Scheffler's Sub-70 Streak Ends As Hughes Leads

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-9 M Hughes (Can); -8 B Griffin (US), M McCarthy (US); -7 L Griffin (US), R Henley (US); -6 A Albertson (US); -5 J Koivun (US), T Montgomery (US), JJ Spaun (US)

Selected others: -2 S Scheffler (US); -1 S Burns (US); even H English (US), C Morikawa (US), J Thomas (US), C Young (US), P Cantlay (US);

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Scottie Scheffler's streak of 21 sub-70 scores is complete aft he vanished nan opening information of nan Procore Championship 7 shots down leader Mackenzie Hughes.

US Ryder Cup rookie Ben Griffin carded a six-under-par 64 and trails Canada's Hughes by 1 changeable successful Napa, California.

World number 1 Scheffler, who had tied pinch Patrick Cantlay for nan longest streak of sub-70 runs, hasn't vanished little than eighth spot since March.

"I deliberation it was a beautiful frustrating time overall," Scheffler said. "I felt for illustration I did immoderate things good retired there, I conscionable wasn't rather getting nan reward."

Scheffler is group to make his 3rd quality astatine nan Ryder Cup erstwhile it gets nether measurement successful America connected 26 September and a 9 much of nan 12-strong US squad are besides utilizing this week's arena to lukewarm up.

Russell Henley changeable 65 and US Open champion JJ Spaun signed for 67 pinch nan remainder of nan American Ryder Cup contingent each failing to break 70.

"I deliberation it was a small different coming conscionable knowing that each of america were benignant of paired successful nan aforesaid small area of tee times and we evidently did walk a batch of clip pinch each different this week truthful it decidedly feels somewhat different than it would person if this tourney was successful March," Henley said.

"You know, nan Ryder Cup is correct astir nan corner."

The apical 9 players are separated by conscionable 4 shots pinch amateur Jackson Koivun among those successful contention.

Leader Hughes, 34, is simply a two-time victor connected nan PGA Tour pinch nan past of those triumphs coming successful 2022.

After picking up 9 birdies from nan first 13 holes, bogeys connected 14 and 15 upset hopes of a imaginable 59.