Ryo Hisatsune sets the early standard at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, posting a career-low 62 to lead by one shot. The Japanese player reaches 10 under par after round one, leaving world number one Scottie Scheffler well behind at level par and facing a sizeable deficit going into Friday’s play.
Keegan Bradley and Sam Burns sit tied for second on nine under, one stroke off Hisatsune. Chris Gotterup headlines a trio on eight under, extending a hot birdie run. Scheffler, playing at Spyglass Hill, signs for a 72 that includes three bogeys and leaves work to do.
Scheffler’s even-par 72 at Spyglass Hill contrasts sharply with the low scoring across the Pebble Beach Pro-Am rotation. Three dropped shots prevent any real move up the board, and the gap to
Hisatsune stretches to 10 strokes. With seven under currently enough for the top 10, Scheffler’s position is far from ideal.
"I feel like typically I'm good at scoring and today I felt like I didn't score at all," Scheffler said. "Like anything that kind of went wrong seemed to be going that direction and I just felt like I scored poorly. I actually feel like I'm playing pretty well, [it was] just one of those days. I guess the challenge [at Pebble Beach] is making a bunch of birdies. I'm looking at the leaderboard on behind you right now and it looks like seven under gets you in the top 10, so scores are pretty low. When you're playing later in the day it can be tough to hole putts on these greens. "
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Fresh from victory in Phoenix, Gotterup carries that form into the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The American opens with six birdies in the first six holes, matching a rare scoring burst. Gotterup becomes only the eighth player in the past 25 years to start a PGA Tour event with at least six straight birdies. "I was kind of just coasting along," Gotterup said. "You don't really realise it in the moment, and then when you look up you're like, 'Wow, I'm sixunder through six. ' That's nice. "
Defending champion Rory McIlroy experiences a mixed first round at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The five-time major champion fires an eagle and six birdies but damages the card with back-to-back double-bogeys on par threes. McIlroy returns a four-under 68, which keeps contention possible yet leaves ground to make up on Hisatsune.
Early scoring at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am underlines generous conditions for those capitalising on them. Hisatsune’s 62 leads a packed board, while Bradley, Burns, Gotterup and McIlroy stay in range. Scheffler faces a larger task after an even-par start, needing a strong response across the remaining rounds to rejoin the title discussion.
