneath, whereas fellow former main winners Matt Fitzpatrick – winner of the RBC Heritage in 2023 – and Brian Harman are in a grouping on 5 beneath.
Justin Rose, contemporary from the frustration of being edged out to the Masters title by Rory McIlroy in a play-off, is 4 beneath after day one, as is fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood, nonetheless in pursuit of a maiden PGA Tour win.
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Rory McIlroy gained The Masters with a birdie within the first play-off gap towards Justin Rose to finish a profession Grand Slam.
Thomas hit the flip with a share of the lead at six beneath, earlier than opening the again with the solitary bogey on his scorecard. However, after that misstep on the tenth, he closed with 5 additional birdies in seven holes.
Thomas made the flip with a share of the lead at 6-under (30), comprised of six birdies and three pars, however opened the again with bogey on No. 10 earlier than settling again in by taking birdie on 5 of seven holes.
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Watch all 11 birdies from Justin Thomas’ course report equalling 62 throughout the second spherical of The Gamers Championship at TPC Sawgrass.
It was Thomas’ 14th profession spherical of 62 or higher, probably the most on the PGA Tour previously 40 years. Kevin Na’s 11 is subsequent finest, with Tiger Woods and Zach Johnson amongst a bunch with 9 rounds of 62 or under.
Thomas tied the course report at TPC Sawgrass with a 62 in throughout The Gamers Championship in March that he secured with 11 birdies sooner or later after he shot 78.
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