American Express, first round of rankings
-10 M Lee (Australia), P Coody (USA); -9 V Whaley (USA), S Scheffler (USA), S Kim (Korea), R MacIntyre (Scotland), J Day (Australia); -8 A Novak (USA), S Stevens (USA), B Horschel (USA)
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Other selected: -7 H English (USA), A Scott (Australia); -6 M Wallace (England), W Clark (USA); -5 S Power (Ireland), J Parry (England)
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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler shot a 9-under 63 in the first round of the American Express in California, his first PGA Tour event of the season.
The 29-year-old has not competed this year and has yet to win the American Express Championship, which carries a prize of £1,236,000 ($1.656 million).
Scheffler leads by one shot in the La Quinta event, co-hosted by Australia’s Min Woo Lee and American Pierceson Coody.
He was tied with Scottish player Robert McIntyre and former US PGA champion Jason Day, with a score of 9 under par.
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Unusually, matches will be played at three different venues ahead of Saturday’s promotion.
Scheffler birdied five of his first six holes, while Cudi had back-to-back birdies to shoot 29 on the back nine.
