SCHEFFLER WITH A BIRDIE A 4. >> STRUGGLED YESTERDAY BUT GOT TO A HOT START TODAY TO GET HIS ROUND MSELF ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE LEADERBOARD. HOW ABOUT THIS EAGLE TRY FROM THE PAR 5 AT THE 12th? >> YESTERDAY HE HAD A GOOD LOOK FOR EAGLE. JUST MISSED IT. GETS AN EAGLE TODAY. HE HAS PLAYED THAT OLD 3 UTWO. HOW ABOUT JON RAHM? HIS THIRD AT 8. HOLE FOR A SECOND SHOT THERE. >> A GREAT JOB. THAT BUNKER AND SANDY AREA WAS SO DEEP HE COULDN'T TELL THAT THAT BALL WENT IN. >> 5 UNDER PAR TODAY THROUGH EIGHT E. ABOUT HERE ABOUT HERE.. >> HOW ABOUT THAT? HE UNDER UP GETTING THAT 6 BIRDIE ON HIS CARD. >> WHAT A CRAZY GAME THIS IS.
HE MISSES UPHILL THREE-FOOTER AT 9 AND MAKES THIS SIDE-WINDER OVER A RIDGE HERE. TALK ABOUT SPEED CONTROL. >> THA TELEVISION. HE COULD USE THIS TO FALL, RIGHT, JOHN? >> A BIG SWINGER HERE. LEFT-TO-RIGHT HERE. ONE OF THE FEW PUTTS ON THIS GREEN DOESN'T HAVE A TON OF SPEED TO IT. YES! >> HE UNLOCKS THE SEAL FOR McILROY. PUT HIS FOOT BACK ON THE GAS. SOMEWHERE, BRAD FAXON IS SMILING WATCHING THIS. >> IT REALLY IS IMPRESSIVE. HOW MUCH HIS PUTTING HAS IMPROVED. HE WAS 122nd ON THE TOUR IN 2020. 16th LAST SEASON. WITH THE WAY HE DRIVES THE BALL? >> THIS IS AT THTOWER. >> RIGHT AT IT. NEEDS TO GET UP. WHOA GET UP. WHOA!! >> JOHN, YOU CAN'T BELIEVE HOW E IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL. >> SEE HIM REHEARSING THAT PATH. >> HE WENT UP WITH IT. I THOUGHT HE MIGHT HIT SOMETHING LOW AND RUN IT UP THERE.
>> GREAT LOOKING SHOT HERE. >> HOW GOOD IS THAT? >> HE HAS SPIN ON IT TOO. >> HE GOT ALL BALL CONTACT FIRST. THAT WAS REALLY WELL DONE AND THAT IS VERY MAKABLE FROM WHERE THAT BALL ENDED UP. RORY McILROY IS GOING TO HAV TH BRIGHT BLUE SKY AND SUNSHINE. >> STARTING TO CENTER. TURNING OVER TOWARD THE FLAGSTICK NOW. OH, YEAH. >> KEEP GOING. >> OH, THAT WAS ALMOST A BB HOLE IN ONE PRIZE THERE! >> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY COOL KI KIM WILL BE FIRST TO PLAY. >> RIGHT-TO-LEFT AND STRAIGHTEN AS IT GOES UP THE HILL THE HILL. >> GOOD STROKE.
IT IS SO SMOOTH. >> A BEAUTIFUL PUTT THERE. A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED ON THE PREVIOUS HOLE WHEN SUH. LONG BIRDIE PUTT. A ROOKIE. WOW. ANOTHER ONE FROM THAT ANGLE. THAT IS THREE PUTTS WE HAVE SEEN MADE FROM THAT ANGLE AT 13th GREEN. >> A TUNNEL FROM OVER THERE. >> MUST BE THE GREEN IS JON RAH >> BASED ON THE WAY HIS ROUND HAS GONE TODAY, IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME TO SEE HIM MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. >> OH, WOW! WOO! JON IS ROLLING THEM IN FROM EVERYWHERE! AND, REMEMBER, AT 9, HVIKTOR HO BIRDIE. THIS IS, AGAIN, THE HARDEST HOLE ON THE GOLF COURSE TODAY AGAIN,E ON THE GOLF COURSE TODAY.. RIGHT ON CUE. GOOD PUTT. VIKTOR HOVLAND MAKING BIRDIE THERE. TO THE RIGHT, EVERYTHING FUNNELS OFF OF THE GREEN BUT HE HAS BEEN HITTING THIS FADE VERY WELL TODAY. BALL BELOW HIS FEET. I IMAGINE HE IS GOING TO PEEL IT OFF THIS LEFT BUNKER.
>> 195 YARDST OFF THIS LEFT BUNKER. >> 195 YARDS.. NEEDS TO GET UP A YARD. >> LOOK AT THIS SHOT! LOOK AT THIS SHOT! OH, HOW DID THAT MISS? OH, HOW DID THAT MISS? WOW! >> SPEAKING OF BIRDIE AT 18. IF THAT GOES IN, THAT MEANS 59. >> HOW GOOD IS THIS? IT NEEDS TO GET UP A YARD JUST TO GET OVER THE CREST OF THE RIDGE AND IT DOES THAT. >> BEAUTIFUL HIGH CUT. HOW HARD DID IT BREAK LEFT? COME ON! WHAT A SHOT! JON RAHM HAS ALREADY MADE NINE BIRDIES TODAY. THAT TAP-IN WILL BE NUMBER >> VERY HIGH. TAKING AN AGGRESSIVE LINE FOR HIM. THIS MAY NEED TO GO. >> IT DOES CARRY. >> I FELT A LITTLE SPEED IN THAT SWING THAN WHAT IT ORDINARILY IS FOR HIM. >> YEA! HEY! ORDIN.