Players were welcomed with perfect weather on Thursday, a year after the rain turned TPC Scottsdale into a wild, wild mess.
Clark was the best of the group, opening with birds and adding four simple beginning at the 8th victory, in which 24 players scored 68 or better before the game was suspended by darkness.
“You can not necessarily control the result and what is happening to the golf ball, but you can control your thoughts,” said Clark.
“So it was a good reminder that I would come back, hey when I play the best, I look at a glass more full than half empty.”
Lee Hodges had two eagles on the nine – and added three straight birds, starting from 1 to shoot 65. He was associated with Taylor Moore, who argued the third hole of pairs -5 to limit seven people completed within seven seven holes .
Justin Thomas had six birds and was among the six players who shot 66. Jordan Spieth escaped from difficult places to shoot 68 in his second tournament since the wrist surgery outside the season.
The highest ranking Scottie Scheffler had a wild ride, leaving the Fairway bunker on No. 10 to 69 in his second start since piercing his hand during Ravioli for a Christmas dinner.
Clark started a great start, opening with birds, then threw himself in four straight, starting from 8. 8. The US Open champion in 2023. twice put another bird on Par-5 13. And reached the third shot in the reach of Tap-in on Par-5 15. to reach seven below.
Clark was clearly frustrated when the shirt shot left into the water on the reach of Par-4 17, but he hit a wonderful shot to save the parallel before he closed the easy pair at 18.
“Needless to say, it’s a bird’s hole, and hitting it into the water and he doesn’t really have a bird’s appearance, it is unfortunate,” said Clark. “But leaving couples was amazing – it was huge.”
Starting from nine, Thomas took advantage of the mild conditions in the morning wave, overcoming Bogey to Par-3 12. With subsequent birds on his legs. 14-15. He put it twice for Birdie on Par-5 3 and threw himself at a 45-meter birdie on Par-4 5 after they had to hit their approach around the tree.
Thomas closed three below 32 on its rear nine with a 15-meter bird on No. 9.
Scheffler opened with Bogey, did not use the Par-3 3 wind staff and took another Bogey when he scored the bunker 5. Scheffler never seems to stay down long and did not launch one of the most famous market of the first round, when he gave a 104-jard bunker bunker Water for Eagle on No. 10.
Two-time Phoenix Open champion made a double Bogey in 12th place after hitting the T-shirt in the water, but Birding the Par-5 13. And swept to seven feet of the Putt eagle in 15th place. He took and down to Birdie on the right PAR-4 17 and simply left another 18.
Min Woo Lee (70) is the only Australian in the field and six in the back.
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