Johnson, who led the LIV points list last year, had a slow start to the year but is starting to hit his stride.Īs for DeChambeau, he practically vanished from golf's elite over the last year. Last year's Masters champion has six wins in the last 15 months, and he hasn't finished worse than 12th this year. Scheffler challenging for the lead was not a surprise. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick also were at 76. Jason Day, coming off a win at the AT&T Byron Nelson, and U.S. Masters champion Jon Rahm failed to take advantage, making five bogeys in a six-hole stretch around the turn and finishing with a 76, his highest start at a major since the 2018 U.S. “Today was probably the easiest conditions we'll see all week," said Scheffler, who took advantage with his first bogey-free card in 51 rounds at a major. Johnson went from a fairway bunker to deep rough left of the 18th green and missed a putt just inside 15 feet for his only bogey.įairways covered with a thin layer of frost gave way to magnificent weather with little wind. So did Johnson, the two-time major champion who is coming off a playoff win last week in Oklahoma in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League. As I was looking at it throughout the week, I'm like, ‘Man, I don’t know how shooting under par is even possible out here on some of the holes.' But luckily, I was able to play some really good golf.” “It's a prestigious place, very difficult golf course. “It's a fantastic round of golf at Oak Hill,” DeChambeau said. That included Eric Cole, the 34-year-old PGA Tour rookie who was 5 under with four holes left.ĭeChambeau matched his low score at the PGA Championship and led by one over Scottie Scheffler, Dustin Johnson and Corey Conners.
Thirty players didn't finish because of darkness and were to return Friday morning. That carried him to a 4-under 66 and the lead among those who finished an opening round delayed nearly two hours by frost.
DeChambeau still lashed away with speed and strength, off the tee and out of the rough. The place that matters is his name high on the leaderboard.
how do I explain this easy? I'm just in a place where I'm more ulnar,” he said, leaving everyone to wonder what would have been the more complicated explanation.
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