Min Woo Lee is absolutely dominating the TOUR Championship leaderboard right now, holding a two-stroke lead after tearing up East Lake Golf Club with an eight-under 62 on Day 1. Honestly, who saw this coming? The dude is out in front of Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa, and Chris Gotterup.
Lee Just Dropped a Stunner
Lee carded that incredible 62, putting him firmly in control after 18 holes. He was just lights out, sinking four birdies on the front nine and another four on the back, and get this: he didn’t drop a single shot the entire round, rolling in 10 pars. Six of his eight birdies happened on consecutive holes, finishing with a birdie on the par-five 18th. This round is pretty wild, especially when you remember Lee finished tied for 55th and 47th in the first two rounds of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. If he can keep this momentum going for three more rounds, we could be looking at a seriously unlikely champion.
The Pressure Mounts for Scottie Scheffler
Scottie Scheffler, who had a monster season racking up the most FedEx Cup points, is lurking three shots back of Lee in a tie for fifth. Scheffler snagged birdies on the 17th and 18th holes to climb into that fifth-place spot. Before that, he’d already birdied the third, sixth, and 12th holes. Outside of those five birdies, he was solid with 13 pars to round out his opening day. You gotta believe Scheffler is feeling the heat big time this week; he had such a huge lead in the FedEx Cup standings, but now those points mean nothing. This tournament is straight-up stroke play, winner takes all. Scheffler had a decent start, but he needs to turn it up if he wants to cap off his season-long reign on Sunday.
Twenty-nine golfers are still in the field, with three more rounds to determine who takes home the FedEx Cup. This is far from over, but what a start!
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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