Justin Thomas is looking to go back-to-back at majors coming off his second such title at the PGA Championship. Rory McIlroy enters on a heater after defending his RBC Canadian Open title. Open may have a massive field, but there's a lot of momentum behind a finite list of names to capture the national championship. Open should be an epic ride from Thursday's first round onward as the USGA returns to this site for the first time since 1988.
Open is about to begin, leaving the golf world to ask one key question: Who is going to win at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts? A tremendous field headlines the third major of the year as the list features most of the best professionals in the world. 10, holing out from 97 yards to record the only eagle at a par-4 hole in the opening round the last time an eagle was scored on a par-4 hole during this event was the first round in 2022 (Sam Ryder/No. Viktor Hovland (T35/-1) started his round with an eagle-2 at No. Keegan Bradley(T5/-4) posted his second-best opening round this season (66/ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP/Won). Jordan Spieth (T5/-4) finished T4 in 2021, his only previous appearance at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.Įach with 4-under 68, Xander Schauffelenotched his first sub-70 score in his fifth round at Bay Hill, Rickie Fowlerposted his first sub-70 score at Bay Hill since 2018 (67/R1), a span of 20 rounds, and Patrick Cantlayfired a round in the 60s in his tournament debut. A post shared by PGA TOUR his third appearance at Bay Hill, Adam Schenk(T5/-4) shot his first sub-70 score (T29/2019, T42/2022).ĭefending champion Scottie Scheffler(T5/-4) is the fourth winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in the past 16 years to record an opening round of 68 or better the year following victory (Vijay Singh/66/2008, Tiger Woods/68/2009, Matt Every/68/2015, Scottie Scheffler/68/2023).
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