Scheffler took his first outright lead with a birdie at No. 1 and 10 for Saturday, hoping to beat a rainy forecast. Right on cue, the tour announced earlier tee times with threesomes off Nos.

“I think we’re going to get a lot of rain (Saturday), it sounds like and possibly Sunday, so it could be a very patient weekend.” “I’ve just got to keep the gas pedal down,” Palmer said. His most recent solo victory was 13 years ago. Palmer's last tour win came at a team event with Jon Rahm, the current No. Palmer, who shares a coach and plenty of practice time with Scheffler, is 20 years older than the 2022 Masters champion.Īfter what he said was the earliest wakeup time in 20 years on tour (3:50 a.m.) for a 7:01 tee time, Palmer had seven birdies and a bogey a day after eight birdies and a bogey.Ī year ago, Palmer was tied for the 36-hole lead at 15 under, musing then that he was the older, maybe forgotten Texan with all the attention on the three-time major winner Spieth and Scheffler, the defending Masters champ at the time. Scheffler and Spieth should have plenty of Nelsons in their futures. I just want to go out and do my best and see where that puts me.” “I don’t want to place too much emphasis on one tournament. “But that’s not stuff that occupies too many of my thoughts,” Scheffler said. “This one being in the hometown, it would definitely be a lot of fun with the crowd behind me this weekend. 1 in the world for the third time this year with a victory. “I want to win a lot of tournaments,” said Scheffler, who would return to No. Spieth doesn't hide his desire to win the tournament where he was a Sunday contender 13 years ago at age 16.Īlso raised in Dallas, Scheffler made his PGA Tour debut at the Nelson four years after Spieth's stunning run, making the cut and recording a hole-in-one as a high school senior. Last year, Scheffler shared the hometown spotlight with fellow former Texas Longhorn Jordan Spieth, who had to withdraw from this year's event because of a wrist injury.

Lee birdied three of his final six holes just to make the weekend. Lee made the cut on the number at 4 under, but the South Korean's bid to become the first player in 12 years to win a tournament three consecutive times is all but gone. The South Korean had three 6s in a round of 74 and was 8 under, six shots back. Noh, who tied the course record with an opening-round 60, birdied his first two holes before playing the final 16 in 5 over. Palmer's 65 and a 64 from Hughes put them at 13-under 129. Scheffler shot his second consecutive 7-under 64 on Friday for a one-shot lead over Palmer and Mackenzie Hughes. “I'd win this tournament and stay home next week, to be honest with you,” said Palmer, who lives in Colleyville but was born and raised in Amarillo in West Texas.

The patient nurse by diana palmer